# US 12,016,100 B1 · Content system with lighting device calibration feature > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,016,100 B1 - Document ID: US12016100B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 18/340,814 - Filed: 2023-06-23 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2023-06-23 - Assignees: Roku, Inc. - Applicants: Roku, Inc. - Inventors: Adil Jagmag; Johan Gerard Willem Maria Janssen; Sharada Palasamudram Ashok Kumar; Sunil Ramesh; Michael Cutter; Shashank C. Merchant; Yu-Cheng Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12016100B1 ## CPC - H05B 47/175: by remote control - H05B 47/165: following a pre-assigned programmed sequence; Logic control [LC] - H05B 47/17: Operational modes, e.g. switching from manual to automatic mode or prohibiting specific operations - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract In one aspect, an example method includes (i) causing a content-presentation device to output for presentation reference visual content; (ii) causing a lighting device to emit light in accordance with a lighting parameter, wherein initially the light emitted in accordance with the lighting parameter does not correspond to the reference visual content; (iii) receiving first input indicating an adjustment to the lighting parameter; (iv) responsive to receiving the first input, causing the lighting device to adjust the lighting parameter, thereby causing the lighting device to adjust the emitted light; (v) receiving second input indicating that the adjusted emitted light corresponds to the reference visual content; and (vi) responsive to receiving the second input, calibrating the lighting device at least by (i) causing storage of the adjusted lighting parameter and (ii) causing the lighting device to be configured to emit light in accordance with the stored lighting parameter. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: causing a content-presentation device to enter a calibration mode in which the content- presentation device outputs for presentation reference visual content displayed at a reference position of a display screen of the content-presentation device; causing a lighting device to emit light in accordance with a lighting parameter, wherein the lighting parameter specifies a position, within the lighting device, of emitted light, and wherein initially the position of the light emitted in accordance with the lighting parameter does not positionally correspond to the reference position of the display screen of the content-presentation device; receiving first input indicating an adjustment to the lighting parameter; responsive to receiving the first input, causing the lighting device to adjust the lighting parameter, thereby causing the lighting device to adjust the emitted light; receiving second input indicating that the position of the adjusted emitted light positionally corresponds to the reference position of the display screen of the content-presentation device, wherein the second input indicating that the adjusted emitted light positionally corresponds to the reference position of the display screen of the content-presentation device comprises the second input indicating that the position of the emitted light and the reference position of the display screen of the content-presentation device have a threshold extent of positional correspondence with each other; and responsive to receiving the second input, calibrating the lighting device at least by (i) causing storage of the adjusted lighting parameter and (ii) causing the lighting device to be configured to emit light in accordance with the stored lighting parameter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the content-presentation device is a television. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the reference visual content is an image. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the lighting device is a lighting strip. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the lighting strip is arranged such that it generally aligns with at least a portion of a perimeter of the display screen of the content-presentation device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first input and receiving the second input comprises receiving each respective input from a remote control device operated by a user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein causing the lighting device to adjust the emitted light involves moving the position of emitted light in a linearly shifting fashion. ### Claim 8 A computing system comprising a processor and configured for performing a set of acts comprising: causing a content-presentation device to enter a calibration mode in which the content- presentation device outputs for presentation reference visual content displayed at a reference position of a display screen of the content-presentation device; causing a lighting device to emit light in accordance with a lighting parameter, wherein the lighting parameter specifies a position within the lighting device, of emitted light, and wherein initially the position of the light emitted in accordance with the lighting parameter does not positionally correspond to the reference position of the display screen of the content-presentation device; receiving first input indicating an adjustment to the lighting parameter; responsive to receiving the first input, causing the lighting device to adjust the lighting parameter, thereby causing the lighting device to adjust the emitted light; receiving second input indicating that the adjusted emitted light positionally corresponds to the reference position of the display screen of the content-presentation device, wherein the second input indicating that the adjusted emitted light positionally corresponds to the reference position of the display screen of the content-presentation device comprises the second input indicating that the position of the emitted light and the reference position of the display screen of the content-presentation device have a threshold extent of positional correspondence with each other; and responsive to receiving the second input, calibrating the lighting device at least by (i) causing storage of the adjusted lighting parameter and (ii) causing the lighting device to be configured to emit light in accordance with the stored lighting parameter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The computing system of claim 8, wherein the content-presentation device is a television. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The computing system of claim 8, wherein the reference visual content is an image. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The computing system of claim 10, wherein the lighting device is a lighting strip. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The computing system of claim 11, wherein the lighting strip is arranged such that it generally aligns with at least a portion of a perimeter of the display screen of the content-presentation device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The computing system of claim 8, wherein receiving the first input and receiving the second input comprises receiving each respective input from a remote control device operated by a user. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that upon execution by a processor of a computing system, cause performance of a set of acts comprising: causing a content-presentation device to enter a calibration mode in which the content- presentation device outputs for presentation reference visual content displayed at a reference position of a display screen of the content-presentation device; causing a lighting device to emit light in accordance with a lighting parameter, wherein the lighting parameter specifies a position, within the lighting device, of emitted light, and wherein initially the position of the light emitted in accordance with the lighting parameter does not positionally correspond to the reference position of the display screen of the content-presentation device; receiving first input indicating an adjustment to the lighting parameter; responsive to receiving the first input, causing the lighting device to adjust the lighting parameter, thereby causing the lighting device to adjust the emitted light; receiving second input indicating that the adjusted emitted light positionally corresponds to the reference visual content, wherein the second input indicating that the adjusted emitted light positionally corresponds to the reference position of the display screen of the content-presentation device comprises the second input indicating that the position of the emitted light and the reference position of the display screen of the content-presentation device have a threshold extent of positional correspondence with each other; and responsive to receiving the second input, calibrating the lighting device at least by (i) causing storage of the adjusted lighting parameter and (ii) causing the lighting device to be configured to emit light in accordance with the stored lighting parameter. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the content-presentation device is a television. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the reference visual content is an image. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the lighting device is a lighting strip. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the lighting strip is arranged such that it generally aligns with at least a portion of a perimeter of the display screen of the content-presentation device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein receiving the first input and receiving the second input comprises receiving each respective input from a remote control device operated by a user. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein causing the lighting device to adjust the emitted light involves moving the position of emitted light in a linearly shifting fashion.