Controlling display brightness based on image capture device data
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1. A system for controlling brightness of an electronic display, the system comprising:
- an image capture device in proximity to the electronic display and configured to capture images and/or video containing attributes of local environment;
a controller in communication with the image capture device and the electronic display, the controller configured to;
determine environmental conditions local to the electronic display by directly analyzing attributes of the local environment that appear in the images and/or video captured by the image capture device;
translate the local environment condition analysis into a weather factor number, where the weather factor number includes a constant value multiplied by a sky clearness percentage as determined from the analysis of the images/video captured by the image capture device; and
adjust brightness level of the electronic display as necessary in response to the weather factor number.
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling the brightness level of an electronic display. An image capture device in proximity to the electronic display is used to capture images and/or video of the ambient environmental conditions local to the electronic display. The images and/or video is analyzed to determine the nature of the environmental conditions, and adjustments to the brightness level of the electronic display are made in consideration of said environmental conditions. In some embodiments, the images and/or video captured by the image capture device may be compared to stored images representative of different environmental conditions.
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1. A system for controlling brightness of an electronic display, the system comprising:
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an image capture device in proximity to the electronic display and configured to capture images and/or video containing attributes of local environment; a controller in communication with the image capture device and the electronic display, the controller configured to; determine environmental conditions local to the electronic display by directly analyzing attributes of the local environment that appear in the images and/or video captured by the image capture device; translate the local environment condition analysis into a weather factor number, where the weather factor number includes a constant value multiplied by a sky clearness percentage as determined from the analysis of the images/video captured by the image capture device; and adjust brightness level of the electronic display as necessary in response to the weather factor number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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