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US 10,390,692 · App. 14/951,487 · Granted Aug 27, 2019

Hybrid detection apparatus

Inventors: Bo-Wen Xiao (Taoyuan, TW); Ming-Tien Lin (Taoyuan, TW); Chih-Jen Hu (Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: HTC Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,390,692
App. No.
14/951,487
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hybrid detection apparatus including a detection device and a functional circuit is provided. The detection device is configured to execute a first detection function, so as to obtain first detection information. The functional circuit is suitable to be removably connected to the detection device. When the functional circuit is connected to the detection device, the detection device controls the functional circuit for performing a second detection function, so as to obtain second detection information. One of the first and the second detection functions is an image capturing function, and another one of the first and the second detection functions is a temperature detection function.

Claims (18)

1. A hybrid detection apparatus, comprising:

a device body;

an image capturing circuit, adapted to be removably installed on the device body, wherein when the image capturing circuit is installed on the device body, the image capturing circuit is controlled to perform an image capturing function and generate an image signal accordingly; and

a temperature detecting circuit, adapted to be removably installed on the device body, wherein when the temperature detecting circuit is installed on the device body, the temperature detecting circuit is controlled to perform a temperature detecting function and generate a temperature signal accordingly,

wherein a second connection mechanism of the image capturing circuit and a third connection mechanism of the temperature detecting circuit are respectively fixed to a first connection mechanism of the device body by rotating joining, the device body is electrically connected to the second connection mechanism of the image capturing circuit through the first connection mechanism, the device body is electrically connected to the third connection mechanism of the temperature detecting circuit through the first connection mechanism, and the device body outputs a detection image based on the image signal and outputs a detection temperature based on the temperature signal,

wherein the device body comprises:

a holding part, having the first connection mechanism;

wherein the temperature detecting circuit comprises:

a first probe part, having the third connection mechanism corresponding to the holding part; and

an infrared sensor, disposed in the first probe part and adapted to sense infrared rays to generate the temperature signal accordingly.

2. The hybrid detection apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the device body comprises:

a processing circuit, disposed in the holding part and adapted to perform signal processing on the image signal and the temperature signal, so as to generate the detection image and the detection temperature; and

a power circuit, disposed in the holding part and adapted to provide a working power required for operations of the image capturing circuit, the temperature detecting circuit, and the processing circuit.

3. The hybrid detection apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the image capturing circuit comprises:

a second probe part, having the second connection mechanism corresponding to the holding part;

a light source, disposed on the second probe part;

a lens set, disposed on the second probe part to collect a light beam; and

an image sensor, disposed in the second probe part and on a light transmission path of the lens set to generate the image signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2015
From: XIAO, BO-WEN; LIN, MING-TIEN; HU, CHIH-JEN
To: HTC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037137/0115 →
Continuity (1)
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