Light Sensor With Spectral Sensing and Color Matching Function Channels

    公开(公告)号:US20180082659A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-22

    申请号:US15643334

    申请日:2017-07-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. An ambient light sensor may measure the color of ambient light through an ambient light sensor window in the display. The ambient light sensor may have an array of light detectors on a semiconductor die. The light detectors may include color matching function light detectors that have spectral sensitivity profiles that match standard observer color matching functions and may include spectral sensing light detectors. The spectral sensing light detectors may have narrower full width at half maximum bandwidths than the color matching function light detectors and may be used with the color matching function light detectors to measure an ambient light spectrum. The color matching function light detectors may be used to measure the color of ambient light.

    Color vision assessment for displays

    公开(公告)号:US09826898B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-28

    申请号:US15362648

    申请日:2016-11-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: A61B3/066 A61B3/0025 A61B3/0033 A61B3/0041

    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display and control circuitry that operates the display. The control circuitry may be configured to daltonize input images to produce daltonized output images that allow a user with color vision deficiency to see a range of detail that the user would otherwise miss. The daltonization algorithm may be specific to the type and severity of color vision deficiency that the user has. The control circuitry may conduct a color vision assessment using the display. The color vision assessment may include a sequence of test images that are each displayed for a predetermined period of time before moving to the next test image in the sequence. Each test image may include a color patch on a neutral background. A predetermined number of severity levels for each type of color vision deficiency may be tested during the color vision assessment.

    Ambient Light Adaptive Displays
    43.
    发明申请
    Ambient Light Adaptive Displays 审中-公开
    环境光自适应显示

    公开(公告)号:US20170039925A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-09

    申请号:US15331722

    申请日:2016-10-21

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels and having display control circuitry that controls the operation of the display. The display control circuitry may adaptively adjust the display output based on ambient lighting conditions. For example, in cooler ambient lighting conditions such as those dominated by daylight, the display may display neutral colors using a relatively cool white. When the display is operated in warmer ambient lighting conditions such as those dominated by indoor light sources, the display may display neutral colors using a relatively warm white. Adapting to the ambient lighting conditions may ensure that the user does not perceive color shifts on the display as the user's vision chromatically adapts to different ambient lighting conditions. Adaptively adjusting images in this way can also have beneficial effects on the human circadian rhythm by displaying warmer colors in the evening.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括具有显示像素阵列并具有控制显示器的操作的显示控制电路的显示器。 显示控制电路可以基于环境照明条件自适应地调整显示输出。 例如,在较冷的环境照明条件下,例如由日光控制的环境照明条件下,显示器可以使用相当冷的白色显示中性色。 当显示器在诸如由室内光源所主导的环境照明条件较暖的环境照明条件下操作时,显示器可以使用相对温暖的白色显示中性色。 适应环境照明条件可以确保用户在视觉色彩适应不同的环境照明条件时不会察觉显示器上的色彩偏移。 以这种方式自适应调整图像也可以通过在晚上显示温暖的颜色对人类昼夜节律有益。

    Image Capture Device With Adaptive White Balance Correction Using A Switchable White Reference
    44.
    发明申请
    Image Capture Device With Adaptive White Balance Correction Using A Switchable White Reference 有权
    使用可切换白色参考的自适应白平衡校正的图像捕获设备

    公开(公告)号:US20160255321A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-01

    申请号:US14632921

    申请日:2015-02-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: This disclosure relates to image capture devices with the ability to perform adaptive white balance correction using a switchable white reference (SWR). In some embodiments, the image capture device utilizes “true white” information to record images that better represent users' perceptions. In other embodiments, the same SWR and camera that dynamically sample ambient lighting conditions are used to determine “true white” in near real-time. In other embodiments, the image capture device comprises a display screen that utilizes the “true white” information in near real-time to dynamically adjust the display. In other embodiments, face detection techniques and/or ambient light sensors may be used to determine which device camera is most closely-aligned with the direction that the user of the device is currently looking in, and using it to capture a “true white” image in the direction that most closely corresponds to the ambient lighting conditions that currently dominate the user's perception.

    Abstract translation: 本公开涉及具有使用可切换白色参考(SWR)执行自适应白平衡校正的能力的图像捕获装置。 在一些实施例中,图像捕获装置利用“真白”信息来记录更好地表示用户感知的图像。 在其他实施例中,使用动态采样环境照明条件的相同的SWR和相机来近似实时地确定“真白”。 在其他实施例中,图像捕获装置包括几乎实时地利用“真白”信息的显示屏幕来动态地调整显示。 在其他实施例中,可以使用面部检测技术和/或环境光传感器来确定哪个设备照相机与设备的用户当前正在查找的方向最紧密地对齐,并且使用它来捕获“真白” 图像与目前主导用户感知的环境照明条件最为接近的方向。

    Pixel Mapping and Rendering Methods for Displays with White Subpixels
    45.
    发明申请
    Pixel Mapping and Rendering Methods for Displays with White Subpixels 审中-公开
    带有白色子像素的显示器的像素映射和渲染方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150371605A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-24

