Electronic Device for Detecting Intensity of Rays

• US 20080083879A1
• Filed: 07/31/2007
• Published: 04/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation)
• Inventors: Liu, Ching-Ting
• Application Number:
  US11/830,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20080083879A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 250/372
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/02 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/0233 Handheld
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/04 Optical or mechanical part supplementary adjustable parts
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/0411 using focussing or collimating elements, i.e. lenses or mirrors; Aberration correction
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/429 applied to measurement of ultraviolet light using counting tubes G01T
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/44 Electric circuits for command of an exposure part G03B7/02

Abstract

An electronic device for detecting intensity of rays includes a housing having a hole, a filter lens installed on the hole for filtering light and passing through a specific ray, a photosensor installed at a position corresponding to the hole in the housing for receiving the specific ray and generating a corresponding current, and a decision module electrically connected to the photosensor for determining the intensity of the specific ray according to the current generated by the photosensor.

Claims

1. An electronic device for detecting intensity of rays comprising:

a housing having a hole;

a filter lens installed on the hole for filtering a specific ray;

a photosensor installed at a position corresponding to the hole in the housing for receiving the specific ray and generating a current corresponding to the specific ray; and

a decision module electrically connected to the photosensor for determining the intensity of the specific ray according to the current generated by the photosensor.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the decision module comprises:

a resistor electrically connected to the photosensor for generating a voltage difference between two ends of the resistor when the current generated by the photosensor passes through the resistor; and

a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) electrically connected to the two ends of the resistor for generating an oscillating signal according to the voltage difference between the two ends of the resistor;

a frequency decision unit electrically connected to the VCO for determining a frequency of the oscillation signal; and

a ray-intensity decision unit electrically connected to the frequency decision unit for determining the intensity of the specific ray according to the frequency of the oscillation signal determined by the frequency decision unit.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a wavelength of the specific ray is in a specific range.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising an output module coupled to the decision module for outputting a decision signal according to the intensity determined by the decision module.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the output module displays the intensity with a screen.

6. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the output module displays the intensity with an indicating light.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising an alarm module coupled to the decision module for outputting an alarm signal when the decision module determines that the intensity of the specific ray is greater than a preset value.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a calibration module for calibrating the decision module.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is installed in a mobile communications device.

10. A mobile communications device capable of detecting intensity of a ray comprising:

a housing having a hole;

a mobile communications module for performing mobile communication functions;

an image reception device installed on the hole, comprising;

a lens installed on the hole;

a photosensor installed at a position corresponding to the lens inside the housing for receiving the ray passing through the lens and generating a current corresponding to the ray; and

an image processing circuit for outputting an image according to the current generated by the photosensor;

a filter lens capable of being switched on the lens for filtering a specific ray; and

a decision module electrically connected to the photosensor for determining the intensity of the specific ray according to the current generated by the photosensor.

11. The mobile communications device of claim 10, wherein the decision module comprises:

a resistor electrically connected to the photosensor for generating a voltage difference between two ends of the resistor when the current generated by the photosensor passes through the resistor; and

a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) electrically connected to the two ends of the resistor for generating an oscillating signal according to the voltage difference between the two ends of the resistor;

a frequency decision unit electrically connected to the VCO for determining a frequency of the oscillation signal; and

a ray-intensity decision unit electrically connected to the frequency decision unit for determining the intensity of the specific ray according to the frequency of the oscillation signal determined by the frequency decision unit.

12. The mobile communications device of claim 10, wherein a wavelength of the specific ray is in a specific range.

13. The mobile communications device of claim 10, wherein the mobile communications module comprises:

a central processing unit coupled to the decision module; and

a storage device, coupled to the central processing unit, for storing program code, the program code comprising determining the intensity of the specific ray with the decision module when the mobile communications device receives a command of detecting light and the filter lens is switched on the lens.

14. The mobile communications device of claim 13, further comprising a screen coupled to the central processing unit, wherein the program code further comprises adjusting brightness of the screen according to the intensity determined by the decision module.

15. The mobile communications device of claim 13, wherein the program code further comprises outputting a decision signal according to the intensity determined by the decision module.

16. The mobile communications device of claim 13, wherein the program code further comprises outputting an alarm signal when the decision module determines that the intensity is greater than a preset value.

17. The mobile communications device of claim 10 further comprising a calibration module for calibrating the decision module.

18. The mobile communications device of claim 10 being a mobile phone.

19. The mobile communications device of claim 10 being a personal digital assistant.