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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2003
Yi-fang Michael Shiuan, Saratoga, CA (US);
Xinwei Yang, Fremont, CA (US);
Jinming Gu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Iming Pai, San Jose, CA (US);
Yi-Fang Michael Shiuan, Saratoga, CA (US);
Xinwei Yang, Fremont, CA (US);
Jinming Gu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Iming Pai, San Jose, CA (US);
VIA Technologies, Inc., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image/graphics data display mechanism for continuously displaying image/graphics data on dual display devices of a computer that contains a Display FIFO and a system memory directly accessed by the computer's CPU, wherein at least one of the display devices is running in a low-resolution mode, the mechanism comprising: determining which of the display devices is running in the low-resolution mode; receiving a power saving signal from the CPU; requesting an access to the system memory, and pre-storing the image/graphics data for the low-resolution device into the Display FIFO; and triggering the CPU power saving process according to a display timing scheme of the other display device.
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