Patent ID: 7714831
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06F,G09G,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for reducing power consumed by an electronics device that includes a liquid crystal display device, the method comprising: altering background video information to produce altered background video information such that the liquid crystal display device will consume less power when displaying the altered background video information than an amount of power that would be required to display the background video information without the alteration; altering video information for a graphical user interface item such that the liquid crystal display device will consume less power when displaying the altered graphical user interface item than an amount of power that would be required to display the graphical user interface item without the alteration, wherein the video information for the graphical user interface item is altered at a first rate and the background video information is altered at a second rate that is greater than the first rate; and displaying the altered background video information with the altered video information for the graphical user interface item.