Patent ID: 8531130

Claim:
An illuminated logo system, comprising: a logo on a periphery of a television that has a bezel surrounding a screen, the logo illuminated by a controlled source of light, a sensor, the sensor measuring an ambient light in a vicinity of the device, wherein the sensor and the logo are on a bezel of the television; and a circuit, the circuit controls a brightness of the controlled source of light dependent upon the ambient light as detected by the sensor, wherein the circuit includes a processing element, the processing element receives an indication of the ambient light from the sensor and the processing element controls the brightness of the controlled source of light dependent upon the ambient light as detected by the sensor and also based on an operating condition of the television, where the logo is controlled to be a first color when the television is off, and controlled to be a second color when the television is on, and wherein the logo is controlled to turn to the second color when the television is turned on prior to the screen of the television turning on.