Patents by Inventor Keith Noel Jenkins

Keith Noel Jenkins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE BRIGHTNESS OF AN LCD BACKLIGHT
    Publication number: 20110210912
    Abstract: The brightness of a LCD backlight, comprising a plurality of LEDs or LED chains (221—1 to 221—n), is controlled by a processor (203) for calculating the number of LEDs of a plurality of LEDs to be illuminated for a determined brightness and selecting the calculated number of LEDs or LED chains to form a spatial distribution pattern; and drivers (219—1 to 219—n) for illuminating the calculated number of LEDs in a random or pseudo-random sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: ITI SCOTLAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Keith Noel Jenkins, Gary Bryan Wordsworth