Motion based display management

• US 8,077,143 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2007
• Issued: 12/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Panabaker, Ruston, DeMaio, Pasquale
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Nitin
• Application Number:
  US11/863,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20090085863A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,538 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-173, 715/850, 715/862, 715/863
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/106 Determination of movement vectors or equivalent parameters within the image
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A display manager is configured to handle the drawing of windows on one or more displays for an application differently based on detected motion information that is associated with a device. The display manager may not display windows for some applications while motion is detected, while the display manager may display windows for other applications even when motion is detected. Motion enabled applications may interact with the display manager and motion information to determine how to display windows while motion is detected.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for managing the display of windows on a computing device, comprising:

displaying a display that is associated an application on a computing device;

detecting a motion event that is associated with movement of the computing device; and

disabling the display such that the display is restricted during a duration of the motion event when motion during the motion event exceeds a predetermined threshold based on the detected motion event;

wherein the display of the window for the application is changed by a display manager that controls the drawing of windows for applications on the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising shutting off the display when the application is a legacy application.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining when the application is to bypass a changing of the display and when determined drawing the display normally.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising exposing an Application Programming Interface (API) to motion integrated applications such that the motion integrated applications can interact with a display manager and determine how to change the display of the window for the application.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising while restricting the display not restricting a second display during the motion event.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising activating the display application when the motion event stops.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising changing a display policy based on the detected motion event.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein restricting the display changes an appearance of the display.

9. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining applications that have registered for the detected motion event;

sending the motion event to the registered applications and receiving instructions regarding the display of window based on the motion event.

10. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for motion based display management, comprising:

displaying a first display that is associated with a motion integrated application;

displaying a second display that is associated with a legacy application;

detecting motion that is associated with movement of a computing device;

disabling the second display when motion is detected such that it is not drawn during the motion event;

changing display capability for the first display when motion is detected;

wherein disabling the second display and changing the display capability for the first display is controlled by a display manager that controls the drawing for applications on the computing device that is independent of the legacy application and the motion integrated application.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising determining when another legacy application is allowed to display when motion is detected and when allowed displaying a window using the display manager.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising exposing an Application Programming Interface (API) to the motion integrated application such that the motion integrated application can interact with the display manager to determine how to change the display capability of the first display based on the detected motion.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, further comprising determining applications that have registered for detected motion events that are based on the detected motion events;

sending the motion events to the registered applications and receiving instructions regarding display capabilities based on the motion event.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein changing the first display comprises changing a size of text and increasing a size of controls that are associated with the motion integrated application.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising changing a display policy of the computing device based on the detected motion event;

wherein changing the display policy includes changing a number of windows allowed to display.

16. A system for motion based display management, comprising:

a processor and a computer-readable medium;

a display;

an operating environment stored on the computer-readable medium and executing on the processor;

an application;

a motion device that is configured to determine motion for the system;

a display manager operating under the control of the operating environment;

wherein the display manager is located between the application and the display and that is operative to;

receive motion information from the motion device;

change display capability for the application based on the received motion information; and

restrict a display near a driver of a car in response to the motion information; and

draw the display based on the changed display capability.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the application is a legacy application and changing the display capabilities comprises disabling a display when motion is detected.

18. The system of claim 16, further comprising an Application Programming Interface (API) that provides an interface for the application to interact with the display manager to determine how to change the display capability.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising determining applications that have registered for detected motion events that are based on the detected motion events;

and sending the motion events to the registered applications.

20. The system of claim 16, further comprising changing a display policy of the system based on the motion information;

wherein changing the display policy includes changing a number of windows allowed to display.