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6.5 Backlight Control

This terminal has incorporated two types of automatic backlight control functions: ABO (Auto

Backlight OFF) and ABC (Auto Backlight Control). The ABO function is used to turn off the

backlight if no key or touch panel input has been made for a given period of time, and the ABC

function is used to automatically turn on and off the backlight depending on the intensity of the

ambient light. These operations are performed by the keyboard controller.

ABC (Auto Backlight Control)

The ABC function automatically turns on or off the backlight by detecting the ambient light

intensity. Every second it determines the amount of light received by the illumination sensor and

automatically turns on or off the backlight depending on whether the amount of light is less than the

given amount or more than the given amount.

Fig. 6.5

In the above graph, the marginal light amount across which the backlight is turned ON is at a setting

less than if the backlight is OFF. If these two levels are identical, the backlight will flicker if it

detects a small variation in the incident light on the illumination sensor. To avoid this problem an

appropriate hysterisis is provided.

Amount of Light

Dark

Light

Margin to

turn ON

Margin to

turn OFF

Backlight OFF

Backlight ON

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