Patent ID: 7825921

Claim:
A system for rendering input image data formatted for a first colored subpixel layout onto a display panel comprising a second colored subpixel layout comprising a repeating group of colored subpixels and wherein said first subpixel layout is different from some of said second subpixel layout, said system comprising: an input means for accepting input image data formatted for said first colored subpixel layout; a subpixel rendering engine for remapping the input image data into output data formatted for said second colored subpixel layout; a channel formatter for effectively ordering said output data such that a timing scheme is affected to map said input image data formatted for said first colored subpixel layout onto said output data formatted for said second colored subpixel layout; and a means for outputting the data formatted by said channel formatter to said display panel, wherein said subpixel repeating group further comprises at least one column having more than one color.