Handheld device and method for protecting handheld device from falling collision
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsHou-Hsien Lee, Chang-Jung Lee, Chih-Ping Lo
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Abstract
A handheld device includes a specified number of protection components, each protection component includes an actuating unit, an active bracket, a fixed bracket, a holding unit, a spring, and an anti-collision unit. The actuating unit is connected to a body of the handheld device, a first end of the active bracket is connected to the actuating unit, a second end of the active bracket is connected to the holding unit, the fixed bracket is positioned in the holding unit near to the active bracket, and the anti-collision unit is connected to the spring, the anti-collision unit is kept in the holding unit when the protection component is not activated.
Claims13
A handheld device, comprising:
- a plurality of protection components;
- each of the protection components comprising an actuating unit, an active bracket, a fixed bracket, a holding unit, a spring, and an anti-collision unit;
- the actuating unit connected to the handheld device, a first end of the active bracket connected to the actuating unit, a second end of the active bracket connected to the holding unit, the fixed bracket positioned in the holding unit near to the active bracket, the anti-collision unit connected to the spring, the anti-collision unit kept in the holding unit when the protection component is not activated.
A computer-implemented method for protecting a handheld device from a falling collision, the handheld device comprising:
- a plurality of protection components, each of the protection components comprising an actuating unit, an active bracket, a fixed bracket, a holding unit, and an anti-collision unit connected with a spring, the anti-collision unit kept in the holding unit when the protection component is not activated;
- the method comprising:
- sending an activating command to the actuating unit of each of the protection components upon the condition that the handheld device is in a falling state;
- activating each of the protection components of the handheld device by enabling the actuating unit of each of the protection components according to the activating command, and controlling the active bracket to move towards to the fixed bracket using the actuating unit;
- unfastening the holding unit by moving the active bracket towards to the fixed bracket;
- springing out the anti-collision unit from the handheld device when the holding unit is unfastened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.