The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2018
Wistron Corporation, New Taipei, TW;
Chen-Yi Liang, New Taipei, TW;
Chun-Kuan Liu, New Taipei, TW;
Wistron Corporation, New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A password power switch circuit for an electronic device includes a thermal energy conversion circuit and a programmable control chip. The thermal energy conversion circuit is used for generating a plurality of sensing temperatures. The programmable control chip is coupled to the thermal energy conversion circuit for storing a password and generating a power-on signal to a central processing device of the electronic device according to a plurality of locations corresponding to the plurality of sensing temperatures and a plurality of locations corresponding to the password. The central processing device determines at least one operation associated with the electronic device according to the power-on signal.