ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,934, issued on March 17, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).
"Display compatible ambient light sensor" was invented by Nan Zhang (Beijing) and Yongjun Xu (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user equipment comprising a display device, a light sensor, and a timing controller configured to provide one or more timing signals to (1) enable the light sensor to sense ambient light during a first portion of a repeated timing pattern and (2) enable one or more light emitters to emit display light during a second portion of the repeated timing pattern, wherein the first portion does not substantially overlap with the second porti...