# US 11,307,757 B2 · Watch theater mode > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,307,757 B2 - Document ID: US11307757B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/713,544 - Filed: 2017-09-22 - Published: 2018-03-29 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-09-23 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Kevin Tyler McAtee; Baboo Gowreesunker; Michael J. Lamb; Brent W. Schorsch; Kevin Lynch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307757B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt} - G06F 1/1694: {the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer} - G06F 1/3203: Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode - G06F 1/3265: {Power saving in display device} - G08B 3/10: using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission - G08B 5/36: using visible light sources - G08B 25/08: using communication transmission lines {(G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence)} - G06F 2200/1637: Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer - G09G 5/10: Intensity circuits - G09G 2320/0626: for control of overall brightness - G09G 2330/022: in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time - Y02D 30/50: in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract The present disclosure generally relates to receiving a user input corresponding to a rotation of a rotatable input mechanism and in accordance with the user input, adjusting a brightness level of a display screen during a brightening configuration session. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device, comprising: a display screen; an accelerometer; a rotatable input mechanism that is physically rotatable relative to a housing of the electronic device; one or more processors; a memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which cause the one or more processors to: receive a user input at the electronic device while the display screen of the electronic device is in a first state; and in response to receiving the user input: when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, corresponds to a first rotation of the rotatable input mechanism and is received while a quiet mode of the electronic device is active, transition, in response to the user input, the display screen from the first state to a second state, wherein the display screen in the second state is brighter than the display screen in the first state; when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, is a wrist raise gesture and is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is inactive, transition, in response to the user input, the display screen from the first state to the second state; and when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, is the wrist raise gesture and is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is active, maintain the display screen in the first state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which further cause the one or more processors to: when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, is a physical input on a surface of the electronic device and is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is active, transition, in response to the user input, the display screen from the first state to the second state. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the physical input comprises a touch input on the display screen and the transitioning of the display screen from the first state to the second state comprises turning on the display screen. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the electronic device includes a hardware button and the physical input comprises a depression of the hardware button, and wherein the transitioning of the display screen from the first state to the second state comprises turning on the display screen. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which further cause the one or more processors to: when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, corresponds to a second rotation of the rotatable input mechanism and is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is inactive, transition, in response to the user input, the display screen from the first state to the second state. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the transitioning of the display screen from the first state to the second state comprises increasing a brightness level of the display screen toward a predetermined brightness level at a rate that varies in accordance with a rotational velocity of the first rotation at the rotatable input mechanism. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which further cause the one or more processors to: when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is active, maintain the quiet mode of the electronic device as active. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the user input and an alert are not received simultaneously by the electronic device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which further cause the one or more processors to: receive a user request to activate the quiet mode of the electronic device from an inactive state, wherein activating the quiet mode of the electronic device further comprises activating a silent mode at the electronic device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the user request comprises a touch input on a quiet mode affordance of a control panel displayed on the display screen. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, the one or more programs further including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which further cause the one or more processors to: in response to the touch input on the quiet mode affordance, highlight display of the quiet mode affordance and a silent mode affordance displayed on the control panel on the display screen. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, the one or more programs further including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which further cause the one or more processors to: receive a second user request to deactivate the quiet mode of the electronic device, wherein the second user request comprises a second touch input on the highlighted quiet mode affordance; and in response to the second user request, deactivate the quiet mode of the electronic device and the silent mode from the active state to the inactive state and remove highlighting of the displayed quiet mode affordance and the silent mode affordance. