Video conferencing display and method to facilitate enhanced eye contact

摘要

A display apparatus includes an illumination source that provides light across a surface area of a front panel of the display apparatus. A control system is configured to control the illumination source to increase an intensity of the light for a local region of a front panel of the display apparatus relative to an intensity of the light from the illumination source for at least an adjacent region of the front panel that is adjacent to the local region. The local region of the front panel corresponds to a location for a partial mirror at the front panel.

主权项

1. A display apparatus comprising:
an illumination source comprising a backlight source that provides light across a surface area of a front panel of the display apparatus; a liquid crystal display (LCD) configured to illuminate a plurality of pixels to provide light from the LCD according to an electronic image to be presented, the light from the LCD, including light that is transmitted through a local region of the front panel, has a predetermined polarization, the local region of the front panel corresponding to a location for a partial mirror at the front panel; and a control system configured to control the backlight source to increase an intensity of the light for the local region of the front panel of the display apparatus relative to an intensity of the light from the backlight source for at least an adjacent region of the front panel that is adjacent to the local region.