Power-management method and system for electronic appliances
First Claim
1. A method for displaying information in an electronic, computing-and-information-displaying appliance, the appliance having a display component that uses a direct-light-emitting display medium, the display component having display regions, the method comprising:
- setting a power-consumption-decreasing configuration of the electronic, computing-and-information-displaying appliance that decreases power consumption by the display component during display of information; and
operating the electronic, computing-and-information-displaying appliance according to the power-consumption-decreasing configuration.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to power-management methods for preventing needless dissipation of stored energy in operation of display components of electronic appliances, as well as for moving functionality from separately controlled and powered devices to a main display component in order to avoid unnecessary hardware, firmware, and software design and manufacturing complexities. In one embodiment of the present invention, techniques are applied in an electronic, information-displaying appliance using an organic-light-emitting-diode-based display component to increase the proportion of the display screen that appears dark, and that is therefore not emitting light, in order to decrease power consumption by the display component.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for displaying information in an electronic, computing-and-information-displaying appliance, the appliance having a display component that uses a direct-light-emitting display medium, the display component having display regions, the method comprising:
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setting a power-consumption-decreasing configuration of the electronic, computing-and-information-displaying appliance that decreases power consumption by the display component during display of information; and
operating the electronic, computing-and-information-displaying appliance according to the power-consumption-decreasing configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
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accessing a power-consumption-decreasing configuration that decreases power consumption by a display component during display of information; and
operating an electronic, computing-and-information displaying appliance according to the accessed power-consumption-decreasing configuration.
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18. A processing system comprising:
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an electronic, computing-and-information displaying appliance, the computing-and-information displaying appliance having a display component including a direct-light-emitting display medium; and
a computer readable medium coupled to the electronic, computing-and-information displaying appliance, the computer readable medium containing a power-consumption-decreasing configuration for the electronic, computing-and-information displaying appliance.
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19. An electronic, computing-and-information displaying appliance comprising:
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a display component that uses a direct-light-emitting display medium; and
a power-consumption-decreasing configuration that decreases power consumption by the display component during display of information.
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- 20. A computer-readable data-storage medium in a computing-and-information-displaying appliance, the appliance including a display component having display regions, the computer-readable data-storage medium containing a display-component-power-consumption-decreasing configuration specifying a display mode that directs the electronic, computing-and-information-displaying appliance to reduce a percentage of the time of information display during which regions of the display component emit light.
- 22. A computer-readable data-storage medium in a computing-and-information-displaying appliance, the appliance including a display component having display regions, the computer-readable data-storage medium containing a display-component-power-consumption-decreasing configuration specifying a display mode that directs the electronic, computing-and-information-displaying appliance to reduce an average intensity at which regions of the display component emit light during display of information.
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24. Power-management logic for controlling power consumption by a display component of an electronic, computing-and-information-displaying appliance, the power-management logic comprising:
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logic that determines when to invoke each of a number of power-management methods that decrease display-component power consumption during information display by the display component; and
logic that executes the number of power-management methods that decrease display-component power consumption during information display by the display component. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An electronic, computing-and-information displaying appliance comprising:
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a display component; and
power-management logic that determines when to invoke each of a number of power-management methods that decrease power consumption by the display component during information display by the display component, and that executes the number of power-management methods that decrease display-component power consumption during information display by the display component.
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40. A method for displaying information in an electronic, computing-and-information-displaying appliance that includes a display component that uses a direct-light-emitting display medium, the method comprising:
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detecting degradation in the intensity of at least one portion of the spectrum of visible light emitted by the display component in response to a light-emission-stimulating signal applied to the display component; and
increasing the signal applied to the display component to direct emission of light in the degraded portion of the spectrum.
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41. A method for displaying information in an electronic, computing-and-information-displaying appliance that includes a display component that uses a direct-light-emitting display medium, the method comprising:
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monitoring the amount of time and intensity of display for various regions of the display component; and
altering a display-component-related configuration of the electronic, computing-and information-display appliance to distribute time and intensity of light emission evenly over the various regions of the display component.
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