Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100105333 | SPEED MEASURING SYSTEM AND SPEED MEASURING METHOD THEREOF - A speed measuring system for measuring the speed of a wireless communication terminal communicating with a base station includes an angle measuring unit, a distance measuring unit, a time measuring unit, and a speed calculator. The base station includes a signal tower and an antenna on the signal tower. The signal tower defines a central longitudinal axis perpendicular to the antenna, and the axis intersects the antenna at a point. The angle measuring unit measures an included angle between signal from the wireless communication terminal at any location and the antenna. The distance measuring unit measures a distance between the wireless communication terminal at any location and the point. The time measuring unit measures the time the wireless communication terminal takes from a first location to a second location. The speed calculator calculates the speed of the wireless communication terminal. | 04-29-2010 |
20110111768 | MOBILE PHONE AND LOCATION UPDATE METHOD THEREOF - A mobile phone and a location update method adapted for the mobile phone are provided. The mobile phone includes a location update processing unit, a location area judging unit, a scope acquiring unit, a scope judging unit, and a selecting unit. When the mobile phone frequently moves back and forth within a predetermined scope of a boundary area of two adjacent location areas, the mobile phone does not perform a location update, and thus the mobile phone does not need send updated location information to a network server and saves a lot of power. | 05-12-2011 |
20110136514 | MOBILE PHONE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING SUSPENSION OF COMMUNICATION TIME OF MOBILE PHONE - A method for adjusting a suspension of communication time of a mobile phone is provided. Wherein the mobile phone receives wireless signals from a base station and transmits signals to the base station. The wireless signals include the suspension of communication time. The method includes decoding the received wireless signal and determining whether there are too many failed attempts to decode wireless signals in a first predetermined time, further determining the mobile phone enters a dead zone of a network, and determining size of dead zone and sensing movement speed of the phone to determine when the mobile phone will leave the dead zone. If the mobile phone will leave the dead zone soon, maintaining the connection with the network, otherwise hanging up the call. | 06-09-2011 |
20110136544 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DATA TRANSMISSION FUNCTION AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - A data transmission method is applied in a portable electronic device including a touch-sensitive unit. The data transmission method includes: obtaining at least one relative orientation value of at least one external portable electronic device relative to the portable electronic device from a server; determining touched touch points of the touch-sensitive unit and a touch track according to the touched touch points once a touch operation occurs; determining a touch direction value according to the touch track; comparing the touch direction value with the at least one relative orientation value to determine which of the at least one external portable electronic device the portable electronic device will transmit selected data to; and transmitting the selected data to the determined external portable electronic device. A related portable electronic device is also provided. | 06-09-2011 |
20110138328 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF ARRANGING ICONS AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for arranging icons in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a storage unit storing a table recording icons provided by the electronic device and the number of click frequency of each of the icons. The method includes recording which of the icons is clicked and updating the number of click frequency of the clicked icon in the table, further causing the number of click frequency of the clicked icon to increase one if the icon is clicked. Then, arranging some of the icons according to the number of click frequency recorded in the table if a currently run application is closed. | 06-09-2011 |
20110158557 | IMAGE SERVER AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - An image server including a storage unit and a processing unit is disclosed. The storage unit stores at least one image and sub-images corresponding to each image. Each sub-image is assigned with a priority value. The processing unit includes an image searching module, an order determining module, and an image transmitting module. The image searching module is configured to search the sub-images of an image in the storage unit responding to a request for images from a terminal device. The order determining module is configured to determine an order of transmitting the searched sub-images according to the priority value of each of the searched sub-images. The image transmitting module is configured to transmit the searched sub-images in the predetermined order to the terminal device via a network. | 06-30-2011 |
20110242393 | IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGES WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION - A method for capturing images applied in an imaging device is provided. The imaging device includes an image capturing unit having a field of view. The imaging device is capable of sensing first position information and determining which orientation the image capturing unit faces, and further communicates with portable communication devices some of which are in field of view and receiving a second position information and personal information. The method includes the establishment of a coordinate system and converting the first position information and the second position information to the set of coordinates. The method includes: first determining whether one of the portable communication devices is in the field of view. Then, determining which person of the captured image corresponds to one of the portable communication devices, and associating the personal information with the determined person of the captured image. Next, generating a composite image. | 10-06-2011 |
