METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE SCAN RATE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20140176451A1
• Filed: 12/21/2012
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nook Digital, LLC (f/k/a Barnesandnoble.com LLC) (Bahwan CyberTek Pvt Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Nook Digital, LLC (f/k/a Barnesandnoble.com LLC) (Bahwan CyberTek Pvt Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chang, Songan Andy
• Application Number:
  US13/725,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20140176451A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3262 Power saving in digitizer or tablet

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for setting a scan rate for an electronic device based on interaction with the user and/or application type.

Claims

1. A method for setting a scan rate, comprising:

setting a first value for a scan rate;

sampling an application based at least in part on user interaction with the application; and

setting a second value for the scan rate based at least in part on the sampling of the application.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the scan rate is for a display of a touch screen device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein setting the first value includes setting a maximum scan rate for the particular application.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein setting the first value includes setting a maximum scan rate for the particular electronic device running the application.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the sampling is based on a number of touches by the user.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the setting of the second value for the scan rate is performed for initiation of a subsequent application.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the setting of the first and second values is based on a predetermined setting for a particular user profile.

8. A method for setting a scan rate comprising:

initiating an application on an electronic device in response to a user request;

setting a first value for a scan rate;

sampling the application based at least in part on user interaction with the application; and

setting a second value for the scan rate based at least in part on the sampling of the application.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein setting the first value includes setting a maximum scan rate for the application.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein setting the first value includes setting a maximum scan rate for the electronic device running the application.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein the sampling is based on a speed of touches by the user.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein the setting of the second value for the scan rate is performed for initiation of a subsequent application.

13. The method of claim 8 wherein the setting of the first and second values is based on a predetermined setting for a particular user profile.

14. The method of claim 8 wherein the sampling is based on a number of touches by the user.

15. The method of claim 8 wherein the application is stored remotely in a cloud repository and is served to the electronic device in response to the user request.

16. The method of claim 8 wherein the application is stored locally on the electronic device and is launched in response to the user request.

17. An electronic system, comprising:

a display; and

a controller configured to set a first value for a scan rate, and to sample an application based at least in part on user interaction with the application, and to set a second value for the scan rate based at least in part on the sampling of the application.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the system is one of an eReader device or a tablet computing device.

19. The system of claim 17 wherein the display and controller are implemented in an electronic computing device, and the system further comprises a server for providing access to the application in response to user requests from the electronic computing device.

20. The system of claim 17 wherein the display is a touch screen display and the controller is a touch screen controller.