Patent ID: 7034811
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying an image with a display device including a plurality of display pixels, the method comprising: receiving image data for the image, the image data including individual pixels of the image; buffering the image data and creating a frame of the image, the frame of the image including a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows of the pixels of the image; defining a first sub-frame and at least a second sub-frame for the frame of the image, image data of the second sub-frame being offset from image data of the first sub-frame by an offset distance of at least one pixel; and displaying the first sub-frame with a first plurality of the display pixels and displaying the second sub-frame with a second plurality of the display pixels offset from the first plurality of the display pixels by the offset distances, wherein at least one of the display pixels of the display device is a defective display pixel, and wherein displaying the first sub-frame with the first plurality of the display pixels and displaying the second sub-frame with the second plurality of the display pixels includes diffusing an affect of the defective display pixel over the image.