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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
John F. Kelley, Polk City, FL (US);
Michael Bender, Rye Brook, NY (US);
Todd P. Seager, Orem, UT (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling the display of an electronic devices that includes measuring a motion of a device; and determining if the motion of the device and the display state of the device at the time of motion match conditions in a database of motions that are correlated to display states that signal a change from the display state at the time of the motion to a called display state. The method may further include adjusting power from a battery to the display to effectuate a change of display state in response to motion of the device matching conditions in the database of motions that signal the change of display state or a user intervention signaling a change in display state. The method further includes updating a database of motions in response to changes in the display state effectuated by user intervention.