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US 2006/0132474 A1Published application
Power conserving display system
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorSiu Lam
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Abstract
Systems and methods of controlling a display provide for determining an operating mode of a mobile device, where the mobile device includes the display. An active region of the display and an inactive region of the display can be defined based on the operating mode. The active region enables user access to the device and the inactive region enables greater power savings.
Claims31
A method comprising:
- determining an operating mode of a mobile device having a display;
- defining an active region of the display and an inactive region of the display based on the operating mode.
An apparatus comprising:
- a display controller to determine an operating mode of a mobile device having a display and to define an active region of the display and an inactive region of the display based on the operating mode.
A system comprising:
- a liquid crystal display;
- a driver coupled to the display;
- and
- a display controller coupled to the driver, the controller to determine an operating mode of a mobile device and define an active region of the display and an inactive region of the display based on the operating mode.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- determining that a mobile device having a display is in an operating mode that is selected from a group comprising a wireless phone mode, a music player mode, an email mode and a web browsing mode;
- applying a video clock to a driver of the display for a first portion of one or more video frames to define an active region of the display based on the operating mode;
- deactivating the video clock for a second portion of each video frame to define an inactive region of the display based on the operating mode;
- powering down the driver if the video clock is deactivated;
- and
- reducing a backlight illumination of the inactive region of the display.
3 more elements
A machine readable medium comprising a stored set of instructions, which upon execution are operable to:
- determine an operating mode of a mobile device having a display;
- and
- define an active region of the display and an inactive region of the display based on the operating mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.