Patent ID: 6967657

Claim:
A system for operating a color flat panel display, comprising: the color flat panel display having a bottom surface and having a reflector to reflect ambient light for viewing of the color flat panel display, where the color flat panel display has an adjustable color depth; a light source for emitting light through the bottom surface of the color flat panel display; and a display processing device coupled to the color flat panel display for decreasing the color depth of the color display when the light source is activated and increasing the color depth of the color display when the light source is deactivated; wherein the color flat panel display is configured to allow more reflection of ambient light than transmission of light emitted from the light source; wherein the color flat panel display has an adjustable font size, and wherein the display processing device increases the font size of the color flat panel display from a first font size to a second font size when the light source is activated.