IP Library Patent Application 14559002
Patent Application
App. No. 14/559,002

DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RENDERING DIGITAL CONTENT

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14/559,002
Abstract

Various aspects of a display apparatus and a method for rendering digital content are disclosed herein. The display apparatus comprises a display controller that is configured to dynamically control an active display layer and/or a passive display layer. The active display layer and/or the passive display layer activates a display region of a display screen of the display apparatus based on one or more parameters. The active display layer corresponds to a first display technology and the passive display layer corresponds to a second display technology.

Claims (27)

1 . A display apparatus for rendering digital content, the display apparatus comprising:

an active display layer that corresponds to a first display technology;

a passive display layer that corresponds to a second display technology; and

a display controller that is configured to dynamically control said active display layer and/or said passive display layer to activate a display region of a display screen of said display apparatus based on one or more parameters.

2 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said first display technology corresponds to one of: a liquid-crystal display (LCD) technology, a light-emitting diode (LED) display technology, or an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display technology.

3 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said second display technology corresponds to an electrophoretic ink (E-Ink) technology.

4 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said active display layer is configured to render dynamic digital content that is associated with a first refresh rate.

5 . The display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein said passive display layer is configured to render static digital content that is associated with a second refresh rate, wherein said second refresh rate is less than said first refresh rate.

6 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a backlight layer configured to control a level of illumination of said display screen.

7 . The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein said display region of said display screen comprises portions of one or more of: said active display layer, said passive display layer, and said backlight layer.

8 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said display controller dynamically controls a first set of display sub-regions of said active display layer and a second set of display sub-regions of said passive display layer based on said one or more parameters, wherein said one or more parameters comprise one or more of: a mode of said display apparatus, a type of digital content to be displayed by said display apparatus, an ambient illumination, and/or one or more user preferences.

9 . The display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein said display controller selectively activates said first set of display sub-regions and said second set of display sub-regions at a pixel level and/or a row level.

10 . The display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein said mode of said display apparatus corresponds to one of: an active mode, or a passive mode, wherein said active mode corresponds to display of dynamic digital content and said passive mode corresponds to display of static digital content.

11 . The display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein said first set of display sub-regions and said second set of display sub-regions are selectively enabled based on a level of said ambient illumination.

12 . The display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein said type of said digital content corresponds to one of: dynamic digital content, or static digital content.

13 . The display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein said one or more user preferences correspond to a manual selection of one or more of: display settings and/or power-saver mode settings.

14 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a first display resolution of said active display layer is greater than a second display resolution of said passive display layer.

15 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said passive display layer is stacked below said active display layer.

16 . The display apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein a first set of display sub-regions of said active display layer is switched to a transparent mode and a second set of display sub-regions of said passive display layer renders static digital content.

17 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said active display layer is stacked below said passive display layer.

18 . The display apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein a first set of display sub-regions of said active display layer renders dynamic digital content and a second set of display sub-regions of said passive display layer is switched to a transparent mode.

19 . A method for rendering digital content, the method comprising:

in a display apparatus:

dynamically controlling an active display layer and/or a passive display layer to activate a display region of a display screen of said display apparatus based on one or more parameters, wherein said active display layer corresponds to a first display technology and said passive display layer corresponds to a second display technology.

20 . The method according to claim 19 , wherein a first display resolution of said active display layer is greater than a second display resolution of said passive display layer.

21 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section for rendering digital content, the at least one code section being executable by a computer for causing the computer to perform steps comprising:

dynamically controlling an active display layer and/or a passive display layer to activate a display region of a display screen of said display apparatus based on one or more parameters, wherein said active display layer corresponds to a first display technology and said passive display layer corresponds to a second display technology.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2018
From: SONY CORPORATION; SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL LLC
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 046725/0835 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2014
From: XIONG, TRUE; MCCOY, CHARLES; FLORES, PRISCILIANO; ZHAO, YUQIAN
To: SONY CORPORATION; SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL LLC
Reel/Frame 034357/0599 →