| Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. Patent applications |
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| 20120014323 | SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS NETWORK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING WIRELESS NETWORK PROFILE - A system with a wireless network device is provided. The system includes a wireless network device and an electrical device. A storage unit of the electrical device stores a wireless network profile. A second processing unit of the electrical device detects if the wireless network device is connected to the electrical device. When the wireless network device is connected to the electrical device, the second processing unit of the electrical device transmits the wireless network profile to the wireless network device. When the wireless network device obtains the wireless network profile, a first processing unit of the wireless network device drives a first wireless network unit of the wireless network device to transmit data wirelessly according to the wireless network profile. A method for processing a wireless network profile is also disclosed. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20110285877 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE WITH ZOOMING FUNCTION AND ZOOMING METHOD FOR THEREOF - An electrical device with zooming function includes an image-sensing module, a display unit and a processing unit. The processing unit is electrically connected to the image-sensing module and the display unit respectively. The image-sensing module senses an image. The processing unit includes an image display module, a selecting module and a zooming-control module. The image display module makes the display unit display the sensed image. The selecting module receives a selection signal for selecting a reference point from the image displayed on the display unit. The zooming-control module makes the image-sensing module sense another image, the reference point is in the center of which, by zooming. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285860 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH UPLOAD FUNCTION - A digital camera with an upload function includes an image sensing module, a storage unit, a network interface controller (NIC) and a processing unit. The image sensing module senses to generate a raw datum. The NIC builds connection with a network. The processing unit compresses the raw datum into several compressed datums. The processing unit stores the compressed datums into the storage unit to be taken as several stored files. The processing unit selects a file to be transmitted from the stored files, and makes the NIC transmit the file to be transmitted through the network. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110279377 | ILLUMINATION KEYBOARD - An illumination keyboard is provided and includes a base plate, at least one tortuous circuit, a plurality of light sources, a light guide plate and a plurality of keys. The tortuous circuit is disposed on the base plate in a nonlinear arrangement. The light sources are coupled to the tortuous circuit for emitting light towards at least one direction. The light guide plate is disposed on the base plate for uniformizing the light emitted by the light sources. The keys are disposed on the light guide plate and located in a keys area of the base plate. Each key has a light pervious region through which the light penetrates through the key. The tortuous circuit is not overlapped with the light pervious regions. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110211091 | STORAGE DEVICE, DIGITAL VIDEO CAMCORDER WITH THEREOF AND SYSTEM WITH THEREOF - A system with storage device includes a storage device and an electrical device. The storage device includes a storage unit, at least one hotkey and a first hot plug interface. The at least one hotkey generates a control instruction corresponding to the at least one hotkey when operated. The control instruction is written to a block for storing instructions of the storage unit. The electrical device includes a second hot plug interface and a processing unit. The storage device builds connection with the electrical device through the first hot plug interface and the second hot plug interface when the first hot plug interface is electrically connected with the second hot plug interface. The processing unit makes the second hot plug interface obtain the control instruction from the block for storing instructions of the storage unit through the first hot plug interface. The processing unit executes the control instruction. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110162029 | PORTABLE Wi-Fi DIGITAL VIDEO CAMCORDER AND SYSTEM WITH THEREOF - A portable Wi-Fi digital video camcorder includes a battery, a wireless network unit, an LCD unit, a video-stream capturing unit and a processing unit. The battery supplies power to the portable Wi-Fi digital video camcorder. The video-stream capturing unit captures a present video stream. The processing unit is electrically connected with the wireless network unit, the LCD unit and the video-stream capturing unit. The processing unit includes an LCD driving module and a video-stream transmitting module. The LCD driving module drives the LCD unit. The video-stream transmitting module utilizes the wireless network unit to transmit the present video stream. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20100258420 | Illuminated keyboard - Disclosed herein is an illuminated keyboard comprising: a key module having a plurality of keycaps, scissors structures, elastic members, and a membrane circuit board; a keyboard base plate having a plurality of positioning members corresponding to the keycaps and integrally formed on the keyboard base plate for positioning the keyboard module on the keyboard base plate; a light guiding plate disposed beneath the key module and over the keyboard base plate, the light guiding plate having a light incoming surface, a bottom surface intersecting the light incoming surface, a light outgoing surface opposite to the light incoming surface, and provided with light holes corresponding to the positioning members; light sources arranged on one side of, the light incoming surface of the light guiding plate, wherein a light emitted from the light sources is transmitted into the light guiding plate from the light incoming surface and transmitted out of the light guiding plate from the outgoing surface; and a reflecting sheet disposed beneath the bottom surface of the light guiding plate for reflecting the light emitted from the light sources into the light guiding plate, the reflecting sheet having through holes corresponding to the positioning members and the light holes. