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US 12,005,195 B2Granted
Enhancing user sleep cycle
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsAdam Eng, Glenn Barnett
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Abstract
Methods are disclosed for receiving and processing video content to aid in a user's rest cycles, such as sleep and wake cycles. Video content may be received and processed to determine information related to a plurality of pixels to be displayed on a screen. Each of the plurality of pixels may have a corresponding color value. A time of day when the video content is to be displayed is determined, and compared to a current time of day. Based on the comparison or other data, a color value of one or more of the pixels can be adjusted or changed.
Claims79
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause:
- determining, based on historical deactivations of a device, a predicted deactivation time of the device;
- adjusting, based on an amount of time remaining until the predicted deactivation time, at least one color value of one or more pixels of the device;
- and
- adjusting one or more color values of additional pixels of the device as the predicted deactivation time approaches.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause:
- determining, based on historical deactivations of a device, a future time in which the device is expected to be deactivated;
- and
- adjusting, based on an amount of time remaining until the future time, at least one color value of at least one pixel associated with a display of the device, wherein the adjusting further comprises:
- adjusting the at least one color value gradually from a periphery area of the display to a center area of the display, wherein at least one color value of one or more pixels in the periphery area is adjusted before at least one color value of one or more pixels in the center area is adjusted.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause:
- determining, based on historical deactivations of a device, a future time in which content is not expected to be displayed by the device;
- determining, based on an amount of time remaining until the future time, an amount of a color shift to apply to at least one pixel of a plurality of pixels associated with a content item;
- and
- adjusting one or more color values of additional pixels associated with the content item as the future time approaches.
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An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- determine, based on historical deactivations of a device, a predicted deactivation time of the device;
- adjust, based on an amount of time remaining until the predicted deactivation time, at least one color value of one or more pixels of the device;
- and
- adjust one or more color values of additional pixels of the device as the predicted deactivation time approaches.
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An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- determine, based on historical deactivations of a device, a future time in which the device is expected to be deactivated;
- adjust, based on an amount of time remaining until the future time, at least one color value of at least one pixel associated with a display of the device, wherein the at least one color value is adjusted gradually from a periphery area of the display to a center area of the display, wherein at least one color value of one or more pixels in the periphery area is adjusted before at least one color value of one or more pixels in the center area is adjusted.
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An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- determine, based on historical deactivations of a device, a future time in which content is not expected to be displayed by the device;
- determine, based on an amount of time remaining until the future time, an amount of a color shift to apply to at least one pixel of a plurality of pixels associated with a content item;
- and
- adjusting one or more color values of additional pixels associated with the content item as the future time approaches.
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A system comprising:
- a controller and a device,
- wherein the controller comprises:
- one or more first processors;
- and
- memory storing first instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, cause the controller to:
- determine, based on historical deactivations of a device, a predicted deactivation time of the device;
- adjust, based on an amount of time remaining until the predicted deactivation time, at least one color value of one or more pixels of the device;
- and
- adjust one or more color values of additional pixels of the device as the predicted deactivation time approaches, and
- wherein the device comprises:
- one or more second processors;
- and
- memory storing second instructions that, when executed by the one or more second processors, cause the device to:
- provide information indicating the historical deactivations of the device.
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A method comprising:
- determining, based on historical deactivations of a device, a predicted deactivation time of the device;
- adjusting, based on an amount of time remaining until the predicted deactivation time, at least one color value of one or more pixels of the device;
- and
- adjusting one or more color values of additional pixels of the device as the predicted deactivation time approaches.
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A method comprising:
- determining, based on historical deactivations of a device, a future time in which the device is expected to be deactivated;
- and
- adjusting, based on an amount of time remaining until the future time, at least one color value of at least one pixel associated with a display of the device, wherein the adjusting further comprises:
- adjusting the at least one color value gradually from a periphery area of the display to a center area of the display, wherein at least one color value of one or more pixels in the periphery area is adjusted before at least one color value of one or more pixels in the center area is adjusted.
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A method comprising:
- determining, based on historical deactivations of a device, a future time in which content is not expected to be displayed by the device;
- determining, based on an amount of time remaining until the future time, an amount of a color shift to apply to at least one pixel of a plurality of pixels associated with a content item;
- and
- adjusting one or more color values of additional pixels associated with the content item as the future time approaches.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.