TW527564B - Logging method of activation time of electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a logging method of activation time of electronic device, which goes through processor to monitor if electronic device has been activated, if yes, processor will read the time in excess of the test from storage device and instruct the internal timer circuit to start counting the time, when the time elapsed on the timer circuit exceeds the set testing time, processor will determine if EEPROM has stored data already, if no, then write the presently saved time of the electronic device to the EEPROM. Therefore, it can log the actual activation time of the electronic device as the services basis at maintenance for services personnel.

Description

527564 V. Description of the invention α) Background of the invention: The present invention is a method for registering the activation time of an electronic device, especially a method for registering the date when a user actually uses the electronic device in the electronic device. Know-how:

Press, today's general electronic devices are not delivered to consumers as soon as they leave the factory, but are stored in stock for a period of time and then sent to consumers through various sales channels. Therefore, each electronic device is manufactured before leaving the factory. The date cannot be used as the basis for the warranty of the electronic device. Therefore, in order to remedy the above-mentioned shortcomings, when each seller sells an electronic device to a consumer, it will register the date of sale in the electronic device's warranty as a guarantee. The manufacturer's basis for the maintenance and warranty of the electronic device. However, if the consumer has not used the electronic device after purchase, or has only performed a short test, and has not really used it, it will not be used until the warranty period expires. After use, the electronic device malfunctions. For consumers, if they have spent a sum of money to buy an electronic device and have not used it, they will need to spend another repair cost, which often feels unfair. Outline of invention:

In order to improve the date when the above-mentioned electronic device failed to record the correct use of the consumer, so that the manufacturer can use the date as a basis for repairs, and so that the consumer cannot really enjoy the various disadvantages of the warranty period given by the manufacturer, the inventor is committed to Years of experience in the industry,

Page 4 527564 V. Description of the Invention (2) Efforts have been made to research and experiment, and finally developed a registration method for designing the activation time of the electronic device of the present invention. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for registering the activation time of an electronic device. The method mainly uses a processor to detect whether the electronic device has been activated. If the electronic device has been activated, the processor will go to the storage device. Read the set test time, and make the timing circuit start counting, then check whether the time on the timing circuit exceeds the set test time. If so, the processor will set the current timer on the electronic device at that time. The time is written into the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR OM), so that the real startup time of the electronic device can be registered as a basis for maintenance personnel to perform maintenance. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for registering the activation time of an electronic device. When the activation time of the electronic device is registered, the processor will start a timing circuit to perform timing every time the user uses the electronic device, and Write the time counted into the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR 0 M), and then read the time in the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) through the processor, and The result of adding the read value to 1 is re-written into the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR 0 Μ). In this way, the above actions can be repeated repeatedly to record each time the electronic device is used. Down, so that maintenance personnel can register the activation date in the electronic device, or use the time accumulated in the electric erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR OM) as a basis for warranty repairs. .

527564 V. Description of the invention (3) Description of the invention: In order to enable your reviewing committee to further understand and understand the features and effects of the present invention, the examples are described in detail with the accompanying drawings as follows: Detailed description: Please refer to As shown in the first figure, the present invention is a method for registering the activation time of an electronic device. When a user uses the electronic device, the processor in the electronic device performs the following steps: (1) detecting whether the electronic device is It has been started. If not, it will end the registration action; (2). If yes, then read the time (including year, month, and day) on the timer (RTC) on the electronic device, and the timer and An independent power supply (battery in this embodiment) is connected. The timer can use the power supplied by the independent power supply, so that the manufacturer can calibrate the timer when the electronic device leaves the factory. Adjust to the correct time, and can continue the timing when the electronic device is turned off; (3). Start the timing circuit to start timing, and read an original setting in the storage device Time (2 hours in this embodiment); (4). Determine whether the time on the timing circuit has exceeded the set time. If not, determine whether the electronic device is still on. If not, stop the timing. If it is, the timing circuit will continue to perform timing; (5). When the time on the timing circuit has exceeded the set time, then

527564 V. Description of the invention (4) Perform reading operation in the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EE PR 0M), and then judge whether there is any in the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR OM). Legal information (ie whether time has been registered), if yes, it means that the enabled time has been registered in the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR 〇 Μ), if not, it will be a timer on the electronic device The current time (including year, month, and day) is written into the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR 0M), and the date is used as the activation time of the electronic device. In this way, the electronic device can be really started The time is registered as the basis for maintenance personnel to carry out maintenance.

