Waking and sleeping a display among a plurality of displays using gestures

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a number of embodiments related to devices, systems, and methods related to a plurality of displays coupled to one or more processors to display images, and a device display manager to identify a gesture made on a first display of the plurality of displays, and to cause a second display to sleep or to wake based upon the identified gesture and a current state of the second display, where the first and second displays are different displays.

1 . An apparatus comprising:
 one or more processors;   a plurality of displays communicatively coupled to the one or more processors to display images; and   a device display manager (DDM) communicatively coupled to the one or more processors to:
 receive an identification of a gesture made on a first display; and 
 cause a second display to sleep or to wake based upon the identified gesture and a current state of the second display, the first and second displays being different displays. 
   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein if the identified gesture indicates that the second display is to sleep and a state of the second display is awake, then the DDM is further to cause the second display to sleep. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein if the identified gesture indicates that the second display is to awake and a state of the second display is asleep, then the DDM is further to cause the second display to wake. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein if the identified gesture indicates to an application to display an image on the second display and a state of the second display is asleep, then the DDM is to cause the second display to wake. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein if the identified gesture indicates to an application to no longer display an image on the second display and a state of the second display is awake, then the DDM is to cause the second display to sleep. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein to cause the second display to sleep further includes to cause the second display to sleep unless the application or another application running on the one or more processors is to display another image on the second display. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the image is a plurality of images. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of any  claim 1 , wherein the second display is a subset of the plurality of displays. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first and/or the second display is a touch display. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the gesture includes a swipe toward or away from the first display or the second display; a flick toward or away from the first display or the second display; a drag toward or away from the first display or the second display, a tap, or a multi-tap. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein to cause the second display to wake or to sleep further includes to transmit one or more commands to the second display through a DisplayPort (DP) auxiliary (AUX) channel or through sideband signaling. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the current state of the second display is identified by the DDM. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the gesture is made on the second display towards the first display. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 13 , further comprising cause an image displayed on the first display to be changed. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the DDM further comprises a gesture analyzer to identify a gesture made on the first display or on a second display. 
     
     
         16 . A method for controlling a display, comprising
 identifying a gesture made on a first display of a plurality of displays; and   causing a second display of the plurality of displays to sleep or to wake based upon the identified gesture and a current state of the second display, the first and second displays being different displays.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein causing a second display of the plurality of displays to sleep or to wake further includes if the identified gesture indicates that the second display is to sleep and a state of the second display is awake, then causing the second display to sleep;
 wherein causing a second display of the plurality of displays to sleep or to wake further includes if the identified gesture indicates that the second display is to awake and a state of the second display is asleep, then causing the second display to wake;   wherein causing a second display of the plurality of displays to sleep or to wake further includes if the identified gesture indicates to an application to display an image on the second display and a state of the second display is asleep, then causing the second display to wake;   wherein causing a second display of the plurality of displays to sleep or to wake further includes if the identified gesture indicates to an application to no longer display an image on the second display and a state of the second display is awake, then causing the second display to sleep; and   wherein causing the second display to sleep further includes causing the second display to sleep unless the application or another application running on the one or more processors is to display another image on the second display.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the gesture includes a swipe toward or away from the first display or the second display; a flick toward or away from the first display or the second display; a drag toward or away from the first display or the second display, a tap, or a multi-tap. 
     
     
         19 . One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that cause a computing device, in response to execution of the instructions by the computing device, to:
 identify a gesture made on a first display of a plurality of displays; and   cause a second display of the plurality of displays to sleep or to wake based upon the identified gesture and a current state of the second display, the first and second displays being different displays.   
     
     
         20 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 19 , wherein to cause a second display of the plurality of displays to sleep or to wake further includes if the identified gesture indicates that the second display is to sleep and a state of the second display is awake, then to cause the second display to sleep;
 wherein to cause a second display of the plurality of displays to sleep or to wake further includes if the identified gesture indicates that the second display is to awake and a state of the second display is asleep, then to cause the second display to wake;   wherein to cause a second display of the plurality of displays to sleep or to wake further includes if the identified gesture indicates to an application to display an image on the second display and a state of the second display is asleep, then to cause the second display to wake;   wherein to cause a second display of the plurality of displays to sleep or to wake further includes if the identified gesture indicates to an application to no longer display an image on the second display and a state of the second display is awake, then to cause the second display to sleep; or   wherein to cause the second display to sleep further includes to cause the second display to sleep unless the application or another application running on the one or more processors is to display another image on the second display.   
     
     
         21 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 19 , wherein the image is a plurality of images. 
     
     
         22 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 19 , wherein the second display is a subset of the plurality of displays. 
     
     
         23 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 19 , wherein the first and/or the second display is a touch display. 
     
     
         24 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 19 , wherein the gesture includes a swipe toward or away from the first display or the second display; a flick toward or away from the first display or the second display; a drag toward or away from the first display or the second display, a tap, or a multi-tap. 
     
     
         25 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 19 , wherein to cause the second display to wake or to sleep further includes to transmit one or more commands to the second display through a DisplayPort (DP) auxiliary (AUX) channel or through sideband signaling.