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US 8,411,021 B2Granted
Display control apparatus and display control method for adjusting display luminance according to ambient brightness
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomoyuki Shiozaki
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Abstract
A display control apparatus includes an external light detection unit configured to detect ambient brightness of a display apparatus, a variation detection unit configured to detect a variation of orientation of the display apparatus, and a control unit configured to adjust display luminance of the display apparatus according to the ambient brightness detected by the external light detection unit and the variation detected by the variation detection unit.
Claims4
A display control apparatus comprising:
- an external light detection unit configured to detect ambient brightness of a display apparatus;
- a variation detection unit configured to detect a variation speed of orientation of the display apparatus, wherein the variation speed is a variation value of orientation of the display apparatus per unit time;
- a control unit configured to adjust display luminance of the display apparatus according to the ambient brightness detected by the external light detection unit and the variation speed detected by the variation detection unit;
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- a time measurement unit configured to measure a reference time period,
- wherein the control unit adjusts the display luminance based on values detected by the external light detection unit during the reference time period, and
- wherein the larger the variation speed of orientation is detected by the variation detection unit, the longer the reference time period is measured by the time measurement unit.
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A display control apparatus comprising:
- an external light detection unit configured to detect ambient brightness of a display apparatus;
- a variation detection unit configured to detect a variation speed of orientation of the display apparatus, wherein the variation speed is a variation value of orientation of the display apparatus per unit time;
- a control unit configured to adjust display luminance of the display apparatus according to the ambient brightness detected by the external light detection unit and the variation speed detected by the variation detection unit;
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- a time measurement unit configured to measure a reference time period,
- wherein the control unit adjusts the display luminance based on values detected by the external light detection unit and passed through a low-pass filter during the reference time period,
- wherein the control unit varies a time constant of the low-pass filter according to the variation speed of orientation detected by the variation detection unit, and
- wherein the larger the variation speed of orientation is detected by the variation detection unit, the larger the time constant of the low-pass filter is varied by the control unit.
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A display control method comprising:
- detecting ambient brightness of a display apparatus by an external light detection unit;
- detecting a variation speed of orientation of the display apparatus by a variation detection unit, wherein the variation speed is a variation value of orientation of the display apparatus per unit time;
- adjusting display luminance of the display apparatus by a control unit according to the detected ambient brightness and the detected variation speed, and
- measuring a reference time period by a time measurement unit,
- wherein the display luminance is adjusted by the control unit based on values detected by the external light detection unit during the reference time period, and
- wherein the larger the variation speed of orientation is detected by the variation detection unit, the longer the reference time period is measured by the time measurement unit.
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A display control method comprising:
- detecting ambient brightness of a display apparatus by an external light detection unit;
- detecting a variation speed of orientation of the display apparatus by a variation detection unit, wherein the variation speed is a variation value of orientation of the display apparatus per unit time;
- adjusting display luminance of the display apparatus by a control unit according to the detected ambient brightness and the detected variation speed, and
- measuring a reference time period by a time measurement unit,
- wherein the display luminance is adjusted based on values detected by the external light detection unit and passed through a low-pass filter during the reference time period, and
- wherein the control unit varies a time constant of the low-pass filter according to the variation speed of orientation detected by the variation detection unit, and
- wherein the larger the variation speed of orientation is detected by the variation detection unit, the larger the time constant of the low-pass filter is varied by the control unit.
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