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100254358 | WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTING AND SETTING METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF - A wireless network connecting and setting method includes the following steps; a detect signal is transmitted through a first wireless network device; a detect reply is replied to the first wireless network device when the detect signal is received by a second wireless network device; a wireless access point (AP) profile of the first wireless network device, according to which the first wireless network device connects to a wireless AP, is transmitted to the second wireless network device; the second wireless network device is connected to the wireless AP according to the wireless AP profile, such that the second wireless network device connects to a network through the wireless AP. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253842 | Wireless digital picture frame with video streaming capabilities - A wireless digital picture frame with video streaming capabilities comprises: a body having a video display unit, a first audio I/O unit, a first input unit, a first processor, and a first wireless transceiver unit; and a wireless camera having a video input unit, a second audio I/O unit, an audio codec unit, a second processor, and a second wireless transceiver unit. The body and the wireless camera communicate with each other through Wi-Fi connection. The wireless communication thus enables the wireless camera to capture A/V signals and transmit the captured signals back to the first processor of the body to be played by the video display unit and the first audio I/O unit; at the same time, the captured A/V data may also be stored to an external storage medium connected to the wireless digital picture frame. The above process forms a video recording mode and a surveillance mode. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100111585 | Light-emitting keyboard - A light-emitting keyboard comprises: a light guide having a light entrance surface, a bottom surface and a light exit surface; a light source provided on one side of the light entrance surface of the light guide; a first reflector disposed underneath the bottom surface of the light guide; a second reflector disposed on top of the light exit surface of the light guide; a membrane circuit board disposed on top of the second reflector; an elastic contact body provided on the membrane circuit board; a supporting plate disposed on top of the membrane circuit board; a scissor assembly engaged with the supporting plate and disposed thereon; and a keycap supported by the scissor assembly; wherein the second reflector permits a portion of the light emitted from the light exit surface of the light guide to pass therethrough and reflects another portion of the light back towards the light exit surface of the light guide; and wherein the light guide is provided with a second opening corresponding to the elastic contact body, with the circumference of the second opening being coated with a light reflecting material. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100108481 | Light-emitting keyboard with a membrane circuit board incorporated therein - The present invention relates to a light-emitting keyboard, comprising: a membrane circuit board whose bottom surface is printed with a light guide ink; a light source provided on one side of the membrane circuit board for projecting light to enter the light guide ink of the membrane circuit board; a first reflector disposed underneath the membrane circuit board to reflect a portion of the light that escapes from the membrane circuit board to enter the light guide ink of the membrane circuit board; a second reflector provided on top of the membrane circuit board to reflect a portion of the light that does not pass therethrough back towards the light guide ink; a supporting plate disposed on top of the second reflector; a scissor assembly disposed on top of the supporting plate; a keycap disposed on top of the scissor assembly; and an elastic contact body having a contact portion. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100025213 | Key structure - The object of the present invention is to provide a key structure in which the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis of the supporting element are pivotally coupled with the base and the keycap respectively, the end of the stabilizer bar stored in the base, and the third pivot axis of the stabilizer bar pivotally coupled with the keycap. With the supporting element, the stabilizer bar and the elastic member, the keycap can move upward and downward with respect to the base. As the design or arrangement of the supporting element and the stabilizer bar is simplified, the assembly of the keyboard becomes easier, so that the manufacturing costs of the keyboard can be effectively reduced. Moreover, the supporting element is made of plastics and produced by molding, thus the manufacturing costs can be further reduced. Additionally, when the user presses the key structure of the present invention, the noise generated due to the collision of the supporting element and the stabilizer bar with other parts in a prior art key structure will not occur. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100012474 | Structure having symbols printed thereon and method for implementing the same - The present invention provides a structure having symbols printed thereon, the structure being a keyboard. The keyboard comprises: at least one keycap; at least one symbol printed on the surface of the keycap; and at least one first protective layer having a plurality of reticulate dots, the first protective layer being formed over the symbol on the surface of the keycap. The invention further provides a method for printing symbols on a keyboard, comprising the steps of: printing a plurality of symbols on the surface of the keycap of the keyboard; and forming a first protective layer having a plurality of reticulate dots over the plurality of symbols on the surface of the keycap of the keyboard. