IP Library Granted Patent US 12,102,728
Granted Patent B2
US 12,102,728 · App. 17/464,089 · Granted Oct 1, 2024

Electronic device with antibacterial effect detection and portable device

Inventors: Chueh-Pin Ko (New Taipei, TW); Chih-Chiang Chen (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
A61L2/28B08B7/0035H05K5/0217H05K9/0007A61L2202/14B32B2307/754
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Patent No.
US 12,102,728
App. No.
17/464,089
Granted
Oct 1, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device with antibacterial effect detection and a portable device are provided. The electronic device includes an antibacterial housing, a light emitting unit, a light receiving unit and a processing unit. The antibacterial housing has a concave hole, which gradually shrinks from the inside to the outside. The light emitting unit is arranged under the concave hole of the antibacterial housing. The light emitting unit is used for emitting a detection light toward an inclined side wall of the concave hole. The light receiving unit is arranged under the concave hole of the antibacterial housing. The light receiving unit is used for receiving a detection light reflected from the inclined side wall of the concave hole. The processing unit is used for analyzing the antibacterial effect of the antibacterial housing according to the detection light.

Claims (29)

1. An electronic device with antibacterial effect detection, comprising:

an antibacterial housing having a concave hole, which gradually shrinks from an inside of the antibacterial housing to an outside of the antibacterial housing;

a light emitting unit arranged under the concave hole of the antibacterial housing, wherein the light emitting unit is used for emitting a detection light toward an inclined side wall of the concave hole;

a light receiving unit arranged under the concave hole of the antibacterial housing, wherein the light receiving unit is used for receiving the detection light reflected from the inclined side wall of the concave hole; and

a processing unit used for analyzing an antibacterial effect of the antibacterial housing according to the detection light.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the concave hole passes through the antibacterial housing.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , the concave hole has only one outer opening, which faces the outside of the antibacterial housing.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a cross section of the concave hole is a circle, an ellipse, a square or a triangle.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing unit analyzes a degree of abrasion of the antibacterial housing according to an amount of light of the detection light.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the concave hole forms an asymmetric structure.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the concave hole does not pass through the antibacterial housing.

8. An electronic device with antibacterial effect detection, comprising:

an antibacterial housing having a concave hole, which gradually shrinks from an inside of the antibacterial housing to an outside of the antibacterial housing; and

a light emitting unit arranged under the concave hole of the antibacterial housing, wherein the light emitting unit is used for emitting a detection light toward the concave hole, and a portable device receives the detection light reflected from the concave hole and analyzes an antibacterial effect of the antibacterial housing according to the detection light.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein a color of the detection light varies from a center of the concave hole to an outside of the concave hole.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a light grid arranged between the light emitting unit and the concave hole, such that the detection light shows a plurality of light patterns.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the concave hole passes through the antibacterial housing.

12. The electronic device according to claim 8 , the concave hole has only one outer opening, which faces the outside of the antibacterial housing.

13. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein a cross section of the concave hole is a circle, an ellipse, a square or a triangle.

14. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the concave hole forms an asymmetric structure.

15. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the concave hole does not pass through the antibacterial housing.

16. A portable device, comprising:

a light receiving unit used for receiving a detection light reflected from an inclined side wall of a concave hole of an antibacterial housing of an electronic device, wherein the concave hole gradually shrinks from an inside of the antibacterial housing to an outside of the antibacterial housing; and

a processing unit used for analyzing an antibacterial effect of the antibacterial housing according to the detection light.

17. The portable device according to claim 16 , wherein the processing unit analyzes a degree of abrasion of the antibacterial housing according to an amount of light of the detection light.

18. The portable device according to claim 16 , wherein the processing device analyzes a degree of abrasion of the antibacterial housing according to a color of the detection light.

19. The portable device according to claim 16 , wherein the processing device analyzes a degree of abrasion of the antibacterial housing according to a number of light patterns of the detection light.

20. The portable device according to claim 16 , wherein the concave hole forms an asymmetric structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2021
From: KO, CHUEH-PIN; CHEN, CHIH-CHIANG
To: ACER INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 057359/0473 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 109134212 · Sep 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220096694A1 · Mar 31, 2022