Device and method for controlling screen brightness

• US 8,797,372 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2010
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Zhengrong
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H
• Application Number:
  US13/395,483
• Publication Number:
  US 20120176420A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,477 Days
• Field of Search: 345/63, 345/77, 345/84, 345/87, 345/102, 345/690
• US Class Current: 345/690
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0626 for control of overall brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0653 Controlling or limiting the speed of brightness adjustment of the illumination source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3406 Control of illumination source illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/10 Intensity circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4318 by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/58 in dependence upon ambient light

Abstract

The present invention provides a device and method for controlling screen brightness. The method comprises: a light sensor acquiring a brightness signal intensity value of external environment and transmitting the brightness signal intensity value to a comparator; the comparator comparing the received brightness signal intensity value with a stored brightness signal intensity value and outputting a comparison result to an integrator; if the comparison result is that the received brightness signal intensity value is greater than the stored brightness signal intensity value, the integrator increasing the stored brightness signal intensity value by a fixed value according to the comparison result; and if the comparison result is that the received brightness signal intensity value is less than the stored brightness signal intensity value, the integrator decreasing the stored brightness signal intensity value by a fixed value according to the comparison result.

Claims

1. A device for controlling screen brightness comprising a light sensor, a comparator and an integrator, wherein

the light sensor is configured to acquire a brightness signal intensity value of external environment and transmit the brightness signal intensity value to the comparator;

the comparator is configured to compare the received brightness signal intensity value with a stored brightness signal intensity value to obtain a comparison result; and

the integrator is configured to receive the comparison result, and if the comparison result is that the received brightness signal intensity value is greater than the stored brightness signal intensity value, increase the stored brightness signal intensity value by a fixed value; and

if the comparison result is that the received brightness signal intensity value is less than the stored brightness signal intensity value, decrease the stored brightness signal intensity value by a fixed value, the stored brightness signal intensity value being used to control an electric current amplitude of the current screen brightness.

2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a consecutive code detector and an amplitude adjuster, wherein:

the consecutive code detector is configured to receive the comparison result output by the comparator, and perform consecutive code detection on the comparison result, and send a consecutive code detection result to the amplitude adjuster; and

the amplitude adjuster is configured to adjust the fixed value according to the consecutive code detection result, and send the adjusted fixed value to the integrator.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the amplitude adjuster is configured to, if at least two consecutive comparison results are that the received brightness signal intensity value is greater than the stored brightness signal intensity value, increase the fixed value, and if at least two consecutive comparison results are that the received brightness signal intensity value is less than the stored brightness signal intensity value, decrease the fixed value.

4. The device according to claim 1, further comprising an amplitude limit controller, wherein

the amplitude limit controller is configured to compare the brightness signal intensity value increased by the fixed value with a preset upper limit, if the brightness signal intensity value increased by the fixed value output by the integrator is greater than the upper limit, use the upper limit to control the electric current amplitude of the current screen brightness, and send the upper limit as the current brightness signal intensity value to the comparator for storing;

and compare the brightness signal intensity value decreased by the fixed value with a preset lower limit, if the brightness signal intensity value decreased by the fixed value is less than the lower limit, use the lower limit to control the electric current amplitude of the current screen brightness, and send the lower limit as the current brightness signal intensity value to the comparator for storing.

5. A method for controlling screen brightness comprising:

a light sensor acquiring a brightness signal intensity value of external environment and transmitting the brightness signal intensity value to a comparator;

the comparator comparing the received brightness signal intensity value with a stored brightness signal intensity value and outputting a comparison result to an integrator;

if the comparison result is that the received brightness signal intensity value is greater than the stored brightness signal intensity value, the integrator increasing the stored brightness signal intensity value by a fixed value according to the comparison result; and

if the comparison result is that the received brightness signal intensity value is less than the stored brightness signal intensity value, the integrator decreasing the stored brightness signal intensity value by a fixed value according to the comparison result;

wherein the stored brightness signal intensity value is used to control an electric current amplitude of the current screen brightness.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein before the step of the comparator outputting the comparison result to the integrator, the method further comprises:

sending the comparison result to a consecutive code detector, and if the consecutive code detector detects that at least two consecutive comparison results are that the received brightness signal intensity value is greater than the stored brightness signal intensity value, increasing the fixed value;

if at least two consecutive comparison results are that the received brightness signal intensity value is less than the stored brightness signal intensity value, decreasing the fixed value.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein after the step of increasing or decreasing the stored brightness signal intensity value by the fixed value, the method further comprises:

comparing the brightness signal intensity value increased by the fixed value with a preset upper limit, and if the brightness signal intensity value increased by the fixed value is greater than the upper limit, sending the upper limit as the current brightness signal intensity value to the comparator for storing and for controlling the electric current amplitude of the current screen brightness; and

comparing the brightness signal intensity value decreased by the fixed value with a preset lower limit, and if the brightness signal intensity value decreased by the fixed value is less than the lower limit, sending the lower limit as the current brightness signal intensity value to the comparator for storing and for controlling the electric current amplitude of the current screen brightness.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein after the step of increasing or decreasing the stored brightness signal intensity value by the fixed value, the method further comprises:

comparing the brightness signal intensity value increased by the fixed value with a preset upper limit, and if the brightness signal intensity value increased by the fixed value is greater than the upper limit, sending the upper limit as the current brightness signal intensity value to the comparator for storing and for controlling the electric current amplitude of the current screen brightness; and

comparing the brightness signal intensity value decreased by the fixed value with a preset lower limit, and if the brightness signal intensity value decreased by the fixed value is less than the lower limit, sending the lower limit as the current brightness signal intensity value to the comparator for storing and for controlling the electric current amplitude of the current screen brightness.