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Patent No.:

US 10332488 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2016

Generating a secure state indicator for a device using a light pipe from a fixed position on the device's display

Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

James Joseph Galu, Jr., Richardson, TX (US);

Thomas Brian Olson, Allen, TX (US);

Michael Wayne Allen, Frisco, TX (US);

Assignee:

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);

Attorneys:

Rose Alyssa Keagy

Charles A. Brill

Frank D. Cimino

Primary Examiner:

Julie B Lieu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 3/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/377 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G09F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/02 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/377 (2013.01); G06F 15/02 (2013.01); G09F 1/00 (2013.01); G09G 3/34 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01);
Abstract

A handheld device is configured with a mode indicator to provide an easily seen indication of a defined mode of operation. A command may be received by the handheld device to enter the defined mode of operation. After entering the defined mode of operation, the device may set one or more specific pixels on a display of the handheld device to a predefined color indicative of the defined mode of operation. The mode indicator on the handheld is illuminated by transporting colored light generated by the one or more specific pixels to the mode indicator.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Galu, Jr., James. (2019). Generating a secure state indicator for a device using a light pipe from a fixed position on the device's display (U.S. Patent No. 10332488). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10332488

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