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Dynamic refresh‐rate scaling via frame buffer monitoring for power‐aware LCD management
Author(s) -
Kim Hyoseung,
Cha Hojung,
Ha Rhan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.753
Subject(s) - liquid crystal display , computer science , power consumption , power management , frame (networking) , computer hardware , display resolution , frame rate , dynamic voltage scaling , power (physics) , software , refresh rate , embedded system , frequency scaling , mobile device , real time computing , energy consumption , display device , operating system , engineering , computer network , electrical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
In recent years, there has been wide‐spread use of large and high‐resolution liquid‐crystal displays (LCDs) on handheld devices. The portion of LCD power consumption in the overall system has gradually increased. While most of the previous research on LCD power management has focused on the hardware level, practical mechanisms at the software level are hardly known. This paper presents a power‐aware LCD management mechanism, based on dynamic refresh‐rate scaling and frame buffer monitoring. The proposed mechanism guarantees the display quality of service, which is inherently specified by content types. The mechanism does not require additional hardware or modifications to applications. The experiment results—on a commercial PDA with a $320\times240$ resolution—show that the proposed mechanisms effectively reduce the power consumption by up to 10%, while satisfying the display quality requirements for the LCD screen. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.