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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Jiandong Huang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Steven Nabil Bathiche, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ying Zheng, Redmond, WA (US);
Linghui Rao, Redmond, WA (US);
Kevin Lawrence Woo, Redmond, WA (US);
Cynthia Sue Bell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a backlight unit and a liquid crystal layer adjacent the backlight unit. The backlight unit has a plurality of planar emission devices distributed over a viewable display area. The plurality of planar emission devices are disposed in a configurable zone arrangement having a plurality of zones of the viewable area. Each zone includes at least one planar emission device. The liquid crystal layer is configured to selectively filter light generated by the plurality of planar emission devices. The electronic device further includes a processor coupled to the backlight unit and configured to control a brightness level of the at least one planar emission device in each zone separately from other planar emission devices in other zones.