Adjustment of display parameters

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10199012-B2
Application number	US-201715427947-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2017
Priority date	Feb 8, 2017
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

Parameters of a display may be adjusted in response to accessing a time value corresponding to an electronic device that includes the display. A brightness value of the display may be adjusted based on the time value to maintain a display characteristic value within a predefined range and below a threshold. The display characteristic value may be independently controllable by one of the brightness or the color temperature of the display. A set of red green blue (RGB) color values of the display may be adjusted independent of the adjustment to the brightness value to maintain the display characteristic value within the predefined range and below the threshold while maintaining the brightness value of the display. In some examples, the RGB color values of the display may be adjusted at approximately the same time as the adjustment of the set of RGB color values of the display is performed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions; and
a processor in communication with the memory and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to at least:
access a brightness setting for the display;
access a color temperature setting for the display;
detect fulfillment of a time condition that corresponds to a particular time of day or a particular daily event; and
at least in response to the detecting, independently adjust the brightness setting and the color temperature setting to maintain a display characteristic value that is:
within a predefined range of display characteristic values; and
below a display characteristic threshold, the display characteristic value representing melanopic illuminance that corresponds to a predefined physiological effect that is based at least in part on the brightness of the display, the color temperature of the display, an area of a screen of the display, and a viewing distance associated with the display.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the viewing distance corresponds to a distance between the screen and a user of the electronic device; and
the electronic device further comprises a sensor configured to obtain data useable to determine the viewing distance.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the time condition is controllable by a user setting of the electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the particular daily event comprises at least one of a sunrise, a sunset, a midday event, or a user-defined event.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the predefined physiological effect corresponds to a transition of a human body into a more restful state.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein independently adjusting the brightness setting and the color temperature setting to maintain the display characteristic value comprises adjusting the brightness setting and the color temperature setting at the same time.

7. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
accessing a time value corresponding to an electronic device that comprises a display, the time value representing a particular time of day or a particular daily event;
adjusting, based at least in part on the time value, a brightness value of the display to maintain a display characteristic value within a predefined range and below a threshold, the display characteristic value independently controllable by one of the brightness value of the display or a color temperature of the display, the display characteristic value representing melanopic illuminance that corresponds to a predefined physiological effect that is based at least in part on the brightness value, the color temperature, an area of a screen of the display, and a viewing distance associated with the display; and
independent of the adjusting of the brightness value, adjusting, based at least in part on the time value, a set of red green blue (RGB) color values of the display to maintain the display characteristic value within the predefined range and below the threshold while maintaining the brightness value of the display or independently adjusting the brightness value at the same time as the adjusting of the set of RGB color values of the display.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein accessing the time value comprises detecting fulfillment of a time condition that references the time value.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising identifying content characteristics corresponding to content displayable on the display.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein:
the set of RGB color values is a first set of RGB color values corresponding to a first portion of the content; and
the method further comprises, independent of the adjusting to the brightness value and the adjusting to the first set of RGB color values, adjusting, based at least in part on the content characteristics, a second set of RGB color values of the display to maintain the display characteristic value within the predefined range and below the threshold while, the second set of RGB color values corresponding to a second portion of the content.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein:
the method further comprises receiving light information corresponding to ambient light; and
adjusting the set of RGB color values is further based at least in part on the light information.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein adjusting the set of RGB color values comprises adjusting blue and green color values of the set of RGB color values while holding red color values constant.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising:
accessing a later time value representing a later particular time or a different daily event; and
based at least in response to accessing the later time value, adjusting the brightness value and the RGB color values of the display such that the display characteristic value exceeds the threshold.

14. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to perform operations comprising:
accessing dimension information corresponding to a display of a user device; accessing distance information identifying a viewing distance for viewing the display;
determining a display characteristic threshold that represents a relationship between a brightness of the display and a color temperature of the display with respect to a physiological effect comprising melanopic illuminance, the physiological effect being impacted at least when a brightness value exceeds the display characteristic threshold;
for the display characteristic threshold,
determining a range of brightness values for the display based at least in part on the dimension information and the distance information, the range of brightness values comprising brightness values below the display characteristic threshold; and
determining a range of red green blue (RGB) color values for the display based at least in part on the dimension information and the distance information, the range of RGB color values comprising RGB color values below the display characteristic threshold; and
selecting a brightness value and a set of RGB color values for the display from the range of brightness values and the range of RGB color values based at least in part on a time value that represents a particular time of day or a particular daily event.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 14 , wherein:
accessing the dimension information comprises accessing the dimension information from memory of the user device; and
accessing the distance information comprises accessing the distance information from a sensor of the user device.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 14 , wherein:
the operations further comprise accessing mode information corresponding to a display mode of the user device; and
selecting the brightness value and the set of RGB color values is further based at least in part on the mode information.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 14 , wherein selecting the brightness value and the set of RGB color values for the display comprises:
selecting, based at least in part on the time value, the brightness value to maintain a display characteristic value within the display characteristic threshold;

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Raymann Roy J E M
• Bonnier Nicolas P
• Varbel Jonathan T
• Zhang Lu

Classifications

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