Apparatus and method for controlling dim state
AssigneePantech Co., Ltd.
InventorHa-Jung LIM
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Abstract
A method for controlling a state of a display apparatus includes: controlling a light emitting portion to change a first portion of a display screen of the display apparatus to a first dim area; after changing the first portion to the first dim area, controlling the light emitting portion to change a second portion of the display screen of the display apparatus to a second dim area, the change of the second portion to the second dim area being associated with a termination time of a dim state; and controlling the light emitting portion to change the state of the display apparatus from the dim state to another state according to the termination time of the dim state.
Claims16
A method for controlling a state of a display apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling a light emitting portion to change a first portion of a display screen of the display apparatus to a first dim area;
- after changing the first portion to the first dim area, controlling the light emitting portion to change a second portion of the display screen of the display apparatus to a second dim area, the change of the second portion to the second dim area being associated with a termination time of a dim state;
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- controlling the light emitting portion to change the state of the display apparatus from the dim state to another state according to the termination time of the dim state.
A display apparatus to control a state of a display screen, comprising:
- a light emitting portion to emit a backlight, the light emitting portion being capable of generating a partial dim area on the display screen of the display apparatus;
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- a processor configured to control the light emitting portion to change a first portion of the display screen of the display apparatus to a first dim area,
- wherein, after the first portion is changed to the first dim area, the processor controls the light emitting portion to change a second portion of the display screen of the display apparatus to a second dim area, the change of the second portion to the second dim area being associated with a termination time of a dim state;
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- wherein the processor controls the light emitting portion to change the state of the display ii apparatus from the dim state to another state according to the termination time of the dim state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.