Dynamic Display Attribute Adjustment for Circadian Rhythm Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices used as primary light sources disrupt users' biological rhythms when their circadian cycles are discordant with daily life patterns, leading to fatigue, decreased efficiency, and emotional issues.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a processor and memory that acquires user information to configure display attributes based on circadian rhythms, adjusting luminance and color temperature to optimize biological clock alignment with user cycles and content being displayed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the electronic device is used as a major light source with fixed display attributes, then the device provides stable display performance, but it disrupts users' biological rhythms when circadian cycles are discordant with life patterns
Solution Approach 1:
The display attributes (luminance, color temperature) are made dynamic rather than fixed, automatically adjusting based on the user's circadian rhythm phase and current time. This allows the display to adapt its characteristics to support biological rhythms while maintaining optimal viewing conditions for different times of day.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes physical parameters of the display (luminance level, color temperature) based on circadian rhythm information. By modifying these parameters according to the user's biological clock phase, the display reduces harmful effects on biological rhythms while maintaining reliable display performance.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the display attributes are dynamically adjusted based on circadian rhythm information, then biological rhythm support is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional sensors and processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses the device's existing sensors (time of day, ambient light) and built-in processing capabilities to automatically determine circadian rhythm phase and adjust display attributes. This self-service approach avoids adding complex external sensing systems while still achieving biological rhythm support.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent leverages existing device components (display, sensors, processor) to serve multiple functions: normal display operation, environmental sensing, circadian rhythm assessment, and adaptive adjustment. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional dedicated components, thereby limiting complexity increase.
3Ease of operation
If the display adjusts luminance and color temperature based on content type, then viewing comfort is improved, but energy consumption increases due to continuous attribute changes
Solution Approach 1:
The display attributes are adjusted periodically based on circadian rhythm phases and content transitions rather than continuously. The system identifies content type changes and circadian phase transitions as trigger points for adjustment, reducing unnecessary energy-consuming adjustments while maintaining viewing comfort.
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AI summary
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electronic device for changing attributes of a display, and an operation method in an electronic device. The electronic device may be configured to: acquire user information; set user period information for changing attributes of the display based on the acquired user information; acquire information associated with content being displayed on the display or has been determined to be displayed on the display; change an attribute setting value of the display based on set user period information and the information associated with the content; and control the display to display content based on the changed attribute setting value.