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Use of low-power display on device

A display and equipment technology, applied in the direction of instruments, advanced technology, current supply devices, etc., can solve the problems of the size and limitation of the display

Active Publication Date: 2012-07-04
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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Since the keypad and screen co-exist on the same side of the device, there is a limit to how large the display can be

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[0014] As technology advances, mobile phones and other devices are being designed such that displays occupy an increasing proportion of the device's surface area. It used to be common for devices to have a single display that took up perhaps half the surface of one side of the device. Some devices now have displays that take up nearly the entire surface of one side of the device, and some of these devices have more than one display. For example, some mobile phones or tablet computers have a touch screen that occupies most of a single side of the device, and this touch screen acts as the main input and output device for the device. Some devices, such as "flip" or "slider" phones (or devices that don't even feature "flip" or "slider") have multiple displays.

[0015] When a device has multiple displays, these displays are often used in different ways. For example, a flip phone may have a large display that acts as the phone's main display and a small secondary display on the o...

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Abstract

A device may have a plurality of displays, such as a high-power display and a low-power display. The low-power display may be used to display various types of information. Some examples of information that may be displayed on the low-power display include personal customizations of the device (e.g., skins, tattoos, text or graphics, etc.), a battery meter, a signal strength meter, the date and time, or any other type of information. In one example, the device has a separate processor that drives the low-power display, so that the low-power display can be used while the device is in sleep mode or off. In another example, an application that runs on the device's regular processor uses the high- and low-power displays cooperatively to display output from an application. The low-power display can be wrapped around the edges and / or corners of the device, to make effective use of the device's surface area.

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Background technique [0001] Mobile phones, as well as other small computing devices, are being constructed with larger and larger display surfaces. While the devices themselves are generally smaller than they were a few years ago, modern devices dedicate a relatively large percentage of the device's surface to the display. Early devices typically had mechanical keypads for input and screens for displaying output. Since the keypad and screen co-exist on the same side of the device, there is a limit to how large the display can be. While some phones continue to use mechanical keypads (preferred by some users), advances in touchscreen technology have allowed other devices to omit keypads entirely in favor of a touchscreen surface that acts as both an input device and a display. This design allows a larger portion of the surface area to be used as a display. [0002] Some devices include more than one display area. For example, some phones with a "flip" or "slide out" design i...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04M1/73
CPCG06F1/3287G06F1/1645Y02B60/1242Y02B60/32G06F1/3265Y02D10/00Y02D30/50
Inventor B.H.艾格厄瓦娃阿尔卡斯S.V.费恩D.巴尼特
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC