Media Device Ambient Light Sensor Display Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing media devices struggle to adjust their output to display devices effectively based on ambient light conditions, leading to suboptimal viewing quality in varying environments.
Innovation Solution
A media device adjusts its output parameters, such as luminance, based on measurement data from ambient light sensors, using a correlation table to optimize content display for better visibility in different lighting conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If media devices output content without adjusting for ambient light conditions, then the device complexity is reduced, but the viewing quality deteriorates in varying lighting environments
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses ambient light sensors to detect environmental lighting conditions and feeds this information back to the media device, which then automatically adjusts content parameters (luminance, contrast, color temperature) to optimize viewing quality across different lighting environments
Solution Approach 2:
The media device autonomously adjusts its output parameters based on ambient light sensor data without requiring manual user intervention, performing the optimization function automatically through algorithmic processing of environmental conditions
2Reliability
If media devices dynamically adjust content parameters based on ambient light sensors, then the viewing quality is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes correlation tables that map ambient light sensor readings to optimal content parameters (luminance, contrast, color temperature), allowing the media device to quickly lookup and apply appropriate settings without complex real-time calculations
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer that receives ambient light sensor data, processes it through correlation tables or algorithms, and translates it into adjusted content parameters, separating the sensing function from the display function and simplifying the overall system architecture
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
This solution enhances viewing quality by dynamically adjusting content parameters in response to ambient light levels, providing a more consistent and user-friendly viewing experience across various environments.
Implementation Method 1
measurement data from an ambient light sensor
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for adjusting an output of a media device to a display device based on measurement data from the ambient light source. According to some embodiments, a computer implemented method for adjusting one or more parameters of a content to be displayed on a display device can include receiving, by a media device and from an electronic device, measurement data including ambient light measurement data for an environment of the media device, the electronic device, and the display device. The method can further include adjusting, at the media device, the one or more parameters of the content based at least on the measurement data and outputting, by the media device, the adjusted content to the display device to be displayed.