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Portable electronic light intensity controlling device and method having an accessory housing removably coupled to at least a portion of an exterior profile of a device housing

  • US 9,678,653 B1
  • Filed: 12/20/2010
  • Issued: 06/13/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • an accessory housing having a recessed region that is complementary to an exterior profile of a device housing that encloses an electronic device, the accessory housing configured to removably couple to at least a portion of the exterior profile of the device housing, wherein the accessory housing is independent of the electronic device and independent of the device housing;

    a plurality of lights coupled to a perimeter of the accessory housing;

    a light controller coupled to the accessory housing, the light controller being communicatively coupled to the plurality of lights, the light controller to receive a signal from the electronic device to turn on a subset of the plurality of lights and incrementally adjust an intensity of light emitted from the subset of the plurality of lights; and

    light piping coupled to the accessory housing and proximate to the plurality of lights, the light piping including a plurality of cavities, the plurality of lights being proximate to, or within, the plurality of cavities, the light piping to, in response to the accessory housing being removably coupled to the device housing;

    receive light from one or more of the plurality of lights through one or more of the plurality of cavities; and

    disperse the light from the one or more of the plurality of lights over a reflective light display of the electronic device.

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