ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DISPLAY
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1. A method comprising:
- while a portable electronic device including a display is in a low-power condition, detecting, by the portable electronic device, a gesture;
in response to detecting the gesture, progressively illuminating the display, from a state in which the display is not illuminated, by gradually increasing a size of an illuminated area of the display from a first end of the display toward a second end of the display opposite the first end as the gesture continues, wherein the gesture controls the size of the illuminated area.
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Abstract
A method includes, while a portable electronic device including a display is in a low-power condition, detecting, by the portable electronic device, a gesture and identifying any informational icons to be displayed. The display is progressively illuminated while displaying the identified informational icons. Progressive illumination optionally occurs as long as the gesture is detected.
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1. A method comprising:
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while a portable electronic device including a display is in a low-power condition, detecting, by the portable electronic device, a gesture; in response to detecting the gesture, progressively illuminating the display, from a state in which the display is not illuminated, by gradually increasing a size of an illuminated area of the display from a first end of the display toward a second end of the display opposite the first end as the gesture continues, wherein the gesture controls the size of the illuminated area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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15. A method comprising:
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while a portable electronic device is in a low-power condition wherein a touch-sensitive display is not illuminated, detecting, by the portable electronic device, a gesture; identifying any informational icons to be displayed; progressively displaying the identified informational icons as the gesture continues; while the gesture continues to be detected, progressively illuminating the touch-sensitive display by increasing a pixel brightness level from non-illuminated to illuminated, beginning at-from a first end of the touch-sensitive display and progressing toward a second end of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the gesture controls a rate of progressive illumination. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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while a touch-sensitive display is in a low-power condition, detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display; identifying any informational icons to be displayed; while displaying the identified informational icons; when the gesture moves in a first direction, progressively illuminating the touch-sensitive display from a first end of the display toward a second end of the display opposite the first end, wherein a first area at the first end of the touch-sensitive display is illuminated and a second area at the second end of the touch-sensitive display is not illuminated, and wherein the first area increases in size and the second area decreases in size as the gesture moves in the first direction; when the gesture moves in a second direction, progressively reducing illumination of the touch-sensitive display from the second end toward the first end, wherein the second area increases in size and the first area decreases in size as the gesture moves in the second direction. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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29. A method comprising:
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while a touch-sensitive display is in a low-power state wherein the touch-sensitive display is not illuminated, detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display; progressively illuminating the touch-sensitive display from the low-power state with the gesture, wherein a first area between a current touch location of the gesture and a first end of the touch-sensitive display is illuminated and a second area between the current touch location and a second end of the touch-sensitive display is not illuminated, wherein the first end is opposite the second end, and the size of the first area is controlled by movement of the gesture.
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