US 12,142,243 B2
Electronic device with a display for low light conditions
Ritu Shah, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Ryan J. Dunn, Santa Cruz, CA (US); and Tom Sengelaub, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/189,422.
Application 18/189,422 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/050484, filed on Sep. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,752, filed on Sep. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0306927 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 5/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 5/10 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G09G 3/3413 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2360/144 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a head-mounted device, information indicative of ambient lighting conditions in a physical environment, wherein the head-mounted device comprises an outward-facing display device directed toward the physical environment, and an inward-facing display device directed toward a user; and
in accordance with a determination that the ambient lighting conditions in the physical environment fail satisfy a brightness criterion:
determining an area of interest in the physical environment,
determining a set of pixels in the outward-facing display device configured to illuminate the area of interest in the physical environment, and
driving the set of pixels at a particular brightness to improve lighting in the area of interest.