INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20080121686A1
• Filed: 11/08/2006
• Published: 05/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Will, Sheu, Ether, Yang, Chong-Bing
• Application Number:
  US11/557,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20080121686A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/002 Specific input/output arrangements not covered by G06F3/01 - G06F3/16 other optical apparatus G02B27/00

Abstract

The present invention provides an input system and method applicable to an electronic device. The input method includes editing instruction data required to control execution of an operation by the electronic device and code message data corresponding to the instruction data, storing the edited data in a database, searching the database for the instruction data corresponding to the code message data by reading the code message data and referring to the code message data read, and controlling execution of the related operation by the electronic device. The present invention allows various instruction-related operations to be executed by an electronic device not installed with input equipment such as a mouse and a keyboard, prevents system failure which may otherwise arise from a human-caused mistake in operation, enhances operating safety and efficiency of the electronic device, and effectively reduces the cost of hardware configuration of the electronic device.

Claims

1. An input system applicable to an electronic device, the input system comprising:

a database for storing a plurality of instruction data required to control execution of an operation by the electronic device and code message data corresponding to the instruction data;

an inputting module for reading the code message data;

a searching module for searching the database for the instruction data corresponding to the code message data, by referring to the code message data read by the inputting module; and

a processing module for controlling execution of a related operation by the electronic device, by referring to the instruction data searched out by the searching module.

2. The input system of claim 1, wherein between the instruction data and the code message data stored in the database is a one-to-one relationship.

3. The input system of claim 1, wherein the inputting module is a barcode reader.

4. The input system of claim 3, wherein the code message data stored in the database are barcode data.

5. An input method applicable to an electronic device, the input method comprising the steps of:

editing instruction data required to control execution of an operation by the electronic device and code message data corresponding to the instruction data;

reading the code message data;

searching the edited message data for the instruction data corresponding to the code message data, by referring to the code message data read; and

controlling execution of a related operation by the electronic device, by referring to the instruction data searched out.

6. The input method of claim 5, wherein between the instruction data and the code message data is a one-to-one relationship.

7. The input method of claim 5, wherein an inputting module performs the step of reading the code message data.

8. The input method of claim 7, wherein the inputting module is a barcode reader.

9. The input method of claim 8, wherein the code message data are barcode data.