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OwnerHanan J. Ahmed, Michael Duke +4inventors
InventorsHanan J. Ahmed, Michael Duke, Stuart C. Salter, Todd Ansbacher, John R. Van Wiemeersch, Brendan F. Diamond
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A display system in a vehicle is operated to reduce power consumption by adaptively dimming display screens according to where a user is looking. The display system has a plurality of display objects each with a respective adjustable brightness. The passenger vehicle includes a gaze tracker evaluating an eye of a user to detect a gaze point where the user is looking. The gaze point is compared to locations of the display objects. A respective gaze frequency is determined for one or more of the display objects according to a number of times that the gaze point orients onto a respective display object. The adjustable brightness of the respective display object is adjusted according to the respective gaze frequency.
Vehicle apparatus comprising:
A method for controlling a display system in a passenger vehicle, wherein the display system has a plurality of display objects each with a respective adjustable brightness, and wherein the passenger vehicle includes a gaze tracker evaluating an eye of a user to detect a gaze point where the user is looking, the method comprising the steps of:
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