IP Library Granted Patent US 8,854,222
Granted Patent B2
US 8,854,222 · App. 13/095,941 · Granted Oct 7, 2014

Emergency message transmission method and electronic device implementing the method

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Patent No.
US 8,854,222
App. No.
13/095,941
Granted
Oct 7, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides an emergency message transmission method and an electronic device implementing the method. The electronic device stores a reference voltage value and comprises a smoke assessing unit. The method includes steps: capturing air composition around the electronic device, assessing whether the air composition has changed, if the air composition has changed, detecting an electrical current of the smoke assessing unit, amplifying the electrical current and converting the amplified current to a voltage value, comparing the converted voltage value with the reference voltage value, judging whether the converted voltage value reaches the reference voltage value, and if the converted voltage value reaches the reference voltage value, outputting a signal including an emergency message.

Claims (11)

1. An electronic device for transmitting an emergency message, comprising:

a storage unit for storing a reference voltage value;

an output unit for outputting information;

a smoke assessing unit for capturing air composition around the electronic device and assessing whether the air composition has changed;

a current detecting unit for detecting an electrical current of the smoke assessing unit when the smoke assessing unit assesses that the air composition has changed;

a converting unit for amplifying the electrical current and converting the amplified current to a converted voltage value, wherein the converting unit further comprises an amplifier and a resistor, the amplifier is configured for amplifying the electrical current, and the resistor is configured for generating a voltage drop for the amplified current, thereby obtaining the converted voltage value;

a power management unit for comparing the converted voltage value with the reference voltage value from the storage unit; and

a processing unit for judging whether the converted voltage value reaches the reference voltage value, controlling the output unit to output a signal including an emergency message when the converted voltage value reaches the reference voltage value.

2. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the smoke assessing unit is an ionization type smoke detector.

3. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the output unit is a speaker, and is configured for generating a warning alarm when the converted voltage value reaches the reference voltage value.

4. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the output unit is a communication unit, and is configured for sending a wireless signal including the emergency message to another electronic device when the converted voltage value reaches the reference voltage value.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CITY FOR RECEIVING PARTY SHOULD BER HANGZHOU ZHEJIANG PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 063847 FRAME: 0596. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 6, 2023
From: PATHUNT IP MANAGEMENT LIMITED
To: HANGZHOU HIKVISION DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2023
From: PATHUNT IP MANAGEMENT LIMITED
To: HANGZHOU HIKVISION DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2018
From: FU TAI HUA INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: PATHUNT IP MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2011
From: LI, CHENG-ZHI; HUANG, REN-WEN; CHUANG, TSUNG-JEN; WONG, SHIH-FANG
To: FU TAI HUA INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
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