Method and apparatus for refresh rate regions on video-mode display panels

A method for displaying image data, comprising:

• providing, by a host processor, a frame of image data to a bus, the frame including a first frame region and a second frame region, wherein the first frame region is provided at a first refresh rate and the second frame region is provided at a second refresh rate, wherein the first refresh rate is faster than the second refresh rate;
• and
• receiving, by a bus interface coupled to the bus, the frame, and
• displaying the frame, at a display screen including a plurality of pixel elements, wherein the first frame region is displayed at the first refresh rate and the second frame region is displayed at the second refresh rate, wherein the bus interface and the display screen are components in a video-mode display panel.

A system for displaying image data, comprising:

• a host processing means to provide a frame of image data to a bus, the frame including a first frame region and a second frame region, wherein the first frame region is provided at a first refresh rate and the second frame region is provided at a second refresh rate, wherein the first refresh rate is faster than the second refresh rate;
• and
• a video-mode display panel means, the video-mode display panel means including,
• a bus interface means coupled to the bus and configured to receive the frame, and
• a display screen means including a plurality of pixel elements for displaying the frame, wherein the first frame region is displayed at the first refresh rate and the second frame region is displayed at the second refresh rate.

A non-transient computer-readable storage medium containing program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of:

• providing, by a host processor, a frame of image data to a bus, the frame including a first frame region and a second frame region, wherein the first frame region is provided at a first refresh rate and the second frame region is provided at a second refresh rate, wherein the first refresh rate is faster than the second refresh rate;
• and
• receiving, by a bus interface coupled to the bus, the frame, and
• displaying the frame, at a display screen including a plurality of pixel elements, wherein the first frame region is displayed at the first refresh rate and the second frame region is displayed at the second refresh rate, wherein the bus interface and the display screen are components in a video-mode display panel.