Patent ID: 8866833
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: performing a first refresh of a display device during which a screen of the display device is painted line-by line with an image frame to emit photons, wherein the image frame is transmitted from a first buffer in a memory; identifying a state of the display device at a point in time when the entirety of the image frame is displayed by the screen of the display device; in response to the identification of the state, determining that an entirety of a next image frame to be displayed has not been rendered to a second buffer in the memory by a processor; and in response to the determining that the entirety of the next image frame to be displayed has not been rendered to the second buffer, delaying a second refresh of the display device while the next image frame continues to be rendered to the second buffer, wherein delaying the second refresh of the display device comprises preventing the screen of the display device from being re-painted line-by line to emit photons.