Intelligent display on/off switching for electronic device displays

A system for controlling the display state of an electronic device comprising:

• a database of motions that are correlated to display states of an electronic device;
• a motion measuring sensor for measuring motion of the electronic device including the display;
• a display setting recorder for determining a display state of the electronic device at the time of the motion;
• a motion analyzer for determining if the motion of the device and the display state of the device at the time of motion match conditions in the database of motions that are correlated to display states that signal a change from the display state at the time of the motion to a called display state;
• a display override actuator for signaling a display state change requested by activation of a selectable button on the electronic device;
• a time out actuator for signaling end of time period for display state change requests;
• a power adjuster for adjusting power to the display to effectuate a change of display state in response to a signal received from the motion analyzer indicating the motion of the device and the display state of the device at the time of the motion matches conditions in the database of motions that signal the change of display state, the display override actuator indicating a display state change requested by activation of the selectable button, or the time out actuator indicating termination of a time period for changes in display state;
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• an update module for updating the database of motions in response to changes in the display state effectuated by the activation of the selectable button.

A wearable device comprising:

• a display screen having at least two display states;
• a power source for powering the display screen to effectuate change between the at least two display states;
• a motion sensor for measuring motion of the wearable device;
• a communications module for accessing a database of motions that are correlated to display states of an electronic device;
• a motion analyzer for comparing the motion of the wearable device to the database of that are correlated to a display state of the display screen the electronic device that the time of the motion measured by the motion sensor;
• a driver for adjusting power from the power source to the display to effectuate a change of display state in response to a signal received from the motion analyzer indicating the motion of the device and the display state of the device at the time of the motion matches conditions in the database of motions that signal the change of display state;
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• a display override indicating a display state change requested by activation of the selectable button in response to a user specific motion that does not correspond to the conditions in the database of motions that signal the change of display state, wherein the display override updates the database to include the motion correlated to the user via the communications module.