Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in mobile device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12328677-B2
Application number	US-202318238242-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2023
Priority date	Sep 29, 2010
Publication date	Jun 10, 2025
Grant date	Jun 10, 2025

Abstract

A method and apparatus capable of minimizing power consumption occurring when a mobile device is changed from a sleep state to a wake-up state by partially controlling on/off of a display unit and partial booting control of a system function are provided. The method includes detecting a change of the mobile device from a sleep state to a wake-up state, turning on a display unit of the mobile device such that a first section of the mobile device displays an operating region, the first section including one or more portions of the display unit and less than an entire screen of the display unit and waiting for a system function registered in the operating region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a display comprising a touch screen; and
a processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:
control to drive the display so that an entirety of the display is usable as a first region for display;
control to display an execution screen in the first region for display;
control to receive a first user interaction through the touch screen, while the display is driven so that the entirety of the display is usable as the first region for display and the execution screen is displayed in the first region;
based on the first user interaction, control to drive the display so that only less than the entirety of the display is usable as a second region for display and a remaining region of the display other than the second region is not usable for display;
control to display the execution screen in the second region for display;
control to receive a second user interaction through the touch screen, while the display is driven so that only less than the entirety of the display is usable as the second region for display and the execution screen is displayed in the second region;
based on the second user interaction, control changing from driving the display so that only less than the entirety of the display is usable as the second region for display to driving the display so that the entirety of the display is usable as the first region for display; and
display the execution screen in the first region for display,

wherein power consumption of the display is reduced when the driving of the display is changed from driving the display so that the entirety of the display is usable as the first region for display to driving the display so that only less than the entirety of the display is usable as the second region for display.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first user interaction or the second user interaction comprises a touch input to the touch screen.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a communication module.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device comprises a smart phone.

5. A method for an electronic device, the method comprising:
driving a display of the electronic device comprising a touchscreen so that an entirety of the display is usable as a first region for display;
displaying an execution screen for an operation executed by the electronic device in the first region for display;
receiving a first user interaction through the touchscreen, while the display is driven so that the entirety of the display is usable as the first region for display and the execution screen is displayed in the first region;
based on the first user interaction, driving the display so that only less than the entirety of the display is usable as a second region for display and a remaining region of the display other than the second region is not usable for display;
displaying the execution screen in the second region for display;
receiving a second user interaction through the touch screen, while the display is driven so that only less than the entirety of the display is usable as the second region for display and the execution screen is displayed in the second region;
based on the second user interaction, changing from driving the display so that only less than the entirety of the display is usable as the second region for display to driving the display so that the entirety of the display is usable as the first region for display; and
displaying the execution screen in the first region for display,
wherein power consumption of the display is reduced when the driving of the display changes from driving the display so that the entirety of the display is usable as the first region for display to driving the display so that only less than the entirety of the display is usable as the second region for display.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the first user interaction or the second user interaction comprises a touch input to the touch screen.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program which, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, causes the processor to control to:
drive a display of the electronic device comprising a touchscreen so that an entirety of the display is usable as a first region for display;
display an execution screen for an operation executed by the electronic device in the first region for display;
receive a first user interaction through the touchscreen, while the display is driven so that the entirety of the display is usable as the first region for display and the execution screen is displayed in the first region;
based on the first user interaction, drive the display so that only less than the entirety of the display is usable as a second region for display and a remaining region of the display other than the second region is not usable for display;
display the execution screen in the second region for display;
receive a second user interaction through the touch screen, while the display is driven so that only less than the entirety of the display is usable as the second region for display and the execution screen is displayed in the second region;
based on the second user interaction, change from driving the display so that only less than the entirety of the display is usable as the second region for display to driving the display so that the entirety of the display is usable as the first region for display; and
display the execution screen in the first region for display,
wherein power consumption of the display is reduced when the driving of the display changes from driving the display so that the entirety of the display is usable as the first region for display to driving the display so that only less than the entirety of the display is usable as the second region for display.

8. An electronic device comprising the non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 .

9. A smart phone comprising the non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 .

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ahn Byeong Do
• Cho Sung Min

Classifications

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title

• H04W52/0283

  with sequential power up or power down of successive circuit blocks, e.g. switching on the local oscillator before RF or mixer stages · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W52/027 Primary

  by controlling a display operation or backlight unit · CPC title

• H04W52/02 Primary

  Power saving arrangements · CPC title