Dynamic Application Content Display for Lower Device Power Use
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices face inefficiencies in power consumption due to the need to launch applications and navigate to relevant sections for information display, and miniaturized interfaces provide limited updates, which can be power-intensive.
Innovation Solution
Implementing power-aware generation of visual arrangements of graphical elements on electronic devices based on user power consumption, using data extensions to provide updates while the full user interface is inactive, and adjusting display settings like brightness and resolution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If applications are launched and full user interface is displayed to access information, then complete information access is achieved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the user interface into a full UI and a miniaturized UI that can function independently. The miniaturized UI allows users to access key information and controls without launching the complete application, thereby reducing power consumption while maintaining essential information access.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial action by providing a miniaturized version of the user interface that delivers a subset of full functionality. This partial UI enables users to perform common tasks and access critical information without the overhead of loading and running the complete application, thus reducing energy usage.
2Use of energy by moving object
If miniaturized user interface is used to display updates, then power consumption is reduced, but information display capability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the user interface dynamic by allowing seamless transitions between the miniaturized UI and the full UI. The system can adaptively switch between these modes based on user interaction, information complexity, and power availability, ensuring that the interface provides adequate information display capability while optimizing power consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The miniaturized UI serves as an intermediary between the full application and the user. It provides a simplified view that can be expanded into the complete interface when needed, acting as a power-efficient gateway that maintains access to full functionality while reducing energy consumption during normal operation.
3Ease of operation
If full user interface is launched to access application information, then complete functionality is available, but launch time and navigation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-loading and maintaining a miniaturized UI that is ready for immediate use. This miniaturized interface provides essential functionality without requiring the user to wait for application launch or navigate through multiple screens, thus reducing access time while maintaining ease of operation for common tasks.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the subject technology relate to power consuming processes of electronic devices. For example, an electronic device may create, initiate, and/or modify a power consuming process of the electronic device, based in part on user power consumption information that indicates a typical amount of power consumed by a user of the electronic device. The electronic device may recommend increases in power consumption for low power consumption users and/or decreases in power consumption for high power consumption users. A power consumption process may include a visual arrangement of graphical elements that each display periodically, occasionally, and/or continuously updated information from the application, when a full user interface of the application is not displayed.