20110268423 | VIDEO DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING VIDEO WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION - A method for capturing videos applied in a video device is provided. The video device includes a video capturing unit having a field of view and a timer. The video device includes a position sensing unit capable of sensing first position information, and an orientation sensing unit. The video device rotatingly receives second position information and personal information periodically. The method included is first to clear the timer and begin the timer again. Then, obtaining the second position information, the personal information, the first position information, and the orientation. Next, forming a coordinate system and converting the first position information and the second position information to a set of coordinates. Then, determining which person correspond to which of the portable communication devices, and associating the personal information with each person. Next, generating a composite image and a composite video comprising the composite images. | 11-03-2011 |
20110269514 | MOBILE PHONE AND STATUS CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile phone and a status control method adapted for the mobile phone are provided. The mobile phone communicates with a wireless network, such as GPRS. The mobile phone includes a data transmission unit, a processing unit, and a storage unit. The processing unit records a start time and a stop time of each event which defines the running of an application program when data transmission unit transfers data packet of the application program, and calculates an average interval time of the application program, and stores the average interval time. When a waiting time reaches the average interval time of the application program in the ready state, the mobile phone enters into the standby state in advance, and thus the mobile phone does not need send updated location information to the SGSN and saves a lot of power. | 11-03-2011 |
20110304688 | PANORAMIC CAMERA AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING PANORAMIC PHOTOS - A panoramic camera includes a camera module configured to capture an initial photo and a subsequent photo, an electronic compass, a memory unit, a control unit, and a stitching unit. The electronic compass is attached to the camera module and configured to measure a current orientation of the camera module. The memory unit is connected to the camera module and configured to store the initial photo and the subsequent photo. The control unit is connected between the electronic compass and the camera module. The control unit is configured to generate a capturing signal to trigger the camera module to capture the subsequent photo if determining that the camera module rotates through the angle of view thereof from an initial orientation when the initial photo is captured. The stitching unit is connected to the memory unit and configured to stitch the initial photo and the subsequent photo. | 12-15-2011 |
20120009907 | WIRELESS CONFERENCE SYSTEM - A wireless conference system includes a master device and a slave device. The master device includes a master user interface, a master BLUETOOTH unit, a master memory unit, and a command converting unit. The master user interface includes a master screen. The master memory unit saves a conference document. The slave device includes a slave user interface, a slave BLUETOOTH unit, and an executing unit. The slave memory unit saves a copy of the conference document. Operation commands to operate the conference document are input through the master user interface. The command converting unit converts the operation commands to corresponding slave commands. The corresponding slave commands are transmitted to the slave device by the master BLUETOOTH unit and the slave BLUETOOTH unit. The executing unit executes the corresponding slave commands to operate the copy of the conference document. | 01-12-2012 |
20120133766 | VEHICLE REARVIEW BACK-UP SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle rearview back-up system includes a backup camera, a display, a calculator, a storage unit, a detector, and a moving unit. The backup camera captures an image of a parking spot when the vehicle is backed-up to a predetermined position. The display displays the captured image and an outlined parking spot in the captured image defined by the driver. The calculator calculates an imaging ratio between the size of the captured image and the size of the outlined parking spot. The display displays a vehicle image in a predetermined region according to the calculated imaging ratio. The detector detects moving direction and moving distance of the vehicle. The moving unit moves the vehicle image in the display according to the moving direction and moving distance of the vehicle, and the calculated imaging ratio for implementing the back-up process of the vehicle. | 05-31-2012 |
20120172030 | MOBILE PHONE WITH FUNCTION TO ACQUIRE TARGETED MESSAGE AND METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure provides a mobile phone with function to acquire targeted message and method thereof. The method includes steps: recording sub-actions of the mobile phone in response to input signals from a user in a predetermined time period in a coverage area of the base station, acquiring a defined key phrase of each sub-action and grouping all sub-actions associated with a same key phrase into a same action, counting the number of times of the action is performed in the predetermined time period in the coverage area of the base station, judging whether the number of times of the action reaches a preset value, if yes, sending a wireless signal including the key phrase of the action to the base station, and receiving a message including the key phrase within the text body of the message from the base station and displaying the message. | 07-05-2012 |
20120172047 | HANDS-FREE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE HAVING SAME AND MOBILE TELEPHONE INTEGRATED WITH SAME - A system for enabling the hands-free use of a mobile telephone in a vehicle includes a processing circuit, a short-range communication unit and a microcontroller unit. The processing circuit calculates positional coordinates of the system. The short-range communication unit connects with the mobile telephones and receives positional coordinates of all nearby mobile telephones. The microcontroller unit receives the positional coordinates of the system and the mobile telephones, determines which mobile telephone is located in a defined position of the vehicle, and creates a wireless connection with the mobile telephone. | 07-05-2012 |
