AMBIENT LIGHT CONTEXT-AWARE DISPLAY
First Claim
1. A method for adjusting a display to account for ambient light, comprising:
- at a portable electronic device;
determining an ambient light history including a plurality of ambient light color conditions sensed over a duration of device operation by a light sensor;
reading a display-ready image from an image source, the display-ready image having a plurality of pixels;
adjusting a manner in which the display-ready image is displayed on the portable electronic device by color-shifting at least a subset of the plurality of pixels based on the plurality of ambient light color conditions in the ambient light history to thereby generate a color-modified image; and
displaying the color-modified image on the display of the portable electronic device.
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Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed that relate to modifying a display of a portable electronic device to account for ambient light. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising determining an ambient light history including a plurality of ambient light color conditions sensed over a duration of device operation by an ambient light sensor, reading a display-ready image having a plurality of pixels from an image source, adjusting a manner in which the display-ready image is displayed by color-shifting at least a subset of the plurality of pixels based on the plurality of ambient light color conditions in the ambient light history to thereby generate a color-modified image, and displaying the color-modified image on the display of the portable electronic device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for adjusting a display to account for ambient light, comprising:
at a portable electronic device; determining an ambient light history including a plurality of ambient light color conditions sensed over a duration of device operation by a light sensor; reading a display-ready image from an image source, the display-ready image having a plurality of pixels; adjusting a manner in which the display-ready image is displayed on the portable electronic device by color-shifting at least a subset of the plurality of pixels based on the plurality of ambient light color conditions in the ambient light history to thereby generate a color-modified image; and displaying the color-modified image on the display of the portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a display; a light sensor configured to sense an ambient light color condition; a processor configured to execute an adaptive display module, the adaptive display module configured to; determine an ambient light history including a plurality of ambient light color conditions sensed over a duration of device operation by a light sensor; read a display-ready image from an image source, the display-ready image having a plurality of pixels; adjust a manner in which the display-ready image is displayed on the portable electronic device by color-shifting at least a subset of the plurality of pixels based on the plurality of ambient light color conditions in the ambient light history to thereby generate a color-modified image; and display the color-modified image on the display. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for adjusting a display to account for ambient light, the method comprising:
at a portable electronic device; receiving ambient light data from an ambient light sensor, the ambient light data including ambient color data indicating an ambient light condition external to the portable electronic device; receiving contextual data from a contextual data source; reading a display-ready image from an image source, the display-ready image having a plurality of pixels; modifying one or more properties of at least a subset of the plurality of pixels based on at least the ambient light data and the context data; and displaying the modified image on a display. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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