Patent ID: 7034791

Claim:
A method for minimizing display screen updating in a display device comprising at least in part a display processing unit and a display screen, wherein said display screen comprises at least in part pixels capable of sustained image display without constant refreshing, said method comprising the following steps: a display processing unit receiving for display a first data block designated for a first area of said display screen, wherein said first data block is not designated as comprising dynamic data requiring video frame rate updating; receiving for display a second data block designated for a second area of said display screen, wherein said second data block designated by type as dynamic data comprising successive images requiring video frame rate updating; displaying said first data block in said first area of said display screen; displaying a first video image of said second data block in said second area of said display screen; displaying at least one next successive image of said dynamic data at said video frame rate in said second area without updating said first area of said display screen.