Method for controlling display in electronic device and electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10186009-B2
Application number	US-201615171640-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2016
Priority date	Jun 2, 2015
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a display of an electronic device and a device thereof to adjust a load of the electronic device by adjusting a resolution of the display. An operation method of the electronic device comprises: detecting, by a load detector, an amount of load on the electronic device; analyzing, by a monitoring unit, the detected amount of load and generating a graphic control signal; changing, by a graphic processing unit, a resolution of the electronic device; and displaying, by a display, data reflecting the changed resolution.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a sensor;
a display; and
a processor configured to:
display, on the display, a user interface of an application executing in a foreground state, wherein another application executing in a background state while displaying the user interface,
identify, while displaying the user interface, that a request for using the another application on being executed in the background state, wherein the request occurred in the application executing in the foreground state, and
change, in response the identification of the request, a resolution of the user interface being displayed on the display.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
monitor a performance degradation factor using the sensor,
analyze the performance degradation factor monitored during a unit time,
in response to determining that the performance degradation factor is out of a set range, generate a display control signal, and
control the resolution of the user interface of the application being displayed on the display according to the display control signal.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the sensor comprises a temperature sensor, and
wherein the processor is configured to:
detect, using the temperature sensor, a heat temperature of the electronic device as the performance degradation factor,
in response to determining that an increase in the heat temperature detected during the unit time is out of a set range, generate a display control signal to reduce a display resolution, and
reduce the resolution of the user interface of the application according to the display control signal.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:
generate a display control signal to restore the resolution in response to determining that a decrease in the heat temperature detected during the unit time is out of a set range, and
increase the resolution by restoring the resolution of the user interface of the application according to the display control signal.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the sensor comprises a gauge sensor, and
wherein the processor is configured to:
detect battery consumption as the performance degradation factor,
in response to determining that a change in the battery consumption detected during the unit time is out of a set range, generate a display control signal to reduce the resolution of the display, and
reduce the resolution of the user interface of the application according to the display control signal.

6. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:
monitor a change in frame per second (FPS) of the application as the performance degradation factor,
in response to determining that the FPS detected during the unit time is less than minimum FPS, generate a display control signal to change the resolution of the display to display the application with a normal FPS, and
reduce the resolution of the user interface of the application according to the display control signal.

7. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:
monitor an operation of the another application as the performance degradation factor,
in response to determining that an activated another application influences the executed application, generate a display control signal to limit the resolution of the user interface of the application, and
reduce the resolution of the user interface of the application according to the display control signal.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to generate a display control signal to restore the resolution of the user interface of the application in response to determining that the activated another application is shifted to a suspend state.

9. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the sensor comprises a temperature sensor and a gauge sensor, and
wherein the processor is configured to:
detect at least one factor of heat temperature, battery consumption, or a change in FPS using the sensor,
in response to determining that the detected at least one factor is out of a set range, generate a display control signal to reduce a display resolution, and
reduce the resolution of the user interface of the application according to the display control signal.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:
change, in response to the identification of the request, a resolution of the user interface from a first resolution to a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is lower than the first resolution.

11. A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying, on a display of the electronic device, a user interface of an application executing in a foreground state, wherein another application is executing in a background state while displaying the user interface;
identifying, while displaying the user interface, that a request for using the another application executing in the background state, wherein the request occurs in the application executing in the foreground state; and
changing, in response to the identification of the request, a resolution of the user interface being displayed on the display.

12. The method of claim 11 , the method further comprising:
detecting a heat temperature as a performance degradation factor;
in response to determining that an increase in the heat temperature detected during a unit time is out of a set range, generating a display control signal to reduce a display resolution; and
reducing a resolution of the user interface of the application according to the display control signal.

13. The method of claim 12 , the method further comprising:
in response to determining that a decrease in the heat temperature detected during the unit time is out of a set range, generating a display control signal to restore the resolution of the display; and
increasing the resolution by restoring the resolution of the user interface of the application according to the display control signal.

14. The method of claim 11 , the method further comprising:
detecting battery consumption as a performance degradation factor;
in response to determining that a change in the battery consumption detected during a unit time is out of a set range, generating a display control signal to reduce a display resolution; and
reducing a resolution of the user interface of the application according to the display control signal.

15. The method of claim 11 , the method further comprising:
monitoring a change in FPS of the application as a performance degradation factor;
in response to determining that the FPS detected during a unit time is less than minimum FPS, generating a display control signal to change a resolution to display the application with a normal FPS; and
reducing a resolution of the user interface of the application according to the display control signal.

16. The method of claim 11 , the method further comprising:
monitoring an operation of the another application as a performance degradation factor;
in response to determining that an activated background application influences the application, generating a display control signal to limit a resolution of the user interface of the application; and
changing the resolution of the user interface of the application according to the display control signal,
wherein the resolution is changed from a first resolution to a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution.

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Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kang Seung-Ho
• Kim Mooyoung
• Chae Sangwon
• Han Seungjae

Classifications

• G09G2320/041

  Temperature compensation · CPC title

• G09G2330/021

  Power management, e.g. power saving · CPC title

• G09G3/20

  for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix {no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters} · CPC title

• G09G2340/0407

  Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas · CPC title

• G06T1/20 Primary

  Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining · CPC title