Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display peripheral interface input device – Light pen for fluid matrix display panel
Patent
1996-07-26
1999-08-03
Brier, Jeffery
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display peripheral interface input device
Light pen for fluid matrix display panel
345112, 345150, 348 61, 348578, 348678, G09G 510, G09G 500, H04N 974, H04N 552
Patent
active
059331305
ABSTRACT:
An anti-eye strain apparatus and method which automatically adjusts the brightness of a display to cause the muscles of the eyes of the user to adjust and refocus such that eye fatigue or tiredness is reduced or eliminated. The brightness is varied within a particular range and the brightness within this range is occasionally or periodically adjusted. The changing brightness preferably follows a predetermined pattern or cycle. These brightness changes may be perceptible or imperceptible to the viewer. The brightness of the display may be adjusted electronically or mechanically, for example by a potentiometer, by a computer attached to a monitor, for example by an application or software, or by changing the palette of colors or the gray scale.
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