Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling a display device that includes a first display and a second display. In one aspect, one or more sets of content may be generated or provided by one or more applications. Content may be prioritized within the sets of content or among the sets of content or both. Information pertaining to at least a portion of at least one of the sets of content generated or provided by at least one of the applications may be rendered to one or more of a plurality of regions of the second display according to a result of the prioritizing such that each of the at least one of the applications or content types associated therewith is mapped to a different one of the plurality of regions of the second display.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling a display device that includes a first display, a touch screen disposed on the first display and a second display. In one aspect, the first display may be disposed on a first side of the display device (e.g., the front side) and the second display may be disposed on a second side of the display device (e.g., the back side). The second display may consume less power than the first display. Even when the first display is switched off, a control system may be configured to control the second display in response to input received from the touch screen disposed on the first display. The control system may be further configured to control the first display in response to input received from the touch screen when the first display is switched on or when the second display is not in use.

Abstract: The invention comprises systems and methods for controller and driver features for displays, and in particular, controller and driver features that relate to displays. In one embodiment, such a display includes at least one driving circuit and an array comprising a plurality of display elements, where the array is configured to be driven by the driving circuit, and where the driving circuit is programmed to receive video data and provide a subset of the received video data to the array based on a frame skip count. In some embodiments, the frame skip count is programmable or dynamically determined. In another embodiment, a method of displaying data on an array having a plurality of display elements comprises receiving video data comprising a plurality of frames, displaying selected frames based upon a frame skip count, measuring the change between each selected frame and a frame previous to the selected frame, and displaying non-selected frames if the measured change is greater than or equal to a threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for processing frames of video data sent across a display interface using a block-based encoding scheme and a tag ID. The disclosed techniques provide for optimization of the display interface situated between the graphics processor and the display controller of an electronic device. The disclosed techniques minimize the amount of signaling over the interface and reduce the power consumed at the interface. Accordingly, the battery life of some electronic devices can be extended. In one embodiment, the graphics processor is configured to receive frames of video data, where each frame includes one or more blocks of the video data. The graphics processor is configured to encode each block of video data, generate a tag ID associated with each encoded block of video data, and output each encoded block of video data and associated tag ID.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein involve making connections with the display leads on more than one side of the display array, e.g., on 2 sides, 3 sides or all 4 sides of the display array. By making connections with the display leads on more than one side of the display array, the available area for bonding leads and control circuitry may be increased. The driver chip(s), discrete components, and other active components necessary for addressing the display panel may be attached to the top or the bottom of a flexible printed circuit (“FPC”) or a similar device. Some embodiments involve attaching an FPC to the display such that that the backplate is substantially encased by the FPC.