Getac Technology Corporation

Chien-Chih Hu

Chia-Chuan Wu

Ta-Wei Chang

Chen-Shu Tsai

A photographic system includes a host and a plurality of camera devices. A data port of the host is connected to a control circuit of a non-camera device. A first camera device is connected to a first wireless communication module of the host in a wireless manner, a second camera device is connected to a wired network module of the host in a wired manner, and the first camera device and the second camera device are configured to photograph a surrounding environment and generate current event information indicating that photography starts. A processing module of the host receives the current event information from the non-camera device, the first camera device, and the second camera device, and generates a trigger signal according to the current event information, to trigger the plurality of camera devices except the camera device generating the current event information to start photography.

Photographic system and control method for heterogeneous video architecture

An Internet of Things equipment management system and an operation method thereof are provided. The operation method includes: obtaining, by a wearable camera, a group number and a user name of the wearable camera from a client-side server; scanning a barcode of a sensor to obtain a serial number of the sensor and writing the group name to the sensor by the wearable camera; pairing, by the wearable camera, the group name and the serial number to establish a pairing relationship between the wearable camera and the sensor; and transmitting, by the wearable camera, the pairing relationship to the client-side server.

Internet of things equipment management system and operation method thereof

A vehicle uninterruptible power supply system and a control method thereof are provided. The control method includes: instructing, by a control circuit, a charging and discharging circuit to use one of a vehicle power supply and a backup battery for charging a vehicle load according to a voltage of the vehicle power supply and a voltage of the backup battery when the control circuit receives an ignition-on signal; instructing, by the control circuit, the charging and discharging circuit to use one of the vehicle power supply and the backup battery for charging the vehicle load according to the voltage of the backup battery when the control circuit receives an ignition-off signal; and preventing, by the control circuit, the vehicle power supply and the backup battery from charging the vehicle load when the control circuit receives the ignition-off signal.

Vehicle uninterruptible power supply system and control method thereof

An Internet of Things equipment management system and an operation method thereof are provided. The operation method includes: obtaining, by a wearable camera, a group number and a user name of the wearable camera from a client-side server; obtaining, by a mobile application, the group name from the wearable camera; scanning a barcode of a sensor to obtain a serial number of the sensor and writing the group name to the sensor by the mobile application; pairing, by the mobile application, the group name and the serial number to establish a pairing relationship between the wearable camera and the sensor; and transmitting, by the mobile application, the pairing relationship to the client-side server.

An automatic firmware update method for an embedded system includes establishing wireless communication between an application layer of the embedded system and a remote server, detecting a version of firmware stored in the remote server corresponding to the embedded system while the wireless communication is established, downloading the firmware in a new version and an update policy when the firmware in the new version is available, storing the downloaded firmware in the new version and the downloaded update policy in a storage unit, issuing an update notification according to an update object of the downloaded firmware in the new version, reading the update policy according to the update notification, and performing an update procedure for updating the firmware to the new version according to the read update policy.

Information extraction apparatus, and automatic firmware update system and method for embedded system

An information capture device includes a camera member, a storage unit, a network module and a processing unit. The camera member captures an ambient environment to generate an environment image stream of the ambient environment. The storage unit has a storage space. The network module receives a cyclic recording policy through a network, wherein the cyclic recording policy includes an activation instruction and a storage capacity setting. The processing unit calculates a designated storage capacity according to the storage capacity setting and a total capacity of the storage space, detects a spare capacity of the storage space according to the designated storage capacity, limits the designated storage capacity to be used exclusively for the cyclic recording process, and activates and executes the cyclic recording process according to the activation instruction when the spare capacity satisfies the designated storage capacity.

Information capture device and control method thereof

A method of starting an information-capturing device includes: receiving an event message including a destination information by a near-field communication technology, comparing a first identification code of the information-capturing device with the dedicated identification code specified by the destination information contained in the event message, starting the information-capturing device to capture ambient data if the first identification code matches the dedicated identification code specified by the destination information contained in the event message, and broadcasting the event message by the near-field communication technology if the first identification code does not match the dedicated identification code specified by the destination information contained in the event message.

Method of starting information-capturing device

An environmental surveillance system includes at least one status sensor, a control device, and at least one portable information capturing device. The control device is coupled to the status sensors to send a broadcast packet in accordance with sensing signals generated from the status sensors. The broadcast packet includes a broadcast data. The broadcast data includes an actuation command. The at least one portable information capturing device receives the broadcast packet and compares a match data with the broadcast data in the broadcast packet. When the match data matches the broadcast data, the at least one portable information capturing device starts a media capturing procedure in accordance with the actuation command.

Environmental surveillance system and method of driving portable information capture device

An automatic uploading method, comprising the steps of: receiving a wake-up signal by a low-power-consumption wireless transmission module of a portable information capturing device; actuating a high-power-consumption wireless transmission module of the portable information capturing device according to the wake-up signal; creating a connection between the high-power-consumption wireless transmission module and a first relay station after the high-power-consumption wireless transmission module has been actuated; shutting down the low-power-consumption wireless transmission module after the connection has been created; and transmitting, via the connection, an upload data of the portable information capturing device to a second relay station, wherein the second relay station is connected to the first relay station.

Automatic uploading method and portable information capturing device capable of automatic uploading

An information-capturing device includes a near-field communication module, a video recording unit, a storing unit, and a controlling unit. The controlling unit is coupled to the near-field communication module, the video recording unit, and the storing unit. The near-field communication module receives an event message including a destination information. The video recording unit captures an ambient data. The storing unit stores a first identification code. The controlling unit compares the first identification code with the dedicated identification code specified by the destination information contained in the event message. The controlling unit starts the video recording unit if the first identification code matches the dedicated identification code specified by the destination information contained in the event message. The controlling unit broadcasts the event message through the near-field communication module if the first identification code does not match the dedicated identification code specified by the destination information contained in the event message.

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Chien-Chih Hu