Abstract: A technique for selecting locations of tear lines when displaying visual content. The technique includes receiving coordinates for one or more portions of a display where a tear is permitted and determining if a frame transition is to occur while rendered content is being scanned out for display within the one or more portions of the display where tear is permitted. If the frame transition is to occur while the scanline for the display is in the one or more portions of the display where tear is permitted, then the technique further includes allowing the frame transition to occur. If the frame transition is to occur while the scanline for the display is not in the one or more portions of the display where tear is permitted, then the technique further includes delaying the frame transition until at least when the scanline for the display is in the one or more portions of the display where tear is permitted.

Abstract: A technique for selecting locations of tear lines when displaying visual content. The technique includes receiving coordinates for one or more portions of a display where a tear is permitted and determining if a frame transition is to occur while rendered content is being scanned out for display within the one or more portions of the display where tear is permitted. If the frame transition is to occur while the scanline for the display is in the one or more portions of the display where tear is permitted, then the technique further includes allowing the frame transition to occur. If the frame transition is to occur while the scanline for the display is not in the one or more portions of the display where tear is permitted, then the technique further includes delaying the frame transition until at least when the scanline for the display is in the one or more portions of the display where tear is permitted.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention proposes a method for performing partial refresh on display panels. According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, the display panels may be implemented as self-refreshing display panels communicatively coupled with a computing device that generates graphical data for display in the display panel. To perform partial refresh, consecutive frames are compared to identify the portions of the frames with updated material. In one or more embodiments, only the pixels corresponding to the updated portion(s) are refreshed in the display panel.

Abstract: An example method of dynamically selecting content to display on a secondary display coupled to a user device includes allocating, at a kernel, a first frame buffer for content to be output to a primary display. The method also includes receiving a set of image layers. The method further includes allocating, at the kernel when the set includes one or more image layers to be displayed only on the primary display, a second frame buffer for content to be output to the secondary display.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention proposes a method for performing partial refresh on display panels. According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, the display panels may be implemented as self-refreshing display panels communicatively coupled with a computing device that generates graphical data for display in the display panel. To perform partial refresh, consecutive frames are compared to identify the portions of the frames with updated material. In one or more embodiments, only the pixels corresponding to the updated portion(s) are refreshed in the display panel.

Abstract: An example method of providing a fuel alert to a user includes calculating a range for a transportation device based on a determined level of fuel and an average fuel efficiency. The method also includes for one or more candidate fuel stations, determining a distance of a route to each fuel station, and alerting a user when the range is less than any of the one or more distances.

Abstract: An example method of providing a fuel alert to a user includes calculating a range for a transportation device based on a determined level of fuel and an average fuel efficiency. The method also includes for one or more candidate fuel stations, determining a distance of a route to each fuel station, and alerting a user when the range is less than any of the one or more distances.

Abstract: An example method of dynamically selecting content to display on a secondary display coupled to a user device includes allocating, at a kernel, a first frame buffer for content to be output to a primary display. The method also includes receiving a set of image layers. The method further includes allocating, at the kernel when the set includes one or more image layers to be displayed only on the primary display, a second frame buffer for content to be output to the secondary display.

Abstract: A method includes detecting an idle state of a processor of a data processing device based on initiation thereof through a driver associated with the processor and/or an operating system executing on the data processing device, and copying raw display data related to a static frame to be displayed during the idle state into a memory upon detection of the idle state, along with state information of the data processing device. The method also includes providing access to the copied raw display data to an output resource of the processor during the idle state, and converting the copied raw display data into a format suitable for rendering on a display unit. Further, the method includes power gating one or more engine(s) of the processor during the idle state while maintaining the output resource and the memory in a powered up state to reduce power consumption of the data processing device.