Dynamic Always-on-Display Management for Power and Personalization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Always-on-Display (AoD) implementations face issues such as increased power consumption, inconsistency across devices, and negative impacts on user experience and device longevity due to fixed settings.
Innovation Solution
A method for dynamically managing AoD by receiving candidate content and contextual information, determining user preferences, generating variable content based on these factors, and displaying it on the device, while also considering aesthetic parameters and cross-device consistency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If fixed AoD settings are used, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to user preferences and contextual changes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic AoD content generation by continuously monitoring contextual information (time, location, weather, user activity) and automatically adjusting display content accordingly. The system transitions from static fixed settings to dynamic adaptive content that evolves with changing conditions, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity through automated dynamic adjustment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-adjustment by autonomously analyzing contextual data and selecting appropriate AoD content without requiring manual user intervention. The automated decision-making process handles the complexity internally while presenting simplicity to the user, enabling the system to adapt to preferences and context changes while managing device complexity through self-service operation.
2Use of energy by moving object
If AoD content is displayed continuously, then user convenience is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic action by displaying AoD content only during specific periods or under specific conditions rather than continuously. The system monitors contextual information and activates AoD display only when relevant (e.g., during commuting hours, when weather requires visibility adjustment, or when user activity patterns indicate need), thereby reducing power consumption while maintaining user convenience during critical periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes display parameters such as brightness, color intensity, and content complexity based on contextual conditions and battery status. By adjusting these parameters in real-time, the system optimizes the balance between visibility for user convenience and energy consumption, allowing high visibility when needed and reduced visibility when power conservation is prioritized.
3Adaptability or versatility
If AoD content is highly customized, then user personalization is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs copying by creating multiple versions of AoD content based on templates and patterns rather than generating entirely new custom content from scratch. The system uses predefined content libraries and applies transformation rules to generate personalized variations, reducing the computational complexity of content generation while maintaining high user personalization through systematic copying and adaptation of existing content patterns.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the content generation process into modular components: contextual analysis module, content selection module, and customization module. By dividing the complex task of personalized content generation into separate functional segments, the system manages complexity through modular architecture while achieving sophisticated user personalization through coordinated operation of these segmented functions.
4Illumination intensity
If AoD settings are optimized for battery life, then power consumption is reduced, but display quality and visibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating display intensity and content complexity across different spatial regions and contextual conditions. The system adjusts illumination intensity locally based on environmental factors (e.g., higher brightness for outdoor visibility, lower brightness for indoor settings) and dynamically allocates power resources to maintain display quality where needed while conserving energy where acceptable, resolving the contradiction between illumination intensity and energy loss through spatially-aware quality optimization.
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AI summary
A method for managing an Always-on-Display (AoD) of an electronic device, includes: receiving a candidate AoD content to be displayed on the electronic device and a AoD contextual information; determining an AoD preferred pattern of a user of the electronic device based on the candidate AoD content and the AoD contextual information; generating a set of variable AoD content corresponding to the candidate AoD content based on the AoD preferred pattern of the user and the AoD contextual information, wherein AoD content of the set of variable AoD content is generated for changes in the AoD contextual information; and displaying the set of variable AoD content on the electronic device.