COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ELECTRICITY SAVING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100134434A1
• Filed: 11/27/2009
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: TU, Chia-Wei
• Application Number:
  US12/626,724
• Publication Number:
  US 20100134434A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3209 Monitoring remote activity, e.g. over telephone lines or network connections
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3215 Monitoring of peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/50 in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate

Abstract

An electricity saving method of a communication device is provided. The method is applied to a communication device having a functional unit group. The functional unit group is consisted of a communication module and several functional modules. The electricity saving method includes the following steps. A call is received or given by the communication module. Whether the time of not pressing several keys and a touch screen of the communication device reaches a threshold time is determined. If yes, an unattended mode is activated to disable the functional modules.

Claims

1. An electricity saving method of a communication device, wherein the electricity saving method is applied to a communication device having a functional unit group consisted of a communication module and a plurality of functional modules, the electricity saving method comprises:

a. receiving or giving a call by the communication module;

b. determining whether the time of not pressing a plurality of keys and a touch screen of the communication device reaches a threshold time;

if yes, step c is executed; and

c. activating an unattended mode to disable the functional modules.

2. The electricity saving method according to claim 1, wherein the step b is repeated if it is determined that the time of not pressing the keys and the touch screen of the communication device does not reach the threshold time.

3. The electricity saving method according to claim 1, wherein after the step c, the method further comprises:

d. determining whether the keys of the communication device are pressed in the unattended mode;

if yes, step e is executed; and

e. activating a power-on mode to enable the functional modules.

4. The electricity saving method according to claim 3, wherein after the step e, the step b is repeated.

5. The electricity saving method according to claim 1, wherein after the step c, the method further comprises:

f. determining whether the call is over in the unattended mode;

if yes, step g is executed;

g. activating a power-on mode to enable the functional modules.

6. The electricity saving method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a setting window used for setting the threshold time.

7. The electricity saving method according to claim 1, wherein the threshold time is 10 seconds.

8. The electricity saving method according to claim 1, wherein the functional modules comprises a backlight module, an image capturing module and a multimedia play module.

9. A communication device with electricity saving function, comprising:

a touch screen and a plurality of keys;

a functional unit group consisted of a communication module and a plurality of functional modules, wherein the communication module is used for receiving or giving a call;

a detecting unit, comprises;

a detection module used for determining whether the touch screen and the keys are pressed when the call is received or given; and

a timer module used for calculating an idle time of not pressing the touch screen and the keys when the call is received or given, and the detection module is further used for determining whether the idle time reaches a threshold time; and

a processing unit used for activating an unattended mode to disable the functional modules if the detection module determines that the idle time reaches the threshold time when the call is received or given.

10. The communication device with electricity saving function according to claim 9, wherein the detection module continually determines whether the idle time reaches the threshold time when the call is received or given.

11. The communication device with electricity saving function according to claim 9, wherein the detection module further determines whether the keys are pressed in the unattended mode;

wherein the processing unit further activates a power-on mode to enable the functional modules when the detection module detects that the keys are pressed in the unattended mode.

12. The communication device with electricity saving function according to claim 11, wherein after the processing unit activates the power-on mode, the timer module again calculates the idle time of not pressing the touch screen and the keys, and the detection module again determines whether the idle time reaches the threshold time.

13. The communication device with electricity saving function according to claim 9, further comprising:

a determining unit used for determining whether the call is over in the unattended mode;

wherein the processing unit activates a power-on mode to enable the functional modules when the determining unit determines that the call is over in the unattended mode.

14. The communication device with electricity saving function according to claim 9, wherein the touch screen is further used for displaying a setting window used for setting the threshold time.

15. The communication device with electricity saving function according to claim 9, wherein the threshold time is 10 seconds.

16. The communication device with electricity saving function according to claim 9, wherein the functional modules comprises a backlight module, an image capturing module and a multimedia play module.