| GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20120125487 | SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD OF MAGNESIUM ALLOY ARTICLE AND STRUCTURE THEREOF - A surface treatment method of a magnesium alloy article includes, instead of forming a primer on a magnesium alloy based composite first, directly performing a hairline finish process on the magnesium alloy based composite, to form a hairline structure on a surface of the magnesium alloy based composite, and performing a chemical oxidation process on the magnesium alloy based composite, to form a glossy film covering the hairline structure on the magnesium alloy based composite, thereby forming a magnesium alloy article structure. Alternatively, another chemical oxidation process is performed before the hairline finish process, to form an oxide film on the surface of the magnesium alloy based composite. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120118624 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OBJECT HAVING CONDUCTIVE LINE AND STRUCTURE THEREOF - A manufacturing method of an object having a conductive line includes the following steps. A hardening layer and a conductive line layer are formed in an in-mold roller (IMR) material in sequence. The conductive line layer is formed on a non-conductive substrate by an IMR process. A carrier sheet is then separated to expose the hardening layer. A connecting piece is formed on the hardening layer. The connecting piece runs through the hardening layer by a connection process, and the connecting piece is electrically connected to the conductive line layer. Therefore, an object structure having the conductive line is formed. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120070218 | ILLUMINANT HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICE - A keyboard structure includes a light guide plate, a circuit board and a key sheet sequentially disposed on a reflecting sheet. A plurality of scattering and reflection points is located under the light guide plate and at least one light-emitting element on one side of the light guide plate. The key sheet has a one-piece formed body and a plurality of pressing portions. The plurality of pressing portions may be actuated to shift and conduct a sensor on the circuit board. Each pressing portion further has a light transmissive area. A light ray emitted by the light-emitting element passes through the light guide plate, and is reflected by the reflecting sheet to the light guide plate and the key sheet. Then, the light ray comes out of the key sheet through the light transmissive areas of the pressing portions. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120057296 | HOST APPARATUS WITH WATERPROOF FUNCTION AND HEAT DISSIPATION MODULE THEREOF - A heat dissipation module is suitable for a host apparatus. The heat dissipation module of the present invention has a shell body. The shell body has a heat conductive side and an air outlet-inlet side. The air outlet-inlet side has an air outlet and an air inlet. A contact sink is installed on the heat conductive side for contacting a position where needs heat dissipation in the host apparatus. In addition, there is a heat conductive tube, a heat dissipation fin and a waterproof fan disposed in the shell body. Thus, heat energy conducted from the contact sink is conducted to the heat dissipation. Furthermore, the waterproof fan exhausts the air, which passes through the heat dissipation, out of the shell body via the air outlet, so as to release heat generated by the system of the host apparatus. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056783 | METHOD OF SATELLITE STATUS JUDGMENT - A method of satellite status judgment and computer program applying the same is disclosed. The method includes steps of obtaining a signal variation slope of a first signal of a target satellite during a first observation time period, determining whether the target satellite is under a situation of being masked according to the slope of the first signal, and generating a prompt message when the target satellite is under the situation of being masked. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120026018 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BUS CONNECTION - An apparatus for detecting bus connection is provided for determining whether an electrical connector of a peripheral device is connected to an electrical connection port. In the apparatus, a detection capacitor is electrically coupled to a detection pin in the electrical connection port, and a controller is provided to transmit a detection signal to the detection pin. According to the signal fed back by the detection capacitor, the occurrences of the charge and discharge phenomena in the detection capacitor are determined, and then the controller is able to determine whether the detection pin of the electrical connector is electrically coupled to the electrical connector, so as to initiate a system event. The detection pin is not electrically charged when the detection pin is not electrically coupled to the electrical connector, so as to prevent the detection pin from being electrolyzed in the water or in a humid circumstance. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025257 | LED ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An LED assembly including a heat sink, a surface treatment dielectric layer, an electrically conductive layer, a thermally conductive layer and an LED chip. The surface treatment dielectric layer is disposed on an upper surface of the heat sink and defines at least one first through hole to expose a portion of the upper surface. The electrically conductive layer is formed on the surface treatment dielectric layer, includes a plurality of electrical traces and defines at least one second through hole corresponding to the first through hole. The thermally conductive layer is formed in the first and the second through holes and directly contacted with a portion of the upper surface exposed from the overlapped region of the first through hole and the second through hole. The LED chip includes a plurality of electrodes electrically connected to the electrical traces and is directly contacted with the thermally conductive layer. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120011395 | BOOT METHOD UNDER BOOT SECTOR FAILURE IN HARD DISK AND COMPUTER DEVICE USING THE SAME - A boot method under a boot sector failure in a hard disk is provided, which includes the following steps. First, a detection unit is utilized to determine whether a boot sector in the hard disk fails. After determining that the boot sector fails, the detection unit utilizes a second boot file stored in a solid state disk (SSD) for booting. Meanwhile, the detection unit drives a pickup head in the hard disk to skip the failed boot sector and move to a normal sector in the hard disk, so as to boot a computer and enable the hard disk to operate normally. