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US 2006/0132434 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for controlling a display
OwnerTrevor Kerninventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a display in which the display is provided with an embedded switch with a sensor interface. The switch is adapted to switch the display between an active state and a dormant state based upon sensor input. The display is switched to an active state upon the embedded switch receiving input from the sensor of the presence of a potential viewer. The display is switched to a dormant state in the absence of input from the sensor.
Claims7
A method for controlling a display, comprising the steps of:
- embedding in the display an embedded switch with a sensor interface, the switch being adapted to switch the display between an active state and a dormant state based upon sensor input;
- providing at least one sensor adapted to detect the presence of a potential viewer;
- coupling the at least one sensor to the sensor interface for the embedded switch, such that the display is switched to an active state upon the embedded switch receiving input from the at least one sensor and the display is eventually switched to a dormant state in the absence of input from the at least one sensor.
An apparatus for controlling a display, comprising:
- a display having an embedded switch with a sensor interface, the switch being adapted to switch the display between an active state and a dormant state based upon sensor input;
- at least one sensor adapted to detect the presence of a potential viewer;
- means for coupling the at least one sensor to the sensor interface for the embedded switch, such that the display is switched to an active state upon the embedded switch receiving input from the at least one sensor and the display is eventually switched to a dormant state in the absence of input from the at least one sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.