Power management of electronic device with display
First Claim
1. An electronic device comprising:
- a power source;
a display having a high power mode and a low power mode, said display being powered by said power source; and
a power controller which switches all regions of said display to a low power mode in response to no changes being indicated for one or more first selected regions of said display for at least a predetermined time, wherein the area of said one or more first selected regions is less than the area of said display, wherein in said low power mode, said display is static, and is not refreshed.
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Abstract
An electronic device, such as an e-book, for displaying information includes a power source; a display having a high power mode and a low power mode, said display being powered by said power source; and a power control arrangement for switching the display to a low power mode when no changes to selected regions of the display are required for at least a predetermined time. The power control arrangement switches said display from said low power mode to said high power mode when changes of said display are required in display portions other than said selected portions. A method for operating the electronic device. A computer readable medium having computer readable instructions thereon for implementing the method.
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19 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a power source; a display having a high power mode and a low power mode, said display being powered by said power source; and a power controller which switches all regions of said display to a low power mode in response to no changes being indicated for one or more first selected regions of said display for at least a predetermined time, wherein the area of said one or more first selected regions is less than the area of said display, wherein in said low power mode, said display is static, and is not refreshed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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providing an electronic device including a display having a high power mode and a low power mode; and switching, by use of a processor, all regions of said display to a low power mode occurs when no changes to one or more first selected regions of said display are indicated for at least a predetermined time, wherein the area of said one or more first selected regions is less than the area of said display, wherein in said low power mode, said display is static, and is not refreshed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An electronic device comprising:
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a power source; a display memory; a display for displaying contents of said display memory, said display defaulting to a low power mode during ordinary use, and having a high power mode, said display being powered by said power source; and a power controller which switches the device to a high power mode in response to changes being indicated in second selected regions of said display and not switching from the low power mode in response to changes in first selected regions of said display, wherein in said low power mode, said display is static, and is not refreshed.
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19. A computer storage medium having computer readable code stored thereon for execution by an electronic device including a display having a high power mode and a low power mode, so as to switch all regions of said display to a low power mode when no changes to one or more selected regions of said display are indicated for at least a predetermined time, wherein in said low power mode, said display is static, and is not refreshed.
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