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Luminance suppression power conservation

  • US 10,140,945 B2
  • Filed: 10/12/2009
  • Issued: 11/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for reducing power consumed by an electronics device that includes a display device, the method comprising:

  • increasing a size of a graphics item to create a larger graphics item;

    in response to increasing the size of the graphics item, altering, if a portion of the graphics item includes a color that increases a brightness, video information for at least a portion of the larger graphics item to produce an altered larger graphics item with a reduced luminance; and

    displaying the larger graphics item based on the altered video information without altering video information of other graphics items displayed on the display device,wherein the display device consumes less power when displaying the larger graphics item based on the altered video information than would be consumed for the larger graphics item without the video information alteration.

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