Segmented Display Control for Power and Glare Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices face challenges in efficiently managing display power consumption and user convenience, particularly in low illumination environments, where they struggle to dynamically adjust display settings and restrict sensitive information from being exposed to others, leading to glare and security issues.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that utilize a display control module to determine content based on contextual information, selectively highlighting regions of the display for higher visibility while reducing power consumption by adjusting brightness and display settings, and restricting sensitive information according to user situations or device states.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If the electronic device displays only a portion of the graphic user interface by partially applying power to one region of the display, then power consumption is reduced, but the device cannot dynamically adjust the size, shape, or display setting of the region and cannot display different content through the region
Solution Approach 1:
The display is divided into multiple independently controllable regions (first region and second region), allowing each region to be controlled separately in terms of brightness, content display, and power application. This enables the first region to be in a first display state while the second region is in a second display state, providing both power savings and dynamic adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The display control module dynamically adjusts the display states of different regions based on real-time conditions. The first region can be set to higher brightness for important content, while the second region uses lower brightness or different content, allowing the system to adapt to varying user needs and environmental conditions without fixed constraints.
2Illumination intensity
If the electronic device brightly displays the whole region of the screen in a low illumination state, then visibility is improved, but user or nearby people can be dazzled and information requiring security can be exposed to other people
Solution Approach 1:
Different regions of the display are assigned different brightness levels and content based on their importance and security requirements. The first region displays important or secure information at appropriate brightness levels, while the second region may display less critical content at lower brightness or with reduced visibility, preventing glare and protecting sensitive information from being viewed by nearby people.
3Use of energy by moving object
If the electronic device partially applies power to one region of the display, then power consumption is reduced, but the device has difficulty in displaying content different from the currently displayed content through the region of the display
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into multiple independent regions that can display different content simultaneously. The first region can display one type of content while the second region displays different content, allowing the device to maintain information flexibility while partially powering down regions to reduce overall power consumption.
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AI summary
A display control method of an electronic device includes: determining content to display to the outside of an electronic device based on contextual information associated with the electronic device; automatically configuring one region of a display functionally connected to the electronic device as a highlighted region; and displaying, through the highlighted region, at least a part of the content in a higher visibility state than the remaining region of the display except for the highlighted region in response to an input.