US 12,333,981 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 Apr. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/636,652.
Application 18/636,652 is a continuation of application No. 18/323,051, filed on May 24, 2023, granted, now 11,990,076.
Application 18/323,051 is a continuation of application No. 17/678,330, filed on Feb. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,705,039, issued on Jul. 18, 2023.
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 2024/0257687 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
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;
at a second moment, displaying, by the terminal, the image frame picture in the first area and the black picture in the second area; and
obtaining, by the terminal, an intensity of the ambient light, wherein the intensity of the ambient light is detected by the first ambient light sensor when the first area displays the black picture.