Illumination system and method for a mobile computing device
First Claim
1. A method for controlling an illumination system for a mobile device, the method comprising:
- measuring a first intensity of ambient light for the mobile device using a light sensing mechanism;
comparing the first intensity with a threshold value;
adjusting illumination intensity of an illuminating mechanism that illuminates a user interface component of the mobile device, when the first intensity is not approximately equal to a first threshold value.
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Abstract
A method of configuring one or more illumination states for illuminating at least two user interface devices of a mobile device, the method comprising assigning a first illumination state to first and second user interface devices, when intensity of ambient light is greater than a first threshold; assigning the first illumination state to the first interface device, and a second illumination state to the second interface device, when the intensity of the ambient light is between the first threshold and a second threshold; and assigning the second illumination state to the first and the second user interface devices, when the intensity of the ambient light is less than the second threshold.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling an illumination system for a mobile device, the method comprising:
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measuring a first intensity of ambient light for the mobile device using a light sensing mechanism;
comparing the first intensity with a threshold value;
adjusting illumination intensity of an illuminating mechanism that illuminates a user interface component of the mobile device, when the first intensity is not approximately equal to a first threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An illumination system for illuminating one or more user interface components of a mobile device, the illumination system comprising:
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a light sensor for measuring intensity of ambient light;
a first illumination mechanism for illuminating a first user interface component;
a power management module for adjusting illumination intensity of the first illumination mechanism based on the intensity of the ambient light. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of configuring one or more illumination states for illuminating at least two user interface devices of a mobile device, the method comprising:
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assigning a first illumination state to first and second user interface devices, when intensity of ambient light is greater than a first threshold;
assigning the first illumination state to the first interface device, and a second illumination state to the second interface device, when the intensity of the ambient light is between the first threshold and a second threshold; and
assigning the second illumination state to the first and second user interface devices, when the intensity of the ambient light is less than the second threshold, wherein the first illumination state represents an on state and the second illumination state represents an off state.
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