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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:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Adrian E. Sun, Mountain View, CA (US);
Craig H. Prouse, Mountain View, CA (US);
Maciej Maciesowicz, Gilroy, CA (US);
Meng Chi Lee, Los Altos, CA (US);
Siji Menokki Kandiyil, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/36 (2006.01); G09G 5/10 (2006.01); G09F 13/04 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/10 (2013.01); G09F 13/04 (2013.01); G09G 3/3406 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that drives a display from a computer system. The system includes a first hardware path for controlling a backlight of a display of the computer system. The system also includes a second hardware path for controlling the backlight. Finally, the system includes a backlight controller that enables use of the first and second hardware paths in controlling the backlight from the computer system.