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Adaptive color in illuminative devices

  • US 10,347,163 B1
  • Filed: 06/03/2009
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for automatically correcting a color temperature of an electronic visual display, said method comprising:

  • determining, for the electronic visual display, time of day in a vicinity of the electronic visual display;

    determining target color conditions for said electronic visual display;

    adjusting color correction for said electronic visual display by selecting a color temperature for the electronic visual display that is based on the time of day in the vicinity of the electronic visual display, and that corresponds to the determined target color conditions;

    setting at least one or more graphics sub-systems to produce color transforms through the one or more graphics sub-systems to correct colors consistent with said selected color settings for said electronic visual display; and

    changing from an initial state of said electronic visual display to the selected color temperature for said electronic visual display, wherein the adjusted color correction is selected to have warmer color temperature later in the evening than during the day, such that said electronic visual display automatically displays adjusted colors according to said determined target color conditions,wherein the target color conditions are determined automatically by a background process of a computing device that has the electronic visual display, the background process programmed to adjust color correction to be responsive to current ambient conditions in a location around the display.

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