Display Frequency Synchronization for Terminal Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional display technologies face issues with frame loss, repeated frames, or freeze due to mismatched refresh frequencies of multiple to-be-displayed information on a display screen, leading to poor user experience and increased power consumption.

Innovation Solution

An information display method that determines the display frequency of a display screen by obtaining the type of each to-be-displayed information, calculating a common multiple of their refresh frequencies when necessary, and adjusting the display frequency to ensure smooth and efficient display, prioritizing dynamic content and balancing power consumption.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the display screen uses a fixed refresh frequency for all information, then the display process is simple, but frame loss and repeated frames occur due to mismatched refresh frequencies of different information types

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay smoothnessVSAvoidfrequency coordination complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the display frequency adjustable rather than fixed. The processor dynamically determines the display frequency based on the refresh frequencies of different information types, allowing the system to adapt to varying content requirements and eliminate frame loss while managing complexity through intelligent control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of display frequency from a static value to a variable that is calculated based on the least common multiple of different refresh frequencies. This parameter change enables the display to synchronize with multiple information sources having different refresh rates, resolving the frame loss issue without requiring complex hardware modifications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If the display frequency is increased to show all information smoothly, then frame loss is reduced, but power consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay continuityVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes the display frequency parameter by calculating it as the least common multiple of the refresh frequencies of different information types. This approach ensures that all information is displayed smoothly without frame loss while avoiding unnecessary increases in power consumption that would result from using a uniformly high refresh rate for all content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts the display frequency based on the specific refresh rates of the information being displayed. By making the frequency adaptive rather than fixed at a high constant value, the system maintains display continuity for all information types while optimizing power consumption according to the actual content requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If different refresh frequencies are used for different information types, then each information type is displayed optimally, but the display screen experiences frame loss and freeze due to frequency mismatch

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation type flexibilityVSAvoiddisplay stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent resolves the frequency mismatch issue by changing the display frequency parameter to match the least common multiple of all individual refresh frequencies. This allows the system to maintain different refresh rates for different information types while ensuring that the display screen synchronizes properly, eliminating frame loss and freeze phenomena.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary calculation (least common multiple) that acts as a bridge between different refresh frequencies. This intermediary value serves as a unified display frequency that accommodates multiple information types with different refresh rates, ensuring stable display operation without sacrificing the adaptability to different content types.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11721273B2Information display method, terminal device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2023.08.08 GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed are an information display method, a terminal device, and a readable storage medium. The information display method includes: obtaining an information type of each of a plurality of to-be-displayed information; in response to the information type comprising a target information type, obtaining a first refresh frequency of a target to-be-displayed information corresponding to the target information type, and determining a first display frequency of a display screen according to the first refresh frequency; and displaying the plurality of to-be-displayed information according to the first display frequency.