摘要:
An apparatus for driving a touchpad of a portable terminal including a second control unit controlling the touchpad in an active mode is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor unit for generating interrupt signals when pressure on the touchpad is sensed, a first control unit for outputting activating signals to activate the second control unit when the interrupt signals are input and a switching unit for transmitting the interrupt signals generated from the sensor unit to the first control unit when the second control unit is in an inactive mode. Accordingly, even though the multimedia processor embedded in the portable terminal is in an inactive mode, the multimedia processor is activated when a user presses the touchpad, thereby making it possible to process signals input by touching the touchpad, particularly, to keep the user interface. Furthermore, the multimedia processor embedded in the portable terminal can reduce the consumption of battery power required to maintain the user interface, as compared with multimedia processors maintaining operating in a conventional polling method.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for controlling an operation of a portable terminal having a multimedia function are provided. The apparatus includes a multimedia processor for performing the multimedia function when a controller is in a sleep mode wherein the controller is converted to an active mode when a specified key signal is input into the controller in the sleep mode and outputs an inactive signal to inactivate the multimedia processor. According to the present invention, the portable terminal having the controller controlling the mobile communication function and the multimedia processor controlling the multimedia function, can independently perform the mobile communication function and the multimedia function according to the specified key input. Furthermore, according to the present invention, the controller which controls the mobile communication function need not control the multimedia processor which controls the multimedia function. Hence, it is possible to reduce power consumption and software errors occurring when the controller controls the multimedia processor.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for controlling battery discharging in a portable terminal having a detachable external battery are provided. The method includes determining if the external battery has been connected with the portable terminal when the portable terminal is booted, receiving power from the external battery when the external battery is connected with the portable terminal and receiving power from an embedded battery of the portable terminal when the external battery has been completely discharged. Furthermore, in charging the batteries, the embedded battery of the portable terminal is first charged when battery charging current is input in a state that the external battery has been connected with the portable terminal, and the external battery is charged when the embedded battery has been completely charged. Power from the external battery is first used when a portable terminal assembled with the external battery is used, and an embedded battery is first charged in charging batteries. Therefore, the embedded battery capacity of the portable terminal can be maintained as much as possible. Furthermore, although the external battery is separated from the portable terminal during battery charging/discharging, the embedded battery capacity can be maintained as much as possible. As a result, even if only the embedded battery is used, a using time of the embedded battery can be increased. Therefore, it is possible to improve the user's convenience.
摘要:
An apparatus for driving a touchpad of a portable terminal including a second control unit controlling the touchpad in an active mode is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor unit for generating interrupt signals when pressure on the touchpad is sensed, a first control unit for outputting activating signals to activate the second control unit when the interrupt signals are input and a switching unit for transmitting the interrupt signals generated from the sensor unit to the first control unit when the second control unit is in an inactive mode. Accordingly, even though the multimedia processor embedded in the portable terminal is in an inactive mode, the multimedia processor is activated when a user presses the touchpad, thereby making it possible to process signals input by touching the touchpad, particularly, to keep the user interface. Furthermore, the multimedia processor embedded in the portable terminal can reduce the consumption of battery power required to maintain the user interface, as compared with multimedia processors maintaining operating in a conventional polling method.
摘要:
The present invention provides a piezoelectric ultrasonic motor driver which can perform self-oscillation, adjust the rotational direction of the motor, and be easy to manufacture. The motor includes a metal body having a desired shape; a plurality of piezoelectric plates attached to surfaces of the metal body, contracted and expanded to rotate the metal body; a self-oscillation unit for oscillating at an electromechanical frequency of the piezoelectric plates an electrical signal; and a delay unit for delaying an oscillation signal of the self-oscillation unit in phase by 90 or −90 degrees according to a desired rotational direction.
摘要:
Disclosed herein is a piezoelectric actuator drive system for forward or backward driving a piezoelectric actuator for zooming and/or focusing in a camera module. The piezoelectric actuator drive system comprises a power supply for supplying an operating voltage, a drive controller for controlling generation of a forward/backward drive signal for a piezoelectric actuator in response to an operation ON select signal and a forward/backward driving select signal, a clock generator for generating a first clock signal in response to the operating voltage from the power supply, and a drive signal generator for generating and supplying the forward or backward drive signal to the piezoelectric actuator in response to the first clock signal from the clock generator and the operating voltage from the power supply under the forward/backward drive signal generation control of the drive controller.
摘要:
A variable square-wave drive device for controlling square waves using feedback- and bias-control methods. The variable square-wave drive device includes an oscillator for generating a clock pulse; a frequency-divider/duty controller for frequency-dividing the clock pulse received from the oscillator to generate a clock signal and a square-wave signal; a drive for amplifying the square-wave signal received from the frequency-divider/duty controller according to a bias voltage, generating first and second square-wave signals having opposite phases, and outputting the first and second square-wave signals as a square-wave drive signal; a feedback controller for comparing a predetermined voltage variable determined by a user with the bias voltage of the drive to generate a comparison result signal; a switching controller for generating a switching signal upon receiving the comparison result signal from the feedback controller; and a bias voltage regulator for charging/discharging the input voltage according to the switching signal received from the switching controller so that it can adjust the bias voltage of the drive.
摘要:
Disclosed herein are a single-stage backlight inverter and a method for driving the same. The single-stage backlight inverter comprises a main oscillator for generating a predetermined triangle-wave oscillation signal, a predetermined clock signal and an inverted clock signal, and an output drive controller responsive to the triangle-wave oscillation signal, clock signal and inverted clock signal from the main oscillator and first and second reference voltages set therein. The second reference voltage has a level set to an intermediate level of the triangle-wave oscillation signal. The output drive controller is adapted to generate a first drive control signal and generate a second drive control signal. The inverter further comprises a first output unit for outputting a pair of first switching signals in response to the first drive control signal, and a second output unit for outputting a pair of second switching signals in response to the second drive control signal.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for controlling battery discharging in a portable terminal having a detachable external battery are provided. The method includes determining if the external battery has been connected with the portable terminal when the portable terminal is booted, receiving power from the external battery when the external battery is connected with the portable terminal and receiving power from an embedded battery of the portable terminal when the external battery has been completely discharged. Furthermore, in charging the batteries, the embedded battery of the portable terminal is first charged when battery charging current is input in a state that the external battery has been connected with the portable terminal, and the external battery is charged when the embedded battery has been completely charged. Power from the external battery is first used when a portable terminal assembled with the external battery is used, and an embedded battery is first charged in charging batteries. Therefore, the embedded battery capacity of the portable terminal can be maintained as much as possible. Furthermore, although the external battery is separated from the portable terminal during battery charging/discharging, the embedded battery capacity can be maintained as much as possible. As a result, even if only the embedded battery is used, a using time of the embedded battery can be increased. Therefore, it is possible to improve the user's convenience.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for controlling an operation of a portable terminal having a multimedia function are provided. The apparatus includes a multimedia processor for performing the multimedia function when a controller is in a sleep mode wherein the controller is converted to an active mode when a specified key signal is input into the controller in the sleep mode and outputs an inactive signal to inactivate the multimedia processor. According to the present invention, the portable terminal having the controller controlling the mobile communication function and the multimedia processor controlling the multimedia function, can independently perform the mobile communication function and the multimedia function according to the specified key input. Furthermore, according to the present invention, the controller which controls the mobile communication function need not control the multimedia processor which controls the multimedia function. Hence, it is possible to reduce power consumption and software errors occurring when the controller controls the multimedia processor.