Apple Inc.

Ardra Singh

Arthur L Spence

Daniel J Drusch

Hyunwoo Nho

Peter F Holland

Kingsuk Brahma

Jie Won Ryu

Brad W Simeral

Marc Joseph DeVincentis

Kartik R Venkatraman

Roberto G Yepez

Gierad Laput

Daniel P Kumar

Shawn P Hurley

Shashi K Dua

Ricky Wai Kit Yuen

Archana Venkatesh

Jongyup Lim

Jingran Zhou

Joseph F Alverson

Derek J Dicarlo

Gabrielle Andrea Badie Belzberg

Wei Hsin Yao

Paolo Sacchetto

Christopher P Tann

Ari Y Benbasat

Hyunsoo Kim

Mohammad Ali Jangda

Chun Lu

Jenny Hu

Jacob Z Weiss

Yue Jack Chu

Brent W Schorsch

Graeme M Williams

Alex H Pai

Gihoon Choo

Zhe Hua

Steven S Noble

Giovanni Corradini

Asha G Karvaje

Alexandre V Gauthier

Ing-Jye Wang

The present disclosure describes systems and methods associated with selective powering of an electronic display in response to operating conditions, additional data, and/or predicting that the electronic display is not going to be viewed or visible. By selectively enabling the electronic display between power states based on a prediction of when a viewer is expected to view the electronic display, a perceivably always-on electronic display may be provided without the electronic display being always-on, thereby balancing consumer interests with technical requirements of a relatively long battery life and correspondingly low power consumption.

Predictive display power control systems and methods

The present disclosure describes systems and methods associated with selective powering of an electronic display in response to sensed data indicating that the electronic display is not visible. By selectively enabling the electronic display between power states based on whether the electronic display is visible, a perceivably always-on electronic display may be provided without the electronic display being always-on, thereby balancing consumer interests with technical requirements of a relatively long battery life and correspondingly low power consumption.

Sensor-based display power control systems and methods

To reduce overall power consumption for an electronic display power management integrated circuit (PMIC), one of multiple electric power converters and/or electric power regulators may be selected based on an electrical load (e.g., due to the total brightness of the content displayed) on the electronic display at a given moment. In some embodiments, the PMIC may include a less efficient heavy load converter designed with high-current handling capability and a more efficient light load (e.g., low current) converter with lower current handling capability. A controller may dynamically select between the converters depending on a present load or an expected load on the electronic display.

Content-aware dynamic power converter switching for power optimization

Direct access to device functionality from a low power state of the device is provided. The direct access can be provided without an initial user input to wake the device or the display of the device before activating the desired functionality. The low power state of the device may include a low power state of the display in which the time is persistently displayed, and may include a low power state or an inactive state of a main processor of the device. The direct access can be provided by detecting a type, location, or other aspects of a user input received while the device is in the low power state.

Direct access to wake state device functionality from a low power state

An electronic device may include processing circuitry configured to generate a first frame of image content and a second frame of image content. The second frame of image content is different from the first frame of image content. The electronic device may also include a display configured to display the first frame of image content at a first refresh rate. In response to receiving the second frame of image content, the electronic device may initially increase the refresh rate before tapering back to the first refresh rate while displaying the second frame of image content.

Frame insertion and frame rate sequencing for panel glitch prevention

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Ardra Singh