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20090283393 | Light-emitting keyboard - The present invention is related to a light-emitting keyboard, comprising: a light guide having a light entrance surface, a bottom surface and a light exit surface; a light source provided adjacent to the light entrance surface of the light guide; a first reflector disposed underneath the bottom surface of the light guide to reflect the light originated from the light source to enter into said light guide; a second reflector disposed on top of said light exit surface of the light guide; a membrane circuit board disposed on top of said second reflector, said membrane circuit board being provided with an elastic member; a supporting plate disposed on top of the membrane circuit board; a scissor assembly engaged with said supporting plate and provided thereon; and a keycap supported by said scissor assembly. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090167108 | Actuation device having shape memory alloy component - The present invention provides an actuation device having a shape memory alloy component that comprises: a base having a bottom portion, at least one first magnetic component disposed under said bottom portion of base, a carrier having a top portion, at least one second magnetic component which is disposed on said top portion of carrier and which corresponds in location to said first magnetic component, and a shape memory alloy component which is disposed between said base and said carrier. Said shape memory alloy component has at least one deformable supporting component, which is disposed at a position corresponding to both positions of said first magnetic component and of said second magnetic component, for supporting said carrier. Said supporting component is in a horizontal form between said base and said carrier since there is a magnetic force between said first magnetic component and said second magnetic component. As the driving force resulting from a martensitic phase transformation in said shape memory alloy component becomes greater than the magnetic force between said first magnetic component and said second magnetic component, said supporting component is deformed and pushes said carrier upwardly. Thus, said carrier is actuated in an upward direction. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090160681 | Numeiric keyboard device with voice interaciton and the method thereof - The numeric keyboard device of the present invention includes a key matrix, an audio I/O module for sending and receiving audio signals, an audio microprocessor for processing audio signals sent and received by the audio I/O module, an MCU that scans the key status of the key matrix, and a function switch that sends a first command to the key matrix to be further processed by the MCU and such that after processing said first command, the MCU sends an interrupt signal to the audio microprocessor to generate an enable signal that activates a voice interaction mode of the numeric keyboard device of the present invention. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090128064 | Actuation device having shape memory alloy component - The present invention provides an actuation device having a shape memory alloy component. The present invention utilizes a length contraction occurred to the shape memory alloy component during its phase transformation from martensite to austenite. The length contraction causes a slider, a carrier and a base to move relatively. Also, the present invention utilizes thermal conductivity of the base to speed up heat dissipation of the shape memory alloy component, so that response time for actuating the carrier can be reduced. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090122558 | Energy-saving light-emitting module - An energy-saving light-emitting module is provided, comprising: a light guide plate having a light-incident surface, a bottom surface intersecting the light-incident surface and a light-emitting surface opposite the bottom surface, wherein a plurality of recesses are provided at the bottom surface; a light source placed at one side of the light-incident surface of the light guide plate; and a reflective plate placed at the bottom of the light guide plate for reflecting light rays from the light source into the light guide plate. The light rays emitted by the light source reach the arc surface of each recess at the bottom side of the light guide plate, and the light rays are then reflected to the light-emitting surface. Meanwhile, during the light-emitting process, light rays are concentrated at the arc surface of each recess. The concentration of light rays increases overall luminance produced by the module, and thus, energy is saved effectively. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090057113 | Waterproof keyboard - A waterproof keyboard comprises: keys, an elastic rubber layer, a circuit board layer, a bottom board, and a sealing layer. The keys are mounted on the bottom board on which a plurality of apertures are disposed, and the sealing layer is disposed under the bottom surface of the bottom board. Corresponding to the apertures on the bottom board, respective adhesives are formed on the sealing layer so as to firmly adhere the sealing layer to the bottom surface of the bottom board. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090008521 | Clamping device for a webcam - A clamping device for a webcam according to the present invention comprising a first arm having an extending base bearing the webcam, with a guide rail mounted at each lateral side of the base, between which the first slots are mounted for connecting purposes; a second arm having a pair of first shafts; and a connecting member having a pair of sliding tracks corresponding to the guide rails of the first arm, a pair of second shafts corresponding to the first slots with connecting purposes, and a pair of second slots with connecting purposes corresponding to the first shafts of the second arm invention comprising a first arm having an extending base bearing the webcam, with a guide rail mounted at each lateral side of the base, between which the first slots are mounted for connecting purposes; a second arm having a pair of first shafts; and a connecting member having a pair of sliding tracks corresponding to the guide rails of the first arm, a pair of second shafts corresponding to the first slots with connecting purposes, and a pair of second slots with connecting purposes corresponding to the first shafts of the second arm. | 01-08-2009 |