As described above, when the time on the timing circuit does not exceed the set test time and the electronic device stops operating at the same time, the processor will stop the timing circuit and reset the timing circuit to zero to avoid the The electronic device is registered as soon as it is started. For example, when a store is conducting a demonstration or a consumer is trying out, the electronic device is started and operated so that when the consumer can understand the functions of the electronic device, the processor will not start the device. As the activation time of the electronic device, it can prevent the electronic device from being registered as the activation time during the test, thereby causing unfairness to consumers. In addition, please refer to the second figure. When the electronic device completes the registration of the activation date through the above steps, the processor in the electronic device performs the following steps each time the user uses the electronic device. :

(1). Detect whether the electronic device has been started, if not, stop the timing operation; if so, the processor will start the timing circuit to start timing (in the form of "t"); (2) When the time on the timing circuit exceeds the set time (1 minute in this embodiment, represented by "T"), if not (t < T), judge

Page 7 527564 V. Description of the invention (5) Whether the electronic device is still on, if not, stop the timing operation; if so, the timing circuit will continue to perform timing, and at the same time, the obtained time is written into the power In the position designated by the erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR 〇 Μ), in this embodiment, the designated position is electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR 〇 Μ). Area; (3) · When the time on the timing circuit exceeds the set time (t > Τ), the time written in the specified position of the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR Ο Μ) is read out , And then add 1 to the value of the time value for each read, and rewrite it to the original designated position of the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM);

(4) Repeat steps (2) and (3) again until the time value read out exceeds the set value (60 in this embodiment), which will be stored in the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory The value at the specified location of the EEPROM (EEPROM) is cleared, so that it resets to zero, so that the timekeeping circuit can write down the obtained time, and then add this value to 1, and then rewrite it into the electrical erasable programmable read-only Memory (EEPROM) at another specified location, in this embodiment, the other specified location is an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR 0 Μ) to store the area in units of 时 π; 5). If the time value read out does not exceed the set value, determine whether the electronic device is still on, and if not, stop the timing operation; if so, the timing circuit will continue to perform timing work;

(6) In this way, by repeating the above steps continuously, each time of use can be written into the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR 0 Μ) in a cumulative manner, so that maintenance personnel can log in Activation in electronic devices

Page 8 527564 5. In the (6) period of the invention description, you can also register the accumulated usage time in the electronic device as a basis for warranty repair. In order to enable the panel members to further understand the present invention, an embodiment is described as follows:

First, when a monitor is opened for use by the user, when the processor in the monitor receives the message, it will cause the timing circuit in it to start timing. If the time on the timing circuit does not reach the set 2 hours, , Then the timing circuit will continue to perform the timing action until the time on the timer exceeds 2 hours, the processor will read the time in the timer on the electronic device, and then judge the electrical erasable programmable read-only Whether the time has been registered in the memory (EEPROM), if not, the processor will write the time on the timer (year, month, day) into the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR 0 Μ) If yes, it means that the activation time of the electronic device has been registered, that is, the time on the timer is not written into the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR 0 Μ). In summary, the present invention A "registering method for the activation time of an electronic device" has great industrial use value, and can improve various shortcomings of conventional technology. It can improve efficiency in use, and is practical and fully in line with the invention. The requirement, in fact, an ideal of creation, and therefore require the applicant to Yuan Yi Patent Law, a patent application for the invention to Jun bureau, said thanks and urge early quasi patent case, to a sense of ethics will.

Page 9 527564 Simple illustration of the diagram Simple illustration of the diagram: The first diagram: the flowchart of the login enable time of the present invention the second diagram: the flowchart of the cumulative time of login at the time of issuing

Claims (1)

527564 6. Scope of patent application 1. A method for registering the activation time of an electronic device. This method uses a processor to detect whether the electronic device has been activated. If the electronic device has been activated, the processor will read the original storage. The test time is set, and the timing circuit therein is used for timing. When the time on the timing circuit exceeds the set test time, the processor will write the current time on the timer to the electrical erasable and programmable logic. Read the memory (EEPROM), so that the real activation time of the electronic device can be registered. 2. According to the method for registering the activation time of the electronic device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, when the time on the timing circuit does not exceed the set test time, the processor will determine whether the electronic device is still on, and if not , Then stop the timing operation. If so, the timing circuit will continue to perform the timing operation. 3. According to the method for registering the activation time of the electronic device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, when the time on the timing circuit does not exceed the set time and the electronic device stops operating at the same time, the processor will stop the timing circuit from timing Action, and reset the timing circuit to zero to prevent the electronic device from being registered as the enabled time as soon as it is started. 4. The method for registering the activation time of the electronic device as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, when the electronic device is registered with the activation date, the processor will start the timing circuit every time the user uses the electronic device. Count the time and write the time obtained in the time into the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), and then read the time in the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) through the processor, The result of adding the read value to 1 is re-written into the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR 0 Μ), such as Page 11 527564 6. Scope of applying for a patent. By repeating the above-mentioned actions, each time of use of the electronic device can be recorded in a cumulative manner, so that maintenance personnel can register the activation date of the electronic device by The accumulated time registered in the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPR OM) is used as the basis for warranty repairs. Page 12