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008258 | CLAMSHELL ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A clamshell electronic device includes a first body and a second body pivoted to each other and capable of rotating relative to each other. The first body has more than one signal connection port, and the second body has at least one side wall. When the second body is rotated and closed on the first body, the side wall of the second body shields the signal connection port of the first body. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007718 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SIGNAL RECEIVING DEVICE AND POSITIONING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An RFID signal receiving device includes a receiving element disposed inside an electromagnetic absorption shell. Radio frequency signals emitted from a signal source can only enter the interior of the electromagnetic absorption shell through a window formed on the electromagnetic absorption shell. Therefore, only the radio-frequency signals which pass the windows can be received by the receiving element, so as to define a viewing angle of the receiving element through the window. Through the window, the directional receiving characteristic of the RFID signal receiving device is achieved by relatively a simpler structure. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007716 | RFID TAG TRACKING SYSTEM AND RFID TAG TRACKING METHOD - A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag tracking system is provided for performing an RFID tag tracking method. The RFID tag tracking system includes an RFID tag, at least one RFID reader, and a backend-server. The RFID tag periodically emits tag signals having different original signal strengths, and the original signal strength of each tag signal determines a signal receiving boundary relative to the RFID tag. The RFID reader is used to receive the tag signals, and the tag signal that can be received by the RFID reader receives the tag signals, and determines one or more receivable signals which cab be received by the RFID reader among the tag signals. The backend-server determines a possible position area of the RFID tag relative to the RFID reader according to the signal receiving boundary of the receivable signal. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20110315841 | Mounting Assembly - A mounting assembly is configured in a case having an opening and a door panel. The door panel is pivoted to the case so as to cover the opening or uncover the opening by removing the door panel. The mounting assembly includes at least one fixing rod, a stopper member, at least one elastic member and an actuator. The fixing rod is disposed on one inner side of the case adjacent to the opening. The stopper member and the elastic member are movably disposed on the fixing rod. The actuator is disposed on the door panel. When the door panel covers the opening, the actuator is incorporated with the stopper member, such that the stopper member shields the opening, so as to avoid an object moving around or away from the case through the opening. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110310553 | COMPOSITE CASING STRUCTURE - A composite casing structure is applied to a housing of an electronic device. The composite casing structure includes a plastic frame and a metal plate. The plastic frame has a plurality of side walls surrounding four side edges thereof, and at least one open portion is formed by the side walls. The metal plate is combined with the plastic frame, and at least one reinforcing rib is formed on a surface of the metal plate, such that a position of the reinforcing rib is corresponding to a position of the open portion. With such a structural design, the composite casing has a lightweight and high-strength structure. | 12-22-2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110278954 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONALLY POWER SUPPLYING - An electronic apparatus for conditionally power supplying is provided. In the electronic apparatus, an external connection port is embedded on a surface of a case for electrically connecting to an external device, and includes plural exposed terminals including one power pin. First and second detection electrodes are disposed on the surface of the case and normally maintain in broken-circuit. When the first and the second detection electrodes are in a wetting condition, the first and the second detection electrodes are in short-circuit. A switch is electrically connected to a power module and the power pin. A control module detects that the first and the second detection electrodes are in short-circuit or in broken-circuit, and drives the switch to make the power module output power to the power pin when the first detection electrode and the second detection electrode are in broken-circuit. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110267745 | ILLUMINANT HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICE - The present invention relates to an illuminant human interface device, and more particularly to a housing structure assembly. A housing structure assembly for carrying an input device includes a housing structure, a light source and an input device. The housing structure includes an input device carrying area and a light-transmissive layer. The light-transmissive layer has a light incident plane and a light exit plane, and the light exit plane is located in the input device carrying area. The light source is adjacent to the light incident plane, and the light source emits a light ray. The light ray enters the light-transmissive layer through the light incident plane and then exits the housing structure through the light exit plane. The input device is located on the light exit plane. The housing structure for carrying the input device provides a backlight for the input device after being combined with the light source, thus reducing the repair and replacement costs of the input device. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267285 | ILLUMINANT HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICE - A light-emitting touch keyboard includes a reflecting sheet, a touch element, a plurality of scattering/reflecting points, and at least one light emitting element. The touch element includes at least one transparent material layer. A light ray emitted by the light emitting element penetrates the transparent material layer, and then is reflected outside the touch element by the reflecting sheet and the plurality of scattering/reflecting points. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110134658 | EDGE-LIGHT BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY - An edge-light backlight assembly is provided, which includes a light guide and a protruding part. The protruding part is provided for receiving light from various directions. The light received by the protruding part directly enters or is reflected to enter the light guide, and then the light leaves the light guide to provide backlight. Light sources are arranged to project light to the protruding part in different directions, such that the light sources can be disposed dispersedly to reduce the thickness of the light guide and heat generated is distributed over a large area. