Samsung patents display that adjusts brightness based on pixel temperature
Samsung has filed a patent for a display system that monitors the temperature of individual pixels to adjust their brightness. The device uses a processor to determine how much to change the light output based on the current temperature, a set reference temperature, and factors like how long the screen has been in use.
In the filing’s own words
A display apparatus includes: a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of each pixel of the plurality of pixels, and at least one panel processor configured to adjust a luminance of the display panel based on the temperature of each pixel, a reference temperature, and a luminance adjustment value, wherein the at least one panel processor is configured to determine the reference temperature and the luminance adjustment value based on at least one of a panel protection menu, an afterimage index, and a cumulative viewing time,
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A display apparatus comprising: a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels; a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of each pixel of the plurality of pixels; and at least one panel processor configured to adjust a luminance of the display panel based on the temperature of each pixel of the plurality of pixels, a reference temperature, and a luminance adjustment value, wherein the at least one panel processor is configured to determine the reference temperature and the luminance adjustment value based on at least one of a panel protection menu, an afterimage index, and a cumulative viewing time.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
- Publication number
- US20260290246A1
- Application number
- 19682859
- Filed
- May 20, 2026
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 16
Classified under
G09G 3/3241 Physics & computingG01K 3/005 Physics & computingG09G 3/007 Physics & computingG09G 2300/0842 Physics & computingG09G 2320/0257 Physics & computingG09G 2320/041 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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