Dynamic Keyboard Backlight Color Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulty in seeing keyboard keys in low light environments, and manufacturers seek to enhance user experience and differentiate their products by improving keyboard illumination.
Innovation Solution
A computing system that determines dominant colors on a display and adjusts the illumination of keyboard backlights to match or contrast these colors, allowing for real-time adaptation of backlight zones based on the displayed content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If keyboard backlights are illuminated in low light environments, then visibility of keys is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The keyboard backlight is divided into multiple independently controllable zones, each corresponding to a specific display region. Only the backlight zones corresponding to currently active or dominant color regions are illuminated, rather than illuminating the entire keyboard uniformly. This localized illumination approach maintains key visibility where needed while reducing overall energy consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the illumination parameters (color and intensity) of keyboard backlights based on the dominant colors detected on the display. By changing the backlight color to match or complement the display colors, the system optimizes visibility while minimizing energy usage by only activating necessary backlight zones with appropriate intensity levels.
2Ease of manufacture
If keyboard backlights use fixed colors, then manufacturing is simple, but user experience and product differentiation are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The keyboard backlight system transitions from static fixed colors to dynamic color adjustment based on display content. The system continuously monitors the display for dominant colors and automatically adjusts the backlight colors in real-time, creating an adaptive illumination experience that enhances user engagement and product differentiation while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through standardized LED components.
Solution Approach 2:
The keyboard backlight system serves multiple functions: it provides basic illumination for visibility, dynamically adapts colors to match display content for enhanced user experience, and differentiates the product through intelligent color synchronization. This multi-functionality is achieved while maintaining ease of manufacture by using standard LED technology with controllable color properties.
3Illumination intensity
If the entire keyboard is illuminated uniformly, then key visibility is maximized, but energy consumption and visual distraction increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of uniform illumination across the entire keyboard, the system implements localized backlight zones that correspond to specific display regions. Only the keyboard areas corresponding to active content or dominant color regions are illuminated, providing sufficient visibility for current tasks while minimizing energy consumption and reducing visual distraction from unnecessary illuminated areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies partial illumination rather than full keyboard illumination by activating only the necessary backlight zones corresponding to current display content. This partial action approach provides adequate visibility for the user's current task while avoiding the energy waste and visual distraction of illuminating the entire keyboard uniformly.
4Measurement precision
If keyboard backlights are divided into multiple zones, then color precision matching display portions is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The keyboard is divided into multiple independently controllable backlight zones, each corresponding to a specific region of the display. This segmentation enables precise color matching between the backlight and the dominant colors in each display portion, improving color accuracy and user experience while managing complexity through systematic zone organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The keyboard backlight system is segmented into multiple independent zones that can be controlled separately. Each zone corresponds to a specific display region, allowing for precise color matching and localized illumination control. This segmentation improves color precision and reduces unnecessary illumination while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular control architecture.
Data Source
AI summary
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to illuminating backlights based on dominant colors presented on a display. Dominant colors of portions of the display are determined. Backlights of a keyboard are caused to be illuminated to colors based on respective dominant colors.