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Samsung patents TV that adjusts ambient lights to match screen colors

This filing describes a display device with a camera and built-in lights that compares what is shown on the screen with what the camera sees in the room. It breaks the image into small sections to check color and brightness, then adjusts the physical lights to fix any mismatch between the screen and the surrounding environment.

Why it mattersThis could make home lighting feel more integrated with what you are watching, reducing the visual gap between the screen and the room.

In the filing’s own words

A display device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may: obtain a first image which is a target image and a second image captured through the at least one camera, extract a common component between the first image and the second image, split a first area including the common component in the first image into a plurality of first sub areas and identify an attribute value associated with at least one of a color or a brightness corresponding to each of the plurality of first sub areas as a per-first sub area attribute value, split a second area including the common component in the second image into a plurality of second sub areas and identify an attribute value associated with at least one of a color or a brightness corresponding to each of the plurality of second sub areas as a per-second sub area attribute value, identify that a difference between at least one first attribute value corresponding to at least one third sub area among the plurality of first sub areas and at least one second attribute value corresponding to at least one fourth sub area among the plurality of second sub areas is not within a specified range, and based on the at least one first attribute value, determine a setting value of controlling the at least one light associated with the at least one fourth sub area among the plurality of lights.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A display device, comprising: at least one camera; a plurality of lights; memory storing at least one program; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, electrically connected to the at least one camera, the plurality of lights, and the memory, wherein at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to execute instructions of the at least one program and to: obtain a first image, the first image being a target image, and a second image captured through the at least one camera; extract a common component between the first image and the second image; split a first area including the common component in the first image into a plurality of first sub areas, and identify an attribute value associated with at least one of a color or a brightness corresponding to each of the plurality of first sub areas as a per-first sub area attribute value; split a second area including the common component in the second image into a plurality of second sub areas, and identify an attribute value associated with at least one of a color or a brightness corresponding to each of the plurality of second sub areas as a per-second sub area attribute value; determine whether a difference between the per-first sub area attribute value and the per-second sub area attribute value is within a specified range; based on a result of the determination, identify that a difference between at least one first attribute value corresponding to at least one third sub area among the plurality of first sub areas and at least one second attribute value corresponding to at least one fourth sub area among the plurality of second sub areas is not within the specified range; based on the at least one first attribute value, determine a setting value of at least one light associated with the at least one fourth sub area among the plurality of lights; and control the at least one light based on the determined setting value.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Display device and method for operating display device
Patent number
US12739518B2
Application number
19045224
Filed
Feb 4, 2025
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

H04N 23/74 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/56 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/63 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/71 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/743 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/88 Electricity & electronics
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