PARTITIONED DISPLAY AND CONTROL TO PROVIDE POWER MANAGEMENT IN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY

摘要

A computing device includes a backlight display having a plurality of light sources, each light source being associated with at least one, but not all, of a plurality of different individual regions of the backlight display. The computing device includes a display controller configured to turn on at least one of the plurality of light sources, while other ones of the light sources are not turned on, to provide backlight illumination to an individual region of the backlight display associated with the light source(s) that are turned on, while not providing backlight illumination to one or more other individual regions of the backlight display. The computing device includes an event handler configured to detect an occurrence of an event that may be handled by a program installed on the computing device. The computing device includes a notification engine configured to, in response to the event handler detecting the occurrence of the event, provide a first visual notification to a user of the detection of the event on the backlight display, wherein the first visual notification is provided within a region of the backlight display that is provided with backlight illumination while backlight illumination is not provided to the one or more other individual regions of the backlight display.

主权项

1. A computing device comprising:
a backlight display including a plurality of light sources, each light source being associated with at least one, but not all, of a plurality of different individual regions of the backlight display; and a display controller configured to turn on at least one of the plurality of light sources, while other ones of the light sources are not turned on, to provide backlight illumination to an individual region of the backlight display associated with the light source(s) that are turned on, while not providing backlight illumination to one or more other individual regions of the backlight display; an event handler configured to detect an occurrence of an event that may be handled by a program installed on the computing device; and a notification engine configured to, in response to the event handler detecting the occurrence of the event, provide a first visual notification to a user of the detection of the event on the backlight display, wherein the first visual notification is provided within a region of the backlight display that is provided with backlight illumination while backlight illumination is not provided to the one or more other individual regions of the backlight display.