Apple patents screen animations that switch to low-power modes
Apple has filed a patent for a system that automatically switches a device's screen to a lower power consumption mode when specific conditions are met. The filing describes using different visual animations to transition the screen depending on what type of user interface was active before the switch.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure generally relates to techniques and user interfaces for changing the display state of a display, controlling the display state of a display, transitioning between display states of a display, and displaying notifications.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer system configured to communicate with a display generation component, the computer system comprising: one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display generation component, a first user interface; while the first user interface is displayed and while the computer system is in a first mode, detecting an occurrence of a condition; and in response to detecting the occurrence of the condition: in accordance with a determination that the first user interface corresponds to a first type of user interface, transitioning the computer system from the first mode to a second mode which is a lower power consumption mode for the display generation component of the computer system than the first mode, wherein transitioning the computer system from the first mode to the second mode includes displaying, via the display generation component, a first animation that results in the display of a second user interface in the second mode; and in accordance with a determination that the first user interface corresponds to a second type of user interface, transitioning the computer system from the first mode to the second mode, wherein transitioning the computer system from the first mode to the second mode includes displaying, via the display generation component, a second animation, different from the first animation, that results in the display of the second user interface in the second mode.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- LOW POWER DISPLAY STATE
- Publication number
- US20260301710A1
- Application number
- 19700018
- Filed
- Jun 5, 2026
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 31
Classified under
G09G 5/10 Physics & computingG06F 1/3231 Physics & computingG06F 3/0488 Physics & computingG09G 2320/0626 Physics & computingG09G 2330/021 Physics & computingG09G 2354/00 Physics & computingMore from Apple in Phones & computers
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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