Patent ID: 8237696

Claim:
A method of automatically turn on or off of a digital photo frame (DPF), the DPF comprising: a power management unit; a display panel; a motion detector; a light detector; a processing unit, the method comprising: detecting whether there is someone around the DPF via the motion detector; producing a trigger signal when the motion detector detects there is someone around the DPF; controlling the power management unit to distribute power from a power source to the light detector when the processing unit receives the detection signal; detecting whether a current ambient brightness is lower than a predetermined value via the light detector; producing a light signal when the light detector detects the current ambient brightness is lower than the predetermined value; and controlling the power management unit to provide power to the display panel when the processing unit receives the light signal; producing a stop signal via the motion detector when it detects there is nobody around the DPF; and controlling the power management unit to discontinue the power from the power source to the display panel and the light detector when the processing unit receives the stop signal.