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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2001
Parthasarathy Ranganathan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James Gettys, Carlisle, MA (US);
William Riis Hamburgen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and system for reducing energy consumption of a display in a computer system. The method includes profiling screen usage patterns and the impact of the screen usage patterns on energy consumption by the display; deriving an energy model based on the screen usage patterns; determining when to control the display in order to decrease its energy consumption; determining which screen portions of the display and what display parameters to control based on the energy model; and for each portion of the display to be controlled, controlling its display parameters, wherein the screen portions are controlled to attain energy conservation.