Electronic bead string and counting method thereof
AssigneesInventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, Inventec Corporation
InventorsChun-Chi Lin, Chia-Cheng Shih, Wen-Huang Lee
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Abstract
An electronic bead string includes a main bead, a plurality of secondary beads, a displacement sensor, a memory, and a processor. The main bead and the secondary beads are strung together to form a bead string. The displacement sensor is fixed in the main bead to output two-dimensional displacement signals, the memory stores the two-dimensional displacement signals, and the processor determines whether a rotation cycle of the electronic bead string is an approved rotation cycle according to the two-dimensional displacement signals.
Claims8
An electronic bead string, comprising:
- a main bead;
- a plurality of secondary beads, wherein the secondary beads and the main bead are strung together to form a bead string;
- a displacement sensor disposed in the main bead to output two-dimensional displacement signals;
- a memory storing the two-dimensional displacement signals outputted by the displacement sensor;
- and
- a processor determining whether rotation cycles of the electronic bead string are approved rotation cycles according to the two-dimensional displacement signals, wherein the memory further stores a minimum start period, a minimum recognition period and a rest time to compare with the two-dimensional displacement signals for determining the approved rotation cycles, wherein the processor further determines the number of times of reading the name of the Buddha by a user according to the approved rotation cycles and the number of the secondary beads.
An electronic bead string counting method, comprising:
- providing an electronic bead string, wherein the electronic bead string comprises a main bead and a plurality of secondary beads;
- outputting two-dimensional displacement signals by a displacement sensor;
- utilizing a processor to determine whether continuous rotation cycles of the electronic bead string are longer than a minimum start period;
- utilizing the processor to accumulate approved rotation cycles of the electronic bead string;
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- utilizing the processor to calculate the number of times of reading the name of the Buddha by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.