Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120217984 | RESISTANCE-MEASURING CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A resistance-measuring circuit includes a controller for outputting a PWM signal and further for adjusting the duty cycle of the PWM signal, and a sampling circuit for processing the PWM signal and transmitting the processed PWM signal to the sensor. The sampling circuit samples the signal outputted from the sensor to generate a sampled signal with the voltage thereof changing according to any change in the duty cycle of the PWM signal, and further transmits the sampled signal to the controller. The controller obtains the real-time duty cycle of the PWM signal when the voltage of the sampled signal reaches a threshold voltage, and further calculates the exact resistance of the sensor according to the obtained real-time duty cycle of the PWM signal and the threshold voltage. An electronic device with the resistance-measuring circuit is also provided. | 08-30-2012 |
20120250891 | PERSONAL LISTENING DEVICE WITH SELF-ADJUSTING SOUND VOLUME - An exemplary personal listening device includes thermo-sensitive elements in its transducers. Each thermo-sensitive element senses temperature change of a corresponding transducer and changes a current flowing through the transducer according to temperature change of the transducer, to reflect the amount of time for which the personal listening device has been working. | 10-04-2012 |
20130169572 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE WITH PROTECTION FUNCTION AND PROTECTION METHOD - A method for protecting a touch-sensitive device includes: switching the touch-sensitive device from a normal mode to a protection mode when a preset operation is exerted; determining whether a touch operation is exerted after the touch-sensitive device enters the protection mode, and further determine whether a duration of the touch-sensitive device in the protection mode exceeds a preset time interval; comparing a touch size of the touch operation with a preset size when the duration of the touch-sensitive device in the protection mode exceeds the preset time interval; and generating an alarm signal when the touch size is less than the preset size. A related touch-sensitive device is also provided. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173251 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NATURAL LANGUAGE ANALYSIS METHOD THEREOF - A natural language analysis method for an electronic device is provided. The language analysis method includes the steps of: receiving user inputs and generating signals; converting signals into textual information; segmenting the textual information into a number of vocabulary segments, each vocabulary segment including a number of separated vocabularies; retrieving the use frequency of each of vocabulary, sorting the vocabulary segments, and obtaining a first sorting of the number of vocabulary segments into descending order; segmenting the textual information into a number of sentence segmentations; obtaining a second sorting of the vocabulary segmentations, according to the number of sentence segmentations and the number of vocabulary segment results; and determining a reply to the textual information, according to the topmost result after the second sorting. An electronic device using the language analysis method is also provided. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173252 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NATURAL LANGUAGE ANALYSIS METHOD THEREOF - A language analysis method for an electronic device storing a basic corpus and a temporary corpus is provided. The language analysis method includes steps of receiving user inputs and generating signals; converting signals into textualized information; analyzing the textualized information; obtaining a first understanding result according to the basic corpus, the vocabulary segmentation results, and the sentence segmentation results; determining whether the first understanding result is an appropriate understanding according to the context; determining one or more anaphoric vocabularies when the first understanding result is an inappropriate understanding; determining a temporary understanding result of the one or more anaphoric vocabularies and a second understanding result of the textualized information according to the context; and determining a reply for the textualized information, according to the second understanding result, the basic corpus, and the temporary corpus. An electronic device using the language analysis method is also provided. | 07-04-2013 |
20130232139 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING RECOMMENDATION CONTENT - An electronic device includes a database, a display, and several program modules executable by a processor. The program modules include a query receiving module to receive a search query from a user, a query analyzing module to analyze the received search query and determine a content of interest associated with the search query and associated content associated with the content of interest. Also include are a search module to search for the content of interest and associated content associated with the content of interest in the database, a sorting module to sort the search results retrieved by the search module according to the number of times that the search has been conducted before, and a result presenting module to present the sorted search results according to a screen size of the display. | 09-05-2013 |
20130242200 | MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING RESPONSE TIME OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for calculating response time of an electronic device is provided. The method includes: obtaining a video file recording a process of change of interface displayed from an original interface to a new interface chosen by a user, the video file comprises a series of video frames; searching for a key video frame among all the video frames of the video file, the image of the key video frame indicates the point of demarcation between the original interface and the new interface displayed; and calculating a time interval from a first video frame of the video file to the key video frame, according to timestamps of the first video frame and of the key video frame, so as to determine the actual response time of the electronic device. A related measuring device is also provided. | 09-19-2013 |
