Generating display data based on modified ambient light luminance values

A system comprising:

• a graphics processing unit (GPU) to generate a rendered image that has predetermined display characteristics, wherein the rendered image includes a plurality of portions;
• a sensor subsystem to sense a plurality of luminance values associated with ambient light from a physical environment, wherein the plurality of luminance values quantifies the ambient light;
• a luminance value identifier to associate each of the plurality of luminance values with a corresponding portion of the plurality of portions of the rendered image;
• a luminance value modifier to modify one or more of the plurality of luminance values based on a function of the association and the predetermined display characteristics, in order to generate one or more modified portions of the plurality of luminance values;
• a combiner to modify the corresponding portions of the rendered image in order to generate display data, based on the one or more modified portions of the plurality of luminance values;
• and
• a see-through display to display the display data.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by an electronic device with one or processors and a see-through display, cause the electronic device to:

• obtain a rendered image that has predetermined display characteristics, wherein the rendered image includes a plurality of portions;
• sense a plurality of luminance values associated with ambient light from a physical environment, wherein the plurality of luminance values quantifies the ambient light arriving at the see-through display;
• associate each of the plurality of luminance values with a corresponding portion of the plurality of portions of the rendered image;
• modify one or more of the plurality of luminance values based on a function of the association and the predetermined display characteristics, in order to generate one or more modified portions of the plurality of luminance values;
• modify the corresponding portions of the rendered image in order to generate display data, based on the one or more modified portions of the plurality of luminance values;
• and
• display, on the see-through display, the display data.