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Display with supplemental lighting system
Assignee: Motorola Solutions Inc
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Filing: 1987-12-09
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Granted: 1988-06-28
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Expires: 2007-12-09
Abstract
Abstract A display device has a single switch that transfers a stored message to a liquid crystal display and simultaneously activates a supplemental display lighting system. The supplemental lighting system is inhibited, however, when circuitry senses that ambient light conditions are sufficient to illuminate the display.
Inventors
- 👤 Mark J. Abbaticchio
- 👤 Fernando Gomez
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 22:47
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08B; G08B5/00; G08B5/22; G08B5/222; G08B5/223; G08B5/224; G08B5/225; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G3/34; G09G3/3406; H; H04; H04W; H04W52/00; H04W52/02; H04W52/0209; H04W52/0261; H04W52/0267; H04W52/027; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1335; G02F1/1336; G02F2201/00; G02F2201/58; G09G2320/00; G09G2320/06; G09G2320/0626; G09G2360/00; G09G2360/14; G09G2360/144; Y; Y02; Y02D; Y02D30/00; Y02D30/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
A selective call radio paging receiver, comprising in combination: means for receiving a paging signal that includes a message; means for storing a received message; means for displaying a stored message; a light source for illuminating said displaying means; a switch electrically coupled to said storing means and having first and second positions; means for sensing ambient light intensity; and driver circuitry electrically coupled to said switch, to said ambient light sensing means, and to said light source; said radio paging receiver being constructed and arranged such that when said switch is moved from said first to said second position, a stored message is transferred from said storing means to said displaying means and said light source is activated if the intensity of ambient light, as sensed by said ambient light sensing means, is below a predetermined threshold level.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
A selective call radio paging receiver, comprising in combination: means for receiving a paging signal that includes a message; means for storing a received message; means for displaying a stored message; a light source for illuminating said displaying means; a switch electrically coupled to said storing means and having first and second positions; means for sensing ambient light intensity; and driver circuitry electrically coupled to said switch, to said ambient light sensing means, and to said light source; said radio paging receiver being constructed and arranged such that when said switch is moved from said first to said second position, a stored message is transferred from said storing means to said displaying means and said light source is activated if the intensity of ambient light, as sensed by said ambient light sensing means, is below a predetermined threshold level.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein said driver circuitry includes a first transistor, the collector of said first transistor being coupled to said light source; and said ambient light sensing means includes a phototransistor coupled to the base of said first transistor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein said driver circuitry further includes a second transistor, the base of said second transistor being coupled to said switch and the collector of said second transistor being coupled to said base of said first transistor.
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