Photo-therapy method using a display device

• US 9,440,090 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2014
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hong, Jong-Ho, Jo, Min-Gyeong, Baek, Jong-In, Park, Won-Sang
• Primary Examiner(s): Crandall, Lynsey
• Assistant Examiner(s): Xie, Dacheng
• Application Number:
  US14/165,196
• Publication Number:
  US 20150051672A1
• Time in Patent Office: 960 Days
• Field of Search: 607 77- 95, 345612-614, 345694-696, 345/698, 345/690, 345211-212
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0626 Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/06 using light

Abstract

A photo-therapy method using a display device is provided. The photo-therapy method includes receiving a viewing time input and a photo-therapy selection input, wherein the viewing time input represents an expected viewing time of a user and the photo-therapy selection input represents a photo-therapy selected by the user. The photo-therapy method further includes calculating a period of a photo-therapy image based on the expected viewing time and a suggested treatment time of the selected photo-therapy, and displaying the photo-therapy image with the calculated period while displaying a normal image.

Claims

1. A photo-therapy method using a display device, the photo-therapy method comprising:

providing a display device configured to display a normal image;

receiving a viewing time input and a photo-therapy selection input, wherein the viewing time input represents an expected viewing time of a user and the photo-therapy selection input represents an expected viewing time of a user and the photo-therapy selection input represents a photo-therapy selected by the user;

calculating a period of time for displaying a photo-therapy image based on the expected viewing time and a suggested treatment time of the selected photo-therapy;

inserting the photo-therapy image into the normal image during the period of the photo-therapy image; and

displaying image frames on the display device including the normal image interposed with the photo-therapy image,

wherein the photo-therapy image includes at least a portion of color-amplified sub-pixels, and wherein an amplified color of the color-amplified sub-pixels is determined by the user'"'"'s selection input for the photo-therapy.

2. The photo-therapy method of claim 1, wherein the photo-therapy image is distributed uniformly temporally during the expected viewing time.

3. The photo-therapy method of claim 1, wherein the period of the photo-therapy image is proportional to the expected viewing time, and is inversely proportional to the suggested treatment time.

4. The photo-therapy method of claim 1, wherein the period of the photo-therapy image is longer than a period that is perceptible by the user.

5. The photo-therapy method of claim 1, wherein the expected viewing time is longer than a minimum viewing time, such that a number of frames per second of the photo-therapy image is less than a number of frames per second that is perceptible by the user.

6. The photo-therapy method of claim 5, further comprising:

informing the user that the expected viewing time is shorter than the minimum viewing time when a first viewing time input is received, wherein the first viewing time input indicates the expected viewing time is shorter than the minimum viewing time; and

further receiving a second viewing time input from the user.

7. The photo-therapy method of claim 1, wherein displaying the photo-therapy image comprises:

displaying a synthesized image by synthesizing the photo-therapy image and the normal image with the calculated period.

8. The photo-therapy method of claim 7, wherein the synthesized image is generated by adding a predetermined value to at least one sub-pixel data, wherein the at least one sub-pixel data is selected from among red sub-pixel data, green sub-pixel data, and blue sub-pixel data of the normal image based on the selected photo-therapy.

9. The photo-therapy method of claim 7, wherein the synthesized image is generated by multiplying a predetermined value with at least one sub-pixel data, wherein the at least one sub-pixel data is selected from among red sub-pixel data, green sub-pixel data, and blue sub-pixel data of the normal image based on the selected photo-therapy.

10. The photo-therapy method of claim 7, wherein the synthesized image is generated by converting at least one sub-pixel data to a maximum sub-pixel data, wherein the at least one sub-pixel data is selected from among red sub-pixel data, green sub-pixel data, and blue sub-pixel data of the normal image based on the selected photo-therapy.

11. The photo-therapy method of claim 1, wherein displaying the photo-therapy image comprises:

displaying the photo-therapy image by inserting the photo-therapy image between normal images with the calculated period.

12. The photo-therapy method of claim 1, wherein displaying the photo-therapy image comprises:

displaying a synthesized image by synthesizing the photo-therapy image into a portion of the normal image with the calculated period.

13. The photo-therapy method of claim 12, wherein a position of the portion of the normal image into which the photo-therapy image is synthesized is randomly determined each time the synthesized image is displayed.

14. The photo-therapy method of claim 1, wherein the photo-therapy is an anti-inflammatory therapy, a pimple therapy, or a wrinkle therapy, and wherein the amplified color is red.

15. The photo-therapy method of claim 1, wherein the photo-therapy is a skin lightening therapy, and the amplified color is green.

16. The photo-therapy method of claim 1, wherein the photo-therapy is a biorhythm control or depression therapy, and the amplified color is blue.

17. The photo-therapy method of claim 1, wherein the normal image is selected from a group comprising a television program, a video, and a game.