Patent ID: 8411020

Claim:
A hysteresis-type backlight controlling method for a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising a light sensor, a liquid crystal display (LCD) backlight drive and a keyboard backlight unit, the method comprising: sensing a background brightness; setting the portable electronic device to operate at a default mode; at the default mode, setting the portable electronic device to operate at a daylight mode with a first constant backlight brightness after the sensed background brightness is larger than a first threshold; at the daylight mode, setting the portable electronic device to operate at the default mode with a second constant backlight brightness after the sensed background brightness is smaller than a second threshold; wherein the first threshold is larger than the second threshold to provide a hysteresis effect, such that a first hysteresis loop is provided in a backlight adjustment curve of the hysteresis-type backlight controlling method to have the portable electronic device operating at the default mode when changing from the default mode to the daylight mode but operating at the daylight mode when changing from the daylight mode back to the default mode as the background brightness is between the first threshold and the second threshold; at the default mode, setting the portable electronic device to operate at a nighttime mode with a third constant backlight brightness after the sensed background brightness is smaller than a third threshold; and at the nighttime mode, setting the portable electronic device to operate at the default mode with a second constant backlight brightness after the sensed background brightness is larger than a fourth threshold; wherein the fourth threshold is larger than the third threshold to provide the hysteresis effect, such that a second hysteresis loop is provided in the backlight adjustment curve to have the portable electronic device operating at the default mode when changing from the default mode to the nighttime mode but operating at the nighttime mode when changing from the nighttime mode back to the default mode as the background brightness is between the third threshold and the fourth threshold, whereby a rapid mode switch caused by background brightness change is prevented and user dizziness caused by the rapid mode switch is also prevented.