US 12,436,593 B2
Sensor-based display power control systems and methods
Joseph F Alverson, Redwood City, CA (US); Brad W Simeral, San Francisco, CA (US); Daniel J Drusch, Appleton, WI (US); Daniel P Kumar, Fremont, CA (US); Derek J DiCarlo, Santa Clara, CA (US); Ricky Wai Kit Yuen, Saratoga, CA (US); Roberto G Yepez, San Francisco, CA (US); Shashi K Dua, Los Gatos, CA (US); Ardra Singh, San Francisco, CA (US); Gabrielle Andrea Badie Belzberg, San Francisco, CA (US); Kartik Venkatraman, San Francisco, CA (US); Gierad Laput, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Archana Venkatesh, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Jingran Zhou, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/929,929.
Prior Publication US 2024/0077929 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/3206 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G09G 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/3265 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G09G 5/10 (2013.01); G09G 2360/144 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
an electronic display configured to be powered off;
a condition pre-processor that, while the electronic display is powered off, generates a first signal that indicates that one or more sensors generated sensing data corresponding to the electronic display being visible at a future time; and
processing circuitry that:
generates, while the electronic display is presenting an image, a first control signal to de-power the electronic display;
receives the first signal from the condition pre-processor; and
returns power to the electronic display based on the first signal before the future time, wherein the electronic display resumes presenting images after power is returned;
wherein the electronic display renders, before the future time, the images presented after power is returned including one or more images corresponding to a de-contented image frame associated with an always-on display operational mode, and wherein the de-contented image frame presents a slower updating clock, a reduced number of widgets, a reduced number of digital contented items, or any combination thereof, relative to that used in a normal operational mode.