Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090094386 | DISPLAY, COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTER TO FALL ASLEEP - A display includes a power switch, a serial bus interface, a microprocessor and other necessary components. The serial bus interface is configured to connect to a serial bus interface of a computer through a data cable. The power switch is provided to be pressed down by user, which is used to turn on or off the display. The microprocessor determines whether the duration of pressing on the power switch exceeds a predetermined period of time. If yes, the microprocessor further determines a current state of the display. If the display is “off”, the microprocessor transmits a sleep control instruction to the computer and controls the computer to fall asleep. If the display is “on”, the microprocessor transmits a wake-up instruction to the computer and wakes up the computer. A method of controlling a computer to fall asleep is also provided. | 04-09-2009 |
20090106833 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH PERIPHERAL ACCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for managing access authorization of peripherals of an electronic apparatus is provided. The method includes the step of: providing a data storage for storing a peripheral registry table which stores hardware IDs of the peripherals; reading the hardware ID of the peripheral when the peripheral is connected to the electronic apparatus; determining whether the hardware ID is recorded in the peripheral registry table; activating an access of the peripheral when the hardware ID is recorded in the peripheral registry table; and registering the hardware ID of the peripheral into the peripheral registry table when the hardware ID is not recorded in the peripheral registry table. | 04-23-2009 |
20090128173 | TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exemplary testing system for measuring an electronic device includes a main controller for generating a control signal, a signal generator for outputting a predetermined test input signal according to the control signals, an instrument unit comprising a plurality of instruments, and a testing port comprising a plurality of probes. The probes are configured for connecting corresponding testing points of the electronic device to the signal generator and the instruments. The predetermined test input signal is transmitted to the electronic device via the testing port, the instrument unit processing a test result signals outputted by the electronic device and outputting a result data, and the main controller receiving the result data and computing whether the result data is within a predetermined range. A related testing method is also provided. | 05-21-2009 |
20120162925 | CARD TRAY EJECTION MECHANISM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A card tray ejection mechanism for an electronic device, which includes a first elongated member rotatably mounted to the base, a second elongated member, and a driving member. The first elongated member includes a first end portion resisting against a side of the tray, a second end portion opposite to the first end portion and a pivoting rod located between the first and second end portions. The second elongated member is rotatably connected to the second end portion. The driving member drives the second elongated member to move longitudinally. When the second elongated member is driven to move longitudinally by the driving member, the first elongated member is driven to rotate around the pivoting rod by the second elongated member, and the card tray is ejected. An electronic device using the card tray ejection mechanism is also provided. | 06-28-2012 |
20120173007 | AUDIO PLAYER, AUDIO PLAYER SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TURNING OFF AUDIO PLAYER - An audio player includes a control module and an audio interface, wherein the audio interface includes a microphone pin, a ground pin respectively connected to corresponding pins of an earphone when the earphone is connected to the player through the audio interface. The control module is used for detecting a change in a resistance value between the microphone pin and the ground pin, and powers off the audio player when detecting the earphone is entered into an idle state according to the detected change in the resistance value that is a change from a first resistance value to a second resistance value. The present disclosure also provides an audio player system using the audio player, and a method. | 07-05-2012 |
20120189134 | EARPHONE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a main body and an earphone. The main body includes an earphone socket and a first processing unit. The earphone includes an earphone plug, a storage unit, and a second processing unit. The earphone is connected to the main body by inserting the earphone plug into the earphone socket. The storage unit stores a password. The second processing unit transmits the password to the main body when the second processing unit detects that the earphone plug is inserted into the earphone socket. The first processing unit unlocks the main body if the password received from the earphone matches a predetermined condition. | 07-26-2012 |
20120264398 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND UNLOCKING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes a detecting unit, a proximity sensor and an unlocking unit. The detecting unit is used for detecting whether the electronic device is in a standby state, and generating a first signal when it is detected that the electronic device is in the standby state. The proximity sensor is used for sensing whether a person is proximate to the electronic device, and generates a second signal when it is determined the person is proximate to the electronic device. The unlocking unit is used for unlocking the electronic device when the first and second signals are generated within the same period of time. | 10-18-2012 |
