APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTI-STREAMING FOR MORE THAN THREE PIXEL COMPONENT VALUES
First Claim
1. A method for providing pixel information for one or more displays comprising:
- producing, for output on a single link, packet based pixel component multi-stream information comprising a first stream that comprises a portion of pixel component values for a pixel and a second stream that comprises a remaining portion of the per pixel component values for the pixel, as image stream information for output to one or more displays.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus provides pixel information for one or more displays by producing for output on a single link, packet based pixel component multi-stream information on two or more streams. A first stream may include a portion of per-pixel component values, such as RGB pixel component values, whereas the second stream of the multi-stream may include a remaining portion of the per-pixel component values, such as a corresponding alpha value. Hence, multi-streams are employed to communicate, for example, an extended pixel component format for output to one or more displays. The multi-streams are synchronized to provide the pixel component values at a proper time for the receiving display or plurality of displays.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for providing pixel information for one or more displays comprising:
producing, for output on a single link, packet based pixel component multi-stream information comprising a first stream that comprises a portion of pixel component values for a pixel and a second stream that comprises a remaining portion of the per pixel component values for the pixel, as image stream information for output to one or more displays. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for providing pixel information for one or more displays comprising:
a pixel component multi-stream encoder operative to produce, for output on a single link, packet based pixel component multi-stream information comprising a first stream that comprises for a pixel, a portion of the per pixel component values and a second stream that comprises, for the pixel, a remaining portion of the per pixel component values, as image stream information for output to one or more displays. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a display; and logic operatively coupled to the display and operative to produce a display image, for output on the display, based on packet based pixel component multi-stream information comprising a first stream that comprises for a pixel, a portion of per pixel component values and a second stream that comprises a remaining portion of the per pixel component values, as image stream information.
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18. A video display system comprising:
an apparatus for providing pixel information for one or more displays comprising; at least a first and second display controller operative to obtain pixel component values of a pixel for an image frame; and a pixel component multi-stream encoder operative to produce from the obtained pixel component values from the at least first and second display controller, for output on a single link, packet based pixel component multi-stream information comprising a first stream that comprises for the pixel, a portion of the per pixel component values and a second stream that comprises, for the pixel, a remaining portion of the per pixel component values, as image stream information for output to one or more displays; and at least one display operative to receive the packet based multi-component multi-stream information produced by the pixel component multi-stream encoder and operative to combine from the first and second stream, the portion of the per-pixel component values and the remaining portion of the per-pixel component values has complete pixel component values for each pixel of a frame and operative to produce a display image frame on a display using the complete pixel component values based on the combined information from the first and second stream.
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19. An apparatus for providing pixel information for one or more displays comprises at least one display controller operative to obtain pixel component values of a pixel for an image stream;
- and an encoder operative to produce for output on a single link, packet based pixel component multi-stream information comprising a first stream that comprises a portion of the per pixel component values and a second stream that comprises a remaining portion of the per pixel component values, as image stream information for output to one or more displays.
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