Light-operated electronic equipment and mobile electronic device for controlling electronic equipment with light

• US 9,235,701 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2013
• Issued: 01/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microakitas Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Microakitas Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Ching-Fang, Chao, Chen-Han
• Primary Examiner(s): Beamer, Temica M
• Application Number:
  US14/056,842
• Publication Number:
  US 20140113592A1
• Time in Patent Office: 817 Days
• Field of Search: 455/410, 455/411, 398/118, 398/128, 398/129, 398/130
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport

Abstract

A light-operated electronic equipment and a mobile electronic device for controlling an electronic equipment with light are provided. The light-operated electronic equipment with a light sensing receiving unit and a control unit is controlled by the mobile electronic device with a light source, a light control code module and a light display process module. Besides, further provides a process method of performing system registration by a light control way. By the process method, an information process device receives the input of the light signal through a transmission equipment, such that the light sensing receiving unit of the transmission equipment converts the brightness change of the light signal into the electric control code for the control unit of the transmission equipment to receive the electric control code and transmit the electric control code to the information process device through a transmission interface.

Claims

1. A light-operated electronic equipment, which performs operation according to a light signal output from a light source, said light-operated electronic equipment including:

a light sensing receiving unit, which is used to sense the light signal output from said light source, and converts the light signal into an electronic control code according to brightness change of said light signal;

a memory unit, which is used to store at least one operation code; and

a control unit, which is used to couple with said light sensing receiving unit for receiving said electronic control code, and performs operation according to said operation code as said electronic control code coincides with said operation code,

wherein said light source is arranged in a mobile electronic device, and said memory unit further stores a setting code;

as said mobile electronic device outputs another light signal through the light source thereof, said light sensing receiving unit converts said another light signal into another electronic control code according to brightness change of said another light signal;

said control unit updates content stored in said memory unit as said control unit distinguishes that said another electronic control code coincides with said setting code.

2. The light-operated electronic equipment as claim 1, wherein said light source provides at least two light output areas, and said light-operated electronic equipment has at least two light sensing receiving units for receiving a first brightness change and a second brightness change output from said at least two light output areas, respectively, such that said light-operated electronic equipment acquires a clock signal represented by said first brightness change according to one of said at least two light sensing receiving units, and said light-operated electronic equipment acquires a level signal represented by said second brightness change according to the other one of said at least two light sensing receiving units, for said light-operated electronic equipment to execute operation according to the first brightness change and the second brightness change output from said at least two light output areas, respectively.

3. The light-operated electronic equipment as claim 1, wherein said light-operated electronic equipment is a data storage device, and said data storage device is connected with an information process device through a transmission interface, the operation code stored by the memory unit in said data storage device is an allowance access operation code, for said control unit to allow said information process device to access memory block provided by said data storage device through said transmission interface as the control unit in said data storage device distinguishes that the electronic control code converted by the light sensing receiving unit thereof coincides with said allowance operation code stored in said memory unit.

4. The light-operated electronic equipment as claim 1, wherein said light-operated electronic equipment is an appliance produce, and the operation code in the memory unit of said appliance product is a function control code, said light sensing receiving unit converts said light signal into a functional setting value according to the brightness change of said light signal, such that said control unit executes operation according to the functional setting value converted by said light sensing receiving unit as the control unit of said appliance product distinguishes that the electronic control code converted by the light sensing receiving unit thereof coincides with said function control code stored in said memory unit.

5. A mobile electronic device for controlling an electronic equipment with light, including at least:

a light source;

a light control code module, which is used to store a light control code; and

a light display process module, which provides a light signal having brightness change output from said light source according to said light control code, to control said electronic equipment with said light signal;

wherein said light source provides at least two light output areas, and said electronic equipment has at least two light sensing receiving units for receiving a first brightness change and a second brightness change output from said at least two light output areas, respectively, said light control code includes control codes used to control said electronic equipment to execute different operations, said light display process module generates light signals corresponding to said control codes executing the different operations separately, and said light signals are each represented by a clock signal and a level signal with different brightness changes separately, for said electronic equipment to acquire the clock signal of said first brightness change according to one of said at least two light sensing receiving units, and said electronic equipment acquires the level signal of said second brightness change according to the other one of said at least two light sensing receiving units, for said electronic equipment to execute operation according to said first brightness change and said second brightness change.

6. The mobile electronic device for controlling an electronic equipment with light as claim 5, wherein said light control code module and said light display process module are application programs installed in said mobile electronic device.

7. The mobile electronic device for controlling an electronic equipment with light as claim 5, wherein said electronic equipment has a memory unit, said memory unit is used to store a setting code, as said mobile electronic device outputs the light signal corresponding to said control code through the light source thereof, content stored in said memory unit is updated once said electronic equipment distinguishes that said electronic control code coincides with said setting code, wherein said electronic equipment acquires the electronic control code according to the brightness change of said light signal.

8. The mobile electronic device for controlling an electronic equipment with light as claim 5, wherein said electronic equipment is an electronic lock, said electronic lock has a memory unit, said memory unit is used to store an unlocking code, as said mobile electronic device outputs the light signal corresponding to said control code through the light source thereof, a lockset status of said electronic lock is set to be unlocking status once said electronic lock acquires an electronic lock control code according to the brightness change of said light signal and distinguishes that said electronic lock control code coincides with said unlocking code.

9. The mobile electronic device for controlling an electronic equipment with light as claim 5, wherein said electronic equipment is an electronic lock, said electronic lock has a memory unit, said memory unit is used to store a locking code, as said mobile electronic device outputs the light signal corresponding to said control code through the light source thereof, a lockset status of said electronic lock is set to be locking status once said electronic lock acquires an electronic lock control code according to the brightness change of said light signal and distinguishes that said electronic lock control code coincides with said locking code.

10. The mobile electronic device for controlling an electronic equipment with light as claim 5, wherein said mobile electronic device has an application program providing an user operation interface for an user to set control instruction or procedure of the electronic equipment to be controlled;

after the user completes the setting, the application program generates and stores the light control code corresponding to the control instruction or procedure set by the user, such that as the user enters the operation instruction or procedure by said user operation interface, the application program extracts the corresponding light control code according to the entered instruction or procedure for the light source to output light signal corresponding to the extracted light control code.

11. The mobile electronic device for controlling an electronic equipment with light as claim 10, wherein the application program of said mobile electronic device further provides a functional setting interface corresponding to appliance products of different functions, and said functional setting interface will generate and store light control codes corresponding to the result set by the user, and each said appliance products has a light sensing receiving unit, a memory unit and a control unit, said memory unit stores operation code for said control unit to use to determine whether or not the light signal transmitted from said mobile electronic device is the operation code executing predetermined operation, further stores functional setting value set by said functional setting interface transmitted from said mobile electronic device through light signal output method, such that the control unit of said appliance products acquires the functional setting value corresponding to said operation code to execute the predetermined function as the control unit distinguishes that the electronic control code converted by the light sensing receiving unit thereof coincides with the operation code stored in said memory unit.