DETECTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF ECONOMIZING ELECTRICITY AND DETECTING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120019495A1
• Filed: 07/15/2011
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Yao-Tsung, Wu, Wen-Chin, Su, Pin-Hsien
• Application Number:
  US13/183,447
• Publication Number:
  US 20120019495A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/207
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 41/0094 Indicating means, e.g. for level or temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/04 Electronic labels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

A detecting device capable of economizing electricity includes a first sensor for sensing a first physical quantity, an electronic paper (E-paper) display for displaying information of the first physical quantity, and a controller electrically connected to the first sensor and the E-paper display for controlling the E-paper display to display the information of the changed first physical quantity when the first sensor senses the changed first physical quantity. The controller is further for closing the E-paper display when the first sensor does not sense that the first physical quantity is changed, so that the E-paper display continues displaying the last first physical quantity sensed by the first sensor before the E-paper display is closed.

Claims

1. A detecting device comprising:

a first sensor for sensing a first physical quantity;

an electronic paper (E-paper) display for displaying information of the first physical quantity; and

a controller electrically connected to the first sensor and the E-paper display for controlling the E-paper display to display the information of the changed first physical quantity when the first sensor senses the changed first physical quantity, and for closing the E-paper display when the first sensor does not sense that the first physical quantity is changed so that the E-paper display continues displaying the information of the last first physical quantity sensed by the first sensor before the E-paper display is closed.

2. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the controller enters a power saving mode or is shut down after the controller closes the E-paper display.

3. The detecting device of claim 2, wherein the first sensor outputs an actuating signal to the controller when the first sensor senses that the first physical quantity is changed, so as to actuate the controller to read the changed first physical quantity sensed by the first sensor.

4. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the first physical quantity is temperature, pressure, or illumination.

5. The detecting device of claim 1 further comprising:

a second sensor electrically connected to the controller for sensing a second physical quantity, and the controlling being further for controlling the E-paper display to display information of the first physical quantity and the second physical quantity simultaneously.

6. The detecting device of claim 1 further comprising:

a third sensor electrically connected to the controller for sensing a third physical quantity, and for outputting an actuating signal to the controller when the sensed third physical quantity conforms to a specific value so as to actuate the controller to control the E-paper display according to the sensed result of the first sensor.

7. The detecting device of claim 6, wherein the third sensor is a timer.

8. A method of saving electrical energy comprising:

a first sensor sensing a first physical quantity;

a controller controlling an electronic paper (E-paper) display to display information of the first physical quantity; and

the controller closing the E-paper display when the first sensor does not sense that the first physical quantity is changed so that the E-paper display displays the information of the last first physical quantity sensed by the first sensor before the E-paper display is closed.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

the controller controlling the E-paper display to display information of the changed first physical quantity when the first sensor senses that the first physical quantity is changed.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

the controller entering a power saving mode or being shut down after the controller closes the E-paper display as the first sensor continuously senses the first physical quantity.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

the first sensor outputting an actuating signal to the controller when the first sensor senses that the first physical quantity is changed, so as to actuate the controller to read the changed first physical quantity sensed by the first sensor.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

a second sensor sensing a second physical quantity; and

the controller controlling the E-paper display to display information of the first physical quantity and the second physical quantity simultaneously.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

a third sensor sensing a third physical quantity; and

the third sensor outputting an actuating signal to the controller when the sensed third physical quantity conforms to a specific value, so as to actuate the controller to control the E-paper display according to the sensed result of the first sensor.