Method for controlling display in electronic device and electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016358537-A1
Application number	US-201615171640-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 2, 2016
Priority date	Jun 2, 2015
Publication date	Dec 8, 2016
Grant date	—

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 configured to detect a performance degradation factor; a display configured to display data of an executed application; and a processor configured to monitor an output of the sensor, and, when the performance degradation factor monitored during a unit time falls out of a set range, control a resolution of the display data of the executed application.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises:
a monitoring unit configured to monitor the output of the sensor, analyze the performance degradation factor monitored during the unit time, and, when the performance degradation factor falls out of the set range, generate a display control signal; and a graphic processing unit configured to control the resolution of the display data of the executed application displayed on the display according to the display control signal.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the sensor comprises a temperature sensor configured to detect a heat temperature of the electronic device as the performance degradation factor,
wherein the monitoring unit is configured to monitor the heat temperature detected by the sensor, and, when an increase in the heat temperature detected during the unit time exceeds a set range, output a display control signal to reduce the display resolution, and wherein the graphic processing unit is configured to reduce the resolution of the display data of the executed application according to the display control signal.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein, when a decrease in the heat temperature detected during the unit time exceeds a set range, the monitoring unit is configured to output a display control signal to restore the resolution, and
wherein the graphic processing unit is configured to increase the resolution by restoring the resolution of the display data of the executed application according to the display control signal.

5 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the sensor comprises a gauge sensor configured to detect battery consumption as the performance degradation factor,
wherein the monitoring unit is configured to monitor the battery consumption detected by the sensor, and, when a change in the battery consumption detected during the unit time exceeds a set range, output a display control signal to reduce the display resolution, and wherein the graphic processing unit is configured to reduce the resolution of the display data of the executed application according to the display control signal.

6 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the monitoring unit is configured to monitor a change in FPS of the executed application as the performance degradation factor, and, when the FPS detected during the unit time is an abnormal FPS, output a display control signal to change a resolution to display the executed application with a normal FPS, and
wherein the graphic processing unit is configured to reduce the resolution of the display data of the executed application according to the display control signal.

7 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the monitoring unit is configured to monitor an operation of a background application as the performance degradation factor, and, when an activated background application influences the executed application, output a display control signal to limit the resolution of the display data of the executed application, and
wherein the graphic processing unit is configured to reduce the resolution of the display data of the executed application according to the display control signal.

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein, when the activated background application is shifted to a suspend state, the monitoring unit is configured to output a display control signal to restore the resolution of the display data of the executed application.

9 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the sensor comprises a temperature sensor configured to detect a heat temperature of the device and a gauge sensor configured to detect battery consumption, and
wherein the processor comprises: the monitoring unit configured to monitor the heat temperature and the battery consumption detected by the sensor, and, when a change in the heat temperature or the battery consumption detected during the unit time exceeds a set range, output a display control signal to reduce the display resolution; and the graphic processing unit configured to reduce the resolution of the display data of the executed application according to the display control signal.

10 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the monitoring unit is configured to monitor an operation of a background application, and, when an activated background application influences the executed application, output a display control signal to limit the resolution of the display data of the executed application, and
wherein the graphic processing unit is configured to reduce the resolution of the display data of the executed application according to the display control signal.

11 . A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
detecting a performance degradation factor; monitoring the performance degradation factor, and, when a result value of the monitoring during a unit time falls out of a set range, generating a control signal to control a display resolution; and executing a graphic processing operation to limit the display resolution of an executed application according to the control signal.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the detecting comprises detecting a heat temperature as the performance degradation factor,
wherein the monitoring comprises, when an increase in the heat temperature detected during the unit time exceeds a set range, outputting a display control signal to reduce the display resolution, and wherein the graphic processing operation is configured to reduce the resolution of display data of the executed application according to the display control signal.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the monitoring comprises, when a decrease in the heat temperature detected during the unit time exceeds a set range, outputting a display control signal to restore the resolution, and
wherein the graphic processing operation is configured to increase the resolution by restoring the resolution of the display data of the executed application according to the display control signal.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the detecting comprises detecting battery consumption as the performance degradation factor,
wherein the monitoring comprises, when a change in the battery consumption detected during the unit time exceeds a set range, outputting a display control signal to reduce the display resolution, and wherein the graphic processing operation is configured to reduce the resolution of display data of the executed application according to the display control signal.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the monitoring comprises monitoring FPS of the executed application as the performance degradation factor, and, when the FPS detected during the unit time is an abnormal FPS, outputting a display control signal to change a resolution to display the application with a normal FPS, and
wherein the graphic processing operation is configured to reduce the resolution of display data of the executed application according to the display control signal.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the monitoring comprises monitoring an operation of a background application as the performance degradation facto

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G09G2340/0407

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

• G09G3/2096 Primary

  Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a flat panel (suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/006; specific for a CRT G09G1/167) · CPC title

• G06T1/20 Primary

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

• G09G2330/021

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

• G09G2320/041

  Temperature compensation · CPC title