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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Cairns, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sameer Nanda, San Jose, CA (US);
Benson Leung, Mountain View, CA (US);
David James, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3218 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/3265 (2013.01); G06F 1/3271 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for scheduling and controlling power management activities are disclosed. An example method includes detecting, by a computing device, playback of video content at a frame rate that is greater than a predetermined threshold frame rate. The example method further includes, in response to the detection of the playback of video content at the frame rate greater than the threshold frame rate, overriding a screen dimming operation of the computing device.