Independent Display Segment Control via Main Link Lanes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display technologies face challenges in efficiently managing and optimizing the use of foldable or flexible display panels with multiple segments, as they require novel methods to control and power individual segments based on usage, especially in smaller form factors, to conserve energy and enhance user experience.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of circuitry that allows for independent control of display segments by associating each segment with a lane on a main link, enabling and disabling them through specific link training processes and communication sequences, allowing for real-time adjustment of display configurations and power management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If all display segments are kept active, then display functionality is maximized, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display panel is divided into multiple independently controllable display segments, each associated with a separate lane. This allows individual segments to be enabled or disabled based on usage requirements, enabling selective power management to reduce overall energy consumption while maintaining display functionality where needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the operational state of display segments based on real-time usage conditions. Through link training processes and communication sequences, segments can be enabled or disabled on-the-fly, allowing the display system to adapt its power consumption profile to match actual functional requirements.
2Use of energy by moving object
If display segments are independently controlled, then power management is optimized, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The main link and its lanes serve multiple functions: they provide both display data transmission and control signaling for segment enablement/disability. The link training process and communication sequences are used universally across all lanes to manage both data flow and segment state, reducing the need for separate dedicated control circuits.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary control mechanism where the main link acts as a mediator between the display controller and individual segments. Through standardized link training and communication protocols, the system manages complex segment control operations without requiring direct complex wiring or control logic for each segment.
3Duration of action of moving object
If display segments are disabled to save power, then battery life is extended, but display adaptability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the display into independently controllable units, the system can disable only the portions not currently needed while keeping other segments active. This granular control extends battery life by reducing power consumption in inactive areas while preserving display adaptability in active areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system dynamically reconfigures which segments are active based on real-time usage patterns. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to extend battery life during low-usage periods while maintaining full display adaptability when needed, optimizing the trade-off between power conservation and functional versatility.
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AI summary
Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques to identify one or more display segments of a display panel, each display segment associated with one of a plurality of lanes of a main link coupled with the interface, independently control enabling and disabling of the display segments and associated lanes, and communicate information on each of the lanes of the main link associated with enabled display segments, and to withhold communicating information on each of the lanes of the main link associated disabled display segments.