Power-scalable multi-layer halftone video display for electronic paper

Video halftoning is a key technology for use in the new display device, electronic paper (e-paper). One challenging issue is how to save the limited power of mobile e-paper device when a halftone video is displayed with various frame rates. In this paper, we propose a power-scalable multi-layer halftone video display scheme, which is composed of layer coding, non-uniform sampling, and flicker rate reduction. Our method not only efficiently save power over the state of the art video halftoning technology but also keep the quality of halftone video nearly unchanged when power saving is additionally considered. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.