Method and system for adjusting screen brightness of terminal, and terminal comprising the system

• US 10,438,562 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2016
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JRD Communication Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: JRD Communication Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Chen, Jianqiang, Chai, Feifei
• Primary Examiner(s): Lin, Chun-Nan
• Application Number:
  US15/563,303
• Publication Number:
  US 20180122335A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,078 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0626 for control of overall brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/10 Intensity circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/71 Circuitry for evaluating the brightness variation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/73 by influencing the exposure time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/74 by influencing the scene brightness using illuminating means
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display

Abstract

A method, a system, and a terminal for adjusting screen brightness of the terminal includes the steps of obtaining a first screen display brightness value corresponding to ambient light brightness value, and obtaining illumination value of a camera and looking up a second screen display brightness value. When the second screen display brightness value is greater than the first screen display brightness value, the second screen display brightness value is set as the screen display brightness value. Namely, the display brightness is controlled by an Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) system, which increases displaying detail of image on the display.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting screen brightness of a terminal, comprising:

obtaining ambient light brightness value, and setting a first screen display brightness value corresponding to the ambient light brightness value as a screen display brightness value;

monitoring a working state of a camera of the terminal, obtaining illumination value of the camera, and looking up a second screen display brightness value according to the illumination value of the camera;

comparing the first screen display brightness value with the second screen display brightness value, setting the second screen display brightness value as the screen display brightness value when the second screen display brightness value is greater than the first screen display brightness value; and

setting the first screen display brightness value as the screen display brightness value when the camera is off by the terminal;

wherein during the step for monitoring the working state of the camera of the terminal, obtaining the illumination value of the camera, and looking up the second screen display brightness value according to the illumination value of the camera, the step comprises;

monitoring the working state of the camera of the terminal, obtaining, by an Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) system, the illumination value of the camera; and

looking up the second screen display brightness value according to the illumination value of the camera.

2. The method for adjusting the screen brightness of the terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein before the step for obtaining the ambient light brightness value, and setting the first screen display brightness value corresponding to the ambient light brightness value as the screen display brightness value, the method further comprises:

presetting a database storing corresponding relationship between the ambient light brightness value and the first screen display brightness value, and corresponding relationship between the illumination value and the second screen display brightness value.

3. The method for adjusting the screen brightness of the terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein during the step for obtaining the ambient light brightness value, and setting the first screen display brightness value corresponding to the ambient light brightness value as the screen display brightness value, the step particularly comprises:

determining whether the terminal is on or not, and monitoring, by an optical sensor, the ambient light brightness value at location of the terminal when the terminal is on;

looking up the first screen display brightness value according to the ambient light brightness value; and

adjusting the screen display brightness according to the first screen display brightness value.

4. The method for adjusting the screen brightness of the terminal as claimed in claim 3, wherein the step for looking up the first screen display brightness value according to the ambient light brightness value, the step comprises:

providing ambient light brightness interval according to the ambient light brightness value; and

obtaining the first screen display brightness value according to the screen display brightness value corresponding to the ambient light brightness interval;

wherein the ambient light brightness interval is in one-to-one correspondence with screen display brightness interval.

5. The method for adjusting the screen brightness of the terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step for obtaining, by the AEC system, illumination value of the camera, the step comprises:

calculating, by the AEC system, the illumination value in real-time according to target ambiance brightness.

6. The method for adjusting the screen brightness of the terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein before the step for looking up the second screen display brightness value according to the illumination value, the method further comprises:

presetting corresponding relationship between the illumination value and the second screen display brightness value, and storing the corresponding relationship in a database.

