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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Parthasarathy Ranganathan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William Hamburgen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert N. Mayo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ken Nicholas, Tomball, TX (US);
Inventors:
Parthasarathy Ranganathan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William Hamburgen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert N. Mayo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ken Nicholas, Tomball, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lifetime of a display is optimized by determining whether to control at least a portion of a display based on a lifetime metric. A plurality of display control options is identified in response to determining to control the portion of the display, and one of the display control options is selected.