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134069 | LINEAR COMPENSATION METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL - A linear compensation method of a touch panel is utilized to a touch control computer system. According to the method, a compensation reference table, including reference temperatures and reference surface resistances at pre-determined reference points having known coordinates at the reference temperatures, is obtained at first. Then, a set of user calibration resistance at the pre-determined reference points is obtained through a user calibration process, so as to obtain ratios of the user calibration resistances to interpolation surface resistances as correction weights. Under different temperature, interpolation surface resistances corrected by utilizing the correction weight to derive the current correction surface resistances that are corrected and nearly identical to actual surface resistances. Therefore, relatively precise coordinates are obtained through resistance-coordinate conversion process. | 06-09-2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110121743 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING CIRCUIT - A LED driving circuit includes a bridge rectifier, a high-bias-voltage diode, a balancing capacitor, a driving chip, and a switch. The bridge rectifier receives external AC power and outputs a full-wave or half-wave AC power. One terminal of the high-bias-voltage diode and one terminal of the balancing capacitor are electrically coupled to a balancing node. The other terminals of the high-bias-voltage diode and the balancing capacitor are electrically coupled to the bridge rectifier and grounded respectively. The driving chip receives operating power from the balancing node, and outputs driving signals to operate the switch, so as to drive an LED. Through the arrangement of the forward bias voltage direction of the high-bias-voltage diode, the balancing capacitor is only discharged to the driving chip. Therefore, the capacitance value and the volume of the balancing capacitor, the space occupied by the driving circuit, and the cost of the driving circuit are reduced. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110078620 | BARCODE RECOGNITION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A barcode recognition method is applicable to a data processing apparatus. According to the barcode recognition method, after the data processing apparatus is turned on, a control module loads and initializes a barcode recognition program from a data storage device, and then switches the barcode recognition program to background execution. The control module continuously monitors whether a trigger event occurs to the data processing apparatus. When the trigger event occurs, the control module switches the barcode recognition program to foreground execution. When the barcode recognition program is in foreground execution, an image capture module captures at least one image frame, for the control module to recognize. The control module derives barcode information, so as to obtain a recognition result. After the control module outputs the recognition result to other application programs by simulating keystrokes, the control module switches the barcode recognition program to background execution. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075939 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE USING IMAGE AS DATA SOURCE AND DATA IMPUT METHOD THROUGH CAPTURING IMAGE - A data processing device using an image as a data source includes an image capturing unit, a display unit, image recognition modules, a storage unit, a processor, and an input unit. The image capturing unit obtains an original image frame to be displayed on the display unit. The image recognition modules respectively recognize different types of targets in the original image frame, so as to obtain target data of each target. The storage unit stores the original image frame, the target data, and an application program. The processor executes the application program, controls the image recognition modules, and marks the successfully recognized target in the original image frame. The input unit is adopted by a user to select the successfully recognized target in the original image frame, so that the processor transmits the target data of the recognition target to the application program. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075931 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR LOCATING AND RECOGNIZING BARCODES IN IMAGE FRAME, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method of locating and recognizing barcodes in an image frame is applicable to an image processing apparatus. The method is to define plural scan tracks on the sample image frame, and the image processing apparatus searches for the section(s) possibly having the barcode, along each scan track. If the section(s) possibly having the barcode found on two neighboring scan tracks by the image processing apparatus is located at an approximate horizontal axis position, the image processing apparatus determines that a quadrilateral area defined by the two sections possibly having the barcode is an area possibly having the barcode. Therefore, the image processing apparatus can quickly locate and recognize the barcode area in the image frame. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110073653 | BARCODE RECOGNITION METHOD - A barcode recognition method is provided for recognizing a barcode to derive effective barcode information thereof. The barcode includes a plurality of segments. In the method, every time the barcode is scanned and recognized, any segment, in which a barcode information fragment carried therein is able to be derived, is recorded as an effective segment. And then the effective segments are selected and combined to generate a plurality of segment combinations. The information carried by the segment combinations is respectively verified by the checksum thereof, so as to find out the segment combination, which is successfully verified by the checksum thereof, to be the effective combination. Every time the barcode is scanned and recognized, only part of the segments of the barcode has to be successfully recognized, and the effective segments derived are combined and verified, so as to quickly recognize the barcode. