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 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; and
selectively illuminating at least one of said region of said display.
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Abstract
There is disclosed the selective illuminating of a display (5) for an electronic device (1) that can reduce battery power consumption. The invention 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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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 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; and
selectively illuminating at least one of said region of said display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. 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 that will trigger 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; and
,an illumination control module coupled to said display handling module for controlling selective illumination of said region. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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