Abstract:
A button fixing mechanism for fixing a button (50) to a base (20) of an electronic device includes a top panel (30) of the base, a shelf (40) attached to the top panel, and a pair of resilient members (60). The button includes a pair of shafts (53) extending outwardly from sidewalls (51) thereof. The shelf includes an oblong slot (42) defined therein, and a pair of tabs (422) extending beside the oblong slot and each defining a pivoting hole (423) therein. The button is extended through the oblong slot, with the shafts received in the pivoting holes of tabs. The resilient members are separately attached to the top panel and engage two ends of the button.
Abstract:
A mounting apparatus for a storage device includes a bracket for receiving the storage device and a base for mounting the bracket therein. A fixing portion including two sidewalls is formed on the base. A hooking recess is defined in one of the sidewalls of the fixing portion. A sliding member is received in the fixing portion for fixing the bracket, and the sliding member includes a hook to engage in the hooking recess of the fixing portion. An elastic member is received in the fixing portion for restoring the sliding member.
Abstract:
A keyboard mounting apparatus includes a keyboard (30), a base housing (10), and a plurality of resilient tabs (40). The keyboard includes a plurality of first tips (32), and second tips (34) extending therefrom. The base housing includes a sunken socket (12) for accommodating the keyboard therein. A plurality of locking slots (16) is defined in a front wall (126) of the socket corresponding to the first tips of the keyboard. A plurality of cantilevers (14) each with a block (142) is formed in a rear wall (124) of the socket. A plurality of chambers (18) is defined in a bottom wall (122) of the socket for accommodating the resilient tabs. The first tips engage in the locking slots of the socket. The second tips engagingly with the blocks of the cantilevers. The resilient tabs engage with a bottom of the keyboard.
Abstract:
The present invention permits the real-time voice input of a mobile phone handset to be sent to a networked device via mobile data networks, without the involvement of broadband wireless networks such as Bluetooth, WI-FI or WIMAX. Currently, much work has been done to enable VoIP communication via the WI-FI protocol. WI-FI access requires the mobile handset supporting WI-FI feature, and the presence of WI-FI gateway, typically installed in hot spots such as airport or coffee shops. This is not ideal as the combination of these two criteria means that only a small fraction of the handsets that support WI-FI can make such VoIP calls and only when the users are within a hot spot. The present invention eliminates these limitations and enables voices to be transmitted to the mobile data network directly, whenever and wherever there is mobile phone dial tone.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling a light-emitting device of a digital keyboard musical instrument. The method includes: detecting a touch action generated by a user upon a key of the digital keyboard musical instrument and generating a touch signal, by a sensor placed underneath the key, and transmitting the touch signal to a processor, wherein the touch signal comprises the magnitude information of the touch action; receiving the touch signal and generating a corresponding control signal in accordance with the magnitude information of the touch signal, by the processor; and actuating the light-emitting device to produce a light-emitting effect in accordance with the control signal by the processor. Since the detection of the touch action upon the key by the sensors is accurate enough to capture all details of the complete key-touching action, the light-emitting effect produced based on this more detailed detection of the touch action is more exquisite and accurate.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a system and method for recognizing objects placed together using capacitance sensors in conjunction with the RFID technology. A structure that is made with a material of high dielectric constant and a RFID tag that comprises a unique identification code (UID) of an object is embedded with the object. With the objects recognized, the spatial structure or the spatial distribution formed by them is derived and corresponding sensory feedbacks are provided by the system.
Abstract:
A system and method are provided for programming moving actions of a moving object with a plurality of functional objects in conjunction with an interactive surface that recognizes such objects and derives the structural pattern formed by the functional objects.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a system and method to direct one or more objects to produce an output when objects are placed on or near an interactive surface. The system includes a plurality of objects, each embedded with a unique identification code (UID) and an output device; an interactive surface configured to recognize the UID and location information of an object placed on or near the interactive surface; a processor operatively linked to the interactive surface and configured to execute a computer program encoding user-defined rules regarding the objects. Once the plurality of objects are placed on or near the interactive surface, the processor is configured to generate an output instruction for a first object based on the user-defined rules and the UID and location information of the objects, and direct the output device of the first object to produce the output in accordance with the instruction.
Abstract:
The present invention disclosed an apparatus and method for capturing directly the dynamic motion of a finger to create digital music with enhanced expressive qualities through the use of a capacitance sensor that is configured to continuously produce an analog output of capacitance change upon the approaching but not yet touching, touching and leaving the key or space between keys by a finger.