Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130262872 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, PERIPHERAL DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR ENCRYPTING AND DECRYPTING THE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS VIA THE PERIPHERAL DEVICE - An electronic apparatus, a peripheral device, and a system for encrypting and decrypting the electronic apparatus via the peripheral device are provided. The electronic apparatus stores a password which a user sets in a ROM of the electronic apparatus and writes the password to the peripheral device. Only when the electronic apparatus is connected to the peripheral device, the electronic apparatus fetches a password from the peripheral device, and if the electronic apparatus determines that the fetches password is the same as the stored password in the electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus performs a function of turning on or unlocking the electronic apparatus. | 10-03-2013 |
20140143861 | COMPUTER WITH SAFEGUARD FUNCTION - A computer includes a storage unit, a communication unit, and a processor. The storage unit stores a password. The communication unit communicates the computer with a portable communication device. The processor includes a starting control module. During the booting up of the computer, when a password received by the communication unit from the portable communication device matches with the password stored in the storage unit, the starting control module controls the computer to start normally. | 05-22-2014 |
20140150087 | VOICE KEY AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING SECURITY OF COMPUTING DEVICE USING THE VOICE KEY - A voice key includes a voice sensor, a microprocessor chip, a storage device, a port, a record button, and an enter button. When the voice key is connected to a computing device and the record button is pressed, the voice sensor is triggered to record a voice signal input by a user. The microprocessor chip converts the voice signal into a password, stores the password in the storage device, and sends the password to the computing device to lock the computing device. When the voice key is connected to the computing device again and the enter button is pressed, the microprocessor chip retrieves the password from the storage device and sends the password to the computing device. The computing device is unlocked in response to determining that the received password matches the password stored in the computing device. | 05-29-2014 |
20140150088 | TEMPERATURE KEY AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING SECURITY OF COMPUTING DEVICE USING THE TEMPERATURE KEY - A temperature key includes a temperature sensor, a microprocessor chip, a storage device, a port, a record button and an enter button. When the temperature key is connected to a computing device and the record button is pressed, the temperature sensor is triggered to record a temperature signal input by a user. The microprocessor chip converts the temperature signal into a password, stores the password in the storage device, and sends the password to the computing device to lock the computing device. When the temperature key is connected to the computing device again and the enter button is pressed, the microprocessor chip retrieves the password from the storage device and sends the password to the computing device. The computing device is unlocked in response to determining that the received password matches the password stored in the computing device. | 05-29-2014 |
20140150089 | PRESSURE KEY AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING SECURITY OF COMPUTING DEVICE USING THE PRESSURE KEY - A pressure key includes a pressure sensor, a microprocessor chip, a storage device, a port, a record button and an enter button. When the pressure key is connected to a computing device and the record button is pressed, the pressure sensor is triggered to record a pressure signal input by a user. The microprocessor chip converts the pressure signal into a password, stores the password into the storage device, and sends the password to the computing device to lock the computing device. When the pressure key is connected to the computing device again and the enter button is pressed, the microprocessor chip retrieves the password from the storage device and sends the password to the computing device. The computing device is unlocked if the received password matches the password stored in the computing device. | 05-29-2014 |
20140153713 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CALL PROMPT - A method for providing a call prompt to an electronic device includes presetting a plurality of response commands and an indication signal. The method determines whether one of a plurality of predetermined call events has been triggered. When one of the predetermined call events has been triggered, the method determines whether a specific program is running in the electronic device, the specific program representing a program that is outputting audio signals currently. When the specific program is running in the electronic device, an interrupt command is generated and executed to control the specific program for a predetermined time duration. Then the indication signal is outputted during the predetermined time duration. | 06-05-2014 |
20140168274 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FONT SIZE OF TEXT DISPLAYED ON DISPLAY SCREEN - A method for automatically adjusting a font size of a text displayed on a display screen of an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a distance sensor. The method sets a font display rule for displaying the text on the display screen when a user uses a reader software to view the text. The distance sensor senses a current distance between the user and the display screen in real time. The method calculates a proper font size of the displayed text according to the font display rule and the current distance, generates an adjustment command according to the proper font size of the displayed text, and controls the reader software to adjust the current font size of the displayed text to the proper font size according to the adjustment command. | 06-19-2014 |
