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20100153698 | HARD DISK TEMPERATURE MONITORING DEVICE AND HARD DISK TEMPERATURE MONITORING METHOD - A hard disk temperature monitoring device for monitoring a temperature of a hard disk in a computer system is provided. A hard disk stores an operating system. A basic input/output system (BIOS) has a setting configuration. When the setting configuration is a first setting value, operation of the hard disk is restored. When the setting configuration is a second setting value, the operation of the hard disk is stopped. A thermal sensor detects a temperature of the hard disk. A keyboard controller (KBC) is electrically connected to the thermal sensor via a data transmission channel for detecting the temperature of the hard disk in real time. If the KBC detects that the temperature of the hard disk rises to a first predetermined temperature, the setting configuration is set to the second setting value, and the BIOS stops the operation of the hard disk according to the second setting value. | 06-17-2010 |
20110310505 | MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE CAPABLE OF RECORDING DROP HEIGHT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A magnetic storage device capable of recording a drop height and an electronic device using the same are presented. The magnetic storage device includes: a G-sensor, installed in the magnetic storage device, for outputting a first trigger signal when the magnetic storage device starts to drop and outputting a second trigger signal when the magnetic storage device stops dropping; a timer, for calculating a duration between the first trigger signal and the second trigger signal, and recording the duration as a drop time; a logic operation processor, having a built-in height calculation formula, for calculating a drop height according to the drop time; and a memory unit, for storing the drop time and the drop height. An electronic device using the magnetic storage device is also presented, which is capable of record the actual drop height when a drop event occurs on the electronic device. | 12-22-2011 |
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20100066308 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROTECTING BATTERY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE FROM OVERHEATING - A method for protecting a battery of an electronic device from overheating is provided. The method senses the temperature of the battery and conduct an unloading action when the temperature of the battery ascends to an unloading temperature. The method further halts the unloading action when the temperature of the battery descends to a lowest critical temperature, wherein the unloading temperature is not lower than the lowest critical temperature. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070745 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOOTING UNDER LOW TEMPERATURE STATE - A method for booting a computer system under a low temperature state is disclosed. When a trigger signal of a pressed power button on the computer system is detected, a hard disk temperature will be obtained via a temperature sensor to determine whether the hard disk temperature is less than a first predetermined temperature. If the hard disk temperature is less than the first predetermined temperature, a heater is activated to heat the hard disk and a low temperature event will be set. Next, if the hard disk temperature has reached or is greater than the second predetermined temperature, the computer system will be under activation. Then before a loading component of the computer system is activated, the low temperature event will be read. Therefore, output loading of the loading component is decreased to activate an system component of the computer system with a low loading state. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070746 | METHOD FOR BOOTING SYSTEM UNDER LOW TEMPERATURE STATE AND COMPUTER DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for booting a computer device under a low temperature state is provided. A trigger signal is detected when a power button is pressed. A hard disk temperature of a hard disk is obtained via a temperature sensor to determine whether the hard disk temperature is less than a first predetermined temperature. If so, a heater is activated to heat the hard disk until the hard disk temperature is greater than the first predetermined temperature. If the hard disk temperature is greater than the first predetermined temperature, the heater is turned off and afterwards a voltage of a battery cell is checked if the voltage has reached a predetermined voltage. If the voltage of the battery cell has reached the predetermined voltage, a system component of a computer device is activated. | 03-18-2010 |
20100110021 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH INTERACTIVE DISPLAY SCREEN AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE DISPLAYING - A processing method for interactive displaying is provided and applied to an electronic device equipped with an interactive display screen. The display screen includes an up-down stacked digitizer board and a touch panel. The processing method for interactive displaying includes the following steps: determining whether the digitizer board senses existence of a digitizer pen; and when the digitizer board senses existence of the digitizer pen, performing a first designate operation on the touch panel. | 05-06-2010 |
20100110583 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING OVERHEATED HARD DRIVE - An apparatus and method are provided to monitor the current temperature of a hard drive in a computer system protect, and protect the hard drive from being overheated. The apparatus includes a thermal sensor and a data input/output module. The hard drive stores at least one application program. The thermal sensor senses a current temperature of the hard drive. When the thermal sensor senses that the current temperature of the hard drive ascends to a first preset temperature, the data input/output module ceases the hard drive from being accessed. When the thermal sensor senses that the current temperature of the hard drive descends to a second preset temperature, the data input/output module allows the hard drive to be accessed. | 05-06-2010 |
20100112416 | AUTOMATIC TESTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER SYSTEM - An automatic testing device and method are provided to automatically test a computer system that has an electric component and a battery. First of all, a power control module controls the electricity supplied from the battery to the electric component. Next, when the computer system enters a designated mode, a battery-related component status is retrieved from a recording module through a connection interface. Afterwards, according to the battery-related component status, the computer system obtains testing information to determine whether the electric component operates normally. Since the power control module, the connection interface and the recording module are internal elements commonly configured computer system, the proposed device and method facilitate the testing tasks without any external instruments. | 05-06-2010 |
