Graphics preservation for spatially varying display device power conversation
First Claim
1. A method for reducing power consumed by an electronics device that includes a display device, the method comprising:
- selecting at least one graphical user interface item, wherein each graphical user interface item occupies less than about 10 percent of a display area for the display device;
altering the video information outside the at least one graphical user interface item, to produce altered video information, such that the display device will consume less power when displaying the altered video information than an amount of power that would be required to display the video information without the alteration; and
displaying the altered video information with the at least one graphical user interface item.
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Abstract
Described herein are systems and methods that reduce power consumption for an electronics device that includes a display device. The power conservation systems and methods alter video information outside a graphical user interface item and preserve video information for the graphical user interface item. The alteration decreases power consumption for the display device or electronics device. Preserving visual output for the graphical user interface item protects a person'"'"'s ability to see and detect the graphical user interface item at a later time, even though other portions of a display area have been altered to conserver power.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for reducing power consumed by an electronics device that includes a display device, the method comprising:
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selecting at least one graphical user interface item, wherein each graphical user interface item occupies less than about 10 percent of a display area for the display device;
altering the video information outside the at least one graphical user interface item, to produce altered video information, such that the display device will consume less power when displaying the altered video information than an amount of power that would be required to display the video information without the alteration; and
displaying the altered video information with the at least one graphical user interface item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for reducing power consumed by an electronics device that includes a display device, the method comprising:
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altering video information for at least one graphical user interface item at a first rate, to produce altered video information for the at least one graphical user interface item, such that the display device will consume less power when displaying the altered video information for the at least one graphical user interface item than an amount of power that would be required to display the video information for the at least one graphical user interface item without the alteration;
altering the video information outside the at least one graphical user interface item at second rate that is greater than the first rate, to produce altered video information outside the at least one graphical user interface item, such that the display device will consume less power when displaying the altered video information outside the at least one graphical user interface item than an amount of power that would be required to display the video information outside the at least one graphical user interface item without the alteration; and
displaying the altered video information for the at least one graphical user interface item and the video information outside the at least one graphical user interface item. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer readable medium including instructions for reducing power consumed by an electronics device that includes a display device, the computer-readable medium comprising:
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instructions for selecting at least one graphical user interface item, wherein the at least one graphical user interface item occupies less than about 10 percent of a display area for the display device;
instructions for altering the video information outside the at least one graphical user interface item, to produce altered video information, such that the display device will consume less power when displaying the altered video information than an amount of power that would be required to display the video information without the alteration; and
instructions for displaying the altered video information with the at least one graphical user interface item. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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