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The electronic device of claim 9, the one or more programs further including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which further cause the one or more processors to: in response to the user request to activate the quiet mode of the electronic device, display an instruction screen having instructions, a confirmation affordance, and a cancellation affordance; when it is determined that the confirmation affordance is selected, remove display of the instruction screen and activate the quiet mode of the electronic device; and when it is determined that the cancellation affordance is selected, remove display of the instruction screen and forgo activation of the quiet mode of the electronic device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the transitioning of the display screen from the first state to the second state comprises displaying a user interface having a quiet mode icon that indicates the quiet mode of the electronic device is active. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the wrist raise gesture is an input that would cause the electronic device to transition the display screen from the first state to the second state when the quiet mode of the electronic device is inactive. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display screen in the second state includes more displayed information than the display screen in the first state. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display screen an accelerometer, and a rotatable input mechanism that is physically rotatable relative to a housing of the electronic device, which cause the one or more processors to: receive a user input at the electronic device while the display screen of the electronic device is in a first state; and in response to receiving the user input: when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, corresponds to a first rotation of the rotatable input mechanism and is received while a quiet mode of the electronic device is active, transition, in response to the user input, the display screen from the first state to a second display state, wherein the display screen in the second state is brighter than the display screen in the first state; when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, is a wrist raise gesture and is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is inactive, transition, in response to the user input, the display screen from the first state to the second state; and when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, is the wrist raise gesture and is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is active, maintain the display screen in the first state. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, the one or more programs further including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which further cause the one or more processors to: when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, is a physical input on a surface of the electronic device and is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is active, transition, in response to the user input, the display screen from the first state to the second state. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the physical input comprises a touch input on the display screen and the transitioning of the display screen from the first state to the second state comprises turning on the display screen. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the electronic device includes a hardware button and the physical input comprises a depression of the hardware button, and wherein the transitioning of the display screen from the first state to the second state comprises turning on the display screen. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, the one or more programs further including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which further cause the one or more processors to: when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, corresponds to a second rotation of the rotatable input mechanism and is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is inactive, transition, in response to the user input, the display screen from the first state to the second state. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the transitioning of the display screen from the first state to the second state comprises increasing a brightness level of the display screen toward a predetermined brightness level at a rate that varies in accordance with a rotational velocity of the first rotation at the rotatable input mechanism. ### Claim 23 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, the one or more programs further including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which further cause the one or more processors to: when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is active, maintain the quiet mode of the electronic device as active. ### Claim 24 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the user input and an alert are not received simultaneously by the electronic device. ### Claim 25 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, the one or more programs further including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which further cause the one or more processors to: receive a user request to activate the quiet mode of the electronic device from an inactive state, wherein activating the quiet mode of the electronic device further comprises activating a silent mode at the electronic device. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the user request comprises a touch input on a quiet mode affordance of a control panel displayed on the display screen. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 26, the one or more programs further including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which further cause the one or more processors to: in response to the touch input on the quiet mode affordance, highlight display of the quiet mode affordance and a silent mode affordance displayed on the control panel on the display screen. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 27, the one or more programs further including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which further cause the one or more processors to: receive a second user request to deactivate the quiet mode of the electronic device, wherein the second user request comprises a second touch input on the highlighted quiet mode affordance; and in response to the second user request, deactivate the quiet mode of the electronic device and the silent mode from the active state to the inactive state and remove highlighting of the displayed quiet mode affordance and the silent mode affordance. ### Claim 29 (depends on 25) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 25, the one or more programs further including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, which further cause the one or more processors to: in response to the user request to activate the quiet mode of the electronic device, display an instruction screen having instructions, a confirmation affordance, and a cancellation affordance; when it is determined that the confirmation affordance is selected, remove display of the instruction screen and activate the quiet mode of the electronic device; and when it is determined that the cancellation affordance is selected, remove display of the instruction screen and forgo activation of the quiet mode of