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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2019
Applicant:
GE Aviation Systems Limited, Cheltenham, GB;
Inventor:
Mark Andrew Smith, Cheltenham, GB;
Assignee:
GE Aviation Systems Limited, Cheltenham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 47/18 (2020.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 47/18 (2020.01); B64D 43/00 (2013.01); G09G 3/3406 (2013.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01); G09G 2360/144 (2013.01); G09G 2380/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for operating a display module includes a backlight illuminator, an ambient light sensor configured to generate an output signal, and a backlight controller module operably coupled with the backlight illuminator, the ambient light sensor, and configured to determine the operational status signal of the ambient light sensor based on the output signal and operate backlight illuminator in accordance with the operational status signal.