Motion detection enabled power optimized display
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a processing component; and
a device manager component operative on the processing component to;
receive signals from a motion sensor, the motion sensor disposed adjacent to a television display and configured to monitor a viewing area of the television display for motion;
determine whether there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals;
generate a first control directive to cause storage of video content to a recording device based on a determination that there is an absence of motion in the viewing area, where the determination is based on the signals from the motion sensor configured to monitor the viewing area of the television display; and
generate a second control directive to inactivate a television display based on the determination that there is an absence of motion in the viewing area, where the determination is based on the signals from the motion sensor configured to monitor the viewing area of the television display.
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Abstract
Various embodiments are directed to a motion sensor in communication with a processing component capable of controlling a television display and a video recording device. The motion sensor may provide motion detection information to the processing component. The processing component may issue control directives capable of manipulating the television. For instance, based on the absence of motion in a viewing area, the processing component may re-direct content to be recorded while also inactivating the television display to conserve energy. Upon receiving information that motion has been detected in the viewing area, the processing component may issue control directives to activate the television display and resume playing the content that was previously being watched. This may all be done without requiring an action on the part of a user.
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26 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processing component; and a device manager component operative on the processing component to; receive signals from a motion sensor, the motion sensor disposed adjacent to a television display and configured to monitor a viewing area of the television display for motion; determine whether there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals; generate a first control directive to cause storage of video content to a recording device based on a determination that there is an absence of motion in the viewing area, where the determination is based on the signals from the motion sensor configured to monitor the viewing area of the television display; and generate a second control directive to inactivate a television display based on the determination that there is an absence of motion in the viewing area, where the determination is based on the signals from the motion sensor configured to monitor the viewing area of the television display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus, comprising:
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an electronic display operative to present video content; a local data storage component to store video content; a motion sensor disposed adjacent to the electronic display, the motion sensor operative to monitor a viewing area of the electronic display for motion; a processing component communicatively coupled with the motion sensor and the electronic display; and a device manager component operative on the processing component to; receive signals from the motion sensor, the signals indicative of the presence or absence of motion in the viewing area; generate a first control directive to cause storage of video content to the local data storage component when there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals from the motion sensor indicative of the absence of motion in the viewing area of the electronic display; and generate a second control directive to inactivate the electronic display when there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals from the motion sensor indicative of the absence of motion in the viewing area of the electronic display. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising:
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receiving signals from a motion sensor, the motion sensor disposed proximate to a television display and configured to monitor a viewing area of the television display for motion, the television display operative to display content, the signal to include an indication of a presence or an absence of motion in the viewing area; determining whether there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals from the motion sensor configured to monitor the viewing area of the television display; storing the remainder of the content to a recording device based on a determination that there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals from the motion sensor indicative of the absence of motion in the viewing area of the electronic display; and inactivating the television display based on the determination that there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals from the motion sensor indicative of the absence of motion in the viewing area of the electronic display. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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periodically receiving from a motion sensor a first signal indicative of the presence or absence of motion in a viewing area of a television display, the motion sensor incorporated into the television display and configured to monitor the viewing area of the television display; and when the first signal is indicative of the absence of motion; storing content playing on a television display; and de-activating the television display; when the first signal is indicative of the presence of motion; determining when the television display is inactive; and activating the television display. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that when executed enable a system to:
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receive a motion signal from a motion sensor disposed adjacent to an electronic display, the motion signal indicative of the presence or absence of motion in a viewing area of the electronic display, the motion sensor configured to monitor the viewing area, the electronic display operative to display content; cause the storage of the content to a recording device when there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals from the motion sensor indicative of the absence of motion in the viewing area of the electronic display; and cause the electronic display to go inactive when there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals from the motion sensor indicative of the absence of motion in the viewing area of the electronic display. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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