Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
348602000 | Display controlled by ambient light | 26 |
20080204599 | MOBILE DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - A mobile display control system is provided including providing a camera for monitoring an ambient light level; modifying an unprocessed video stream based on the ambient light level from the camera for forming a video stream; generating a pixel brightness and a contrast from the video stream and the ambient light level; creating a gamma corrected stream from the pixel brightness, the contrast and the video stream; and adjusting a display for viewing a video in the ambient light level. | 08-28-2008 |
20090109340 | Data Transmission Device, Data Transmission Method, Audio-Visual Environment Control Device, Audio-Visual Environment Control System, And Audio-Visual Environment Control Method - Provided is an audio visual environment control system capable of realizing optimal audio-visual environment illumination control in accordance with the illumination condition upon shooting of a display image. A data transmission device comprises: a data multiplexing portion for multiplexing the shooting illumination data indicating the illumination condition at the shooting of each scene of video data on the video data, and a transmitting portion for modulating and transmitting the video data on which the shooting illumination data is multiplexed. A data receiving apparatus which receives the data comprises: a data separating portion | 04-30-2009 |
20090167950 | Image processing and controlling system - An image processing and controlling system is provided in the present invention. In addition to adjusting the image displaying modes according to the ergonomic look-up table, the present invention is further capable of adjusting the weighting value with respect to each image characteristic value of an initial image according to lighting characteristics of an ambient light system such that a display unit can provide the most comfortable viewing conditions and the best image quality under different ambient lighting characteristics. In another embodiment, the present invention further functions to control the ambient light system according to the image characteristics of the weighted output image. By means of the foregoing dual controlling ways, the image processing and controlling system may provide appropriate output images corresponding to different viewing scenario and conforming to the requirement of output quality. | 07-02-2009 |
20090237567 | Method and apparatus for emitting ambient light corresponding to display image on display device - A method for emitting an ambient light corresponding to a display image on a display device includes the following steps. A color parameter group is extracted from overall pixels of a frame, an average color and/or an average brightness corresponding to the frame are/is obtained by calculating the color parameter group, and an ambient light corresponding to the average color and/or the average brightness is emitted according to the average color and/or the average brightness. | 09-24-2009 |
20100066911 | AMBIENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE AMBIENT SYSTEM - A method of controlling an ambient system ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100177247 | AMBIENT LIGHTING - A system for facilitating accompanying an image or video rendering with a concurrent controlled ambient lighting, comprises a color selector ( | 07-15-2010 |
20110058105 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The control unit provided in the image processing apparatus determines, based on the measurement result obtained by the time measurement unit, whether or not a change timing of external light detected and determined by the external light detection unit and the external light change determination unit is before a predetermined time has elapsed since the input switching detection unit detected the switching process. When the change timing of external light is before a predetermined time threshold value Th | 03-10-2011 |
20110075036 | AMBIENT ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF GENERATING AN ILLUMINATION VARIATION AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A DATA SERVICE - The invention relates to an Ambient illumination system ( | 03-31-2011 |
20110115979 | ADDITIONAL DATA GENERATION SYSTEM - An additional data generation system is provided which can produce an output based on additional data to impart an information conveying effect to an output based on output data. The additional data generation system includes a source unit | 05-19-2011 |
20110141366 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY COLOR FIDELITY OPTIMIZATION USING PERFORMANCE PREDICTION - An apparatus and method for display color fidelity optimization using performance prediction are provided. A method of the present invention can include obtaining data regarding available display parameters of the display device, obtaining feedback information regarding respective current values of the display parameters of the display device, performing simulations to determine how changes in the display parameters affect a display of the video content on the display, determining a prediction of a performance of the display device based upon the current values of the display parameters, determining an effect of ambient light on at least one of the determined prediction and the display parameters, and optimizing the display parameters in accordance with at least one of the determined prediction and the determined effect of ambient light. In an alternate embodiment, the method can further include recovering one or more original current values of the display parameters subsequent to a change. | 06-16-2011 |
