Electronic device and method for switching display mode thereof
AssigneeChiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
InventorsYI-CHENG CHUNG, HAO-CHENG CHEN
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a display and a processor. The processor controls the display to operate in a full display mode to display a full color user interface, detects whether a first predetermined trigger event occurs, controls the display, when the first predetermined trigger event occurs, to switch from the full display mode to a partial display mode, generates a partial interface and displays the partial interface on the display, and switches from an operating mode to a sleep mode after the partial interface is displayed on the display.
Claims20
A method for switching a display mode of an electronic device comprising a display and a processor, the display operable in a full display mode, a partial display mode, and an off mode, and the processor operable in an operating mode and a sleep mode, the method comprising:
- controlling the display to operate in the full display mode to display a full color user interface;
- detecting whether a first predetermined trigger event occurs;
- controlling the display, when the first predetermined trigger event occurs, to switch from the full display mode to the partial display mode and stop displaying the full color user interface;
- starting to time a first predetermined time duration when the display is switched to the partial display mode;
- generating, by the processor, a partial interface and displaying the partial interface on the display;
- starting to time a second predetermined time duration when the partial interface is displayed on the display and controlling the processor to switch from the operating mode to the sleep mode;
- detecting whether a second predetermined trigger event occurs after the processor is switched to the sleep mode;
- controlling the processor, when it is determined that the second predetermined trigger event occurs, to switch from the sleep mode to the operating mode, and controlling the display to switch from the partial display mode to the full display mode;
- determining, when it is determined that the second predetermined trigger event does not occur, whether the first predetermined time duration has been reached;
- controlling the display, when it is determined that the first predetermined time duration has been reached, to switch from the partial display mode to the off mode;
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- waking up the processor, when the first predetermined time duration has not been reached and the second predetermined time duration has been reached, to generate an updated partial interface and display the updated partial interface on the display.
An electronic device comprising a display and a processor, the display operable in a full display mode, a partial display mode, and an off mode, and the processor operable in an operating mode and a sleep mode, the processor being configured to:
- control the display to operate in the full display mode to display a full color user interface;
- detect whether a first predetermined trigger event occurs;
- control the display, when the first predetermined trigger event occurs, to switch from the full display mode to the partial display mode and stop displaying the full color user interface;
- generate a partial interface and display the partial interface on the display;
- switch from the operating mode to the sleep mode after the partial interface is displayed on the display;
- time a first predetermined time duration when the display is switched to the partial display mode, and time a second predetermined time duration when the partial interface is displayed on the display;
- detect whether a second predetermined trigger event occurs after the processor is switched to the sleep mode;
- switch from the sleep mode to the operating mode, when it is determined that the second predetermined trigger event occurs, and control the display to switch from the partial display mode to the full display mode;
- determine, when it is determined that the second predetermined trigger event does not occur, whether the first predetermined time duration has been reached;
- control the display, when it is determined that the first predetermined time duration has been reached, to switch from the partial display mode to the off mode;
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- generate an updated partial interface and display the updated partial interface on the display when the first predetermined time duration has not been reached and the second predetermined time duration has been reached.
A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device, causes the least one processor to execute instructions of a method for switching a display mode of an electronic device, the method comprising:
- controlling the display to operate in the full display mode to display a full color user interface;
- detecting whether a first predetermined trigger event occurs;
- controlling the display, when the first predetermined trigger event occurs, to switch from the full display mode to the partial display mode and stop displaying the full color user interface;
- starting to time a first predetermined time duration when the display is switched to the partial display mode;
- generating a partial interface and displaying the partial interface on the display;
- starting to time a second predetermined time duration when the partial interface is displayed on the display and controlling the processor to switch from the operating mode to the sleep mode;
- detecting whether a second predetermined trigger event occurs after the processor is switched to the sleep mode;
- controlling the processor, when it is determined that the second predetermined trigger event occurs, to switch from the sleep mode to the operating mode, and controlling the display to switch from the partial display mode to the full display mode;
- determining, when it is determined that the second predetermined trigger event does not occur, whether the first predetermined time duration has been reached;
- controlling the display, when it is determined that the first predetermined time duration has been reached, to switch from the partial display mode to the off mode;
- waking up the processor, when the first predetermined time duration has not been reached and the second predetermined time duration has been reached, to generate an updated partial interface and display the updated partial interface on the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.