Display driving circuit and method of partial image data

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display including a display area;

at least one processor configured to:

generate an image data by concatenating a plurality of low-resolution partial image pieces having a resolution lower than the resolution of the display, and

encode the image data in a specified scheme;

a graphic random access memory (GRAM) in a display driver integrated circuit configured to store the encoded image data while the at least one processor is in a sleep mode; and

the display driver integrated circuit for driving the display,

wherein the display driver integrated circuit is configured to:

select at least one of the plurality of low-resolution partial image piece of the encoded image data,

decode the selected at least one partial image piece,

display the decoded at least one partial image piece to the display area of the display, and

display the plurality of low-resolution partial image pieces one by one on a portion of the display area depending on a specified sequence, while the at least one processor is in the sleep mode.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

enter the sleep mode after generating the image data, and

wherein the display driver integrated circuit is further configured to:

output the plurality of low-resolution partial image pieces one by one to the display area depending on the specified sequence by an operation of the display driver integrated circuit in itself.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor includes at least one of an application processor (AP), a communication processor (CP), a sensor hub, or a touch controller integrated circuit (IC).

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the display driver integrated circuit is further configured to:

output the plurality of low-resolution partial image pieces one by one to the display area depending on the specified sequence, by using at least one of a data address on the GRAM of each of the plurality of low-resolution partial image pieces or a data size of each of the plurality of low-resolution partial image pieces.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of low-resolution partial image pieces displayed on the display area to move from one side of the display area to the other side.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the display driver integrated circuit is further configured to:

output the plurality of low-resolution partial image pieces one by one to the display area depending on the specified sequence based on control information received from the at least one processor.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the display driver integrated circuit is further configured to:

receive the control information through a low speed interface.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein at least part of the at least one processor is configured to:

switch to a wake-up mode temporarily to transmit the control information to the display driver integrated circuit.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the image data includes a first group of partial image and a second group of partial image, and

wherein the display driver integrated circuit is further configured to:

select at least one partial image piece among the first group of partial image and at least one partial image piece among the second group of partial image, and

output the at least one partial image piece selected among the first group of partial image, to a first display area of the display and output the at least one partial image piece selected among the second group of partial image pieces to a second display area of the display.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the display driver integrated circuit is configured to:

select one among the second group of partial image depending on the specified sequence.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the display driver integrated circuit is further configured to:

select a low-resolution partial image piece among the image data, and

enlarge the selected low-resolution partial image piece at a specified magnification to output the enlarged part to the display area of the display.

12. A display driver integrated circuit for driving a display, comprising:

a graphic random access memory (GRAM) configured to store an encoded image data generated by at least one processor while the at least one processor is in a sleep mode, wherein the image data is generated by concatenating a plurality of low-resolution partial image pieces having a resolution lower than the resolution of the display and encode the image data in a specified scheme;

a controller integrated circuit configured to:

select one of the plurality of low-resolution partial image piece of the encoded image data,

decode the selected low-resolution partial image piece,

display the decoded low-resolution partial image piece to the display area of the display, and

display the plurality of low-resolution partial image pieces one by one on a portion of a display area of the display depending on a specified sequence, while the at least one processor is in the sleep mode; and

a timing controller circuit configured to supply an image signal corresponding to the plurality of low-resolution partial image pieces, to the display,

wherein the controller integrated circuit is further configured to:

control the timing controller circuit such that the plurality of low-resolution partial image pieces are output one by one to the display area.

13. The display driver integrated circuit of claim 12 ,

wherein the image data includes a first group of partial image and a second group of partial image, and

wherein the controller integrated circuit is further configured to:

select at least one partial image piece among the first group of partial image and at least one partial image piece among the second group of partial image, and

control the timing controller circuit such that the at least one partial image piece selected among the first group of partial image is output to a first display area of the display and such that the at least one partial image piece selected among the second group of partial image is output to a second display area of the display.

14. The display driver integrated circuit of claim 12 , further comprising:

a decoder circuit configured to decode data in the specified scheme,

wherein the decoder circuit is further configured to:

decode the selected low-resolution partial image piece to transmit the decoded data to the timing controller circuit.

15. The display driver integrated circuit of claim 12 , further comprising:

an up-scaler circuit configured to enlarge an image at a specified magnification,

wherein the up-scaler circuit is further configured to:

enlarge the selected low-resolution partial image piece to transmit the enlarged low-resolution partial image piece to the timing controller circuit.

16. A method of driving a display, the method comprising:

generating, by at least one processor, an image data by concatenating a plurality of low-resolution partial image pieces having a resolution lower than the resolution of the display;

encoding, by at least one processor, the image data in a specified scheme;

storing, by the at least one processor, the encoded image data in a graphic random access memory (GRAM) in a display driver integrated circuit while the at least one processor is in a sleep mode;

selecting, by the display driver integrated circuit, one of the plurality of low-resolution partial image piece of the encoded image data;

decoding, by the display driver integrated circuit, the selected low-resolution partial image piece;

displaying, by the display driver integrated circuit, the decoded low-resolution partial image piece to the display area of the display; and

displaying, by the display driver integrated circuit, the plurality of low-resolution partial image pieces one by one on a portion of a display area of the display depending on a specified sequence, when the at least one processor is in the sleep mode.