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Keyboard illumination system and method

US7385588B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 27, 2005
Grant dateJun 10, 2008
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/023
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A keyboard illumination system comprises a computer device having a plurality of liquid crystal displays (LCDs). The system also comprises a display controller adapted to change an electrical state of at least one of the LCDs for providing a predetermined level of illumination by the at least one LCD for illuminating at least a portion of a keyboard of the computer device.

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