20140168839 | MOTHERARD PROTECTION CIRCUIT - A protection circuit includes an embedded control chip (ECC) which includes detecting pins, each of which is connected with one of working chips of a motherboard to read a working voltage of the working chip, first control pins, each of which is connected with an enable pin of one of voltage chips of a voltage supply module, and a second control pin connected to a power button pin of a Southbridge of the motherboard. Each voltage chip provides an input voltage. Each working voltage is one of the input voltages. The ECC compares each working voltage with an associated standard range, outputs a first abnormal signal to the enable pin of the voltage chip which provides an abnormal working voltage to disable the voltage chip, and outputs a second abnormal signal to the power button pin of the Southbridge to turn off the electronic device. | 06-19-2014 |
20140169587 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING VOLUME LEVELS OF AUDIO SIGNAL OUTPUTTED BY THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes an audio sensor, an audio output unit, a pulse width modulation (PWM) unit connected to the audio output unit, and a control chip. When the audio output unit outputs the audio signal, the audio sensor detects a volume level of the environment sound. The control chip determines a volume level of the audio signal according to the volume level of the environment sound and preset associations between volume levels of the audio signal outputted by the audio output unit and volume levels of the environment, and determines a duty cycle of the PWM unit according to the determined volume level and the maximum volume level. The control chip then outputs the duty cycle to the PWM unit, to adjust a current volume level of the audio signal outputted by the audio output unit to the determined volume level. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172131 | ALL-IN-ONE COMPUTER WITH KEYBOARD CONTROL SYSTEM - A keyboard control system used in an all-in-one computer includes a sensing module, a processing module, and a control module. The sensing module is used to sense the distance between a user and the sensing module and output a distance. The processing module is connected to the sensing module and outputs control signals according to the distance. The control module is connected to the processing module and a keyboard to rotate the keyboard up and down according to the control signals. | 06-19-2014 |
20140176295 | SHOCK PROOF SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A shock proof system includes a detecting module, a receiving module, a sensing module, and a protecting module. The detecting module is used to output a protecting signal. The receiving module is fixed on a device. The receiving module is connected to the detecting module through a signal line to receive the protecting signal continuously. When the receiving module does not receive the protecting signal, the receiving module outputs a first signal. The sensing module is fixed on the device to sense the acceleration of the device. When the acceleration of the device equals to an acceleration of gravity, the sensing module outputs a second signal. The protecting module is used to protect the device when the protecting module receives both of the first and second signals at the same time. | 06-26-2014 |
20140176424 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTTING DISPLAY SCREEN - In a method for adjusting a display screen of an electronic device, the method obtains a current image and a previous image of a user captured by an image capturing device, detects a first face area from the current image and a second face area from the previous image. The method further rotates the display screen according to the movements of the user's face, and stops rotating the display screen when rotation angles of the display screen are equal to movement angles of the user's face. | 06-26-2014 |
20140176427 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DISPLAY SCREEN - In a method for adjusting a display screen of an electronic device, the method obtains a current image of a user captured by an image capturing device installed on the display screen, detects a gesture of the user from the current image, and determines a gesture template matched with the detected gesture. The method further rotates the display screen according to a preset operation corresponding to the matched gesture template, and stops rotating the display screen when a preset gesture for stopping rotating the display screen is detected from the current image. | 06-26-2014 |
20140177157 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY OPENING COVER OF NOTEBOOK COMPUTER - In a method for automatically opening a cover of a notebook computer, the cover includes a display screen and a gravity sensor. The notebook computer further includes a base member, a signal receiver, and a driver device. The signal receiver receives a power-on signal from a remote controller, and the driver device rotates a rotating element of the notebook computer to open the cover upon receiving the power-on signal. The gravity sensor detects an angle of the display screen. The method determines whether the angle of the display screen is equal to a preset operation angle between the cover and the base member, and controls the driver device to fix the display screen at the operation angle. | 06-26-2014 |
20140179375 | PROTECTION CASE FOR MOBILE PHONE AND MOBILE APPARATUS - A mobile phone protection case for encasing a mobile phone to protect the mobile phone from being damaged with a bluetooth unit is provided. The protection case includes a display screen, a bluetooth unit, and a display control unit. The bluetooth unit is configured to receive an radio signal carrying ID information in relation to a call or both ID information and content of a short message transmitted from the bluetooth unit of the mobile phone. The display control unit is configured to generate a video signal according to the received audio signal and control the display screen to display the ID information of the call or both the ID information and the content of the short message to user of the mobile phone. A mobile apparatus is also provided by the present disclosure. | 06-26-2014 |
