SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AND PROMPTING LIFE PERCENTAGE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20170185122A1
• Filed: 02/19/2016
• Published: 06/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Flytech Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Flytech Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lin, Chiung-Chi, LAM, TAI-SENG
• Application Number:
  US15/048,299
• Publication Number:
  US 20170185122A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/263 Arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC G06F1/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3212 Monitoring battery levels, e.g. power saving mode being initiated when battery voltage goes below a certain level
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance

Abstract

A system for displaying and prompting a life percentage of an electronic device is provided. The system includes the electronic device and an intelligent device installed in the electronic device. The intelligent device includes a signal transmission module, a processing unit, a storage module and a prompt displaying module. The signal transmission module is electrically connected with the electronic device for receiving the history data. The processing unit generates a life percentage value according to the history data of the electronic device, and generates a life percentage status signal according to the life percentage value. The storage module stores the history data. The prompt displaying module receives and displays the life percentage status signal. A user judges whether the electronic device is replaced with a new one according to the life percentage status signal.

Claims

1. A system for displaying and prompting a life percentage of an electronic device, which is provided for determining whether the electronic device needs to be replaced, the system comprising:

the electronic device generating a history data; and

an intelligent device installed in the electronic device, and comprising;

a signal transmission module electrically connected with the electronic device, and receiving the history data;

a processing unit generating a life percentage value according to the history data of the electronic device, and generating a life percentage status signal according to the life percentage value;

a storage module storing the history data; and

a prompt displaying module receiving and displaying the life percentage status signal in a visibly differentiable manner.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the history data contains a product serial number, a maintenance record, an operating temperature, a usage time and at least one setting parameter of the electronic device.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the life percentage value is an equivalent usage time that is calculated according to at least a portion of the history data of the electronic device, wherein the processing unit generates the life percentage status signal according to the equivalent usage time.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a host, a monitor, a printer, a hard disk drive or a peripheral device of a point-of-sale system.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the history data is actively read and stored by the intelligent device at regular time.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein after the history data of the electronic device is updated, the history data in the storage module is immediately updated by the processing unit of the intelligent device.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent device further comprises a wireless transmission module, and the wireless transmission module is in wireless connection with a mobile device, wherein when a read signal from the mobile device is received by the intelligent device, the life percentage status signal is transmitted from the intelligent device to the mobile device through the wireless transmission module, so that the life percentage of the electronic device is shown on the mobile device.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the wireless transmission module is in wireless connection with the mobile device through a wireless Bluetooth connection, a wireless mesh network connection or a wireless WiFi network connection.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the prompt displaying module includes at least one light emitting diode, a thin film transistor liquid crystal display or a liquid crystal display module.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the prompt displaying module includes plural light emitting diodes, wherein a specified number of the plural light emitting diodes are turned on according to a spent equivalent usage time corresponding to the life percentage status signal or a residual equivalent usage time corresponding to the life percentage status signal.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the prompt displaying module includes plural light emitting diodes with different colors, and the plural light emitting diodes are selectively turned on according to the life percentage status signal.

12. The system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a first power providing unit that provides electricity to the electronic device, and the intelligent device further comprises a second power providing unit that provides electricity to the intelligent device, wherein the first power providing unit and the second power providing unit are independent from each other.

13. The system according to claim 7, wherein the mobile device is a smart phone, a tablet computer or a notebook computer.