20100114486 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR RECEIVING SATELLITE POSITIONING SIGNAL AT POWER-OFF STATE - A computer system is operative to receive a satellite positioning signal at a system power-off state. The computer system includes a power supply device, a satellite positioning chip, a communication interface, a control chip and an actuation element. The power supply device provides an operation voltage. The satellite positioning chip receives the satellite positioning signal through an antenna. The communication interface electrically connects with the satellite positioning chip and the control chip. The control chip receives the operation voltage, supplies source voltage to the satellite positioning chip, and retrieves and processes the satellite positioning signal through the communication interface. The actuation element electrically connects with the control chip. When the computer system is triggered by the actuation element under the system power-off state, the control chip supplies source voltage to the satellite positioning chip, so as to retrieve and process the satellite positioning signal. | 05-06-2010 |
20110131400 | METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR THERMAL THROTTLING PROTECTION - An automatic thermal throttling protection method is described. a computer system executes a main BIOS for initializing an embedded controller when the computer system is power on or boots. And the sub BIOS of the embedded controller is also executed. The sub BIOS of the embedded controller obtains an upper temperature limit and a lower temperature limit set by the main BIOS, and obtains a temperature of the CPU through a thermal sensor. The sub BIOS of the embedded controller compares the temperature of the CPU with the upper temperature limit. When the temperature of the CPU is higher than the upper temperature limit, the sub BIOS sends a system control interrupt event to the main BIOS through the embedded controller. When receiving the SCI event, the main BIOS enables a throttling function to perform a throttling operation on the CPU or shuts down the computer system. | 06-02-2011 |
20130151833 | BOOTING METHOD FOR LOW TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREFOR - A booting method for low temperature environment and an electronic apparatus therefor are provided. The booting method includes the following steps: reading a booting process record from a memory unit of the electronic apparatus; executing a booting process according to the booting process record, wherein the booting process includes a plurality of booting subroutines; and when executing one of the booting subroutines, updating the booting process record stored in the memory unit of the electronic apparatus corresponding to the booting subroutine, wherein the booting subroutines include providing a power output by controlling a power supply unit of the electronic apparatus, and an output value of the power output gradually increases as executing the booting subroutines sequentially. | 06-13-2013 |
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20120168417 | HEATING CIRCUIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ENTERING OPERATION MODE IN LOW-TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT - A method for entering an operation mode in a low-temperature environment is applicable in a situation that plural electronic devices in an electronic apparatus are not activated. Through performing the method, the electronic apparatus obtains a temperature of each electronic device after receiving a request of a user. Then the electronic apparatus determines whether the temperatures of all the electronic devices reach a threshold value. If the temperatures of at least two electronic devices do not reach the threshold value, the electronic apparatus generates a plurality of corresponding enable signals for the electronic devices having the temperatures lower than the threshold value. The waveforms of the enable signals vary alternately. The electronic apparatus transfers the enable signals to a plurality of corresponding heaters. Being activated by the received enable signal, each of the heaters heats the corresponding electronic device. | 07-05-2012 |
20120216026 | BOOT DETERMINING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR BOOTING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A boot determining method of an electronic device is used to determine whether to boot the electronic device having at least one storage. The boot determining method includes: receiving a start signal; detecting an ambient temperature; detecting whether the at least one storage has a heating module; comparing the ambient temperature with a temperature threshold; reading storage information; determining type(s) of the at least one storage according to the storage information; and determining whether to boot the electronic device after receiving the starting signal, according to a determining condition. The determining condition includes the type(s) of the at least one storage; whether the environment temperature is lower than the temperature threshold; and whether each of the at least one-storage has the heating module. | 08-23-2012 |
20130098891 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HEATING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The invention provides a method and a device for heating an electronic component and an electronic apparatus using the method/device. A heater is disposed at the electronic component. The heating method includes following steps: driving the heater according to a duty ratio by using electrical energy of a power module. If the output voltage of the power module is greater than a first threshold, set the duty ratio as a first ratio. If the output voltage of the power module is less than a second threshold, set the duty ratio as a second ratio. If the output voltage of the power module is between the first threshold and the second threshold, adjust the duty ratio so that the difference between the output voltage of the power module and the second threshold is positively proportional to the duty ratio. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103900 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAVING DATA THEREOF - An electronic system, and a method and an apparatus for saving data of the electronic system are provided. The electrical system includes a central processing unit (CPU), a temperature sensor, a first controller, a second controller, a first storage device and a second storage device. When the CPU enters a suspend mode and the first controller detects a temperature of the electronic system to be lower than a threshold value through the temperature sensor, the second controller notify the application program to trigger the CPU to enter a hibernation mode, and operation data is moved from the first storage device to the second storage device. | 04-25-2013 |