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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2006
Applicant:
William George Bennett, Vista, CA (US);
Inventor:
William George Bennett, Vista, CA (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics, Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The remote control signal receiver of a TV sends not only user-generated commands to the TV processor but also, when no commands are sensed, an ambient light signal that can be used to adjust the brightness of the TV.