US 11,990,076 B2
Ambient light and proximity detection method, photographing method, and terminal
Chenlong Li, Shenzhen (CN); Hongxia Gui, Shenzhen (CN); and Xin Zhao, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Honor Device Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Honor Device Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/323,051.
Application 18/323,051 is a continuation of application No. 17/678,330, filed on Feb. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,705,039.
Application 17/678,330 is a continuation of application No. 16/959,059, granted, now 11,295,653, issued on Apr. 5, 2022, previously published as PCT/CN2018/099932, filed on Aug. 10, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2017/120319 (WO), filed on Dec. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0298501 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09G 5/10 (2006.01); G09G 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/20 (2013.01) [G09G 5/10 (2013.01); G09G 2360/144 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ambient light detecting method, comprising:
at a first moment, displaying, by a terminal, a black picture in a first area of a display screen of the terminal and an image frame picture in a second area of the display screen, wherein the terminal includes a first ambient light sensor under the display screen, the display screen includes the first area and the second area, the first ambient light sensor receives ambient light through the first area, and the second area is outside the first area, and wherein the black picture is displayed at least two times in the first area during refreshing of one frame of the image frame picture;
at a second moment, displaying, by the terminal, the image frame picture in the first area and the black picture in the second area;
detecting, by the first ambient light sensor of the terminal, an intensity of the ambient light during a duration of the black picture being displayed in the first area or during a duration of the image frame picture being displayed in the first area; and
using, by the terminal, the intensity of the ambient light detected by the first ambient light sensor during the duration of the black picture being displayed in the first area.