20130251190 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING WATERMARK INTO IMAGE - A method of embedding a binary watermark into an image and a computer applied such are disclosed. The binary watermark is transformed to a watermark sequence consisting of K binary numbers and the image is converted into a grayscale image, being segmented into several sections. K sections are selected randomly while each selected section corresponds to one of the binary numbers of the watermark sequence. In relation to each selected section, a sum of a first part of the pixels and a sum of a second part of the pixels is compared. Each of the selected sections having their result of comparison being made to correspond to corresponding binary number in accordance with a predefined correlation results in the binary watermark being embedded into the image. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254654 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA SOURCE CONTROL CONVERSION - A computerized method implemented by a computing device that converts two one-dimensional data source controls into a single two-dimensional data source control. A target webpage having at least two one-dimensional data source controls is loaded from a storage of the computing device. Reference information of a first control and a second control of the target webpage are acquired, and one-dimensional data source and columns of each of the first control and the second control are acquired according to the reference information. The first control and the second control are converted into the single two-dimensional data source control according to the one-dimensional data source and columns of each of the first control and the second control. The first control and the second control are deleted from the target webpage, and the two-dimensional data source control is displayed on the target webpage. | 09-26-2013 |
20130262090 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING SEMANTIC AMBIGUITY - A semantic ambiguity reduction system deconstructs the sentence into a number of basic word units according to predetermined word definitions and semantic logic rules. The semantic ambiguity reduction system acquires the semantic judgments based on the basic word units and the semantic logic rules, stores the semantic judgment if only one semantic judgment of the sentence is acquired, and determines a number of keywords of a semantic ambiguity if more than one semantic judgment is acquired. The semantic ambiguity determines critical information by searching the keywords in the word definitions and the semantic judgments being stored, and selects one semantic judgment from the more than one semantic judgment about the sentence according to the critical information. | 10-03-2013 |
20130266130 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE OF MISSED INCOMING CALL - A computerized method is implemented by a communication device for evaluating levels of importance of missed incoming calls. One or more reference parameters in relation to incoming calls received by the communication device are defined, a function for evaluating levels of importance of the missed incoming calls is formed using the one or more reference parameters. When an incoming call is received by the communication device, whether the received incoming call is missed is determined If the received incoming call is missed, the one or more reference parameters in relation to the received incoming call are obtained. A level of importance of the missed incoming call is evaluated by applying the obtained one or more reference parameters to the function. | 10-10-2013 |
20130307572 | BATTERY SIMULATION CIRCUIT - A battery simulation circuit simulates a rechargeable battery. The battery simulation circuit includes an integrated amplifier, a voltage adjustment unit, a current limitation unit, and a feedback unit. The voltage adjustment unit provides a reference voltage for the integrated amplifier; the current limitation unit provides a reference current for the integrated amplifier and the feedback unit provides a negative feedback signal for the integrated amplifier to control the integrated amplifier working in a linear state. The integrated amplifier outputs an output signal according to the reference voltage and the reference current; the battery simulation circuit supplies power for an electronic device. When the output terminal is connected to a DC power source and a voltage of the DC power source is greater than the output voltage of the output terminal, the battery simulation circuit simulates a battery being recharged by the DC power source via the output terminal. | 11-21-2013 |
20130314227 | DETECTION OF OBJECTS BY ELECTRONIC GLOVE - An electronic glove communicates with an electronic device and has a positioning unit, a microcontroller, and an indicating component. The indicating component may be a heating component or a visual indicating component. The positioning unit detects coordinates of the electronic glove and the electronic device sends its own coordinates wirelessly to the electronic glove. The microcontroller calculates a distance between the electronic device and the electronic glove. The microcontroller controls the indicating component to generate different signals (of either heat or light) according to any change in the distance, to guide a user to move towards the precise location of the electronic device. | 11-28-2013 |
20130328588 | TESTING CIRCUIT AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD USING SAME - A testing circuit for testing proper connections between pins and corresponding circuits within an integrated circuit includes a pin selection module. The pin selection module includes a plurality of input pins, an output pin, and a control pin. The pin selection module selectively connects one of the input pins to the output pin based upon a control signal from the control pin. A voltage-dividing module includes an input end to receive a test voltage, an output end connected with the output pin of the pin selection module, and a voltage-dividing element connected between the input end and the output end. A determination module receives an output voltage from the output end, and determines whether the voltage of the output end falls into one of several predetermined voltage ranges, and outputs a result accordingly. | 12-12-2013 |
20130338811 | MATRIX PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A matrix production system for a production line includes a plurality of processing units, a controller, and a plurality of detectors. Each processing unit covers a plurality of stations having the same or similar functions. Each station has a detector. The controller sets an initial flowchart during process of industrial production and a known first reference capacity for each station. A current number of workpieces at each station is detected. The controller compares the current number with the first reference capacity to determine an overburdened station or otherwise and then analyzes a running state of overburdened station determined as being overburdened to establish a malfunctioning station, and if malfunctioning, switches the flow of workpieces from the malfunctioning station to a station with the greatest amount of available or free capacity. | 12-19-2013 |
