Patent ID: 7683763

Claim:
A night light and wake up indicator apparatus comprising: a display device that consists only of a facial region, a border region surrounding the facial region, a fringe region surrounding the border region, and a plurality of light sources behind the display device configured such that lights of a first color are positioned to illuminate the fringe region and the facial region and, lights of a second color are positioned to illuminate the facial region and the border region; a user interface for receiving a first state starting time and information related to a second state starting time; an interface for receiving a current time; a comparator for comparing a current time to the first state starting time and at least the information related to the second state starting time; upon determining that the current time has reached the first state starting time, causing a display to enter a first state wherein the light sources of the first color are illuminated and the light sources of the second color are turned off, the first state providing an indication that it is time to wake up; upon determining that conditions are met for entering a second state, causing the display to enter a second state wherein the light sources of the first color are turned off and the light sources of the second color are illuminated, the second state providing an indication that it is time to stay in bed; wherein in the first state and the second state, the same facial region is illuminated but using light sources of different colors.