    申请号:US14311598

    申请日:2014-06-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels. The display pixels may include red, green, blue, and white subpixels. Pixel mapping circuitry may convert red-green-blue pixel values in a frame of display data to red-green-blue-white pixel values using a brightness adjustment factor. The brightness adjustment factor may be determined based on ambient lighting conditions. The brightness adjustment factor be determined such that any color distortion resulting from applying the brightness adjustment factor is maintained under a just-noticeable-difference (JND) threshold. White subpixel values may be determined based on the brightness adjustment factor. Pixel rendering circuitry may be used to render red-green-blue-white pixel values onto the physical pixel structure. When a display pixel does not include a subpixel of a particular color, the pixel rendering circuitry may compensate for the missing color using nearby subpixels.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括具有显示像素阵列的显示器。 显示像素可以包括红色,绿色,蓝色和白色子像素。 像素映射电路可以使用亮度调整因子将显示数据的帧中的红 - 绿 - 蓝像素值转换为红绿蓝 - 蓝 - 白像素值。 可以基于环境照明条件来确定亮度调节因子。 确定亮度调节因子,使得由施加亮度调整因子导致的任何颜色失真保持在明显差异(JND)阈值。 可以基于亮度调节因子来确定白色子像素值。 像素渲染电路可用于将红绿蓝 - 蓝 - 白像素值呈现在物理像素结构上。 当显示像素不包括特定颜色的子像素时,像素渲染电路可以使用附近的子像素补偿丢失的颜色。

    Displays with Adaptive Spectral Characteristics
    46.
    发明申请
    Displays with Adaptive Spectral Characteristics 审中-公开
    具有自适应光谱特征的显示器

    公开(公告)号:US20150348468A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-03

    申请号:US14500458

    申请日:2014-09-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels and having display control circuitry that controls the operation of the display. The display control circuitry may adaptively adjust the spectral characteristics of display light emitted from the display to achieve a desired effect on the human circadian system. For example, the display control circuitry may adjust the spectral characteristics of blue light emitted from the display based on the time of day such that a user's exposure to the display light may result in a circadian response similar to that which would be experienced in natural light. The spectral characteristics of blue light emitted from the display may be adjusted by adjusting the relative maximum power levels provided to blue pixels in the display or by shifting the peak wavelength associated with blue light emitted from the display.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括具有显示像素阵列并具有控制显示器的操作的显示控制电路的显示器。 显示控制电路可以自适应地调节从显示器发射的显示光的光谱特性,以实现对人类昼夜节律系统的期望效果。 例如,显示控制电路可以基于一天中的时间来调整从显示器发出的蓝光的光谱特性,使得用户对显示光的曝光可能导致类似于在自然光中经历的昼夜响应 。 可以通过调节提供给显示器中的蓝色像素的相对最大功率电平,或通过移位与从显示器发出的蓝色光相关联的峰值波长来调节从显示器发射的蓝光的光谱特性。

    High Dynamic Range Liquid Crystal Display
    47.
    发明申请
    High Dynamic Range Liquid Crystal Display 有权
    高动态范围液晶显示

    公开(公告)号:US20150198834A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-16

    申请号:US14502199

    申请日:2014-09-30

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A display may have a first stage such as a color liquid crystal display stage and a second stage such as a monochromatic liquid crystal display stage that are coupled in tandem so that light from a backlight passes through both stages. The dynamic range of the display may be enhanced by using the second stage to perform local dimming operations. The pixel pitch of the second stage may be greater than the pixel pitch of the first stage to ease alignment tolerances and reduce image processing complexity. The color stage and monochromatic stages may share a polarizer. A color filter in the color stage may have an array of red, green, and blue elements or an array of white, red, green, and blue elements. The color stage may be a fringe field display and the monochrome stage may be an in-plane switching display or a twisted nematic stage.

    Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有第一级,例如彩色液晶显示级和第二级,例如单色液晶显示级,其串联耦合,使得来自背光的光通过两级。 可以通过使用第二级来执行局部调光操作来增强显示器的动态范围。 第二级的像素间距可以大于第一级的像素间距,以减轻对准公差并降低图像处理的复杂性。 彩色舞台和单色舞台可以共享偏振器。 彩色舞台中的彩色滤光片可以具有红色,绿色和蓝色元素的阵列或白色,红色,绿色和蓝色元素的阵列。 彩色舞台可以是边缘场显示,并且单色舞台可以是平面内切换显示或扭曲向列舞台。

    Adjusting Signal Settings for a Display Using a Light Sensor

    公开(公告)号:US20220375430A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17881239

    申请日:2022-08-04

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: In some implementations, a mobile computing device may participate in the calibration of an output signal of a media device. This calibration process includes storing device-specific calibration data which is related to properties of a light sensor of the mobile device. The mobile device then detects of properties of light emitted by the display device during a presentation to obtain sensor values related to light emitted by the display device during the presentation. The calibration process may also ensure that the mobile device is proximate to the display device prior to obtaining the sensor values. The collected sensor values are adjusted using device-specific calibration data stored to the mobile device to normalize the sensor values relative to a baseline. These normalized sensor values are sent to the media device for use in adjusting the output signal based on the normalized sensor values.

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