Device shutdown routine optimization

• US 9,874,933 B1
• Filed: 06/15/2015
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Carryer, Straker
• Primary Examiner(s): Rosario, Nelson
• Application Number:
  US14/739,758
• Time in Patent Office: 953 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/002 Specific input/output arrangements not covered by G06F3/01 - G06F3/16 other optical apparatus G02B27/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0626 for control of overall brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/022 in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/027 Arrangements or methods related to powering off a display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/14 Electronic books and readers
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3413 Details of control of colour illumination sources

Abstract

This disclosure is directed to creation of a shutdown routine for an electronic device. A device may detect, via one or more sensors, one or more conditions associated with the environment of the handheld electronic device to optimize a shutdown routine for a particular use case. For instance, the user may be using the device to aid in the process of falling asleep and the shutdown routine may be optimized to aid that process. In addition, the system may monitor user interaction after an optimized shutdown routine has been executed to determine an effectiveness of the optimized routine for the particular use case. Optimized shutdown routines may be associated with the one or more conditions and used as a baseline for future use cases of the user or other users where similar conditions are detected.

Claims

1. An electronic-book reader device to generate a shutdown routine, the electronic-book reader device comprising:

a display;

one or more processors;

one or more sensors to detect one or more environmental conditions of the electronic-book reader device and user interactions received via the electronic-book reader device; and

a computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, perform acts comprising;

detecting a triggering event via the one or more sensors, the triggering event including at least a first user interaction with the electronic-book reader device;

detecting, via the one or more sensors and in response to detection of the triggering event, a current condition associated with the electronic-book reader device including at least an ambient light condition;

determining, in response to the triggering event, a shutdown routine, based at least in part on the current condition and a history of accelerometer measurements associated with a particular use of the electronic-book reader device, to assist a user to fall asleep over a period of time, the shutdown routine modifying at least one of an amount of illumination emitted by the display or a color of the illumination emitted by the display over the period of time;

initiating execution of the shutdown routine;

monitoring at least one of a second user interaction with the electronic-book reader device or a biometric indicator associated with the user during the execution of the shutdown routine;

modifying one or more parameters of the shutdown routine based at least in part on the second user interaction with the device, the one or more parameters including at least one of the amount of illumination emitted by the display or the color of the illumination emitted by the display; and

executing the shutdown routine using the modified one or more parameters.

2. The electronic-book reader device of claim 1, wherein the acts further comprise detecting a third user interaction that disrupts the shutdown routine and further modifying the shutdown routine to lengthen the period of time.

3. The electronic-book reader device of claim 1, wherein the acts further comprise implementing the shutdown routine selected from a shutdown model, the shutdown model being based at least in part on the accelerometer measurements.

4. The electronic-book reader device of claim 1, wherein the biometric indicator is received from one or more additional devices associated with the user and the biometric indicator includes at least one or more of a heart rate, a breathing rate of the user associated with the electronic-book reader device, or a blink rate of the user.

5. A method comprising:

receiving, via a client device, an indication of a condition associated with use of the client device, the indication of the condition being at least partially based on biometric data;

implementing, in response to the indication of the condition, a first tiredness-increasing routine on the client device over a period of time, the first tiredness-increasing routine being based at least in part on data captured from prior interaction data from the client device;

receiving a user interaction with the client device to disrupt the first tiredness-increasing routine;

modifying, based at least in part on the user interaction, the first tiredness-increasing routine to create a second tiredness-increasing routine, the second tiredness-increasing routine having an extended period of time, the second tiredness-increasing routine comprising at least one of;

changing a color of a display of the client device from a warm hue to a cool hue over the period of time;

or

changing the color of the display of the client device from the cool hue to the warm hue over the period of time; and

executing the second tiredness-increasing routine on the client device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the changing a color of a display is limited to an imperceptible rate of change.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising receiving, from one or more other client devices associated with the user, the biometric data, and wherein the one or more other client devices include at least one of a mobile phone, a tablet computing device, a personal computer, a device that generates biometric data, or a wearable device.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the biometric data includes at least one of a heart rate, blood pressure, eye movement, or breathing rate.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the indication is associated with the user being present within an angle of view of a camera of the client device.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein the user interaction increases the amount of illumination of the display and the first tiredness-increasing routine is suspended for a predetermined period of time.

11. A non-transitory computer readable media to store computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to preform acts comprising:

detecting a triggering event that indicates that a user associated with a device intends to stop using the device at a time in the future;

receiving historical use data associated with the user and the device, the historical data including one or more peak use times of the device and an associated activity of the user during the one or more peak use times;

determining, based at least in part on the historical use data, a shutdown routine to increase a user tiredness, the shutdown routine including at least a rate of illumination change and a rate of color change of a display of the device; and

executing the shutdown routine.

12. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 11, the acts further comprising:

detecting a biometric indicator associated with the user; and

modifying the shutdown routine based at least in part on the biometric indicator.

13. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 12, wherein the biometric data includes at least one of a heart rate, a blood pressure, or a blink rate.

14. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 11, wherein the rate of illumination change and the rate of color change are limited to a rate of change that is imperceptible.

15. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 11, wherein the determining the shutdown routine further comprises:

determining a current activity of the user based on sensor data or a biometric indicator, and wherein the sensor data or the biometric indicator are generated from one or both of the device or a second device associated with the user;

determining, based on the current activity of the user, that the user intends to increase alertness; and

increasing at least one of the rate of illumination change or the rate of color change of a display of the device.

16. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 11, wherein the determining the shutdown routine further comprises:

determining a current activity of the user based on sensor data or a biometric indicator, and wherein the sensor data or the biometric indicator are generated from one or both of device or a second device associated with the user;

determining, based on the current activity of the user, that the user intends to increase tiredness; and

increasing least one of the rate of illumination change or the rate of color change of a display of the device.

17. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 11, further comprising:

detecting a period of inactivity of the device; and

increasing at least one of the rate of illumination change or the rate of color change of a display of the device.

18. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 11, wherein a color of the display of the device changes from warm-to-cool to increase user alertness by increasing the wavelength of the color of the display or the color of the display changes from cool-to-warm to increase the user tiredness by decreasing the wavelength of the color of the display.