Indoor Lighting Control for Display Synchronization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Indoor brightness remains constant while display device brightness varies, causing pupil adjustments to lag behind, leading to eye irritation and harm due to large contrast between screen and indoor brightness.

Innovation Solution

A method and device that detect display device brightness, calculate a weighted average, adjust indoor lighting based on a preset coefficient, and look up corresponding brightness levels in a table to synchronize indoor brightness with display device changes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If display device brightness varies in real time, then display quality is improved, but indoor brightness remains unchanged causing eye irritation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay device brightnessVSAvoideye irritation
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the indoor lighting system adaptive and responsive to changing display brightness conditions. The control device continuously monitors display brightness and dynamically adjusts indoor lighting brightness in real-time, transforming a static lighting system into a dynamic one that automatically adapts to varying display conditions, thereby preventing eye irritation caused by fixed indoor lighting against variable display output.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback by establishing a closed-loop control system where the control device receives brightness information from the display device, processes this information according to preset algorithms, and adjusts the indoor lighting accordingly. This feedback mechanism ensures that indoor lighting continuously responds to display brightness changes, maintaining visual comfort by synchronizing lighting conditions with display content variations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Speed

If display brightness changes rapidly, then display responsiveness is improved, but pupil adjustment lags behind causing harm to human eyes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay brightness response speedVSAvoideye harm
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by having the control device proactively adjust indoor lighting brightness in anticipation of or simultaneous with display brightness changes. Rather than waiting for eye adaptation issues to occur, the system preemptively modifies the lighting environment to match upcoming display brightness variations, giving the visual system advance notice of brightness transitions and preventing pupil adjustment lag.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The control device serves as an intermediary between the display device and the indoor lighting system. It receives brightness signals from the display, processes them through preset algorithms that consider human visual adaptation characteristics, and translates them into appropriate lighting adjustments. This intermediary function allows the system to mediate the relationship between rapid display changes and human eye adaptation, smoothing out abrupt transitions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Object-affected harmful factors

If indoor lighting is adjusted in real-time, then visual comfort is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisual comfortVSAvoidcontrol system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies self-service by enabling the lighting system to automatically monitor, process, and adjust itself based on display brightness conditions without requiring manual user intervention. The control device autonomously performs detection of display brightness, calculation of appropriate lighting levels using preset algorithms, and execution of lighting adjustments, making the system self-regulating and reducing the need for complex user interfaces or manual control mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The control device performs multiple functions within a single integrated unit: it detects display brightness, processes the brightness information through algorithms, determines appropriate lighting adjustments, and controls the indoor lighting output. This multi-functionality consolidates what could be separate complex subsystems into a single device, achieving real-time adaptive lighting control while managing system complexity through functional integration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9723690B2Method and device for adjusting indoor brightness and smart home control system
Publication Date: 2017.08.01 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for adjusting indoor brightness and a smart home control system. The method includes: detecting a display device to obtain brightness of the display device; generating indoor brightness based on the brightness of the display device; and adjusting brightness of an indoor lighting device based on the indoor brightness.