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110073651 | METHOD FOR MULTI-TYPE BARCODE RECOGNITION, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND BARCODE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A method for multi-type barcode recognition is provided for recognizing a current barcode, so as to determine a barcode type of the current barcode among supported barcode types and the corresponding barcode information. In the method, a record table is loaded in advance for recording the matching frequency that each supported barcode type matches the barcode type of recognized barcodes. According to the matching frequency these supported barcode types are sorted in a recognizing sequence to be utilized to recognize the current barcode according to the recognizing sequence. Every time a current barcode is to be recognized, the supported barcode type utilized to recognize the current barcode is picked up according to the recognizing sequence, so as to determine the barcode type of the current barcode. The supported barcode type that most frequently matches the recognized barcode will be picked up at first, therefore, the barcode recognition efficiency is improved. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110073650 | METHOD OF IMPROVING THE BARCODE RECOGNITION EFFICIENCY USING CONTINUOUS SAMPLING, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND BARCODE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A method of improving multi-type barcode recognition efficiency using continuous sampling is applicable to a barcode recognition apparatus. According to the method, each barcode type is given with a corresponding weight value, and a total weight threshold is set in the barcode recognition apparatus. A barcode pattern is sampled with a limited number of times, and each sampled image sample is only compared with a part of the supported barcode types. When the comparison matches, a weight value is assigned to the matched barcode type, and the weight value is accumulated to acquire a total weight value of the matched barcode type. When comparison of all image samples is finished, the barcode type with the total weight value reaching the total weight threshold is the barcode type of the barcode pattern, and a recognition result of the barcode pattern is output according to the barcode type. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110073649 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING BARCODE - A method for recognizing a barcode is provided for improving the recognition efficiency of a hand-held data processing device. According to the method, an image capturing module of the hand-held data processing device captures a target frame containing the barcode, so as to acquire the barcode therein. A wireless communication interface of the hand-held data processing device transmits the barcode and a recognition request to a recognition server over a wireless network. A recognition program supporting plural barcode types is installed to the recognition server, and the recognition server is connected to the wireless network for receiving the barcode and the recognition request. Through the recognition program, the recognition server recognizes the barcode, and returns a recognition result to the hand-held data processing device over the wireless network. The hand-held data processing device receives and screens the recognition result on a screen. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110073647 | AUTOMATIC TESTING SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC TESTING METHOD FOR TESTING BARCODE IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS - An automatic testing method applied to an automatic testing system for testing a barcode identification apparatus is described. In the method, a test host is utilized to generate a barcode pattern automatically, so as to display the barcode pattern through a barcode revealing apparatus. The barcode identification apparatus reads and resolves the barcode pattern to retrieve an identification result. The identification result is returned to the test host. The test host compares the barcode information carried by the barcode pattern and the identification result, and generates a test result. The test host repetitively generates the barcode pattern for a barcode identification apparatus carried the barcode pattern and the identification result, and then generates a test result. Through the test host repeatedly generates the barcode pattern and records the corresponding test result, manual operation is not required to obtain testing data for being analyzed. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110043973 | REMOVABLE COVER ASSEMBLY FOR SEALING OPENING OF HOUSING - A removable cover assembly for sealing an opening of a housing includes a case, a latch, and an elastic member. The latch is movably disposed in the case, and includes a connection portion, a push portion, and a latching portion. The connection portion is disposed along a moving axis. The push portion is disposed at one end of the connection portion and exposed out of the case through an operation hole. The latching portion is disposed at the other end of the connection portion, and has a first position to protrude out of the case through an aperture and a second position to be retracted in the case. The elastic member is disposed in the interior space for pushing the latch along the moving axis, such that the latching portion protrudes out of the case consciously, thereby fixing the removable cover assembly to the housing and sealing the opening. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20100275004 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPRESS EXECUTION OF NAVIGATION FUNCTION - A method for express execution of navigation function is provided. A computer system is installed with a first operating system in a data storage device therein. The method includes the following steps: the computer system executing the BIOS of the computer system; before loading and executing the first operating system, the computer system detecting and activating a touch-control display device; the touch-control display device displaying an executive item icon representing the navigation function; detecting the executive item icon selection by the user; based on the selection, loading and executing the first operating system; and executing the navigation function corresponding to the selected executive item icon. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100275003 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPRESS EXECUTION OF INTERNET SERVICE ACCESSING - A method for express execution of internet service accessing with a touch-control interface for a computer system is provided. A computer system is installed with a first operating system in a data storage therein. The method includes the following steps: the computer system executing the BIOS of the computer system; before loading and executing the first operating system, the computer system detecting and activating a touch-control display device; the touch-control display device displaying executive item icons representing internet service accessing programs; detecting the executive item icon selection by the user; based on the selection, loading and executing the first operating system; and executing the internet service accessing program corresponding to the selected executive item icon. | 10-28-2010 |
| 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 |
