Electronic Apparatus and Operation Mode Enabling Method Thereof

• US 20160239256A1
• Filed: 02/05/2016
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Hsu, Chun-Tang, Tai, Shou-Kuo
• Application Number:
  US15/016,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20160239256A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An electronic apparatus comprising an output unit, an input unit, and a processor is provided. The output unit generates an output. The input unit generates at least one input signal according to an object. The processor electrically connected to the output unit and the input unit receives the at least one input signal and adjusts the output of the output unit to a predetermined state according to the at least one input signal. The processor enables a predetermined operation mode of the electronic apparatus when receiving the at least one input signal again in the predetermined state.

Claims

1. An operation mode enabling method of an electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus comprising an input unit, a processor and an output unit, the operation mode enabling method comprising the following steps of:

generating an output by the output unit;

generating at least one input signal by the input unit according to an object;

receiving the at least one input signal by the processor;

adjusting the output of the output unit to a predetermined state according to the at least one input signal;

identifying if the processor receives the at least one input signal again in the predetermined state by the processor; and

enabling a predetermined operation mode of the electronic apparatus by the processor when the processor receives the at least one input signal again in the predetermined state.

2. The operation mode enabling method of claim 1, wherein the output unit of the electronic apparatus is a display module, and the output is an image of an electronic document.

3. The operation mode enabling method of claim 2, wherein the input unit of the electronic apparatus is a touch input module, and the step of generating at least one input signal by the input unit further comprises the following steps of:

detecting at least one movement of the object by the touch input module; and

generating the at least one input signal by the touch input module according to the at least one movement of the object.

4. The operation mode enabling method of claim 3, wherein the step of adjusting the output to the predetermined state further comprises the following step of:

moving the image of the electronic document toward a direction according to the at least one input signal received by the processor;

wherein the predetermined state is an image of an edge of the electronic document.

5. The operation mode enabling method of claim 2, wherein the step of enabling the predetermined operation mode further comprises the following step of:

displaying at least one operation option by the display module in the predetermined operation mode.

6. The operation mode enabling method of claim 1, wherein the output unit of the electronic apparatus is a sound module, and the output is an audio output.

7. The operation mode enabling method of claim 6, wherein the input unit of the electronic apparatus is a volume adjustment module, and the step of generating at least one input signal by the input unit comprises the following steps of:

detecting at least one press of the object by the volume adjustment module; and

generating the at least one input signal by the volume adjustment module according to the at least one press of the object.

8. The operation mode enabling method of claim 7, wherein the step of adjusting the output to the predetermined state by the processor further comprises the following step of:

adjusting a volume of the audio output according to the at least one input signal received by the processor;

wherein the predetermined state is a limit of the volume.

9. The operation mode enabling method of claim 6, wherein the predetermined operation mode of the electronic apparatus is an active noise control (ANC) mode.

10. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

an output unit for generating an output;

an input unit for generating at least one input signal according to an object; and

a processor, electrically connected to the output unit and the input unit, for receiving the at least one input signal and adjusting the output of the output unit to a predetermined state according to the at least one input signal;

wherein the processor enables a predetermined operation mode of the electronic apparatus when receiving the at least one input signal again in the predetermined state.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 10, wherein the output unit is a display module, and the output is an image of an electronic document.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 11, wherein the input unit is a touch input module for generating the at least one input signal according to at least one movement of the object.

13. The electronic apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor moves the image of the electronic document toward a direction according to the at least one input signal, and the predetermined state is an image of an edge of the electronic document.

14. The electronic apparatus of claim 11, wherein the display module displays at least one operation option in the predetermined operation mode.

15. The electronic apparatus of claim 10, wherein the output unit is a sound module for generating an audio output.

16. The electronic apparatus of claim 15, wherein the input unit is a volume adjustment module for detecting at least one press of the object, and the volume adjustment module generates the at least one input signal according to the at least one press of the object.

17. The electronic apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processor adjusts a volume of the audio output according to the at least one input signal, and the predetermined state is a limit of the volume.

18. The electronic apparatus of claim 15, wherein the predetermined operation mode of the electronic apparatus is an active noise control mode.