20110141367 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A moving image processing apparatus includes a brightness information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from an input video signal, brightness information indicating brightness of the video signal, an illumination information acquisition unit configured to acquire illumination information about an environment of the moving image processing apparatus, an adaptation coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate an adaptation coefficient for an observer based on brightness when the brightness indicated by the brightness information is less than a first threshold and the brightness indicated by the illumination information is less than a second threshold, a correction coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate a correction coefficient to be used for image correction of the video signal based on the adaptation coefficient calculated by the adaptation coefficient calculation unit, and an image correction unit configured to perform image correction on the video signal using the correction coefficient calculated by the correction coefficient calculation unit. | 06-16-2011 |
20110181784 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - According to an aspect of the invention, a video display apparatus includes: a sensor that measures an external environment to output the external environment; a storing unit that stores a correction value associated with the measured value; a adjusting unit that changes the correction value based on a given operation by a user; and a processor that adjusts a picture quality of a picture to be displayed on a display based on the measured value and the correction value. | 07-28-2011 |
20120019726 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING CONTENT-BASED PICTURE QUALITY PROFILES - A method and system are provided in which a video channel is selected from multiple video channels in a video processor. A picture quality profile associated with a content of the selected video channel is received by the video processor to modify a value of one or more picture quality control parameters utilized by the video processor that are mapped to a user level setting. Metadata associated with the content of the selected video channel may be determined and communicated to a server. The server may utilize the metadata to determine a picture quality profile for the video processor. In some instances, environmental conditions associated with a television or display device may be measured and communicated to the server to determine the picture quality profile. For example, the measured environmental conditions may comprise one or more of an ambient light, a sound, a motion, and a temperature measurement. | 01-26-2012 |
20120075534 | INTEGRATED LOW POWER DEPTH CAMERA AND PROJECTION DEVICE - A video projector device includes a visible light projector to project an image on a surface or object, and a visible light sensor, which can be used to obtain depth data regarding the object using a time-of-flight principle. The sensor can be a charge-coupled device which obtains color images as well as obtaining depth data. The projected light can be provided in successive frames. A frame can include a gated sub-frame of pulsed light followed by continuous light, while the sensor is gated, to obtain time of flight data, an ungated sub-frame of pulsed light followed by continuous light, while the sensor is ungated, to obtain reflectivity data and a background sub-frame of no light followed by continuous light, while the sensor is gated, to determine a level of background light. A color sub-frame projects continuous light, while the sensor is active. | 03-29-2012 |
20130021527 | VIDEO SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A video system suitable for being set in one of several scene modes and controlling one of several ambient light sources is disclosed. The video system includes a storage unit, a signal transceiver, and a control module. The storage unit stores several brightness setting values, in which the brightness setting values correspond to the scene modes and/or several specification data respectively, and the specification data is contained in the several ambient light sources respectively. The signal transceiver is used for receiving the specification data of one of the ambient light sources. The control module is electrically coupled to the signal transceiver, and controls the signal transceiver to transmit a corresponding brightness setting value in the storage unit to the ambient light source according to the set scene mode and the received specification data. | 01-24-2013 |
20130088644 | Encoding, Distributing and Displaying Video Data Containing Customized Video Content Versions - Methods and apparatus for distributing video data provide video data containing two or more different versions of video content. The different versions may be optimized for display on different displays and/or for viewing under different ambient conditions. Video data optimized for display on a particular display under particular ambient conditions may be obtained by one or more of selecting one of the versions of video content and combining two or more of the versions of the video content. | 04-11-2013 |
20130242196 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a display device including a panel ( | 09-19-2013 |
20140104497 | VIDEO FILES INCLUDING AMBIENT LIGHT EFFECTS - Methods and systems for controlling ambient light effects associated with video content are provided. The method includes providing a receiving device configured to parse an incoming video file. The video file includes at least one track specifying at least one ambient light effect associated with at least one portion of the video file. The method also includes parsing the video file at the receiving device to separate the track specifying the ambient light effect and sending a command to one or more lighting devices to generate the ambient light effect specified in the track from the receiving device. The lighting device generates the ambient light effect specified in the track when the portion of the video file associated with the ambient light effect is displayed to a user. | 04-17-2014 |
