Display Light Sensor Ambient Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic display devices face challenges in varying ambient light and temperature conditions, which affect users' ability to view content, as existing technologies do not effectively adjust display settings automatically to optimize visibility across different environments.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a light sensor and temperature sensor in electronic devices to measure ambient light and temperature, allowing for dynamic adjustments to display settings, such as font size, contrast, and front light intensity, to optimize content visibility without user intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If display settings are manually adjusted for different ambient light conditions, then content visibility is improved, but user convenience deteriorates due to requiring manual intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The display device automatically adjusts its own settings by detecting ambient light levels through a light sensor and modifying display parameters such as brightness, contrast, and font size without requiring user intervention, enabling the system to serve itself in optimizing visibility
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors ambient light conditions through a light sensor and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust display settings, creating a closed-loop control system that adapts to changing environmental conditions in real-time
2Adaptability or versatility
If display settings are automatically adjusted using light and temperature sensors, then adaptability to environmental conditions is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The light sensor and temperature sensor serve multiple functions: they detect environmental conditions, trigger display parameter adjustments, and optimize power consumption based on ambient conditions, allowing a single sensing system to handle multiple adaptation tasks
Solution Approach 2:
The system adjusts multiple display parameters simultaneously based on sensor inputs, including brightness level, contrast ratio, font size, and refresh rate, allowing comprehensive environmental adaptation through coordinated parameter modification
3Illumination intensity
If front light intensity is increased to improve visibility in low light conditions, then content visibility is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The front light intensity is dynamically adjusted based on real-time ambient light sensor readings, allowing the display to optimize visibility in low-light conditions while consuming only the necessary amount of power rather than operating at fixed maximum brightness
Solution Approach 2:
The system modifies the front light intensity parameter in response to ambient light conditions, increasing brightness when ambient light is low and decreasing it when ambient light is sufficient, thereby balancing visibility requirements with power conservation
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables improved user experience by automatically adjusting display settings to enhance content visibility in varying light conditions, reducing the need for manual adjustments and optimizing power consumption and page turn times.
Implementation Method 1
a light sensor to measure a light intensity of ambient light
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques and apparatuses are disclosed to adjust an intensity of light emitted from front lights and/or to adjust a visual representation of content displayed by an electronic device based at least in part on a measurement of light intensity by a light sensor. An electronic display may present a visual representation of objects including text and images, which may be subject to changes in size and contrast due to the measured levels of ambient light. A display controller may also control activation and/or intensity of lights used to illuminate the electronic display based on the measurement of light intensity by the light sensor in addition to or separate from the adjustments to contrast and size of the content.