Patent ID: 8446421

Claim:
A method for generating synthesized pixels, comprising: during a current drive frame period of a plurality of drive frame periods for writing to an image pixel of a display device: (a) actuating the fetching of one of a plurality of existing synthesized pixels stored in an update buffer, each existing synthesized pixel corresponding to an image pixel of the display device, each existing synthesized pixel having a data structure including the current display state of its corresponding image pixel and the immediately previous display state of its corresponding image pixel; (b) actuating the fetching of one or more data pixels from an image buffer, each data pixel corresponding to an image pixel of the display device, each data pixel specifying a next display state to replace the current display state of its corresponding image pixel; (c) actuating the generating of a new synthesized pixel for each fetched data pixel and the storing of the generated new synthesized pixel in said update buffer, wherein each new synthesized pixel has a data structure including the next display state for a corresponding image pixel as specified by the image pixel's corresponding data pixel and including the current display state of the corresponding image pixel as specified by the image pixel's corresponding existing synthesized pixel; and (d) pausing the generating and storing of new synthesized pixels in response to a determination that its continued execution will prevent the display device's minimum frame rate from being maintained.