the electronic device. ### Claim 30 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the transitioning of the display screen from the first state to the second state comprises displaying a user interface having a quiet mode icon that indicates the quiet mode of the electronic device is active. ### Claim 31 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the wrist raise gesture is an input that would cause the electronic device to transition the display screen from the first state to the second state when the quiet mode of the electronic device is inactive. ### Claim 32 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the display screen in the second state includes more displayed information than the display screen in the first state. ### Claim 33 A method, performed by one or more processors of an electronic device with an accelerometer, rotatable input mechanism that is physically rotatable relative to the housing of the electronic device, and a display screen, comprising: at the electronic device with the accelerometer, the rotatable input mechanism that is physically rotatable relative to the housing of the electronic device, and the display screen: receiving a user input at the electronic device while the display screen of the electronic device is in a first state; and in response to receiving the user input: when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, corresponds to a first rotation of the rotatable input mechanism and is received while a quiet mode of the electronic device is active, transitioning, in response to the user input, the display screen from the first state to a second display state, wherein the display screen in the second state is brighter than the display screen in the first state; when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, is a wrist raise gesture and is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is inactive, transitioning, in response to the user input, the display screen from the first state to the second state; and when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, is the wrist raise gesture and is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is active, maintaining the display screen in the first state. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The method of claim 33, further comprising: when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, is a physical input on a surface of the electronic device and is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is active, transitioning, in response to the user input, the display screen from the first state to the second state. ### Claim 35 (depends on 34) The method of claim 34, wherein the physical input comprises a touch input on the display screen and the transitioning of the display screen from the first state to the second state comprises turning on the display screen. ### Claim 36 (depends on 34) The method of claim 34, wherein the electronic device includes a hardware button and the physical input comprises a depression of the hardware button, and wherein the transitioning of the display screen from the first state to the second state comprises turning on the display screen. ### Claim 37 (depends on 33) The method of claim 33, further comprising: when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, corresponds to a second rotation of the rotatable input mechanism and is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is inactive, transitioning, in response to the user input, the display screen from the first state to the second state. ### Claim 38 (depends on 33) The method of claim 33, wherein the transitioning of the display screen from the first state to the second state comprises increasing a brightness level of the display screen toward a predetermined brightness level at a rate that varies in accordance with a rotational velocity of the first rotation at the rotatable input mechanism. ### Claim 39 (depends on 33) The method of claim 33, further comprising: when it is determined that the user input, received while the display screen of the electronic device is in the first state, is received while the quiet mode of the electronic device is active, maintaining the quiet mode of the electronic device as active. ### Claim 40 (depends on 33) The method of claim 33, wherein the user input and an alert are not received simultaneously by the electronic device. ### Claim 41 (depends on 33) The method of claim 33, further comprising: receiving a user request to activate the quiet mode of the electronic device from an inactive state, wherein activating the quiet mode of the electronic device further comprises activating a silent mode at the electronic device. ### Claim 42 (depends on 41) The method of claim 41, wherein the user request comprises a touch input on a quiet mode affordance of a control panel displayed on the display screen. ### Claim 43 (depends on 42) The method of claim 42, further comprising: in response to the touch input on the quiet mode affordance, highlighting display of the quiet mode affordance and a silent mode affordance displayed on the control panel on the display screen. ### Claim 44 (depends on 43) The method of claim 43, further comprising: receiving a second user request to deactivate the quiet mode of the electronic device, wherein the second user request comprises a second touch input on the highlighted quiet mode affordance; and in response to the second user request, deactivating the quiet mode of the electronic device and the silent mode from the active state to the inactive state and removing highlighting of the displayed quiet mode affordance and the silent mode affordance. ### Claim 45 (depends on 41) The method of claim 41, further comprising: in response to the user request to activate the quiet mode of the electronic device, displaying an instruction screen having instructions, a confirmation affordance, and a cancellation affordance; when it is determined that the confirmation affordance is selected, removing display of the instruction screen and activating the quiet mode of the electronic device; and when it is determined that the cancellation affordance is selected, removing display of the instruction screen and forgoing activation of the quiet mode of the electronic device. ### Claim 46 (depends on 33) The method of claim 33, wherein the transitioning of the display screen from the first state to the second state comprises displaying a user interface having a quiet mode icon that indicates the quiet mode of the electronic device is active. ### Claim 47 (depends on 33) The method of claim 33, wherein the wrist raise gesture is an input that would cause the electronic device to transition the display screen from the first state to the second state when the quiet mode of the electronic device is inactive. ### Claim 48 (depends on 33) The method of claim 33, wherein the display screen in the second state includes more displayed information than the display screen in the first state.