Electronic apparatus and sensory warning generating method thereof

• US 8,797,175 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2011
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Huang, Hsiao-Chuan, Chiang, Meng-Sheng
• Primary Examiner(s): MCNALLY, KERRI L
• Application Number:
  US13/267,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20130088357A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,033 Days
• Field of Search: 340/686.1
• US Class Current: 340/686.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/00 Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/181 using active radiation detection systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/189 using passive radiation detection systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 6/00 Tactile signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems

Abstract

An electronic apparatus and a sensory warning generating method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a cradle and a handheld electronic device. The cradle has a motion sensor, and the handheld electronic is installed on the cradle and has a microprocessor, wherein the cradle or the handheld electronic device may has a warning indicator. The motion sensor is capable of detecting a motion of a object to produce a detection result, and the microprocessor drives the warning indicator in accordance with the detection result, such that the warning indicator produces a sensory warning.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a cradle, having a motion sensor and a charging module, wherein the motion sensor generates a detection result when a motion of an object is detected by the motion sensor; and

a handheld electronic device, installed on the cradle, the handheld electronic device having a microprocessor and a display, the charging module charging the handheld electronic device when the handheld electronic device installed on the cradle, wherein when the microprocessor receives the detection result, the display outputs illumination with gradually increasing intensity and when the microprocessor does not receives the detection result, the display outputs illumination with gradually decreasing intensity.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display is a liquid crystal display (LED) or an organic light-emitting diode display (OLED display).

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display is disposed at a front surface of the handheld electronic device and the display is a touch display and occupies an area more than a half of the front surface.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cradle further has a recess to accommodate a portion of the handheld electronic device.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the handheld electronic device further has a first connector and the cradle further has a second connector, and when the portion of the handheld electronic device is accommodated at the recess, the first connector and the second connector are connected to each other.

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cradle further has a control module, and the control module is electrically connected to the motion sensor to transmit the detection result to the microprocessor.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the warning indicator is disposed on the handheld electronic device and electrically connected to the control module, and the microprocessor, by using the control module to drive the display.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the handheld electronic device further has a wireless communication module, the wireless communication module is electrically connected to the microprocessor.

9. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a cradle, having a motion sensor and a warning indicator, wherein the motion sensor generates a detection result when a motion of an object is detected by the motion sensor; and

a handheld electronic device, installed onto the cradle, the handheld electronic device having a microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor drives the warning indicator to generate a sensory warning according to the detection result.

10. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the warning indicator is a combination selected from a group consisting of a display, a speaker and a vibrator.

11. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the display is a liquid crystal display (LED) or an organic light-emitting diode display (OLED display).

12. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the sensory warning is a combination selected from a group consisting of an optical signal, an acoustic signal and a vibration signal.

13. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the cradle further has a recess to accommodate a portion of the handheld electronic device.

14. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the handheld electronic device further has a first connector and the cradle further has a second connector, and when the portion of the handheld electronic device is accommodated at the recess, the first connector and the second connector are connected to each other.

15. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the cradle further has a control module, and the control module is electrically connected to the motion sensor to transmit the detection result to the microprocessor.

16. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the warning indicator is disposed on the cradle and electrically connected to the control module, and the microprocessor, by using the control module to drive the warning indicator, generates the sensory warning according to the detection result.

17. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the cradle further has a charging module, and the charging module is able to charge the handheld electronic device.

18. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the handheld electronic device further has a wireless communication module, the wireless communication module is electrically connected to the microprocessor and the wireless communication module is able to make the handheld electronic device perform communication.

19. A sensory warning generating method for a cradle and a handheld electronic device, wherein the cradle has a motion sensor and a charging module, the handheld electronic device is installed on the cradle and has a microprocessor, a display disposed on the cradle or the handheld electronic device, the charging module charges the handheld electronic device when the handheld electronic device installed on the cradle, and the sensory warning generating method comprises:

detecting a motion of an object by the motion sensor so as to generate a detection result;

outputting illumination with gradually increasing intensity by the display when the microprocessor receives the detection result; and

outputting illumination with gradually decreasing intensity by the display when the microprocessor does not receives the detection result.

20. The sensory warning generating method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the display is a liquid crystal display (LED) or an organic light-emitting diode display (OLED display).

21. The sensory warning generating method as claimed in claim 19, wherein when the motion is continued, the intensity of the illumination is durably output.