Color preservation for spatially varying power conservation
First Claim
1. A method for reducing power consumed by an electronics device that includes a display device, the method comprising:
- identifying characteristic color video information for a graphics component that allows a person to visually locate the graphics component based on its characteristic color video information in a display area for the display device;
monitoring user activity in the display area;
after a threshold inactivity time in the display area, altering video information in the display area, other than the characteristic color video information, 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 characteristic color video information.
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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 systems and methods identify characteristic color video information for a graphics component that allows a person to visually locate the graphics component in a display area for the display device. Video information in the display area other than the characteristic color video information is then altered to conserve power. Preserving the characteristic color video information for the graphics component maintains a person'"'"'s ability to locate the graphics component at a later time, even though other portions of the display area have been altered and potentially visually degraded 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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identifying characteristic color video information for a graphics component that allows a person to visually locate the graphics component based on its characteristic color video information in a display area for the display device; monitoring user activity in the display area; after a threshold inactivity time in the display area, altering video information in the display area, other than the characteristic color video information, 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 characteristic color video information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. 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 identifying characteristic color video information for a graphics component that allows a person to visually locate the graphics component based on its characteristic color video information in a display area for the display device; instructions for altering video information in the display area, other than the characteristic color video information, 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 characteristic color video information. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A method for reducing power consumed by an electronics device that includes a display device, the method comprising:
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identifying characteristic color video information for a graphics component that allows a person to visually locate the graphics component based on its characteristic color video information in a display area for the display device; altering video information in the display area, other than the characteristic color video information, 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 characteristic color video information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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