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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark J Abbaticchio, Plantation, FL (US);
Fernando Gomez, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ; H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34082544 ; 3403111 ; 340765 ;
Abstract
A display device has a single switch that transfers a stored message to a liquid crystal display and simultaneously activates a supplemental display lighting system. The supplemental lighting system is inhibited, however, when circuitry senses that ambient light conditions are sufficient to illuminate the display.