Ambient lighting creation based on a target color temperature range

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12108508-B2
Application number	US-202018249163-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2020
Priority date	Oct 22, 2020
Publication date	Oct 1, 2024
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024

Abstract

Creating ambient lighting based on a color temperature range may be performed by a computing apparatus storing a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may comprise instructions that when executed, cause a processor of the computing apparatus to receive as input, an indication of a target color temperature range for the computing apparatus. The computer-readable storage medium may comprise instructions to compare a measured color temperature on a display of the computing apparatus to the target color temperature range, and using a plurality of color lighting elements communicatively coupled to the computing apparatus, create ambient lighting in an environment surrounding the computing apparatus based on the target color temperature range.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed, cause a processor of a computing apparatus to:
receive as input, an indication of a target color temperature range for the computing apparatus;
compare a measured color temperature on a display of the computing apparatus to the target color temperature range; and
using a plurality of color lighting elements external to and separate from the display and communicatively coupled to the computing apparatus, create ambient lighting in an environment surrounding the computing apparatus based on the target color temperature range,
wherein creating ambient lighting in an environment surrounding the computing apparatus comprises illuminating the display by the plurality of color lighting elements.

2. The medium of claim 1 , including instructions that when executed, cause the processor to measure the color temperature on the display by measuring color values for pixels on the display.

3. The medium of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of color lighting elements includes a red green blue (RGB) lighting element, and wherein the instructions to create ambient lighting include instructions that when executed, cause the processor to send instructions to a keyboard lighting system, a mouse lighting system, a light strip, or combinations thereof, wherein each of the keyboard lighting system, the mouse lighting system, and the light strip are communicatively coupled to the computing apparatus.

4. The medium of claim 1 , further including instructions that when executed, cause the processor to measure ambient lighting in the environment using a light sensor on the computing apparatus.

5. The medium of claim 4 , further including instructions that when executed, cause the processor to create the ambient lighting in the environment in part based on the measured ambient lighting.

6. The medium of claim 5 , further including instructions that when executed cause the processor to create a warm color temperature ambient lighting in the environment when it is determined that the measured ambient lighting is in a warm color temperature range and to create a cool color temperature ambient lighting in the environment when it is determined that the measured ambient lighting is in a cool color temperature range.

7. The medium of claim 6 , wherein the warm color temperature range is 2700-3000 K and the cool color temperature range is over 5000 K.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed, cause a processor of a computing apparatus to:
using a plurality of color lighting elements communicatively coupled to the computing apparatus, create ambient lighting in an environment surrounding the computing apparatus based on a target color temperature range;
compare a measured color temperature on a display of the computing apparatus to the target color temperature range; and
provide an alert in response to the measured color temperature exceeding the target color temperature range,
wherein the plurality of color lighting elements are external to the display; and
wherein creating ambient lighting in an environment surrounding the computing apparatus comprises illuminating the display by the plurality of color lighting elements.

9. The medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions to provide an alert include instructions that when executed, cause the processor to display a particular color or particular combination of colors using the plurality of color lighting elements in response to the measured color temperature exceeding the target color temperature range.

10. The medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions to provide an alert include instructions that when executed, cause the processor to display a particular color or particular combination of colors using a subset of the plurality of color lighting elements in response to the measured color temperature exceeding the target color temperature range.

11. The medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions to provide an alert include instructions that when executed, cause the processor to display a prompt on the display of the computing apparatus in response to the measured color temperature exceeding the target color temperature range.

12. The medium of claim 8 , further including instructions that when executed, cause the processor to:
provide an interactive menu on the display of the computing apparatus;
receive from the interactive menu, a modified color temperature for the display; and
based on a comparison of the modified color temperature and the target color temperature range, adjust the created ambient lighting.

13. A computing apparatus, comprising:
a display;
a plurality of red green blue (RGB) color lighting elements external to the display, wherein each of the plurality of RGB lighting elements selectively display a particular color or particular combination of colors responsive to input from the computing apparatus; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed, cause a processor of the computing apparatus to:
receive as input, an indication of a target color temperature range for the display;
compare a measured color temperature on the display to the target color temperature range;
create ambient lighting in an environment surrounding the display based on the target color temperature range; and
provide an alert on the display based on the comparison,
wherein creating ambient lighting in an environment surrounding the display comprises illuminating the display by the plurality of RGB lighting elements.

14. The computing apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium further includes instructions that when executed, cause the processor to display a temperature of color light using the plurality of RGB lighting elements based on the comparison.

15. The computing apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium further includes instructions that when executed, cause the processor to display warm color tones using the plurality of RGB lighting elements in response to a determination that the measured color temperature is warmer than the target color temperature range.

16. The computing apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium further includes instructions that when executed, cause the processor to display cool color tones using the plurality of RGB lighting elements in response to a determination that the measured color temperature is cooler than the target color temperature range.

17. The computing apparatus of claim 13 , wherein an RGB lighting element among the plurality of RGB lighting elements includes an internet-capable light bulb, and wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium further includes instructions that when executed, cause the processor to display a particular color or particular combination of colors based on the comparison.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• Zhang Ron Y
• Bovee John Tyler O'Hara
• Campos Mario E

Classifications

• Y02B20/40

  Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection · CPC title

• G09G5/02

  characterised by the way in which colour is displayed {(details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607)} · CPC title

• G09G2360/145

  the light originating from the display screen · CPC title

• G09G2360/144

  the light being ambient light · CPC title

• G09G2354/00

  Aspects of interface with display user · CPC title