Ambient light control for displaying content
An ambient light control system is provided to enable a display screen to display content in a light controlled environment by emitting light of a known quantity and/or color. In particular, light at the peripheral environment of the display is controlled in a manner that impacts the perceived quality of the content being displayed. In some implementations, sourced light is emitted by illuminators angled toward a rear surface behind the display screen for the light to be reflected back toward environmental areas at the outside edges of the display screen. Reflective parameters that characterize the rear surface may be used to define the brightness level and color of the sourced light to achieve a target ambient light at the edges of the display screen. Other environmental light may also be controlled, such as side lighting and remote controlled room lighting.
1 . A computer-implemented method to control light proximally to a display screen to display content, the method comprising:
receiving a request to display the content on the display screen;
identifying a target ambient light for a peripheral area proximal to at least one edge of the display screen;
receiving at least one reflective parameter of a rear surface behind the display screen;
detecting a distance from at least one of the plurality of illuminators to the rear surface;
directing a plurality of illuminators spaced on the display screen, to emit a defined brightness level and color of light angled toward the rear surface, such that reflection of the light illuminates the peripheral area at the target ambient light, wherein the defined brightness level and color of light is based, at least in part, on the at least one reflective parameter of the rear surface, and wherein the defined brightness level and color of light includes a correction for a distance that fails to meet an acceptable distance range; and
adjusting display screen settings to display the content to correspond with the target ambient light.
2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one reflective parameter of the rear surface include at least one of: a color, a texture, a paint finish, or a material.
3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one reflective parameter includes a color of the rear surface that reflects light at an irregular value that fails to meet a predefined standard reflectance level, and the method further comprises:
adjusting a color temperature of the light to correct for the irregular value of reflectance.
4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one reflective parameter is received from one or more sources including: user input at a user interface, stored prior user input, a stored standard reflective parameter, or one or more sensors directed toward the rear surface.
5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein target ambient light is based, at least in part, on one or more ambient light factors chosen from the group of: a type of the content, a standard viewing light, a user preference, a historical user viewing behavior, and combinations thereof.
6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein identifying the target ambient light includes:
inputting historical user viewing data into an artificial intelligence (AI) model trained on typical ambient light corresponding to historical data; and
receiving an output result from the AI model indicating a predicted ambient light that corresponds with a user viewing pattern.
7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the historical user viewing pattern includes at least one of: a genre of movie, a particular movie, a viewing time of day, and user lighting conditions.
8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
controlling a remote illuminator to emit a defined quantity of light toward the at least one edge of the display screen.
9 . An ambient light control system for controlling light to display content, the system comprising:
a display comprising:
a display screen;
a plurality of spaced illuminators; and
logic encoded in one or more non-transitory media for execution by the one or more processors and when executed operable to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request to display the content on the display screen;
identifying a target ambient light for a peripheral area proximal to at least one edge of the display screen;
receiving at least one reflective parameter of a rear surface behind the display screen;
detecting a distance from at least one of the plurality of illuminators to the rear surface;
directing a plurality of illuminators spaced on the display screen, to emit defined brightness level and color of light angled toward the rear surface, such that reflection of the light illuminates the peripheral area at the target ambient light, wherein the defined brightness level and color of light is based, at least in part, on the at least one reflective parameter of the rear surface, and wherein the defined brightness level and color includes a correction for a distance that fails to meet an acceptable distance range; and
adjusting display screen settings to display the content to correspond with the target ambient light.
10 . The ambient light control system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one reflective parameter of the rear surface include at least one of: a color, a texture, a paint finish, or a material.
11 . The ambient light control system of claim 9 , wherein target ambient light is based, at least in part, on one or more ambient light factors chosen from the group of: a type of the content, a standard viewing light, a user preference, a historical user viewing behavior, and combinations thereof.
12 . The ambient light control system of claim 11 , wherein identifying the target ambient light includes:
inputting historical user viewing data into an artificial intelligence (AI) model trained on typical ambient light corresponding to historical data; and
receiving an output result from the AI model indicating a predicted ambient light that corresponds with a user viewing pattern.
13 . The ambient light control system of claim 11 , wherein the historical user viewing pattern includes at least one of: a genre of movie, a particular movie, a viewing time of day, and user lighting conditions.
14 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying program instructions thereon for controlling light proximally to a display screen to display content, the instructions when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request to display the content on the display screen;
identifying a target ambient light for a peripheral area proximal to at least one edge of the display screen;
receiving at least one reflective parameter of a rear surface behind the display screen;
detecting a distance from at least one of the plurality of illuminators to the rear surface;
directing a plurality of illuminators spaced on the display screen, to emit defined brightness level and color of light angled toward the rear surface, such that reflection of the light illuminates the peripheral area at the target ambient light, wherein the defined brightness level and color of light is based, at least in part, on the at least one reflective parameter of the rear surface, and wherein the defined brightness level and color includes a correction for a distance that fails to meet an acceptable distance range; and
adjusting display screen settings to display the content to correspond with the target ambient light.
15 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the at least one reflective parameter of the rear surface include at least one of: a color, a texture, a paint finish, or a material.
16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein target ambient light is based, at least in part, on one or more ambient light factors chosen from the group of: a type of the content, a standard viewing light, a user preference, a historical user viewing behavior, and combinations thereof.
17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the historical user viewing pattern includes at least one of: a genre of movie, a particular movie, a viewing time of day, and user lighting conditions.