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Implementing Light-Aware UI in Windows 7

Updated: August 23, 2010

File name: Implementing_Light_Aware_UI
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This white paper covers the use of ambient light sensor data, and how user interface features and program content can be optimized for many lighting conditions.

This information applies to the Windows 7 operating system.

Included in this white paper:

  • Introduction

  • Ambient Light Sensors

  • Light-Aware UI Fundamentals

  • Introducing the Windows Sensor and Location Platform

  • Understanding and Interpreting Lux Values

  • Interacting with Sensors through the Sensor API

  • Light Sensor Data Types

  • Handling Data from Multiple Light Sensors

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