Test Assist Device

• US 20120132702A1
• Filed: 12/07/2010
• Published: 05/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Askey Computer Corporation (ASUSTek Computer, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Askey Computer Corporation (ASUSTek Computer, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hsieh, Ching-Feng, Yuan, Qiao, Zhou, Coast
• Application Number:
  US12/962,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20120132702A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2294 by remote test

Abstract

A test assist device includes: a network function module having a network port that is connectible to a network device; a control module connected to the network function module and having a processing unit and a transmission port electrically connectible to an input unit for receiving from the input unit at least one of basic test data and test result messages of an object, the processing unit transmitting the received at least one of the basic test data and the test result messages via the network function module to the network device; and an output module connected to the control module and having a basic status prompt unit and a test result prompt unit, the basic status prompt unit having a plurality of LEDs for displaying corresponding information corresponding to the basic test data, the test result prompt unit displaying corresponding information corresponding to the test result messages.

Claims

1. A test assist device for receiving from an input unit at least one of basic test data and test result messages of an object, and transmitting the at least one of the basic test data and the test result messages to a network device, the test assist device comprising:

a network function module having a network port connectible to the network device;

a control module connected to the network function module and having a processing unit and a transmission port electrically connectible to the input unit for receiving from the input unit the at least one of the basic test data and the test result messages, wherein the processing unit transmits the received at least one of the basic test data and the test result messages via the network function module to the network device; and

an output module connected to the control module and having a basic status prompt unit and a test result prompt unit, the basic status prompt unit comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED) for displaying corresponding information corresponding to the basic test data, the test result prompt unit being for displaying corresponding information corresponding to the test result messages.

2. The test assist device of claim 1, wherein the transmission port is a serial port.

3. The test assist device of claim 1, further comprising barcodes of the objects that indicate the basic test data, wherein the input unit is a barcode scanner for reading the barcodes of the object and barcodes of the test assist device.

4. The test assist device of claim 3, wherein the LEDs of the basic status prompt unit emit light according to the barcodes of the test assist device read by the barcode scanner in a manner that only one of the LEDs blinks, only one of the LEDs emits light constantly, at least two of the LEDs blink, or at least two of the LEDs emit light constantly.

5. The test assist device of claim 4, wherein the basic test data corresponding to each of the barcodes includes one of a standby status in which the test assist device is operating, an actuating status in which the test assist device is operating, a product type number of the object, a test station where the test assist device stays, personnel who execute a test process, and a test machine that cooperates with the test assist device.

6. The test assist device of claim 3, wherein the test result prompt unit comprises a seven-segment display that emits light according to the barcodes of the object read by the barcode scanner.

7. The test assist device of claim 6, wherein the test result messages include messages that indicate whether the object is normal or abnormal.

8. The test assist device of claim 7, wherein the seven-segment display'"'"'s displaying “

0”

indicates that the object is normal.

9. The test assist device of claim 7, wherein the seven-segment display'"'"'s displaying “

7”

indicates that the object is abnormal.