AUTO TURN-ON MODULE AND PLAYER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TURNING ON A SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY

• US 20080094246A1
• Filed: 11/27/2006
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VIA Technologies Incorporated (VIA Technologies)
• Original Assignee: VIA Technologies Incorporated (VIA Technologies)
• Inventors: Yuan, Cheng-Chih
• Application Number:
  US11/563,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20080094246A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/4.35
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 15/006 for operating at a number of different times cigar or cigarette receptacles or boxes with means for limiting the frequency of smoking A24F15/005
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23398 Set start time and duration

Abstract

An auto turn-on module at least includes a timer, a logic unit and a memory unit. The timer provides real time data. The logic unit is electronically connected with the timer and has a register, wherein the register stores a state indicator data therein. The memory unit is electronically connected with the logic unit and stores therein a turn-on schedule data. If the real time data and the turn-on schedule data are the same after being compared, a turn-on signal is generated from the logic unit, and the state indicator data stored in the register is changed according to the turn-on schedule data.

Claims

1. An auto turn-on module, at least comprising:

a timer generating real time data;

a logic unit electronically connected with the timer and having a register, wherein the register stored therein a state indicator data; and

a memory unit electronically connected with the logic unit and storing therein a turn-on schedule data,

wherein if the real time data and the turn-on schedule data conform to each other after being compared in the logic unit, a turn-on signal is generated from the logic unit, and the state indicator data stored in the register is changed according to the turn-on schedule data.

2. The auto turn-on module according to claim 1, wherein the turn-on schedule data includes at least two turn-on time events.

3. The auto turn-on module according to claim 1, wherein the turn-on schedule data is inputted from an external device via a system management bus.

4. The auto turn-on module according to claim 1, wherein the timer comprises a real time clock and a power supply.

5. The auto turn-on module according to claim 1, further comprising an input/output unit (I/O Unit) electronically connected with the logic unit, wherein when the real time data and the turn-on schedule data are the same, the I/O unit receives the turn-on signal from the logic unit and then outputs the turn-on signal.

6. A player apparatus, at least comprising:

a player system; and

an auto turn-on module electronically connected with the player system, the auto turn-on module comprising;

a timer generating real time data;

a logic unit electronically connected with the timer and having a register, wherein the register stores therein a state indicator data; and

a memory unit electronically connected with the logic unit and storing therein a turn-on schedule data,

wherein if the real time data and the turn-on schedule data conform to each other after being compared in the logic unit, a turn-on signal is generated from the logic unit and then transmitted to the player system, and the state indicator data stored in the register is changed according to the turn-on schedule data.

7. The player apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the player apparatus comprises an auto teller machine (ATM), a digital signage, a kiosk or a gaming machine.

8. The player apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the turn-on schedule data includes at least two turn-on time events.

9. The player apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the auto turn-on module is electronically connected to the external via a system management bus.

10. The player apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the timer comprises a real time clock and a power supply.

11. The player apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising an I/O unit electronically connected with the logic unit, wherein when the real time data and the turn-on schedule data are the same, the I/O unit receives the turn-on signal from the logic unit and then outputs the turn-on signal.

12. A method for turning on a system automatically, comprising:

checking whether a state of a main power is a turn-off state;

obtaining real time data from a timer;

obtaining turn-on schedule data from a memory unit;

comparing the real time data and the turn-on schedule data;

generating a turn-on signal from a logic unit if the real time data and the turn-on schedule data are the same; and

changing a state indicator data stored in a register according to the turn-on schedule data.

13. The method for turning on a system automatically according to claim 12, wherein the turn-on schedule data includes at least two time events.

14. The method for turning on a system automatically according to claim 12, wherein the real time data is obtained from the timer only if the state of the main power is the turn-off state.

15. The method for turning on a system automatically according to claim 12, further comprising performing a program according to the state indicator data after the step of comparing the real time data and the turn-on schedule data.

16. The method for turning on a system automatically according to claim 15, wherein the main power is a main power of a player apparatus, and the program is a playing program.

17. The method for turning on a system automatically according to claim 16, wherein the player apparatus comprises an ATM, a digital signage, a kiosk or a gaming machine.

18. The method for turning on a system automatically according to claim 12, wherein the main power is a main power of a player apparatus.

19. The method for turning on a system automatically according to claim 18, wherein the player apparatus comprises an ATM, a digital signage, a kiosk or a gaming machine.