20120296599 | TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A temperature sensing system used to test the temperature of a surface of a to-be-tested object includes an image capturing unit to capture an image of a base supporting the to-be-tested object. A host obtains and displays the captured image, and maps the image to a coordinate system. Each point of the image corresponds to a coordinate of the coordinate system. The host further determines the coordinate of a selected point of the displayed image. A temperature sensing unit senses the temperature of the surface of the to-be-tested object according to the coordinate of the selected point of the displayed image. A method for sensing the temperature of surface of a to-be-tested object is also provided. | 11-22-2012 |
20130025381 | TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SAME - An electronic device is positioned in an environment regulating device controlling the environmental regulating device, and is tested under different test environments of the environment regulating device. The electronic device stores a number of standard environment values corresponding to the test environments. The environment regulating device regulates the testing environments according to the standard environment values. The electronic device tests itself in the different test environments. | 01-31-2013 |
20130033454 | TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH METHOD - A touch method is applied in a touch device. The touch device includes a display unit, first infrared receivers, first infrared emitters, second infrared receivers, second infrared emitters, a storage unit, and motors. The first infrared receivers and the first infrared emitters are arranged on a first side of the display unit, and the second infrared receivers and the second infrared emitters are arranged on a second side of the display unit. The storage unit stores a table recording a relationship between identification and set of coordinates of the infrared receivers. The method includes: controlling motors to drive infrared emitters and infrared receivers to rotate; determining whether electrical signals comprising the identification of one first infrared receiver and one second infrared receiver are simultaneously received; if yes, determining the set of coordinates of the touch spot; determining an icon and determining the corresponding function corresponding to the touch spot. | 02-07-2013 |
20130044231 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING AND CONTROLLING USER-CONTROLLABLE FUNCTIONS THEREOF ACCORDING TO AN EARPHONE CONNECTED THERETO, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An exemplary electronic device is connected with an earphone. The earphone includes a first storage unit storing information as to functions of the earphone. The electronic device includes a second storage unit storing a function information table recording information as to user-controllable functions of the electronic device, function units corresponding to the user-controllable functions, an identifying module, and a control module. The identifying module retrieves the information as to functions stored in the first storage unit, and determines whether one or more of the controllable functions of the electronic device are controllable by the earphone. The control module activates all of the function units corresponding to the controllable functions of the electronic device which are controllable by the earphone, and controls one or more of the activated function units according to one or more control signals transmitted from the earphone to the electronic device. A related method is also provided. | 02-21-2013 |
20130156276 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A FUNCTION OF SEARCHING IMAGES BASED ON FACIAL FEATURE AND METHOD - An electronic device with a function of searching images based on a facial feature is provided. The electronic device includes a capturing unit, a storage unit, an acquiring module, a searching module, and a folder establishing module. The capturing unit captures facial images. The storage unit stores a plurality of images. The acquiring module acquires facial features of the facial image captured by the capturing unit. The searching module searches for images that include the acquired facial feature from the plurality of images stored in the storage unit. The folder establishing module establishes a new folder and stores the searched images to the established new folder. | 06-20-2013 |
20130162864 | CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CAPTURING IMAGE - The disclosure provides a capturing apparatus and a capturing method for the capturing apparatus. The method includes steps: controlling the capturing unit to capture an image; performing an image processing function in relation to the captured image to obtain pixels of the captured image; comparing the pixels of the captured image with the pixels of the pre-stored standard images and determining whether a percentage of the pixels of the image is similar to the pixels of one of the standard images. If the percentage of the pixels of the image reaches a threshold of similarity to the pixels of one standard image, acquiring the parameters associated with the standard image; and controlling the capturing unit to capture subsequent images according to the parameters associated with the standard image. | 06-27-2013 |