Display control system and method

• US 20060007223A1
• Filed: 07/09/2004
• Published: 01/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Parker, Jeffrey C.
• Application Number:
  US10/888,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20060007223A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/207
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/4204 with determination of ambient light solar light G01J2001/4266
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/02 Improving the quality of display appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0626 for control of overall brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/066 for control of contrast
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0666 for control of colour parameters, e.g. colour temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

A display control system comprises a display controller adapted to detect an ambient light condition about an electronic device. The display controller is also adapted to determine an optical response characteristic associated with the ambient light condition and automatically adjust a brightness of a display of the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

Claims

1. A display control system, comprising:

a display controller adapted to detect an ambient light condition about an electronic device, the display controller adapted to determine an optical response characteristic associated with the ambient light condition and automatically adjust a brightness of a display of the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

2. The system of claim 1, the display controller adapted to detect a change in the ambient light condition.

3. The system of claim 1, the display controller adapted to determine an optical response characteristic associated with a change in the ambient light condition.

4. The system of claim 1, the display controller adapted to automatically adjust the brightness of the display in response to a change in the ambient light condition based on an optical response characteristic associated with the change in the ambient light condition.

5. The system of claim 1, the display controller adapted to automatically adjust a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

6. The system of claim 1, the display controller adapted to automatically adjust a rate of change to a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a sensor adapted to detect the ambient light condition.

8. The system of claim 1, the display controller adapted to monitor the ambient light condition about the electronic device.

9. The system of claim 1, the optical response characteristic indicating a human eye'"'"'s adaptive response time corresponding to the ambient light condition.

10. The system of claim 1, the optical response characteristic indicating a human eye'"'"'s color sensitivity corresponding to the ambient light condition.

11. A display control system, comprising:

means for determining an optical response characteristic associated with an ambient light condition about an electronic device; and

means for automatically adjusting a brightness of a display of the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising means for automatically adjusting a rate of change of brightness of the display based on the optical response characteristic.

13. The system of claim 11, further comprising means for automatically adjusting a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical characteristic.

14. The system of claim 11, further comprising means for automatically adjusting a rate of change to a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising means for determining an optical response characteristic associated with a change in the ambient light condition.

16. A display control method, comprising:

determining an optical response characteristic associated with an ambient light condition about an electronic device; and

automatically adjusting a brightness of a display of the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising automatically adjusting a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising automatically adjusting a rate of change to a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising determining an optical response characteristic associated with a change in the ambient light condition.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein determining an optical response characteristic comprises obtaining information associated with a human eye'"'"'s adaptive response time corresponding to the ambient light condition.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein determining an optical response characteristic comprises obtaining information associated with a human eye'"'"'s color sensitivity corresponding to the ambient light condition.

22. A display control system, comprising:

a display controller adapted to detect an ambient light condition about an electronic device, the display controller adapted to determine an optical response characteristic associated with the ambient light condition and automatically adjust a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

23. The system of claim 22, the display controller adapted to determine an optical response characteristic associated with a change in the ambient light condition.

24. The system of claim 22, the display controller adapted to automatically adjust a rate of change of the color balance based on the optical response characteristic.

25. The system of claim 22, the optical response characteristic indicating a human eye'"'"'s adaptive response time corresponding to the ambient light condition.

26. The system of claim 22, the optical response characteristic indicating a human eye'"'"'s color sensitivity corresponding to the ambient light condition.

27. The system of claim 22, further comprising a sensor adapted to detect the ambient light condition.

28. The system of claim 22, the display controller adapted to monitor the ambient light condition.

29. The system of claim 22, the display controller adapted to automatically adjust a rate of change of the color balance based on a rate of change to the ambient light condition.

30. A display control system, comprising:

means for determining an optical response characteristic associated with an ambient light condition about an electronic device; and

means for automatically adjusting a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

31. The system of claim 30, further comprising means for determining an optical response characteristic associated with a change to the ambient light condition.

32. The system of claim 30, further comprising means for automatically adjusting a rate of change of the color balance based on the optical response characteristic.

33. The system of claim 30, wherein the determining means comprises means for obtaining information associated with a human eye'"'"'s adaptive response time corresponding to the ambient light condition.

34. The system of claim 30, wherein the determining means comprises means for obtaining information associated with a human eye'"'"'s color sensitivity corresponding to the ambient light condition.

35. A display control method, comprising:

determining an optical response characteristic associated with an ambient light condition about an electronic device; and

automatically adjusting a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

36. The method of claim 35, further comprising determining an optical response characteristic associated with a change to the ambient light condition.

37. The method of claim 35, further comprising automatically adjusting a rate of change of the color balance based on the optical response characteristic.

38. The method of claim 35, further comprising monitoring the ambient light condition.

39. The method of claim 35, wherein determining an optical response characteristic comprises obtaining information associated with a human eye'"'"'s adaptive response time corresponding to the ambient light condition.

40. The method of claim 35, wherein determining an optical response characteristic comprises obtaining information associated with a human eye'"'"'s color sensitivity corresponding to the ambient light condition.

41. The method of claim 35, further comprising automatically adjusting a rate of change to the color balance based on a rate of change in the ambient light condition.

42. A display control system, comprising:

a display controller adapted to detect a change in an ambient light condition about an electronic device, the display controller adapted to determine an optical response characteristic associated with the change in the ambient light condition and automatically adjust a rate of brightness change of a display of the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

43. The system of claim 42, the display controller adapted to automatically adjust a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

44. The system of claim 42, the display controller adapted to automatically adjust a rate of change to a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

45. The system of claim 42, the optical response characteristic indicating a human eye'"'"'s adaptive response time corresponding to the change in the ambient light condition.

46. The system of claim 42, the optical response characteristic indicating a human eye'"'"'s color sensitivity corresponding to the ambient light condition.

47. A display control method, comprising:

determining an optical response characteristic associated with a change in an ambient light condition about an electronic device; and

automatically adjusting a rate of change to a brightness of a display of the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

48. The method of claim 47, further comprising automatically adjusting a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

49. The method of claim 47, further comprising automatically adjusting a rate of change to a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

50. The method of claim 47, wherein determining an optical response characteristic comprises obtaining information associated with a human eye'"'"'s adaptive response time corresponding to the ambient light condition.

51. The method of claim 47, wherein determining an optical response characteristic comprises obtaining information associated with a human eye'"'"'s color sensitivity corresponding to the ambient light condition.

52. A display control method, comprising:

means for determining an optical response characteristic associated with a change in an ambient light condition about an electronic device; and

means for automatically adjusting a rate of change to a brightness of a display of the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

53. The system of claim 52, further comprising means for automatically adjusting a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

54. The system of claim 52, further comprising means for automatically adjusting a rate of change to a color balance of an image displayed by the electronic device based on the optical response characteristic.

55. The system of claim 52, wherein the means for determining an optical response characteristic comprises means for obtaining information associated with a human eye'"'"'s adaptive response time corresponding to the change in the ambient light condition.

56. The system of claim 52, wherein the means for determining an optical response characteristic comprises means for obtaining information associated with a human eye'"'"'s color sensitivity corresponding to the ambient light condition.