Apparatus, systems and methods for video output brightness adjustment

A media device, comprising:

• a media content stream interface configured to receive a media content stream with a plurality of serially presented media content events therein, wherein the media content event includes at least digital image information that is communicated from the media device to at least one component of a media presentation system, wherein the at least one component of the media presentation system has a display, and wherein the digital image information is presented on the display to a user;
• a remote interface configured to receive a wireless signal communicated from a remote control, wherein the remote control communicates the wireless signal in response to a user actuation of a controller that is disposed on a surface of the remote control;
• a presentation device interface that communicatively couples the media device to the at least one component of the media presentation system;
• and
• a processor system communicatively coupled to the media content stream interface, the remote interface, and the presentation device interface, wherein the processor system is configured to:
• communicate the media content event from the presentation device interface to the at least one component of the media presentation system that is communicatively coupled to the media device, wherein the communicated media content event is streamed out from the presentation device interface of the media device to the display of the component of the media presentation system as a stream of content, wherein the streaming video portion of the media content event is communicated as digital data using one of a YCbCr color space or a Y′CbCr color space, where Y is a first coefficient that is a luma component of the YCbCr color space, where Cb is a second coefficient that is a blue-difference chroma component of the YCbCr color space, where Cr is a third coefficient that is a red-difference chroma component of the YCbCr color space, and where Y′ is a fourth coefficient is a gamma corrected luma component of the Y′CbCr color space, and wherein the communicated digital data defined by the YCbCr color space or the Y′CbCr color space of the streaming video portion of the media content event is presented on the display to the user;
• detect, during presentation of the media content event to the user, an actuation of the controller on the remote control based on the received wireless signal communicated from the remote control;
• detect an ambient light level using a light detector;
• compare the detected ambient light level with a predefined threshold lighting level to determine a difference between the detected ambient light and the predefined threshold lighting level;
• increase, at the media device, a value of one of the first coefficient corresponding to Y of the YCbCr color space or the fourth coefficient corresponding to Y′ of the YCbCr color space from an original value to an increased value, wherein the increased value increases brightness of a currently presented image that is being presented on the display in response to detecting the actuation of the controller, wherein an ambient lighting level in the vicinity of the display is increased by the determined difference between the detected ambient light and the predefined threshold lighting level, and wherein an ambient lighting level in the vicinity of the display is increased to at least the predefined threshold lighting level such that the user of the remote control is able to more clearly discern the controller disposed on the surface of the remote control and more clearly discern a denoted controller frnction associated with the controller;
• continue to communicate the media content event from the presentation device interface of the media device to the display of the component of the media presentation system, wherein the communicated media content event is streamed out from the presentation device interface of the media device using the increased value of the first coefficient corresponding to Y of the YCbCr color space or the fourth coefficient corresponding to Y′ of the YCbCr color space;
• maintain the increased value of the first coefficient corresponding to Y of the YCbCr color space or the fourth coefficient corresponding to Y′ of the YCbCr color space so that the brightness of the currently presented image for a predefined duration continues;
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• decrease the increased value of the of first coefficient corresponding to Y of the YCbCr color space or the fourth coefficient corresponding to Y′ of the YCbCr color space to the original value upon expiration of the predefined duration.

A system, comprising:

• a remote control that communicates one of an infrared (IR) signal or a radio frequency (RF) signal in response to a user actuating one of a plurality of controllers disposed on the surface of the remote control;
• a light detector that detects ambient light;
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• a media device communicatively coupled to a display, the remote control and the light detector, such that when the system is being operated by a user:
• the media device receives a media content event that includes a streaming video portion that is communicated to and presented on a display, wherein the streaming video portion of the media content event is communicated as digital data using one of a YCbCr color space or a Y′CbCr color space, where Y is a first coefficient that is a luma component of the YCbCr color space, where Cb is a second coefficient that is a blue-difference chroma component of the YCbCr color space, where Cr is a third coefficient that is a red-difference chroma component of the YCbCr color space, and where Y′ is a fourth coefficient is a gamma corrected luma component of the Y′CbCr color space;
• the media device, from time to time, receives one of the IR signal and the RF signal communicated by the remote control;
• the media device receives information from the light detector corresponding to a detected ambient light level;
• the media device compares the detected ambient light level with a predefined threshold lighting level to determine a difference between the detected ambient light level and the predefined threshold lighting level;
• the media device increases a value of one of the first coefficient corresponding to Y of the YCbCr color space or the fourth coefficient corresponding to Y′ of the YCbCr color space from an original value to an increased value,
• wherein the increased value increases brightness of a currently presented image that is being presented on the display such that the ambient lighting level in the vicinity of the display is increased by the determined difference between the detected ambient light level and the predefined threshold lighting level, and so that the ambient lighting level in the vicinity of the user is increased to at least the predefined threshold lighting level such that the user is able to more clearly discern the plurality of controllers on the surface of the remote control and more clearly discern a denoted controller function associated with each of the plurality of controllers on the surface of the remote control.