Night mode

US9536325B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Cedric Bray · Sunnyvale, US
• Christopher D. Moore · San Francisco, US
• Patrick S. Piemonte · San Francisco, US
• Emanuele Vulcano · San Francisco, US
• Marcel van Os · San Francisco, US
• Billy Chen · Bellevue, US
• Seejo K. Pylappan · Cupertino, US
• Justin O'Beirne · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 17, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 3, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/0482
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device that provides a map and/or navigation application that displays items on the map and/or navigation instructions differently in different modes. The applications of some embodiments provide a day mode and a night mode. In some embodiments the application uses the day mode as a default and activates the night mode when the time is after sunset at the location of the device. Some embodiments activate night mode when multiple conditions are satisfied (for example, when (1) the time is after sunset at the location of the device and (2) the ambient light level is below a threshold brightness).