CONTROLLER AND DRIVER FEATURES FOR BI-STABLE DISPLAY
First Claim
1. A communications system for server-based control of a display on a client device, comprising:
- a server configured to define two or more fields of a bi-stable display of a client device, the bi-stable display having a plurality of bi-stable display elements, each field having an associated refresh rate, and the server further configured to receive display information over a communications network, and transmit video data to a client device over the communications network based on the display information,wherein the client device is further configured to receive the video data from the server, to display the video data on the two or more fields of the bi-stable display, and to update each field using the associated refresh information.
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Abstract
The invention comprises systems and methods for partitioning displays, and in particular, displays of interferometric modulator displays. In one embodiment, a display system includes one driving circuit configured to provide signals based on video data intended for display, and a bi-stable display comprising an array having a plurality of bi-stable display elements. The array is configured to display video data using signals received from the driving circuit, and the driving circuit is configured to partition the array into two or more fields, each field including at least one bi-stable display element, and refresh each of the two or more fields in accordance with a refresh rate associated with each field. In another embodiment, a method of displaying data on a display of a client device includes partitioning a bi-stable display of the client device into two or more fields, displaying video data in the two or more fields, and refreshing each of the two or more fields in accordance with a refresh rate that is associated with each field.
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1. A communications system for server-based control of a display on a client device, comprising:
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a server configured to define two or more fields of a bi-stable display of a client device, the bi-stable display having a plurality of bi-stable display elements, each field having an associated refresh rate, and the server further configured to receive display information over a communications network, and transmit video data to a client device over the communications network based on the display information, wherein the client device is further configured to receive the video data from the server, to display the video data on the two or more fields of the bi-stable display, and to update each field using the associated refresh information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A data display system, comprising:
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a content server configured to provide video data to a client device in data communication with the content server, the client device comprising a bi-stable display that is configurable to display data in two or more fields, each field being associated with at least one bi-stable display element, wherein each field of the bi-stable display can be refreshed at its own refresh rate. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A communications system for server-based control of a display on a client device, comprising:
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a client device comprising a bi-stable display having a plurality of bi-stable display elements, the client device being configured to transmit display information over the communications network to a server, wherein the server is configured to define two or more fields of the bi-stable display, each field having an associated refresh rate, and the server is further configured to transmit video data to the client device over the communications network based on the display information, and wherein the client device is further configured to receive video data from the server, to display the video data on the two or more fields of the display, and to update each field using the associated refresh information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A data display system, comprising:
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a client device configured to receive video data from a content server, the client device comprising a bi-stable display that is configurable to display data in two or more fields, each field being associated with at least one bi-stable display element, wherein each field of the bi-stable display can be refreshed at its own refresh rate. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A data display system, comprising:
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means for partitioning a bi-stable display of a device into two or more fields, wherein the two or more fields comprise a first field comprising a first set of interferometric modulators and a second field comprising a second set of interferometric modulators; means for displaying video data in the two or more fields; and means for refreshing each of the two or more fields in accordance with a refresh rate that is associated with each of the two or more fields. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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