Motion detection enabled power optimized display

An apparatus, comprising:

• an electronic display operative to present video content;
• a local data storage component to store video content;
• a motion sensor disposed adjacent to the electronic display, the motion sensor operative to monitor a viewing area of the electronic display for motion;
• a processing component communicatively coupled with the motion sensor and the electronic display;
• and
• a device manager component operative on the processing component to:
• receive signals from the motion sensor, the signals indicative of the presence or absence of motion in the viewing area;
• generate a first control directive to cause storage of video content to the local data storage component when there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals from the motion sensor indicative of the absence of motion in the viewing area of the electronic display;
• and
• generate a second control directive to inactivate the electronic display when there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals from the motion sensor indicative of the absence of motion in the viewing area of the electronic display.

A method, comprising:

• receiving signals from a motion sensor, the motion sensor disposed proximate to a television display and configured to monitor a viewing area of the television display for motion, the television display operative to display content, the signal to include an indication of a presence or an absence of motion in the viewing area;
• determining whether there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals from the motion sensor configured to monitor the viewing area of the television display;
• storing the remainder of the content to a recording device based on a determination that there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals from the motion sensor indicative of the absence of motion in the viewing area of the electronic display;
• and
• inactivating the television display based on the determination that there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals from the motion sensor indicative of the absence of motion in the viewing area of the electronic display.

A method, comprising:

• periodically receiving from a motion sensor a first signal indicative of the presence or absence of motion in a viewing area of a television display, the motion sensor incorporated into the television display and configured to monitor the viewing area of the television display;
• and
• when the first signal is indicative of the absence of motion:
• storing content playing on a television display;
• and
• de-activating the television display;
• when the first signal is indicative of the presence of motion:
• determining when the television display is inactive;
• and
• activating the television display.

An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that when executed enable a system to:

• receive a motion signal from a motion sensor disposed adjacent to an electronic display, the motion signal indicative of the presence or absence of motion in a viewing area of the electronic display, the motion sensor configured to monitor the viewing area, the electronic display operative to display content;
• cause the storage of the content to a recording device when there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals from the motion sensor indicative of the absence of motion in the viewing area of the electronic display;
• and
• cause the electronic display to go inactive when there is an absence of motion in the viewing area based on the signals from the motion sensor indicative of the absence of motion in the viewing area of the electronic display.