Selective illumination of regions of an electronic display
First Claim
1. A method for selectively illuminating regions of a display of a portable electronic device, the display comprising a plurality of illuminating regions, said method including:
- detecting an event, to be displayed on the screen, that will trigger an update of said display and activation of illumination elements for illuminating said display;
determining at least one region, from said regions, that require illuminating during said update;
determining an illumination time period that varies dependent on a size of said at least one region that requires illuminating; and
selectively illuminating said at least one region of said display for said predetermined illumination time period.
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Abstract
An electronic device (1) provides for the selective illuminating of an associated display (5) thereby reducing battery power consumption. The electronic device (1) provides for detecting an event that will trigger an update of the display (5) and activation of illumination elements (27) for illuminating the display and determining whether the information to be displayed will occupy a region (B–L) of the display. If so, the region of the display is selectively illuminated by one or more of the illumination elements. The predetermined illumination time period may depend on a selected combination of a size of the region, a location of said region and/or a priority associated with the event.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for selectively illuminating regions of a display of a portable electronic device, the display comprising a plurality of illuminating regions, said method including:
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detecting an event, to be displayed on the screen, that will trigger an update of said display and activation of illumination elements for illuminating said display; determining at least one region, from said regions, that require illuminating during said update; determining an illumination time period that varies dependent on a size of said at least one region that requires illuminating; and selectively illuminating said at least one region of said display for said predetermined illumination time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a display for displaying information; a plurality of illumination elements located adjacent said display for illuminating said display; a display handling module coupled to said display for; i) updating said display in response to said device detecting an event, to be displayed on the screen, the event triggering an update of said display and activation of said illumination elements; and ii) determining a region of said display in which said information will be displayed during said update, wherein said determining includes identifying an illumination time period that varies dependent on a size of said region; and
,an illumination control module coupled to said display handling module for controlling selective illumination of said region for said predetermined illumination time period. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for selectively illuminating regions of a display of a portable electronic device, the display comprising a plurality of illuminating regions, said method including:
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detecting an event, to be displayed on the screen, that will trigger an update of said display and activation of illumination elements for illuminating said display; determining at least one region, from said regions, that require illuminating during said update; determining an illumination time period that varies dependent on a size of said region; and selectively applying an illumination brightness in accordance with said priority of said event to provide for illuminating said region of said display for said predetermined illumination time period. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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