Electronic device and tracking method
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsCHING-CHUNG WU, YOUNG-WAY LIU
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Abstract
The disclosure provides an electronic device and a tracking method adapted for the apparatus. The device predefines a time period according to the requirement of a user and an alarm or information receiving party with which the device can communicate. If the device remains stationary during the time period, the device acquires a current location thereof and sends the location to the receiving party using another phone number, or an e-mail address. Therefore, the user associated with the receiving party can track and know the location of the device in real time.
Claims14
An electronic device comprising:
- a positioning unit to update a location of the electronic device in real time;
- a communication unit to communicate with a preset receiving party;
- a sensing unit to sense a movement of the electronic device in real time and generate a signal when the electronic device moves;
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- a control unit comprising:
- a motion evaluating module to determine whether the sensing unit has generated a signal within a preset time period;
- a location acquiring module to acquire a current location of the electronic device from the positioning unit if the sensing unit did not generate a signal within the preset time period;
- an editing module to edit and issue an alarm containing the current location of the electronic device from the location acquiring module;
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- a sending control module to control the communication unit to send the alarm to the preset receiving party in a predetermined sending manner.
A method for tracking an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a positioning unit to update a location of the electronic device in real time and a sensing unit to sense a movement of the electronic device in real time and generate a signal when the electronic device moves, the method comprising:
- determining whether the sensing unit has generated a signal within a preset time period;
- if the sensing unit did not generate a signal within the preset time period, acquiring a current location of the electronic device from the positioning unit;
- editing and issuing an alarm containing the current location of the electronic device;
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- sending the alarm to a preset receiving party in a predetermined sending manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.