7. A system for adjusting screen brightness of a terminal, comprising:

a monitoring ambient light module obtaining ambient light brightness value and setting a first screen display brightness value corresponding to the ambient light brightness value as a screen display brightness value when the terminal is on;

a camera exposure module monitoring a working state of a camera of the terminal, obtaining illumination value of the camera when the terminal starts the camera, and looking up a second screen display brightness value according to the illumination value of the camera; and

an adjusting screen brightness module comparing the first screen display brightness value with the second screen display brightness value, and setting the second screen display brightness value as the screen display brightness value when the second screen display brightness value is greater than the first screen display brightness value;

wherein the camera exposure module comprises;

a second obtaining unit monitoring the working state of the camera of the terminal and obtaining illumination value via an Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) system of the camera when the camera starts; and

a second look-up unit looking up the second screen display brightness value according to the illumination value.

8. The system for adjusting the screen brightness of the terminal as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

a monitoring state module monitoring the working state of the camera of the terminal and setting the first screen display brightness value as the screen display brightness value when the camera is off by the terminal.

9. The system for adjusting the screen brightness of the terminal as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

a presetting module presetting a database, corresponding relationship between the ambient light brightness value and the first screen display brightness value, and corresponding relationship between the illumination value and the second screen display brightness value are stored in the database.

10. The system for adjusting the screen brightness of the terminal as claimed in claim 7, wherein the monitoring ambient light module comprises:

a first obtaining unit determining whether the terminal is on or not, monitoring the ambient light brightness value by the optical sensor at a location of the terminal when the terminal is on;

a first look-up unit looking up the first screen display brightness value according to the ambient light brightness value; and

an adjusting unit adjusting the screen display brightness according to the first screen display brightness value.

11. The system for adjusting the screen brightness of the terminal as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first look-up unit is configured to that:

ambient light brightness interval is provided according to the ambient light brightness value; and

the first screen display brightness value is obtained according to the screen display brightness value corresponding to the ambient light brightness interval;

wherein the ambient light brightness interval is in one-to-one correspondence with screen display brightness interval.

12. The system for adjusting the screen brightness of the terminal as claimed in claim 7, wherein the AEC system calculates the illumination value in real-time according to target ambiance brightness.

13. The system for adjusting the screen brightness of the terminal as claimed in claim 7, wherein the camera exposure module further comprises:

a database storing corresponding relationship between the illumination value and the second screen display brightness value.

14. A terminal comprising a system for adjusting screen brightness of the terminal, wherein the system comprises:

a processor executing steps of;

obtaining ambient light brightness value and setting a first screen display brightness value corresponding to the ambient light brightness value as a screen display brightness value when the terminal is on;

monitoring a working state of a camera of the terminal, obtaining illumination value of the camera when the terminal starts the camera, and looking up a second screen display brightness value according to the illumination value of the camera; and

comparing the first screen display brightness value with the second screen display brightness value, and setting the second screen display brightness value as the screen display brightness value when the second screen display brightness value is greater than the first screen display brightness value;

wherein during the step for monitoring a working state of a camera of the terminal, obtaining illumination value of the camera when the terminal starts the camera, and looking up a second screen display brightness value according to the illumination value of the camera, the step comprises;

monitoring the working state of the camera of the terminal and obtaining illumination value via an Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) system of the camera when the camera of the terminal starts; and

looking up the second screen display brightness value according to the illumination value.

15. The terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein the steps executed by the processor further comprise:

monitoring the working state of the camera of the terminal and setting the first screen display brightness value as the screen display brightness value when the camera is off by the terminal.

16. The terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein the steps executed by the processor further comprise:

presetting a database, corresponding relationship between the ambient light brightness value and the first screen display brightness value, and corresponding relationship between the illumination value and the second screen display brightness value are stored in the database.

17. The terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein during the step for obtaining ambient light brightness value and setting a first screen display brightness value corresponding to the ambient light brightness value as a screen display brightness value when the terminal is on, the step particularly comprises:

determining whether the terminal is on or not, monitoring the ambient light brightness value by the optical sensor at a location of the terminal when the terminal is on;

looking up the first screen display brightness value according to the ambient light brightness value; and

adjusting the screen display brightness according to the first screen display brightness value.