20120174019 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TYPING PROMPT FUNCTION AND TYPING PROMPT METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive screen which displays a virtual keyboard. The virtual keyboard includes a number of virtual letter keys. The electronic device further employs a predictive text function to predict which word a user is typing and prompts the user which letters can be entered next to form a proper word by changing the display status of the corresponding possible virtual letter keys, such as changing the size or the brightness of the possible virtual letters labeled on the virtual letter keys. Therefore, under such input prompt on the possible virtual letter keys, the user can quickly and correctly enter data. A related typing prompt method is also provided. | 07-05-2012 |
20120249432 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH FUNCTION OF RECOGNIZING MULTI-TOUCH INPUTS AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device with a function of recognizing multi-touch inputs includes a multi-touch display unit, an input unit receiving multi-touch inputs on the multi-touch display unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. Each multi-touch input includes a plurality of touch points which forms a touch area. The storage unit stores a table which records a relationship between an area of the touch area of the multi-touch input and a function of the electronic device. The processing unit senses whether there is a multi-touch input on the display unit, computes the area of the touch area of the multi-touch input when there is a multi-touch input on the multi-touch display unit, and determines a function associated with the computed area in the table stored in the storage unit. | 10-04-2012 |
20120264488 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISABLING DISPLAY UNIT - The communication device includes a display unit, a communication unit, a speaker, a detecting unit, and a processing unit. The processing unit is used to receive and process audio signals. The speaker is used to reproduce the processed audio signals and emit sound waves. The detecting unit is used to detect the sound waves and acquire an intensity level. The processing unit is also used to compare the intensity level with a predetermined intensity level, disabling the display unit when the intensity level is greater than the predetermined intensity level, and enabling the display unit when the intensity level is smaller than or equal to the predetermined intensity level. | 10-18-2012 |
20120329439 | MOBILE DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING OPERATION PROFILES AND METHOD THEREOF - A mobile device includes an acceleration sensing unit, a storage unit, a parameter obtaining unit, and a processing unit. The acceleration sensor senses acceleration of the mobile device. The storage unit stores an operation profile database having a plurality of operation profiles, an operation profile table mapping a sensed acceleration and a current status of a user of the mobile phone to one of the operation profiles, and a parameter obtaining table mapping a sensed acceleration to a parameter. The processing unit determines to obtain which parameter according to the sensed acceleration and the parameter obtaining table, directs the parameter obtaining unit to obtain the determined parameter, determines a current status of the user according to the obtained parameter, and switches the mobile device to a target operation profile according to the sensed acceleration, the determined current status of the user, and the operation profile table. A related method is also provided. | 12-27-2012 |
20130010483 | AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD - An automotive headlamp control device capable of communicating with a vehicle to adjust aiming of headlamps of the vehicle includes a detecting module, a processing module, and a communication module. The detecting module detects any changes in angle of the vehicle in real time. The processing module obtains angle changes from the detecting module, determines whether adjustment of the aiming of the headlamps being needed, generates a control signal, when an adjustment being needed, according to predetermined adjustments associated with different angle changes and being stored in the processing module , to the vehicle to control the vehicle to adjust the aiming of the headlamps accordingly, and transmits the control signal to the vehicle through the communication module. | 01-10-2013 |
20130021308 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING BACKLIGHT BRIGHTNESS - A device and a method for adjusting backlight brightness employed in a display are provided. The electronic device includes a display unit, a backlight unit, a light sensor, a distance sensor, and a control unit. The backlight unit is configured to emit backlight for the display unit. The light sensor is configured to sense ambient brightness of the electronic device in real time. The distance sensor is configured to sense an object within a predetermined coverage area in real time. The control unit is configured to detect whether the ambient brightness changes, evaluate whether the object is sensed by the distance sensor within the predetermined coverage area when detecting that the ambient brightness is low, and not control the backlight unit to adjust the backlight brightness of the display unit when the object is sensed within the predetermined coverage area. | 01-24-2013 |
20130028444 | AUDIO DEVICE WITH VOLUME ADJUSTING FUNCTION AND VOLUME ADJUSTING METHOD - An audio device and a volume adjusting method are provided. The audio device includes a speed sensor, a first FIFO buffer unit, and a second FIFO buffer unit. The audio device generates audio signals by playing multimedia files and stores audio signals to the first FIFO buffer unit. The audio device collects ambient sound signals and stores collected sound signals to the second FIFO buffer unit. The audio device further analyzes stored audio signals and sound signals to determine a waveform of environmental noise signals, and determines a SPL of the environmental noise signals according to the determined waveform. The audio device then compares the determined SPL with a preset SPL and compares the sensed speed with a preset speed if the determined SPL is greater than the preset SPL, and adjusts the volume of audio signals according to a comparison result between the sensed speed and the preset speed. | 01-31-2013 |
20130110347 | DIRECTION INDICATOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DIRECTION INDICATOR LAMP | 05-02-2013 |