20140181846 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND WEB SYSTEM MANAGEMENT METHOD - A method manages a web system having a plurality of sub-systems using a computing device. A web project is created for the web system and is stored in a storage of the computing device. Each of the sub-systems has a directory created under the web project. Programs of each sub-system are compiled to generate a dynamic link library (DLL) document of each sub-system. The DLL document of each sub-system is written into a corresponding directory under the web project. | 06-26-2014 |
20140245286 | APPLICATION MANAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SAME - A system and method used in an electronic apparatus for managing a number of applications installed in the electronic apparatus. The application managing system includes a detection module and an uninstall module. The detection module detects usage states of each application at every predetermined time period and determines unused application(s) in the predetermined time period according to the usage states of the applications. The uninstall module uninstalls the unused application(s). The usage states of each application include times the application was used in the predetermined time period and/or a last time the application was activated in the predetermined time period. | 08-28-2014 |
20140310687 | DATABASE SERVER AND PROGRAM PACKAGE INTEGRATING METHOD - A database server communicates with a plurality of client devices. Each of the client devices is used to create a program package to cooperatively develop a software project. An integrating package is created in a storage of the database server. When two or more client devices simultaneously access the integrating package, a storage region is created for each of the two or more client devices in a storage space of the integrating package. When the two or more client devices write the program package to the integrating package, the program package of each of the two or more client devices is automatically written into a corresponding storage region. | 10-16-2014 |
20140320320 | VEHICLE DETECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle detecting system, a vehicle detecting method adapted for a vehicle, and a computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program are disclosed. The system controls two cameras to capture images in the front of the vehicle and at the back of the vehicle respectively, according to a speed and a direction of the vehicle. The system further determines whether or not two images from each camera are the same, if the two images from each camera are different, the vehicle is in a dangerous driving condition, and when times of the dangerous driving condition within a preset time period reaches a preset value, the system outputs a warning to prompt a driver. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324225 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES - A household appliance control method sets a number of orientations of a number of household appliances in a particular area. Each orientation corresponds to one of the household appliances. A sliding operation applied to a touch screen of an electronic device is obtained. When a direction of the sliding operation matches the orientation of one of the household appliances, a control signal is sent to a corresponding household appliance to control the household appliance to perform a corresponding function. | 10-30-2014 |
20140331208 | COMPUTER AND METHOD FOR DEBUGGING PROGRAM - A computer-implemented method for debugging a program includes responding to user input to debug a program step by step. The debugging information of each line of the program is temporarily stored. Request available stored debugging information is displayed according to user input. Any stored debugging information is deleted when debugging of the program is finished. | 11-06-2014 |
20140365445 | SERVER WITH FILE MANAGING FUNCTION AND FILE MANAGING METHOD - A server communicates with a number of terminal devices. Each terminal device stores a file having a same file name. The server generates a trace log. The trace log records modification of the file in each of the terminal devices. The server further determines whether or not one of the terminal devices opens the file, searches in the trace log according to the file name of the file to find all the modifications corresponding to the file, determines the latest modification among all the modifications in the terminal devices according to the modification time corresponding to each of the found modifications, and displays at least a part of content of the found latest modification in the terminal device which currently runs the file. | 12-11-2014 |
20140372779 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWER SHUTDOWN OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A control system for power shutdown of an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a sound monitor. The sound monitor monitors a decibel level of sound generated by surrounding environment. The control system includes a sound acquiring module, a first determining module, and a control module. The sound acquiring module acquires the decibel level of the sound from the sound monitor. The first determining module determines whether or not the acquired decibel level of the sound is within a predetermined range. The control module controls the electronic device to enter a shutdown state when the acquired decibel level of the sound is within the predetermined range. An electronic device and a method for power shutdown are also provided. | 12-18-2014 |
20140375442 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES - An electronic device communicates with a plurality of household appliances to execute a method to control the household appliances. A reference orientation of each household appliance relative to the electronic device is obtained and stored in a storage. When an acceleration of the electronic device exceeds a predetermined value, a movement orientation of the electronic device is detected and one or more household appliances having the reference orientation matching the movement orientation of the electronic device are displayed in a selectable image via a display. One or more household appliances selected from the selectable image can be controlled to perform corresponding functions using the electronic device according to user operations. | 12-25-2014 |
20140376882 | COMPUTING DEVICE WITH VIDEO ANALYZING FUNCTION AND VIDEO ANALYZING METHOD - A computer-implemented video analyzing method includes dividing a video into a plurality of sections. The similarity value of the first frame and the last frame of each section is greater than zero. A representative frame is selected from each section, and the similarity value of each two representative frames is computed. Two sections the similarity of whose representative frames is the greatest are combined into one section. The recording time of the first frame and the recording time of the last frame of each section is determined if the similarity value of representative frames of each two adjacent sections is zero. | 12-25-2014 |