Display mode selection according to a user profile or a hierarchy of criteria

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9524092-B2
Application number	US-201514723164-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2015
Priority date	May 30, 2014
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

Some implementations provide automatic display mode selection for a device, such as a mobile display device, according to a hierarchy of criteria. Each display mode may correspond with a set of display parameter settings, which may include a color depth setting, a brightness setting, etc. In some examples, one of the criteria may correspond with a software application being executed on the device. Some implementations involve creating a display device user profile and controlling a display of a mobile display device according to the user profile. The user profile may be built gradually over some number of days/weeks/months after the first use of the device. In some implementations, display parameter setting information or other device setting information corresponding to data in a user profile, including but not limited to demographic data, may be received by a mobile display device from another device, such as a server.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of customizing display settings of a mobile display device, comprising:
controlling the mobile display device to provide at least one prompt for preference data, including at least one prompt for a selection among multiple scenarios involving trade-offs between display parameter settings and corresponding power consumption levels;
receiving the preference data via the mobile display device;
adding the preference data to a profile; and
controlling a display of the mobile display device, at least in part, according to the profile, wherein the display parameter settings include color depth settings, each of the color depth settings corresponding to a number of bits used to specify a color depth setting.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
controlling the display of the mobile display device to provide at least one prompt for a visual performance test;
receiving visual performance data, responsive to the at least one prompt, via the mobile display device; and
adding the visual performance data to the profile.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the visual performance test involves testing for at least one acuity type selected from a list of acuity types consisting of color brightness acuity and dithering technique acuity.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
controlling the mobile display device to provide at least one prompt regarding demographic information;
receiving demographic information, responsive to the at least one prompt, via the mobile display device;
transmitting, via a network interface of the mobile display device, the demographic information to an apparatus;
receiving, from the apparatus and via the network interface of the mobile display device, default display parameter setting information corresponding to the demographic information; and
adding the default display parameter setting information to the profile.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein adding information to the profile involves transmitting, via a network interface of the mobile display device, profile information to a server.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising controlling the display of the mobile display device according to a hierarchy of criteria, the hierarchy of criteria consisting of at least one criterion selected from a group of criteria that includes battery state, luminance of ambient light and ambient temperature.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a software application that is currently being executed by the mobile display device; and
controlling the display of the mobile display device based, at least in part, on the software application.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that a plurality of software applications is currently being executed by the mobile display device; and
determining a display mode for the display of the mobile display device based, at least in part, on a hierarchy of display modes.

9. A mobile display device, comprising:
a display;
a user interface system;
a network interface; and
a control system capable of:
controlling the display to provide at least one prompt for preference data, including at least one prompt for a selection among multiple scenarios involving trade-offs between display parameter settings and corresponding power consumption levels;
receiving the preference data via the user interface system;
adding the preference data to a profile; and
controlling the display, at least in part, according to the profile, wherein the control system is further capable of:
controlling the mobile display device to provide at least one prompt regarding demographic information;
receiving demographic information, responsive to the at least one prompt, via the user interface system;
transmitting, via the network interface, the demographic information to an apparatus;
receiving, from the apparatus and via the network interface of the mobile display device, default display parameter setting information corresponding to the demographic information; and
adding the default display parameter setting information to the profile.

10. The mobile display device of claim 9 , wherein the control system is capable of:
controlling the display to provide at least one prompt for a visual performance test;
receiving visual performance data, responsive to the at least one prompt; and
adding the visual performance data to the profile.

11. The mobile display device of claim 10 , wherein the control system is capable of controlling the mobile display device to enter a battery saving mode based at least in part on at least one type of data selected from a group of data types consisting of the visual performance data and the preference data.

12. The mobile display device of claim 10 , wherein the control system is capable of controlling the mobile display device to enter a visually compensatory mode based on the visual performance data.

13. The mobile display device of claim 9 , wherein the mobile display device includes a network interface and wherein the control system is capable of:
transmitting, via the network interface, preference data to an apparatus;
receiving, from the apparatus and via the network interface, display parameter setting information corresponding to the preference data; and
controlling the display according to the display parameter setting information.

14. The mobile display device of claim 9 , wherein the control system is capable of receiving, via a network interface of the mobile display device, profile information from a server.

15. The mobile display device of claim 9 , wherein the control system is capable of controlling the display according to a hierarchy of criteria, the hierarchy of criteria consisting of at least one criterion selected from a group of criteria consisting of battery state, luminance of ambient light, ambient temperature, and information in the profile.

16. The mobile display device of claim 9 , wherein the control system is capable of:
determining that a plurality of software applications is currently being executed by the mobile display device; and
determining a display mode for the display of the mobile display device based, at least in part, on a hierarchy of display modes.

17. An apparatus, comprising:
a network interface system; and
a control system capable of:
receiving demographic information, via the network interface, from a mobile display device;
determining default display parameter setting information corresponding to the demographic information;
adding the default display parameter setting information to a profile; and
providing profile information corresponding to the profile, via the network interface, to the mobile display device, the profile information including the default display parameter setting information; wherein the control system is further capable of:
receiving, via the network interface system, an indication that a plurality of software applications is currently being executed by the mobile display device;
determining display mode information for controlling a display of the mobile display device based, at least in part, on a hierarchy of display modes; and
transmitting, via the network interface system, the display mode information to the mobile display device.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the control system is capable of:
receiving preference data, via the network interface system, from a mobile display device;
determining display parameter setting information for the mobile display device corresponding

Assignees

• Pixtronix Inc
• Snaptrack Inc

Inventors

• Ren Xia
• Akella Sriram
• Sampsell Matthew Brian
• De Groot Wilhelmus Adrianus
• Gille Jennifer Lee
• Fiske Thomas Gerald
• Taraschi Gianni
• Santos Ii Theodore Richard
• Heinzinger Gregory Paul
• Park Shiae Shin
• Jerger Mark
• Halfman Mark Douglas
• Finkel Brian
• Kies Jonathan Karl

Classifications

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