Monitoring Light Emissions Across Multiple Display Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions fail to effectively monitor and manage light emission exposure from various electronic devices, leading to eye strain due to varying light emission profiles and content types, without considering individual user medical information or device usage patterns.
Innovation Solution
A monitoring engine determines display duration and light emission profiles of multiple devices, calculates cumulative emissions exposure, and transmits instructions to adjust device usage based on predefined rules, such as switching to lower emission devices or shutting down, using user medical information and content characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If light emission monitoring is implemented across multiple display devices, then eye strain protection is improved, but system complexity increases due to varying light emission profiles and device management
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring engine is designed to universally manage multiple types of display devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, televisions) with varying light emission profiles through a single integrated system that can identify, track, and control light emissions across different device types and content categories
2Measurement precision
If cumulative emissions exposure is calculated based on multiple devices and content types, then accuracy of exposure assessment is improved, but computational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the cumulative emissions calculation by dividing it into device-specific light emission profiles and content-type-specific exposure factors, allowing the monitoring engine to process and sum exposures from multiple devices and content categories in a structured manner that improves accuracy while managing computational complexity
3Object-affected harmful factors
If remedial actions are automatically enforced through instructions to display devices, then light emission control is improved, but user convenience deteriorates due to potential disruptions
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by transmitting instructions to display devices to execute remedial actions when exposure limits are exceeded, while also providing notifications to users about the actions taken, creating a closed-loop system that maintains control while keeping users informed and involved in the process
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for monitoring light emissions in electronic devices. The disclosed techniques herein provide for determining a display duration of display devices for a user. Light emission profiles for each of the display devices are determined. A cumulative emissions exposure is determined that is based on the light emission profiles for the display devices and the display duration of the display devices for the user. A determination is made whether the cumulative emissions exposure exceeds a light emission exposure limit set for the user. In a positive determination, an instruction is transmitted to the display devices for execution of a remedial action based on predefined rules.