Adaptive use of wireless display
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsJohn Samuel Bushell, Nicholas Vincent King, Bob Bradley, John Stuart Harper
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Abstract
A graphic display module operating on a first device prepares graphic data to be displayed on a wirelessly connected display adapter that includes graphics processing capability. The display adapter transmits metadata to the graphic display module that includes the graphic processing capabilities of the display adapter. The graphic display module uses the metadata, and possibly the available bandwidth, to selectively delegate graphic processing tasks to the display adapter.
Claims16
A device to produce graphics data which is capable of being displayed on a display device, the device comprising:
- a processing unit;
- a wireless communication port coupled to the processing unit;
- a graphic display module that is executed by the processing unit, the graphic display module causing the processing unit to perform operations including—
- receiving information from a wirelessly connected display driver device, the information including graphic processing capabilities of the display driver device;
- obtaining graphics data;
- creating, based at least in part on the received graphics processing capabilities of the display driver device, instructions for processing the graphics data with the display driver device;
- and
- causing the wireless communication port to transmit, to the display driver device, graphics data and the instructions.
A method of producing graphic data capable of being displayed on a display device, the method comprising:
- receiving information from a wirelessly connected display driver device, the information including graphic processing capabilities of the display driver device;
- obtaining graphics data;
- creating, based at least in part on the received graphic processing capabilities of the display driver device, instructions for processing the graphics data with the display driver device;
- and
- transmitting, to the display driver device, the graphics data and the instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.