Patents by Inventor Hsiao-Chung Chou
Hsiao-Chung Chou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8375091Abstract: A method for setting account of an electronic device is provided. The method includes steps of: receiving emails; reading a received email; detecting whether parameters of the read email are consistent with a predetermined rules; setting the origination email account, which sends the read email, as an available email account of the electronic device if the parameters of the read email are consistent with the predetermined rules. The electronic device with email function is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2009Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chuan-Hong Wang, Hsiao-Chung Chou, Li-Zhang Huang, Kuan-Hong Hsieh, Xiao-Guang Li
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Patent number: 8358280Abstract: A method for showing page flip effect when use electronic device enjoy electronic documents, including: when receiving a flip-page instruction, obtain a parameter from a parameter table from a storage unit, the parameter table contains several parameters, each parameter include a first group of coordinates, a content of a flip-page figure and a second group of coordinates; determining a target page according to the flip-page instruction; producing the flip-page figure of the current page according to the first group coordinates and the content; covering a second area of the current page determined by the second group of coordinates with a second area of the target page determined by the second group of coordinates to form a combined page; displaying the combined page. Present invention also provides an electronic device capable of showing a page flip effect.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2009Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiao-Guang Li, Hsiao-Chung Chou, Kuan-Hong Hsieh
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Patent number: 8311672Abstract: The present invention relates to a robot and a control method adapted for the robot. The method includes a) measuring time; b) performing a normal biological action when the time reaches a beginning time of a biological function; c) judging whether an instruction is received while during the biological function; d) if the instruction is received while during the biological function, fetching an action adjustment parameter of the biological function and performing an output; e) after the output is finished, resuming performing the normal biological action; and f) stopping the normal biological action when the time reaches an ending time of the biological function.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hsiao-Chung Chou, Li-Zhang Huang, Chuan-Hong Wang
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Patent number: 8289139Abstract: A method of managing medias, including steps of: receiving medias; detecting whether the media includes a time information including a start time, a finish time, and a display time interval; comparing the current date and time with the start time if the media includes the time information; displaying the media every the display time interval if the current date and time reaches or goes beyond the start time but does not reach the finish time. The time information can be added to the metadata of the media by a user before the media is sent to a receiver. The present invention further provides an electronic device capable of executing the above steps.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chuan-Hong Wang, Hong-Yang Yeh, Hsiao-Chung Chou, Li-Zhang Huang
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Patent number: 8284167Abstract: A method for showing page flip effect when use electronic device enjoy electronic document, the method provides a flip-page operation table, the flip-page operation table defines relationships between flip effect parameters and lengths of a first touch path or a second touch path. The method comprising: receiving touch signals, determining the touch path and lengths of the touch path according the touch signals; determining which page will be brought into view (hereinafter target page) according to the touch path; obtaining a flip effect parameter when the touch path increase to lengths defined in flip effect table; combining a combined page according to the current page, the next page and the flip effect parameter. Present invention also providing an electronic device capable of executing said steps.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2009Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiao-Guang Li, Hsiao-Chung Chou, Kuan-Hong Hsieh
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Patent number: 8270596Abstract: An incoming call prompting method is provided. The method includes the step of: providing a data storage for storing a note table, a melodic companion table, and an audio clip database; receiving an incoming call and sending the incoming call to a decoder to phone number of the incoming call; storing the phone number in the data storage; obtaining a predetermined digit set from the incoming call phone number stored in the data storage; obtaining the assigned note of each digit of the digit set, and piecing together a melodious sequence of note based upon a pre-determined algorithm guiding selection and sequencing of a combination of the primary notes and/or companion notes of the melodic companion table to edit a melody; and obtaining and outputting audio clip of each note of the edited melody in turn to generate a music.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chuan-Hong Wang, Li-Zhang Huang, Hsiao-Chung Chou, Xiao-Guang Li, Kuan-Hong Hsieh