20140179376 | PROTECTION CASE FOR MOBILE PHONE AND MOBILE APPARATUS - A mobile phone protection case for receiving a mobile phone having an audio output interface to protect the mobile phone from being scratched is provided with the present disclosure. The protection case includes a display screen, an audio signal receiver, and a display control unit. The audio signal receiver is configured to receive an audio signal carrying ID information in relation to a call or both ID information and content of a short message transmitted from the audio output interface of the mobile phone. The display control unit is configured to generate a video signal according to the received audio signal and control the display screen to display the ID information of a call or the ID information and the content of the short message to user of the mobile phone. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181284 | TABLET COMPUTER SET AND METHOD FOR SHARING ITEMS - A tablet computer set comprises a main tablet device having a main display screen and at least a sub display device having a sub display screen. The main tablet device includes an input unit, a communication unit and a processor. The input unit selects an item displayed on the main display screen and generates a sharing signal in response to an operation. The processor controls the communication unit to transfer the selected item to the sub display device in response to the sharing signal. The sub display device includes a communication module and a sub processor. The communication module receives the selected item and the sharing signal transferred from the main tablet device. The sub processor controls the sub display screen to display the selected item once received the sharing signal. | 06-26-2014 |
20140184504 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN ORIENTATION THEREOF - A method for controlling a screen orientation for an electronic device is provided. The method comprises generating a sensing signal when an edge of the electronic device is held by a user, determining a screen display mode according to the sensed signal, determining a direction of a gravity vector from a center of gravity of the electronic device, determining a right-side-up display orientation according to the determined direction of the gravity vector, and displaying a screen in the right-side-up orientation under the determined screen display mode. An electronic device using the method for controlling the screen orientation is also provided. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185222 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DISPLAY SCREEN - In a method for adjusting a display screen of an electronic device, the method receives first rotation directions and first rotation angles of a handheld device, and rotates the display screen according to the first rotation directions and the first rotation angles. The method further obtains second rotation angles of the display screen detected by a gravity sensor of the electronic device, and stops rotating the display screen when the second rotation angles are equal to the first rotation angles. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187164 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CREATING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONNECTION THEREFOR - An electronic device for creating a wireless communication connection includes a wireless communication unit, a processing unit, a camera unit, and a memory. The camera unit captures a picture of a neighboring wireless communication-enabled device. The memory stores a number of pictures of wireless communication-enabled device which can be communicated with the electronic device via wireless communication. When the processing unit determines the captured picture matches a picture pre-stored in the memory, the wireless communication unit creates a communication connecting between the electronic device and the neighboring wireless communication-enabled device. A method applied in the electronic device is also provided. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189338 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BOOTING TIME PERIOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a boot controlling chip, a power switch, a display unit, a power management unit and a processing unit. The power switch generates an electronic signal to the boot controlling chip while being triggered by a user. The boot controlling chip includes a boot sequence controlling module and a timer. The boot sequence controlling module controls the electronic device to boot in preset steps when the electronic signal is received. The timer starts timing when the electronic signal is received and ends timing when the boot sequence controlling module controls the electronic device to finish a login step of the boot steps, and the timer obtains a time of the interval. The processing unit controls the display unit to show the time value. A method for detecting boot time of an electronic device is also provided. | 07-03-2014 |
20140191945 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DISPLAY SCREEN - In a method for adjusting a display screen of an electronic device, the method receives analog audio signals of a user, transforms the analog audio signals to digital audio signals, detects a first control command including first rotation directions and first rotation angles of the display screen from the digital audio signals, and rotates the display screen according to the first rotation directions and the first rotation angles. The method further obtains second rotation angles of the display screen detected by a gravity sensor of the electronic device, and stops rotating the display screen when the second rotation angles are equal to the first rotation angles. | 07-10-2014 |
