Display Light Adjustment via Ambient Sensor Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Digital displays in electronic devices often detract from their surroundings due to inadequate brightness and color adjustment, failing to blend seamlessly into physical environments, which leads to user distraction and potential device disposal.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with sensors to detect ambient light color and brightness, adjusting its display output to match the environment, allowing for fine granularity in brightness and color adjustments to replicate physical objects and enhance environmental integration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional digital displays use fixed brightness intervals (10% or 5%), then the display structure remains simple, but the display cannot blend seamlessly into the surrounding physical environment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic brightness adjustment by transitioning from fixed intervals to continuous variable control. The display brightness is dynamically adjusted based on ambient light sensor readings, allowing the display to adapt its emission in real-time to match surrounding environmental light levels, thereby achieving seamless blending into physical environments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the brightness parameter from discrete intervals (10% or 5%) to continuous variable control. By introducing ambient light sensors that detect surrounding illumination levels and automatically adjusting the display's backlight intensity accordingly, the system achieves fine-grained brightness control that enables environmental blending without requiring complex manual adjustment mechanisms.
2Loss of information
If the display emits light to show content, then information is conveyed to users, but the display acts as a glowing beacon that distracts from the surrounding environment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating between display states: when content is being actively viewed, the display emits light with appropriate brightness; when not in use, the display reduces emission to match ambient levels. This spatial and temporal differentiation allows the display to convey information when needed while blending into the environment when idle, reducing environmental distraction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback through ambient light sensors that continuously monitor surrounding illumination levels and feed this information back to the display control system. This feedback loop enables the display to automatically adjust its light emission, reducing brightness when ambient light is low (avoiding distraction) and maintaining appropriate brightness when ambient light is high (ensuring information visibility).
3Adaptability or versatility
If the display uses a backlight to emit light, then the display can be viewed in various lighting conditions, but the backlight bleeds through the periphery when the display is set to all-black
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by introducing fine-grained brightness control that allows the display to reduce backlight intensity to extremely low levels (approaching zero) when displaying dark content. This precise parameter control, combined with ambient light sensing, enables the display to maintain viewability in various lighting conditions while minimizing peripheral light bleed during dark scenes.
4Ease of operation
If digital displays are placed in every room to augment user lives, then convenience is improved, but the displays become nuisances that users complain about
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by equipping displays with ambient light sensors and automatic brightness adjustment capabilities. The display autonomously monitors its environment and adjusts its light emission without requiring user intervention, thereby maintaining accessibility and convenience while eliminating the nuisance of distracting light in inappropriate environments.
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 device provides a distraction-free interface by dynamically adjusting its light emission to blend with the surrounding environment, improving user experience and reducing the likelihood of device disposal due to distraction.
Implementation Method 1
obtain, from light of a surrounding environment detected by at least one sensor in the one or more sensors, a measured color of light of the surrounding environment
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for adjusting light emitted from a display of a device are provided. The adjusting includes obtaining, from light of an environment detected by at least one sensor, a measured color of light of the environment, and obtaining, from light of the environment detected by at least one sensor, a measured brightness of light of the environment. In response to the obtaining the measured color and the measured brightness of light, a color of light emitted from the display is adjusted from an initial color to a target color. A brightness of light emitted from the display is adjusted from an initial brightness to a target brightness.