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Patent number: 8259916Abstract: An incoming call prompting method is provided. The method receiving an incoming call decoding the phone number of the incoming call so as to obtain a digit set from the phone number stored in the data storage system. The method further includes determining a call number character of the incoming call and assigning musical notes associated with the numbers of the digit set according to the musical note table. Furthermore, the method includes obtaining corresponding audio clip of each note from an audio clip database and outputting the audio clips with the corresponding rhythm of the call number character of the incoming call through a music output apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chuan-Hong Wang, Li-Zhang Huang, Hsiao-Chung Chou, Xiao-Guang Li, Kuan-Hong Hsieh
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Patent number: 8030563Abstract: An audio playing method is provided. The method includes: accessing an audio file from a data storage; transmitting the audio file to a decoder to decode and outputting the decoded audio file through the audio output unit; determining whether a skipping command is received from an input unit; determining the desired section according to the received skipping command if the skipping command is received from the input unit; accessing the starting address of the desired section from the control part, and playing the main audio part from the starting address.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2009Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hsiao-Chung Chou, Li-Zhang Huang, Chuan-Hong Wang
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Publication number: 20100222905Abstract: An electronic apparatus with an interactive audio file recording function is provided. The apparatus starts a recording function of the apparatus to record the interactive audio file and generates an audio note file in response to a recording operation from an input unit, and records a main audio and the at least one question audio associated with the main audio and recorded related information of the main audio and the question audios to the file note file, and generates the interactive audio file according to the information noted in the audio note file.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2009Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: HSIAO-CHUNG CHOU, CHUAN-HONG WANG, LI-ZHANG HUANG
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Publication number: 20100209900Abstract: An electronic audio playing apparatus with an interactive function is provided. An interactive file stored in a data storage of the electronic audio playing apparatus includes time and sequence data, a main audio, and at least one question audio. The time and sequence data is for controlling the playing time and sequence data of the main audio and the question audios. After each question audio is played, the electronic audio playing apparatus receives answers from the user, determines whether the answers from the user is correct, and outputs a feedback audio according to the determined result.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2009Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: CHUAN-HONG WANG, LI-ZHANG HUANG, HSIAO-CHUNG CHOU
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Publication number: 20100180753Abstract: An audio playing method is provided. The method includes: accessing an audio file from a data storage; transmitting the audio file to a decoder to decode and outputting the decoded audio file through the audio output unit; determining whether a skipping command is received from an input unit; determining the desired section according to the received skipping command if the skipping command is received from the input unit; accessing the starting address of the desired section from the control part, and playing the main audio part from the starting address.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: HSIAO-CHUNG CHOU, LI-ZHANG HUANG, CHUAN-HONG WANG
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Publication number: 20100174530Abstract: An audio playing apparatus with an interactive function is provided. An interactive file stored in a data storage of the audio playing apparatus includes controlling data, a main audio, and at least one question audio. The controlling data is for controlling the playing controlling data of the main audio and the question audios. After each question audio is played, the audio playing apparatus output a voice prompt to give user a reference answer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: HSIAO-CHUNG CHOU, LI-ZHANG HUANG, CHUAN-HONG WANG
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Publication number: 20100162134Abstract: A method for remotely setting desktop background of a display device, wherein the display device accesses and receives emails from an email account, the method comprising: reading a received email; detecting whether the parameters of the read email are consistent with the predetermined rules; detecting whether properties of the comprised image are consistent with predetermined properties if the parameters of the read email are consistent with the predetermined rules; setting the image as a desktop background of the display device if the properties of the image are consistent with predetermined properties; storing the set desktop background. A display device capable of being remotely set desktop background is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: CHUAN-HONG WANG, HSIAO-CHUNG CHOU, LI-ZHANG HUANG, KUAN-HONG HSIEH, XIAO-GUANG LI
