Adjustment of display intensity

• US 9,390,682 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2013
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Hadas, Noam
• Primary Examiner(s): Caschera, Antonio A
• Application Number:
  US14/232,172
• Publication Number:
  US 20150269907A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,153 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0626 for control of overall brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0686 with two or more screen areas displaying information with different brightness or colours
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/30 using electroluminescent panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/10 Intensity circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/363 Graphics controllers

Abstract

Methods and systems effective to implement adjusting of display intensity are described. In some examples, a processor may receive display instructions. The display instructions may include instructions that relate to display of first output data. The first output data may be effective to produce a first intensity when rendered by a display. The processor may apply a technique at a first level to the display instructions to generate second output data. The second output data may be effective to produce a second intensity when rendered by the display. The second intensity may be less than the first intensity. The processor may apply the technique at a second level to the display instructions to generate third output data. The third output data may be effective to produce a third intensity when rendered by the display. The third intensity may be less than the second intensity.

Claims

1. A method to adjust a display intensity of a display, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, display instructions, where the display instructions include instructions that relate to display of first output data, the first output data effective to produce a first intensity when rendered by the display;

based on a display intensity adjustment algorithm, applying, by the processor, a technique at a first level to the display instructions to generate second output data, the second output data effective to produce a second intensity when rendered by the display, the second intensity being less than the first intensity;

sending, by the processor, the second output data to the display;

determining, by the processor, that a period of time has passed;

in response to the determination that the period of time has passed, based on the display intensity adjustment algorithm, applying, by the processor, the technique at a second level to the display instructions to generate third output data, the third output data effective to produce a third intensity when rendered by the display, the third intensity being less than the second intensity;

sending, by the processor, the third output data to the display;

based on the display intensity adjustment algorithm, applying, by the processor, the technique at subsequent levels to generate further output data until receipt of a stop command;

in response to the receipt of the stop command, generating, by the processor, fourth output data, the fourth output data effective to produce a fourth intensity when rendered by the display, wherein the fourth intensity is less than the first intensity; and

sending, by the processor, the fourth output data to the display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the technique is a first technique and the method further comprises:

in response to the receipt of the stop command, based on the display intensity adjustment algorithm, selecting, by the processor, a second technique to apply to the display instructions, where the second technique is different from the first technique; and

based on the display intensity adjustment algorithm, applying, by the processor, the second technique to the display instructions to generate the fourth output data, and the fourth intensity is different from the second intensity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each subsequent level produces a respective output data that, when rendered by the display, produces less intensity than a prior level.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the period of time is a first period of time, further comprising, after applying the technique at the second level:

receiving, by the processor, the stop command;

waiting, by the processor, a second period of time; and

based on the display intensity adjustment algorithm, applying, by the processor, the technique at a third level to the display instructions to generate the fourth output data, the fourth intensity being less than the third intensity.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first output data relate to a first font; and

the second output data relate to a second font different from the first font.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first output data relate to a first color; and

the second output data relate to a second color different from the first color.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the technique at the first level includes:

determining, by the processor, gaze line data;

identifying, by the processor, a focus portion of the display corresponding to the gaze line data;

identifying, by the processor, a remaining portion of the display based on the gaze line data; and

generating, by the processor, the second output data so that the remaining portion is rendered with less intensity than the focus portion.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by the processor, an area in the first output data that, when rendered, includes a single color; and

wherein applying, by the processor, the technique at the first level includes generating the second output data so that the area is rendered with a gradient of intensity values.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the technique at the first level includes generating, by the processor, the second output data so that a negative of at least some of a render of the first output data is displayed when the second output data is rendered.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the processor, a distance parameter based on a distance between the display and an object; and

generating, by the processor, the second output data based on the distance parameter.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the processor, a pupil contraction parameter; and

generating, by the processor, the second output data based on the pupil contraction parameter.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the processor, motion data that relate to a motion of the display; and

generating, by the processor, the second output data based on the motion data.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by the processor, contact areas of a user interface in communication with the display; and

generating, by the processor, the second output data based on the detected contact areas.

14. A device effective to adjust a display intensity of a display, the device comprising:

the display;

a memory that includes a display intensity adjustment algorithm and two or more display intensity adjustment techniques; and

a processor configured to be in communication with the display and the memory, the processor effective to;

receive display instructions, where the display instructions include instructions that relate to display of first output data, the first output data effective to produce a first intensity when rendered by the display;

based on the display intensity adjustment algorithm, apply one of the techniques at a first level to the display instructions to generate second output data, the second output data effective to produce a second intensity when rendered by the display, the second intensity being less than the first intensity;

send the second output data to the display;

determine that a period of time has passed;

in response to the determination that the period of time has passed, based on the display intensity adjustment algorithm, apply the technique at a second level to the display instructions to generate third output data, the third output data effective to produce a third intensity when rendered by the display, the third intensity being less than the second intensity;

send the third output data to the display;

apply the technique at subsequent levels to generate further output data until receipt of a stop command;

in response to the receipt of the stop command, generate fourth output data, the fourth output data effective to produce a fourth intensity when rendered by the display, wherein the fourth intensity is less than the first intensity; and

send the fourth output data to the display.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the technique is a first technique and the processor is further effective to, based on the display intensity adjustment algorithm:

select a second technique to apply to the display instructions, where the second technique is different from the first technique; and

apply the second technique to the display instructions to produce the fourth output data, wherein the fourth intensity is different from the second intensity.

16. The device of claim 14, wherein the period of time is a first period of time, and wherein the processor is effective to, after application of the technique at the second level:

receive the stop command;

wait a second period of time; and

apply the technique at a third level to the display instructions to generate the fourth output data, the fourth intensity being less than the third intensity.

17. The device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further effective to:

identify an area in the first output data that, when rendered, includes a single color; and

generate the second output data so that the area is rendered with a gradient of intensity values.

18. A method to adjust a display intensity of a display, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, display instructions, where the display instructions include instructions that relate to display of first output data, the first output data effective to produce a first intensity when rendered by the display;

based on a display intensity adjustment algorithm, applying, by the processor, a first technique to the display instructions to generate second output data, the second output data effective to produce a second intensity when rendered by the display, the second intensity being less than the first intensity;

sending, by the processor, the second output data to the display;

determining, by the processor, that a period of time has passed;

in response to the determination that the period of time has passed, based on the display intensity adjustment algorithm, applying, by the processor, a second technique different from the first technique to the display instructions to generate third output data, the third output data effective to produce a third intensity when rendered by the display, the third intensity being less than the second intensity;

sending, by the processor, the third output data to the display;

based on the display intensity adjustment algorithm, applying, by the processor, subsequent techniques to generate further output data until receipt of a stop command;

in response to the receipt of the stop command, generating, by the processor, fourth output data, the fourth output data effective to produce a fourth intensity when rendered by the display, wherein the fourth intensity is less than the first intensity; and

sending, by the processor, the fourth output data to the display.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein:

the second technique is applied after the first technique;

the first technique has a first intensity reduction grade indicative of an intensity reduction between the first output data and the second output data;

the second technique has a second intensity reduction grade indicative of an intensity reduction between the second output data and the third output data; and

the second grade is less than the first grade.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first and second intensity reduction grades are based on an application being rendered by the display.