20140193036 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING OBSERVATION DISTANCES THEREOF - A method for adjusting an observation distances between an user and a display device is provided. When the display device determines that the user is squinting and determines a distance value between the user and the display device is larger than a predetermined value, the display device controls a driving unit to drive a display unit of the display device to move toward to the user. A display device is also provided. | 07-10-2014 |
20140285714 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A portable electronic device includes an earphone jack, a display, a video card, a switch, a conversion module, and a transmission module. The video card converts digital video signals into analog video signals and sends the analog video signals to the display. The switch generates a double-screen display signal in response to a user's operation thereon. The conversion module converts the digital video signals into analog audio signals in real time according to the double-screen display signal. The transmission module transmits the converted analog audio signals to another portable electronic device through a signal wire. Two ends of the signal wire plug into two earphone jacks of the two portable electronic devices, respectively. A display method is also provided. | 09-25-2014 |
20140372737 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY WAKING UP OPERATING SYSTEM OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for waking up an operating system of an electronic device, a sensor of the electronic device is started and controlled to detect a distance between a specific object and the electronic device when a specific object enters into a detection area of the sensor. The detected distance is read from the sensor. The method determines whether the detected distance is more than a predefined distance and determines whether a current status of the electronic device is maintained for a first predefined time if the detected distance is not more than the predefined distance. An operating system of the electronic device is controlled to wake up when the predefined status of the electronic device is maintained for a first predefined time. | 12-18-2014 |
20150015516 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INVOKING APPLICATIONS OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for invoking an application of an electronic device, a specified keystroke related to the application is preset. The method detects a first operation operated on the specified keystroke after the electronic device is locked. When the first operation has been detected, operation time of the first operation is recorded. If the specified keystroke has been operated again in a predetermined time period, the method unlocks the electronic device and invokes the specified application to be executed. If the specified keystroke has not been operated again in the predetermined time period, the method executes an original function of the specified keystroke. | 01-15-2015 |
20150026798 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A REMOTE DEVICE - An identity is identified by an electronic device. The electronic device receives a connection request from a remote device and controls a remote device to capture an image using the remote device. The electronic device accepts the connection request and authorizes the remote device to access the electronic device upon the condition that the captured image matches a predetermined image stored in the electronic device. | 01-22-2015 |
20150039132 | COVER CONTROL METHOD AND PORTABLE COMPUTER USING SAME - A cover control method for a portable computer is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a controlling signal from a portable electronic device when the Bluetooth pairing between the portable computer and the portable electronic device is successfully; controlling a cover of the portable computer to rotate relative to a base of the portable computer in response to the controlling signal and controlling the portable computer to perform a predetermined operation; detecting a rotation angel during the rotation process of the cover; determining whether the rotation angel of the cover is equal to a predetermined angle, and controlling the cover to stop rotating if the rotation angel of the cover is equal to a predetermined angle. | 02-05-2015 |
20150042821 | HANDHELD DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ORIENTATION OF DISPLAY OF HANDHELD DEVICE - In a method for controlling display orientation of a handheld device, a gravity sensor detects an instantaneous rotation of the handheld device. A front-facing camera of the handheld device captures an image of a user of the handheld device and a determination is made as to whether the user is in a vertical orientation or in a horizontal orientation by analyzing the captured image. If the user is parallel with the handheld device as being in the horizontal orientation, a horizontal display function of the handheld device is disabled, but if the user is perpendicular to the handheld device as being in the horizontal orientation, the horizontal display function of the handheld device is enabled. | 02-12-2015 |
20150057001 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION SIGNALS USING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for managing communication signals using an electronic device, a communications service provider of the electronic device is recognized according to an international mobile subscriber identity of the electronic device. Information of multiple neighboring base stations are obtained according to a frequency band of the communications service provider, and strength of the communication signals and addresses of the multiple neighboring base stations are obtained to display on a display device of the electronic device. One of the communication signals received from the multiple neighboring base stations is selected as a communication signal of the electronic device. | 02-26-2015 |