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US 7,403,197 B2Granted
Medallion display with repetitive mode
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsNiko Eiden, Bart Delmulle, Riitta Nieminen-Sundell, Jarkko Kuntanen
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Abstract
A medallion to be worn by a user, the medallion being functional in more than one mode, the medallion including an image display, a power source responsive to a fade-in signal and a fade-out signal, mode selection means for providing a repetitive mode selection signal if the user selects a repetitive mode, and a timing control means that is responsive to the repetitive mode selection signal from the mode selection means, the timing control means being for automatically and repeatedly providing the fade-in signal and the fade-out signal to the power source.
Claims33
An apparatus comprising;
- an image display, responsive to input power, the image display being configured to provide at least one illuminated image by means of said image display;
- a power source, responsive to fade-in-signal and a fade-out signal, the power source being configured to provide the input power to the image display;
- mode selector, responsive to a selection that selects a mode of operation the mode selector being configured to provide a repetitive mode selection signal if a repetitive mode is selected;
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- timing controller, responsive to the repetitive mode selection signal from the mode selector, the timing controller being configured to automatically provide the fade-in signal indicative of increased power and the fade-out signal indicative of decreased power, repeatedly,
- wherein said apparatus is functional in more than one mode and
- wherein the apparatus is a medallion configured to worn by a human being.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an image display responsive to input power, the image display being configured to provide at least one illuminated image by means of said image display;
- a power source, responsive to a fade-in signal and a fade-out signal, the power source being configured to provide a repetitive mode selection signal if a repetitive mode is selected and
- timing controller responsive to the repetitive mode selection signal from the mode selector, the timing controller being configured to automatically provide the fade-in-signal indicative of increased power, and the fade-out signal indicative of decreased power, repeatedly, wherein said apparatus is functional in more than one mode, and
- wherein the more than one mode includes the repetitive mode in which the at least one illuminated image fades in and later fades out if the environment is dark and on off mode in which the image is not visible if the apparatus is in a dark environment and a fully on mode in which the image is not visable if the apparatus is in a dark environment and a fully on mode in which the at least one illuminated image is fully visible without fading.
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A method of operation of an apparatus, comprising:
- selecting a mode of operation,
- providing a repetition mode selection signal if the repetitive mode is selected,
- providing a fade-in signal indicative of increased power, and a fade-out signal indicative of decreased power, repetitively,
- inputting power to an image display, and
- providing at least one illuminated image in response to the power,
- wherein the more than one mode includes the repetitive mode in which the at least one illuminated image fades in and later fades out if the environment is dark and on off mode in which the image is not visible if the apparatus is in a dark environment and a fully on mode in which the image is not visible if the apparatus is in a dark environment and a fully on mode in which the at least one illuminated image is fully visible without fading.
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An apparatus, comprising
- selecting a mode of operation,
- providing a repetitive mode selection signal if the repetitive mode is selected,
- providing a fade-in signal indicative of increased power, and a fade-out signal indicative of decreased power, repetitively,
- inputting power to an image display, and
- providing at least one illuminated image in response to the power,
- wherein the more than one mode includes the repetitive mode in which the at least one illuminated image fades in and later fades out if the environment is dark and on off mode in which the image is not visible if the apparatus is in a dark environment and a fully on mode in which the image is not visible if the apparatus is in a dark environment and a fully on mode in which the at least one illuminated image is fully visible without fading.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a button or switch configured to select a mode of operation,
- a mode selector configured to provide a repetitive mode selection signal if the repetitive mode is selected,
- a timing controller configured to provide a fade -in-signal indicative of increased power and fade-out signal indicative of decreased power, repetitively,
- a power source configured to input power to an image display and an image display configured to provide at least one illuminated image in response to the power,
- wherein the more than one mode includes the repetitive mode in which the at least one illuminated image fades in and later fades out if the environment is dark and on off mode in which the image is not visible if the apparatus is in a dark environment and a fully on mode in which the image is not visible if the apparatus is in a dark environment and a fully on mode in which the at least one illuminated image is fully visible without fading.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.