DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD

• US 20160299673A1
• Filed: 02/02/2016
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SON, Ho-yong
• Application Number:
  US15/013,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20160299673A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3218 of display devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/50 in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate

Abstract

A display apparatus and a display method according to example embodiments are disclosed. The display apparatus according to an example embodiment includes a display and a processor configured to provide, on the display, a user interface for changing a configuration of a power saving mode such that the display apparatus consumes predefined power in a low-power mode, based on a low-power mode entering history of the display apparatus.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a processor configured to provide, on the display, a user interface for changing a configuration of a power saving mode wherein the display apparatus consumes predefined power in a low-power mode, based on a low-power mode entering history of the display apparatus.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to provide the user interface based on at least one of:

the number of times the display apparatus entered the low-power mode, and a total time for which the low-power mode continued during a first time period.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display apparatus to display a message providing an option to change the configuration of the power saving mode on the user interface based on a current configuration of the power saving mode of the display apparatus.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display apparatus to display the user interface at a point in time corresponding to at least one of:

when the display apparatus is released from the low-power mode, and when the display apparatus is turned on.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display apparatus to display, through the user interface, a message providing an option to change the configuration of the power saving mode to on if the configuration of the power saving mode is off and if the number of times the display apparatus entered the low-power mode during a first time period is less than a preset number of times.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display apparatus to display, through the user interface, a message providing an option to change the configuration of the power saving mode to off if the configuration of the power saving mode is on and if the number of times the display apparatus entered the low-power mode during a first time period is a preset number of times or more.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display apparatus to display, through the user interface, a message providing an option to change the configuration of the power saving mode to on if the configuration of the power saving mode is off and if a time for which the low-power mode continued during a first time period is a preset time or more.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display apparatus to display, through the user interface, a message providing an option to change the configuration of the power saving mode to off if the configuration of the power saving mode is on and if a time for which the low-power mode continued during a first time period is less than a preset time.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to provide a selectable item for receiving an input for changing the configuration of the power saving mode and a selectable item for receiving an input for maintaining the configuration of the power saving mode.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display apparatus to change a duration in which the low-power mode entering history is collected based on the input for maintaining the configuration of the power saving mode.

11. A display method comprising:

acquiring a low-power mode entering history of a display apparatus; and

providing, on a display, a user interface for changing a configuration of a power saving mode wherein the display apparatus consumes predefined power in a low-power mode, based on the low-power mode entering history.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the user interface comprises providing the user interface based on at least one of the number of times the display apparatus entered the low-power mode and a total time for which the low-power mode continued during a first time period.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the user interface comprises controlling the display apparatus to display a message providing an option to change the configuration of the power saving mode on the user interface based on a current configuration of the power saving mode of the display apparatus.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the user interface comprises providing, to the display, the user interface at a point in time corresponding to at least one of when the display apparatus is released from the low-power mode and when the display apparatus is turned on.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the user interface comprises displaying, through the user interface, a message providing an option to change the configuration of the power saving mode to on if the configuration of the power saving mode is off and if the number of times the display apparatus entered the low-power mode during a first time period is less than a preset number of times.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the user interface comprises displaying, through the user interface, a message providing an option to change the configuration of the power saving mode to off if the configuration of the power saving mode is on and if the number of times the display apparatus entered the low-power mode during a first time period is a preset number of times or more.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the user interface comprises displaying, through the user interface, a message providing an option to change the configuration of the power saving mode to on if the configuration of the power saving mode is off and if a time for which the low-power mode continued during a first time period is a preset time or more.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the user interface comprises displaying, through the user interface, a message providing an option to change the configuration of the power saving mode to off if the configuration of the power saving mode is on and if a time for which the low-power mode continued during a first time period is less than a preset time.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the user interface comprises providing a selectable item for receiving an input for changing the configuration of the power saving mode and a selectable item for receiving an input for maintaining the configuration of the power saving mode.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising changing a duration in which the low-power mode entering history is collected based on the input for maintaining the configuration of the power saving mode.