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US 2007/0176847 A1Published application
Method and system to reduce display power consumption
OwnerKamalesh Shah, Thomas Holder +6inventors
InventorsKamalesh Shah, Thomas Holder, Jennifer Colegrove, Maximino Vasquez, Roy Karunakaran, Yasaman Ghazizadeh, Surinder Tuli, Ralph Mesmer
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Abstract
A method and system to control power consumption of a display system includes using a low power display and a normal power display. The low power display may be a reflective display and may be used when the environment is bright. The normal power display may be a transmissive display and may be used when the environment is not as bright.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- displaying information from a computer system using a first display when the computer system is positioned in a first environment;
- and
- displaying the information from the computer system using a second display when the computer system is positioned in a second environment, wherein the first display is capable of consuming more power than the second display, and wherein the first environment is not as bright as the second environment.
A display apparatus, comprising:
- a transmissive display to display information from a computer system when positioned in an environment with low light;
- a reflective display coupled to the transmissive display to display the information when positioned in an environment with bright light;
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- an interface coupled to both the transmissive display and the reflective display, wherein the interface is to control the displaying of the information on the transmissive display or on the reflective display.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a low power consumption display associated with a first display section;
- and
- a normal power consumption display coupled to the low power consumption display and associated with a second display section, wherein the first display section is attached to the second display section and is foldable relative to the second display housing.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a display system coupled to the processor, the display system includes a low power consumption display and a normal power consumption display, wherein only the low power consumption display or the normal power consumption display is active at a time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.