| US 7,595,796 B2 | ||
| Optimizing lifetime of a display | ||
| Parthasarathy Ranganathan, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); William Hamburgen, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); Robert N. Mayo, Mountain View, Calif. (US); and Ken Nicholas, Tomball, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 23, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/830,216. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0237319 A1, Oct. 27, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 345—214 [345/77; 345/84; 345/204; 345/694; 345/904] | 29 Claims |
| 1. A method of optimizing lifetime of a display, the method comprising:
determining whether to control at least a portion of a display based on a lifetime metric;
identifying a plurality of display control options by using a usage model in response to determining to control the at least
a portion of the display; and
selecting at least one of the display control options to control the display;
wherein determining whether to control the display based on a lifetime metric comprises:
a) comparing the lifetime metric to a threshold; and
b) determining to perform the step of identifying a plurality of display control options in response to the lifetime metric
exceeding the threshold.
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