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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1999
Luc Attimont, Le Port Marly, FR;
Jannick Bodin, Garches, FR;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method of controlling a liquid crystal display, the method being of the type requiring refreshment of the displayed information in successive stages, a refresh stage having the following steps: executing at least one request to access a shared memory, so as to collect therefrom information to be displayed; and activating display control members so that the control members perform a refresh operation on the basis of the collected information to be displayed. When, for a refresh stage, the information to be displayed is not available quickly enough, the method performs the following steps: interrupting the access request; and going to a next refresh stage by omitting the activation of the current stage.