Image display using a segmented backplane

An image buffer comprising:

• circuitry configured to manage a segment map that distinguishes, for image data representing an image that includes a first component corresponding to a first color and a second component corresponding to a second color:
• a first portion of the image data that corresponds to a first segment of the first component of the image, from
• a second portion of the image data that corresponds to a second segment of the image, the first segment containing content of the first color and the second segment without content of the first color;
• and
• buffer memory configured to:
• store, based on the segment map, the first portion of the image data;
• and
• send the segment map and the first portion of the image data to a set of pixel drivers configured to use the segment map and the first portion of the image data to cause a set of pixels to display the first component of the image by driving a first subset of the set of pixels, the first subset associated with the first segment, and without driving a second subset of the set of pixels, the second subset associated with the second segment.

A method comprising:

• managing, by an image buffer included in a display system, a segment map that identifies, within image data representing an image that includes a first component corresponding to a first color and a second component corresponding to a second color:
• a first portion of the image data that corresponds to a first segment of the first component of the image, and
• a second portion of the image data that corresponds to a second segment of the first component of the image, the first segment containing content of the first color and the second segment without content of the first color;
• storing, by the image buffer and based on the segment map, the first portion of the image data;
• and
• sending, by the image buffer, the segment map and the first portion of the image data to a set of pixel drivers configured to use the segment map and the first portion of the image data to cause a set of pixels to display the image by driving a first subset of the set of pixels, the first subset associated with the first segment, and without driving a second subset of the set of pixels, the second subset associated with the second segment.

A method comprising:

• performing, by circuitry of a display system, an analysis of image data representing an image that includes a first component corresponding to a first color and a second component corresponding to a second color, the analysis including distinguishing:
• a first portion of the image data that corresponds to a first segment of the first component of the image, from
• a second portion of the image data that corresponds to a second segment of the first component of the image, the first segment containing content of the first color and the second segment without content of the first color;
• storing, by a buffer, the first portion of the image data;
• causing, by a set of pixel drivers configured, based on the analysis and the first portion of the image data stored in the buffer, a set of pixels to display the first component of the image by driving a first subset of the set of pixels, the first subset associated with the first segment, and without driving a second subset of the set of pixels, the second subset associated with the second segment.