# US 12,183,293 B2 · Display method and display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,183,293 B2 - Document ID: US12183293B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/407,115 - Filed: 2024-01-08 - Published: 2024-05-09 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2021-07-09 - Assignees: Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jidong Zhang; Jie Dong; Wenlong Li; Tian Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12183293B2 ## CPC - G09G 3/3406: {Control of illumination source (illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336)} - G09G 2320/0626: for control of overall brightness - G09G 2320/0653: Controlling or limiting the speed of brightness adjustment of the illumination source - G09G 2320/08: Arrangements within a display terminal for setting, manually or automatically, display parameters of the display terminal - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G09G 2360/144: the light being ambient light - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A display method and a display apparatus. The method includes: firstly, when an automatic backlight adjustment function of a display apparatus is enabled, measuring a target environment brightness of the environment where the display apparatus is located; then, the display apparatus determining, according to correspondences, between different environment brightnesses and backlight brightnesses, a target backlight brightness corresponding to an environment brightness sensed; and finally, the display apparatus adjusting the current backlight brightness according to the target backlight brightness. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus, comprising: a display, configured to present an image from a broadcast system or a network and/or a user interface; and at least one processor in connection with the display and configured to execute instructions to cause the display apparatus to: detect whether an automatic backlight adjustment function on a backlight adjustment page of the display apparatus is turned on; wherein the backlight adjustment page comprises an option for indicating the automatic backlight adjustment function and a backlight brightness control for adjusting a backlight brightness value according to an adjustment command input from a user; based on that the automatic backlight adjustment function is turned on, control the display apparatus to automatically sense brightness of environment light, and present a brightness offset control on the backlight adjustment page; wherein the brightness offset control is configured to adjust a brightness offset value according to a command input from the user; detect whether a first adjustment command for adjusting the backlight brightness control from the user on the backlight adjustment page is received; based on that no first adjustment command is received, control the brightness offset control to present a target offset value in response to a second adjustment command for adjusting the brightness offset control from the user on the backlight adjustment page; and determine a target backlight brightness of the display apparatus that needs to be adjusted to according to the target offset value and the brightness of environment light sensed by the display apparatus. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the display apparatus to: based on that the first adjustment command is received, turn off the automatic backlight adjustment function, set the brightness offset control to be not adjustable, and control the backlight brightness control to present a target backlight brightness; and adjust a backlight brightness of the display apparatus to the target backlight brightness. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the display apparatus to: based on that the automatic backlight adjustment function is turned on and no first adjustment command is received, control the display apparatus to automatically sense the brightness of environment light; and determine a target backlight brightness of the display apparatus that needs to be adjusted to according to the brightness of environment light. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the display apparatus to: based on that the automatic backlight adjustment function is turned off, detect whether the first adjustment command for adjusting the backlight brightness control from the user on the backlight adjustment page is received; and based on that the first adjustment command is received, control the backlight brightness control to present a target backlight brightness. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the display apparatus to: based on that the automatic backlight adjustment function is turned off, detect whether an on command for turning on the automatic backlight adjustment function from the user on the backlight adjustment page is received; and based on that the on command is received, turn on the automatic backlight adjustment function. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the display apparatus to: in response to a first selection command for selecting an image setting option on a setting page, control the display to present an image setting page; and in response to a second selection command for selecting a backlight adjustment option on the image setting page, control the display to present the backlight adjustment page. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a value of the target backlight brightness is a sum of the target offset value and a backlight brightness value corresponding to the brightness of environment light sensed by the display apparatus, and the target offset value is a negative value or a positive value. ### Claim 8 A display method for a display apparatus, comprising: detecting whether an automatic backlight adjustment function on a backlight adjustment page of the display apparatus is turned on; wherein the backlight adjustment page comprises an option for indicating the automatic backlight adjustment function and a backlight brightness control for adjusting a backlight brightness value according to an adjustment command input from a user; based on that the automatic backlight adjustment function is turned on, controlling the display apparatus to automatically sense brightness of environment light, and present a brightness offset control on the backlight adjustment page; wherein the brightness offset control is configured to adjust a brightness offset value according to a command input from the user; detecting whether a first adjustment command for adjusting the backlight brightness control from the user on the backlight adjustment page is received; based on that no first adjustment command is received, controlling the brightness offset control to present a target offset value in response to a second adjustment command for adjusting the brightness offset control from the user on the backlight adjustment page; and determining a target backlight brightness of the display apparatus that needs to be adjusted to according to the target offset value and the brightness of environment light sensed by the display apparatus. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display method according to claim 8, further comprising: based on that the first adjustment command is received, turning off the automatic backlight adjustment function, setting the brightness offset control to be not adjustable, and controlling the backlight brightness control to present a target backlight brightness; and adjusting a backlight brightness of the display apparatus to the target backlight brightness. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The display method according to claim 8, further comprising: based on that the automatic backlight adjustment function is turned on and no first adjustment command is received, controlling the display apparatus to automatically sense the brightness of environment light; and determining a target backlight brightness of the display apparatus that needs to be adjusted to according to the brightness of environment light. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The display method according to claim 8, further comprising: based on that the automatic backlight adjustment function is turned off, detecting whether the first adjustment command for adjusting the backlight brightness control from the user on the backlight adjustment page is received; and based on that the first adjustment command is received, controlling the backlight brightness control to present a target backlight brightness. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The display method according to claim 8, further comprising: based on that the automatic backlight adjustment function is turned off, detecting whether an on command for turning on the automatic backlight adjustment function from the user on the backlight adjustment page is received; and based on that the on command is received, turning on the automatic backlight adjustment function. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The display method according to claim 8, further comprising: in response to a first selection command for selecting an image setting option on a setting page, controlling a display of the display apparatus to present an image setting page; and in response to a second selection command for selecting a backlight adjustment option on the image setting page, controlling the display to present the backlight adjustment page. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The display method according to claim 8, wherein a value of the target backlight brightness is a sum of the target offset value and a backlight brightness value corresponding to the brightness of environment light sensed by the display apparatus, and the target offset value is a negative value or a positive value.