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Publication number: 20100159431Abstract: An electronic audio playing apparatus with an interactive function is provided. An interactive file stored in a data storage of the electronic audio playing apparatus comprises time and sequence data, a main audio, and at least one question audio. The time and sequence data is for controlling the playing time and sequence data of the main audio and the question audios. After each question audio is played, the apparatus receives answers from the user, compares the answer from the user with a right answer, and controls an action performing device to implement an action according to the comparison result.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: HSIAO-CHUNG CHOU, LI-ZHANG HUANG, CHUAN-HONG WANG
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Publication number: 20100125780Abstract: An electronic device with annotation function and a method thereof are provided. The method includes steps of: reading a to-be-displayed original photo; receiving touch operations on a touch screen; generating an annotation interface on the original photo in response to the touch operations, identifying an annotations corresponding to the touch operations, and displaying the annotations on the annotation interface; making the annotations overlaying on the original photo; displaying the overlaid photo; generating a parameter file which includes parameters corresponding to the annotations on the annotation interface; storing the generated parameter file; establishing a relationship between the original photo and the parameter file.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2009Publication date: May 20, 2010Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: CHUAN-HONG WANG, HSIAO-CHUNG CHOU, LI-ZHANG HUANG, KUAN-HONG HSIEH, XIAO-GUANG LI
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Publication number: 20100125639Abstract: A method for setting account of an electronic device is provided. The method includes steps of: receiving emails; reading a received email; detecting whether parameters of the read email are consistent with a predetermined rules; setting the origination email account, which sends the read email, as an available email account of the electronic device if the parameters of the read email are consistent with the predetermined rules. The electronic device with email function is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2009Publication date: May 20, 2010Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: CHUAN-HONG WANG, HSIAO-CHUNG CHOU, LI-ZHANG HUANG, KUAN-HONG HSIEH, XIAO-GUANG LI
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Publication number: 20100106784Abstract: An electronic device for automatically updating software and a method thereof are provided. The method includes steps of: reading an email; detecting whether the read mail should be used for updating the software of the electronic device, comprising: identifying whether the server ID number of the remote server, which sends the read email, matches one of the authorization numbers; detecting whether parameters of the read email are acceptable according to predetermined rules; detecting whether a file of an email content is a software file if the parameters of the read email are acceptable according to the predetermined rules; determining whether to update the software of the electronic device; acquiring the software file from the read email, storing the acquired software file in the storage unit, and running the acquired software file to update the software of the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: CHUAN-HONG WANG, HSIAO-CHUNG CHOU, LI-ZHANG HUANG, XIAO-GUANG LI, KUAN-HONG HSIEH
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Publication number: 20100107050Abstract: A digital photo frame (DPF) with annotation function and a method thereof are provided. The method includes steps of: reading a to-be-displayed original photo; displaying the read original photo; receiving touch operations on the touch screen; generating an annotation interface on the original photo in response to the touch operations, identifying an annotations corresponding to the touch operations, and displaying the annotations on the annotation interface; making the annotations overlaying on the original photo; displaying the overlaid photo.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: CHUAN-HONG WANG, HSIAO-CHUNG CHOU, LI-ZHANG HUANG, KUAN-HONG HSIEH, XIAO-GUANG LI
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Publication number: 20100106296Abstract: The present invention relates to a robot and a control method adapted for the robot. The method includes a) measuring time; b) performing a normal biological action when the time reaches a beginning time of a biological function; c) judging whether an instruction is received while during the biological function; d) if the instruction is received while during the biological function, fetching an action adjustment parameter of the biological function and performing an output; e) after the output is finished, resuming performing the normal biological action; and f) stopping the normal biological action when the time reaches an ending time of the biological function.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: HSIAO-CHUNG CHOU, LI-ZHANG HUANG, CHUAN-HONG WANG
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Publication number: 20100076597Abstract: The present invention relates to a storytelling robot associated with actions and a method adapted for the robot. The robot stores actions, first relationships between the actions and key information, second relationships between the key information and audio data, and audio data associated with the audio stories. The method includes: a) beginning performing an action; b) fetching key information according to the action; c) fetching audio data according to the key information; and d) outputting a story corresponding to the audio data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: CHUAN-HONG WANG, LI-ZHANG HUANG, HSIAO-CHUNG CHOU