METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALARM MANAGEMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20150371524A1
• Filed: 06/18/2014
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: HUNG, Kuo-Chih
• Granted Patent: US 9,462,113 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 13/026 acting at a number of different times
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/06 using voice
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/03 Constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. telephone hand-sets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

Methods and systems for alarm management for use in an electronic device are provided. First, it is determined whether the electronic device has been flipped over in response to detecting an occurrence of an alarm event. In response to a determination that the electronic device has been flipped over, current alarm is stopped.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for alarm management for use in an electronic device, comprising:

in response to detecting an occurrence of an alarm event, determining whether the electronic device has been flipped over; and

stopping current alarm in response to a determination that the electronic device has been flipped over.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination step further comprises:

determining whether the electronic device has been flipped over based on sensed data provided by a motion sensing unit of the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the motion sensing unit is deactivated prior to detecting the occurrence of the alarm event and is activated in response to detecting the occurrence of the alarm event.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination step further comprises:

determining whether the electronic device has been flipped over based on a flipping status of the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination step further comprises:

determining whether the electronic device has been flipped over based on image information captured by an image input unit of the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the image input unit is deactivated prior to detecting the occurrence of the alarm event and is activated in response to detecting the occurrence of the alarm event.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination step further comprises:

determining whether the electronic device has been flipped over based on audio signal strengths detected/measured by an audio unit of the electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the audio unit is deactivated prior to detecting the occurrence of the alarm event and is activated in response to detecting the occurrence of the alarm event.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating an alarm occurrence at a predefined time;

determining whether the number of the stopped alarm occurrence satisfies a predefined alarm frequency; and

terminating the alarm function in response to the predefined alarm frequency is satisfied.

10. A system for alarm management for use in an electronic device, comprising:

a wireless communication unit; and

a processing unit coupled to the wireless communication unit, configured to determine whether the electronic device has been flipped over in response to detecting an occurrence of an alarm event, and stops current alarm in response to a determination that the electronic device has been flipped over.

11. The system for alarm management of claim 10, further comprising a motion sensing unit, wherein the processing unit is further configured to determine whether the electronic device has been flipped over based on sensed data provided by the motion sensing unit equipped with the electronic device.

12. The system for alarm management of claim 11, wherein the processing unit deactivates the motion sensing unit prior to detecting the occurrence of the alarm event and activates the motion sensing unit in response to detecting the occurrence of the alarm event.

13. The system for alarm management of claim 10, further comprising an image input unit, wherein the processing unit is further configured to determine whether the electronic device has been flipped over based on image information captured by the image input unit of the electronic device.

14. The system for alarm management of claim 13, wherein the processing unit deactivates the image input unit prior to detecting the occurrence of the alarm event and activates the image input unit in response to detecting the occurrence of the alarm event.

15. The system for alarm management of claim 10, further comprising an audio unit, wherein the processing unit is further configured to determine whether the electronic device has been flipped over based on audio signal strengths detected/measured by the audio unit of the electronic device.

16. The system for alarm management of claim 15, wherein the processing unit further deactivates the audio unit prior to detecting the occurrence of the alarm event and activates the audio device in response to detecting the occurrence of the alarm event.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising a computer program, which, when executed, causes a device to perform a method for alarm management, wherein the method comprises:

in response to an occurrence of an alarm event, determining whether the device has been flipped over based on a motion sensing device of the device; and

stopping current alarm in response to a determination that the device has been flipped over.