Brightness control method, apparatus and program product
View Patent ↗A method, apparatus and program product which enable a user selected display brightness to be linked to an application program selected for use in an electronic device such as a computer system, tablet, telephone, electronic book reader, game device, music playing device and the like. A user selected adjustment of display brightness for an application program and a then existing ambient lighting condition are stored in storage during use of the application program. In response to subsequent opening of an application program for which data has been stored, the stored data is accessed and display brightness relative to the ambient lighting condition present at the subsequent opening is given the previous, stored, user selected adjustment.
1. A device, comprising:
at least one processor;
a display accessible to the at least one processor; and
storage accessible to the at least one processor and comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor to:
present a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display, the GUI comprising a setting that is configurable by an end-user to set one or more locations as locations at which brightness for the display should be adjusted upon, but not before, battery power for the device reaching a threshold percentage of battery power remaining that is less than fully charged but more than no charge.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:
adjust brightness for the display according to configuration of the setting.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the GUI comprises at least a first option that is selectable to configure the setting so that brightness for the display is adjusted everywhere.
4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the first option is selectable to configure the setting so that brightness for the display is adjusted everywhere responsive to initiation of an application.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the GUI comprises at least a first option that is selectable to configure the setting so that brightness for the display is adjusted at least at a first predetermined location but not everywhere.
6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the first option is selectable to configure the setting so that brightness for the display is adjusted at the first predetermined location responsive to initiation of an application while the device is located at the first predetermined location.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the GUI comprises:
a first option that is selectable to configure the setting so that brightness for the display is adjusted everywhere;
a second option that is selectable to configure the setting so that brightness for the display is adjusted at least at a first predetermined location but not everywhere.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the threshold percentage of battery power remaining is twenty percent.
9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the GUI comprises a box at which the threshold percentage of battery power remaining is settable by the end-user.
10. A computer readable storage medium (CRSM) that is not a transitory signal, the computer readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by at least one processor of a device to:
present a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display accessible to the at least one processor, the GUI comprising a setting that is configurable by an end-user to set brightness for the display to be adjusted upon battery power for the device reaching a threshold percentage of battery power remaining that is less than fully charged but more than no charge.
11. The CRSM of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:
adjust brightness for the display according to configuration of the setting.
12. The CRSM of claim 10 , wherein the GUI comprises at least a first option that is selectable to configure the setting so that brightness for the display is adjusted everywhere.
13. The CRSM of claim 10 , wherein the GUI comprises at least a first option that is selectable to configure the setting so that brightness for the display is adjusted at least at a first predetermined location but not everywhere.
14. The CRSM of claim 10 , wherein the setting is configurable via the GUI so that brightness for the display is adjusted responsive to launch of a particular application.
15. A method, comprising:
presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display accessible to a device, the GUI comprising a setting that is configurable by an end-user to set brightness for the display to be adjusted upon battery power for the device reaching a threshold percentage of battery power remaining that is less than fully charged but more than no charge; and
adjusting brightness for the display according to configuration of the setting.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the GUI comprises at least a first option that is selectable to configure the setting so that brightness for the display is adjusted everywhere.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the GUI comprises at least a first option that is selectable to configure the setting so that brightness for the display is adjusted at least at a first predetermined location but not everywhere.
18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the setting is configurable via the GUI so that brightness for the display is adjusted responsive to launch of a particular application.
19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the threshold percentage of battery power remaining is twenty percent.
20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the GUI comprises a box at which the threshold percentage of battery power remaining is settable by the end-user.