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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2017
Rakuten Kobo, Inc., Toronto, CA;
Trevor Hunter, Toronto, CA;
Matt Clements, Oshawa, CA;
George Talusan, Toronto, CA;
Paul McDougall, Toronto, CA;
William Chaban, Toronto, CA;
Zheng Xu, Thornhill, CA;
Steve Li, Richmond Hill, CA;
Jeffrey Ng Thow Hing, Toronto, CA;
RAKUTEN KOBO INC., Toronto, CA;
Abstract
An electronic reading device includes an adjustable RGBW front light and an ambient light sensor. Additionally, the electronic reading device includes circuitry configured to receive a low ambient light preferred brightness level, receive a high ambient light preferred brightness level, and set a rate at which a brightness level transitions between the low ambient light preferred brightness level and the high ambient light preferred brightness level as the ambient light changes.