METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN BRIGHTNESS IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
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1. A method of controlling screen brightness in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- determining whether to control screen brightness when displaying a screen;
dividing a display area of screen information partially displayed on the screen if it was determined to control screen brightness; and
partially controlling screen brightness of the display area having a low priority in the screen information of which the display area has been divided.
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Abstract
A method of controlling screen brightness in an electronic device. The method includes determining whether to control screen brightness when displaying a screen; dividing a display area of screen information partially displayed on the screen if it is determined to control screen brightness; and partially controlling screen brightness of a display area having a low priority in the screen information of which the display area has been divided.
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1. A method of controlling screen brightness in an electronic device, the method comprising:
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determining whether to control screen brightness when displaying a screen; dividing a display area of screen information partially displayed on the screen if it was determined to control screen brightness; and partially controlling screen brightness of the display area having a low priority in the screen information of which the display area has been divided. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for controlling screen brightness in an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:
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a display panel configured to display screen information of which brightness is controlled according to ambient brightness; a touch panel configured to detect a selection of screen information displayed on the display panel; and a controller configured to divide a display area and partially control screen brightness separately in each display area if it is determined to control the screen brightness in each display area. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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