Follower mode video operation
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsAssaf Menachem, Peter F. Holland, Yung-Chin Chen
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Abstract
A method may include receiving, via a processor, a frame of image data, such that the frame of image data may include an active portion and an idle portion. The active portion may include data for presenting one or more images via a first display of a first electronic device. The method may also include receiving a signal from a second electronic device during the idle portion of the frame of image data, such that the second electronic device is separate from the first display. The method may then involve initiating processing of the frame of image data in response to the signal being received from the second electronic device.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, via a processor, a first frame of image data, wherein the first frame of image data comprises an active portion and an idle portion, wherein the active portion comprises data for presenting one or more images via a first display of a first electronic device, and wherein the idle portion corresponds to an amount of time for the processor to wait prior to processing a second frame of image data;
- receiving, via the processor, a signal from a second electronic device during the idle portion of the first frame of image data, wherein the second electronic device is separate from the first display;
- and
- processing, via the processor, a second frame of image data subsequent to the first frame of image data in response to the signal being received from the second electronic device during the idle portion of the first frame of image data.
An electronic device comprising:
- a display;
- and
- image processing circuitry configured to:
- receive a frame of image data, wherein the frame of image data comprises an active portion and an idle portion, wherein the active portion comprises data for presenting one or more images via the display;
- receive a signal from an additional display during the idle portion of the frame of image data, wherein the additional display is separate from the display;
- and
- initiate processing of an additional frame of image data in response to the signal being received from the additional display, wherein the display is associated with a first clock and the additional display is associated with a second clock, and wherein the signal is configured to synchronize one or more additional images of the additional frame of image data being presented via the display and the additional display.
Image processing circuitry configured to perform one or more operations comprising:
- receiving a frame of image data, wherein the frame of image data comprises an active portion and an idle portion, wherein the active portion comprises data for presenting one or more images via a first display of a first electronic device, and wherein the frame of image data comprises a plurality of lines of image data;
- receiving a signal from a second electronic device during the idle portion of the frame of image data, wherein the signal is received during a first line of the plurality of lines, and wherein the second electronic device is separate from the first display;
- and
- initiating processing of the frame of image data at a second line of the plurality of lines immediately following the first line in response to the signal being received from the second electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.