APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY
First Claim
1. An apparatus to control an electronic display, the apparatus comprising:
- an activity module that receives a brightness restore signal and sets a brightness level of an electronic display to a default brightness level in response to the brightness restore signal;
a brightness decay module that dims the brightness level of the electronic display from the default brightness level to an intermediate brightness level at a first dimming rate, the intermediate brightness level selected from one or more intermediate brightness levels;
a plateau module that maintains the brightness level of the electronic display at the intermediate brightness level for a predefined period of time; and
a minimum brightness module that dims the brightness level of the electronic display from an intermediate brightness level to a minimum brightness level at a second dimming rate.
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for controlling an electronic display. An activity module receives a brightness restore signal and sets a brightness level of an electronic display to a default brightness level in response to the brightness restore signal. A brightness decay module dims the brightness level of the electronic display from the default brightness level to an intermediate brightness level at a first dimming rate. The intermediate brightness level is selected from one or more intermediate brightness levels. A plateau module maintains the brightness level of the electronic display at the intermediate brightness level for a predefined period of time. A minimum brightness module dims the brightness level of the electronic display from an intermediate brightness level to a minimum brightness level at a second dimming rate.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus to control an electronic display, the apparatus comprising:
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an activity module that receives a brightness restore signal and sets a brightness level of an electronic display to a default brightness level in response to the brightness restore signal; a brightness decay module that dims the brightness level of the electronic display from the default brightness level to an intermediate brightness level at a first dimming rate, the intermediate brightness level selected from one or more intermediate brightness levels; a plateau module that maintains the brightness level of the electronic display at the intermediate brightness level for a predefined period of time; and a minimum brightness module that dims the brightness level of the electronic display from an intermediate brightness level to a minimum brightness level at a second dimming rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus to control an electronic display, the apparatus comprising:
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a configuration module that receives a custom definition of at least one of a default brightness level, an intermediate brightness level, a predefined period of time, a first dimming rate, a second dimming rate, and a minimum brightness level over a network from a display management server over a Display Data Channel (“
DDC”
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I2C”
) communications bus, the display management server managing display settings for a plurality of electronic displays;an activity module that receives a brightness restore signal from a user input device and sets a brightness level of an electronic display to the default brightness level in response to the brightness restore signal; a brightness decay module that dims the brightness level of the electronic display from the default brightness level to the intermediate brightness level at the first dimming rate, the intermediate brightness level selected from one or more intermediate brightness levels; a plateau module that maintains the brightness level of the electronic display at the intermediate brightness level for the predefined period of time, the predefined period of time beginning to run in response to the plateau module receiving a brightness release signal; and a minimum brightness module that dims the brightness level of the electronic display from an intermediate brightness level to the minimum brightness level at the second dimming rate.
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17. A system to control an electronic display, the system comprising:
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an electronic display having a brightness level that is adjustable; a display controller that sets the brightness level of the electronic display, the display controller comprising, an activity module that receives a brightness restore signal and sets the brightness level of the electronic display to a default brightness level in response to the brightness restore signal; a brightness decay module that dims the brightness level of the electronic display from the default brightness level to an intermediate brightness level at a first dimming rate, the intermediate brightness level selected from one or more intermediate brightness levels; a plateau module that maintains the brightness level of the electronic display at the intermediate brightness level for a predefined period of time; and a minimum brightness module that dims the brightness level of the electronic display from an intermediate brightness level to a minimum brightness level at a second dimming rate. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method for controlling an electronic display, the method comprising:
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receiving a brightness restore signal; setting a brightness level of an electronic display to a default brightness level in response to the brightness restore signal; dimming the brightness level of the electronic display from the default brightness level to an intermediate brightness level at a first dimming rate, the intermediate brightness level selected from one or more intermediate brightness levels; maintaining the brightness level of the electronic display at the intermediate brightness level for a predefined period of time; dimming the brightness level of the electronic display from an intermediate brightness level to a minimum brightness level at a second dimming rate. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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