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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/36 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/3406 (2013.01); G06F 1/1694 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); G06F 1/3265 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); H04W 52/027 (2013.01); H04W 52/0254 (2013.01); G09G 2320/064 (2013.01); G09G 2330/022 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1242 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1289 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
To avoid unintentionally turning off a backlight, a device includes circuitry that is configured to control a backlight to illuminate a display panel of the device; store a first preset time interval for reducing brightness of the backlight; determine that an input has not been received within the first preset time interval; acquire one or more signals from a sensor device corresponding to movement of the device; estimate whether the device is in use based on the one or more signals; and postpone a reduction in the brightness of the backlight based when a result of an estimate indicates that the device is in use.