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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2004
Joseph Patino, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Jose F. Rodriguez, Miami, FL (US);
Philip A. Schentrup, Hollywood, FL (US);
Joseph Patino, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Jose F. Rodriguez, Miami, FL (US);
Philip A. Schentrup, Hollywood, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns a method () and system () for flash control. The method can include the steps of—in a portable electronic device ()—detecting () a request to operate a flash component (), determining () whether to delay a timing of the operation of the flash component and if the timing will not be delayed, selectively disabling () a transmission component () for the portable electronic device. The selective disablement can create an operational opportunity () for the flash component. The method can also include the step of operating () the flash component during the created operational opportunity. As an example, the portable electronic device can be a mobile communications unit having a camera (), the flash component can provide a flash for the camera and the transmission component can be a power amplifier ().