20140104498 | AMBIENT LIGHT EFFECTS BASED ON VIDEO VIA HOME AUTOMATION - A system for controlling ambient light effects comprises a receiving device including at least one processor programmed to parse incoming video content to detect at least one portion of the incoming video content and determine at least one ambient light effect to be associated with the portion of the video content. The system further comprises a home automation controller in communication with the processor and at least one lighting device in communication with the receiving device and the home automation controller. The processor of the receiving device is programmed to send a command to the home automation controller specifying the ambient light effect determined by the processor to be associated with the portion of the video content. The lighting device generates the ambient light effect specified in the command when the portion of the video content is displayed to a user. | 04-17-2014 |
20140347561 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIDEO PROCESSING - An apparatus and a method for video processing are provided. A first video signal is received by the apparatus for video processing. An impedance adjusting module analyses the first video signal, a control signal is generated by the impedance adjusting module according to a first gray level of the first video signal, and the impedance adjusting module adjusts an input impedance value according to the control signal. The first video signal is processed by the impedance adjusting module, and a second video signal is generated according to the input impedance value. The display module is coupled to the impedance adjusting module and receives the second video signal, wherein a second gray level of the second video signal is adjusted through the input impedance value. | 11-27-2014 |
20150092110 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AMBIENT LIGHT EFFECTS BASED ON VIDEO CONTENT - Methods and systems for producing ambient light effects based on video content are provided. A method of producing an ambient light effect includes providing a receiving device including a processor configured to parse incoming video content and receiving the video content including a plurality of scenes at the receiving device. The method further includes parsing the incoming video content and detecting at least one scene in the video content for association with at least one ambient light effect. The method also includes generating a command specifying at least one ambient light effect to be associated with at least one scene and sending the command from the receiving device to at least one lighting device in communication with the receiving device to generate at least one ambient light effect associated with at least one scene when the scene is displayed to a user. | 04-02-2015 |
20160255319 | DISPLAY DEVICE | 09-01-2016 |
20160381330 | PROJECTION SYSTEM - A projection system includes a light source, a projection screen having a laminated structure including a light switching device and a light absorbing layer, a projector device, and a control module electrically connected to the light source and the light switching device of the projection screen for synchronously controlling the switching frequency and time sequence of the light source and the light switching device. The projection system can provide an image with better contrast and color saturation in the condition of bright environment. | 12-29-2016 |
348603000 | Specified color (e.g., saturation and contrast control) | 3 |
20090262245 | CONTRAST ADJUSTING CIRCUITRY AND VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS USING SAME - With the aim of offering a video display technique by which stable and high contrast video images are reproduced, contrast adjusting circuitry is constructed. The contrast adjusting circuitry detects a maximum picture level (MPL) and an average picture level (APL) of analog-to-digital converted luminance signals for a predetermined period, determines one of the predefined luminance regions within which the MPL falls and one of the predefined luminance regions within which the APL falls, and, based on the thus determined luminance regions of both MPL and APL, carries out a contrast adjustment of video images by changing the gain of luminance signals and color depth correction by changing the gain of color signals. | 10-22-2009 |
20100014000 | Automatic Color Adjustment Method and An Automatic Color Adjustment Device - An automatic color adjustment method and an automatic color adjustment device used for an image output device are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining an accumulated usage time of the image output device; obtaining the color intensity decline value corresponding to the accumulated usage time; and adjusting the color intensity of the image output device according to the color intensity decline value. | 01-21-2010 |
20160381337 | Control and Display System With Synchronous Direct View Video Array And Incident Key Lighting - Various embodiments relate to an apparatus for controlling a lighting device. A light control circuit can use a controlled lighting sequence control and drive viewed sections of a lighting device to display chroma key color or emit infrared light, while driving other unviewed portions of the lighting device to display ambient and incident lighting. The viewed and unviewed lighting sections can be based on the field of vision of an image capture device and can change in relation to movements of the image capture device. A sensor can make measurements to determine to field of vision of the image capture device and can be used to generate or modify the controlled lighting sequence. An image processing circuit can generate a composite image using the chroma key while maintaining the subjects that are captured using ambient and incident lighting. | 12-29-2016 |