Computer display system controller
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1. A computer work station comprising:
- a computation and data manipulation unit including means for the creation and manipulation of color images, said computation and data manipulation unit being connected to a frame buffering means and being adapted to store images in said frame buffering means;
said frame buffering means comprising a frame buffer storage means for the storage of images and a frame buffer controller means connected to said computation and data manipulation unit and also connected to a high resolution discrete level display device;
said high resolution discrete level display device including a plurality of color pixels which are arranged in an array of substantially parallel display lines, with each color pixel having a plurality of common drive lines and a plurality of data drive lines, and each color pixel being individually settable to a plurality of different states through the intersection of said data drive lines and said common drive lines, wherein said plurality of common drive lines of a line of pixels is capable of being driven in a number of different modes;
wherein images created or manipulated by said computation and data manipulation unit which are to be displayed on said high resolution discrete level display device are stored in said frame buffer and subsequently displayed on said high resolution display device;
means for detecting how many display lines require updating by monitoring display line data as it is read from said frame buffer; and
means for updating said display lines in a faster mode when the number of lines to be updated exceeds a predetermined threshold number, wherein said faster mode comprises driving a predetermined number of said common drive lines of each color pixel simultaneously, and wherein said common drive lines of each color pixel are driven independently from one another in another mode.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a system (45, 55) for controlling a high resolution color discrete level display device, wherein the display device can have multiple common lines (80, 81, 82) for each line of pixels. A frame buffer controller system (45) is disclosed which is adapted to utilise the multiple common lines in a number of different modes, producing a number of different output speeds for the display. Means (126, 127) are also disclosed for dithering the pixel data in accordance with the output modes. Further, the system is capable of displaying images, such as fonts or the like, at an increased resolution than that which would otherwise be possible.
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1. A computer work station comprising:
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a computation and data manipulation unit including means for the creation and manipulation of color images, said computation and data manipulation unit being connected to a frame buffering means and being adapted to store images in said frame buffering means; said frame buffering means comprising a frame buffer storage means for the storage of images and a frame buffer controller means connected to said computation and data manipulation unit and also connected to a high resolution discrete level display device; said high resolution discrete level display device including a plurality of color pixels which are arranged in an array of substantially parallel display lines, with each color pixel having a plurality of common drive lines and a plurality of data drive lines, and each color pixel being individually settable to a plurality of different states through the intersection of said data drive lines and said common drive lines, wherein said plurality of common drive lines of a line of pixels is capable of being driven in a number of different modes; wherein images created or manipulated by said computation and data manipulation unit which are to be displayed on said high resolution discrete level display device are stored in said frame buffer and subsequently displayed on said high resolution display device; means for detecting how many display lines require updating by monitoring display line data as it is read from said frame buffer; and means for updating said display lines in a faster mode when the number of lines to be updated exceeds a predetermined threshold number, wherein said faster mode comprises driving a predetermined number of said common drive lines of each color pixel simultaneously, and wherein said common drive lines of each color pixel are driven independently from one another in another mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer work station as claimed in claim 240 wherein said synchronisation data comprises the repetition of the same said unique data unit.
- 26. A display device comprising a display having a plurality of pixels and driver means for driving said display, wherein each of said plurality of pixels has a plurality of common drive lines, wherein said driver means includes a common driver being capable of driving at least two common drive lines of said plurality of common drive lines in each pixel independently from each other and wherein said plurality of common drive lines are driven simultaneously when the number of lines to be updated exceeds a predetermined threshold number, each pixel being individually settable to a plurality of different states through the intersection of data drive lines and said common drive lines, wherein said plurality of common drive lines of a line of pixels is capable of being driven in a number of different modes.
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45. A computer work station comprising:
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a computation and data manipulation unit including means for the creation and manipulation of images, said computation and data manipulation unit being connected to a frame buffering means and being adapted to store images in said frame buffering means; said frame buffering means comprising a frame buffer storage means for the storage of images and a frame buffer controller means connected to said computation and data manipulation unit and also connected to a high resolution discrete level display device; said high resolution discrete level display device including a plurality of pixels which are arranged in an array of substantially parallel display lines, with each pixel in a line having a plurality of common drive lines; wherein images created or manipulated by said computation and data manipulation unit which are to be displayed on said high resolution discrete level display device are stored in said frame buffer and subsequently displayed on said high resolution display device; means for detecting how many display lines require updating by monitoring display line data as it is read from said frame buffer; and means for updating said display lines in a faster mode when the number of lines to be updated exceeds a predetermined threshold number, wherein said faster mode comprises driving a predetermined number of said common drive lines of each color pixel simultaneously, and wherein said common drive lines of each color pixel are driven independently, wherein each pixel is individually settable to a plurality of different states through the intersection of dam drive lines and common drive lines, with each line of pixels having a number of common lines, and said display device further comprising a panel display controller comprising; display packet input means adapted to receive inputted line pixel data packets from said frame buffer means comprising pixel data for a line of pixels, line location data for determination of a currently active line of said display, and mode data information for determination of the mode in which to drive said currently active line of said display, a plurality of pixel display data line drivers, connected to said display packet input means, said pixel display data line drivers receiving said pixel data from said input means and forwarding said pixel data to corresponding data drive lines for the setting of each pixel on a line; common line driver decoder means connected to said display packet input means to decode a corresponding active common line driver and a corresponding active common line from said line location data and to activate one of a plurality of common line driver means; and a plurality of common line driver means connected to said input means and to said common line driver decoder means, each of said common line driver means, upon activation from said common line driver decoder means driving one of a number of lines of pixels, wherein said mode data information determines if some or all of said common lines are driven independently or simultaneously. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49)
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