Projector, projector monitoring system, and projector monitoring method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10018895-B2
Application number	US-201615386463-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2016
Priority date	Jun 30, 2016
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

A projector or group of projectors each includes a data acquisition module, a first storage, a first determining module, and a first communicating module. The data acquisition module acquires present working values of working portions of the projector. The first storage stores working parameters comprising fixed normal values when the projector and all its parts is in normal working state. The first determining module can determine whether a reading showing the present working value is consistent with fixed normal parametric value. The first communicating module communicates with a monitoring terminal, and when the present working value is not consistent with the fixed normal value, the present working value of the working parameter is transmitted to a monitoring terminal. A projector monitoring system and method are also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A projector comprising:
a data acquisition module configured to acquire readings as to present working values of the projector;
a first storage module configured to store portions of the projector, and the portions of the projector having fixed normal values when the projector is in a normal working state;
a first determining module configured to determine whether the present working values being consistent with the fixed normal values according to each fixed normal value and each present working value both values being for the same portion of the projector;
a first communicating module configured to communicate with a monitoring terminal, and wherein when the present working value is not consistent with the fixed normal value, the first communication module transmits the present working value to the monitoring terminal; wherein the monitoring terminal is a computer; and
at least one controller for executing programs associated with at least one of the data acquisition module, the first storage module, the first determining module, and the first communicating module.

2. The projector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the present working value comprises a voltage value of a fan of the projector.

3. A projector monitoring system comprising:
at least one monitoring terminal; wherein the monitoring terminal is a computer; and
at least one projector, the projector having at least one monitoring terminal;
each projector comprising:
a data acquisition module configured to acquire readings as to present working values of the projector;
a first storage module configured to store portions of the projector, and the portions of the projector which having fixed normal values when the projector is in normal working state;
a first determining module configured to determine whether the present working values being consistent with the fixed normal values according to each fixed normal value and each present working value both values being for the same portion of the projector;
a first communicating module configured to communicate with the monitoring terminal, wherein when the present working value is not consistent with the fixed normal value, the first communicating module transmits the present working value to corresponding monitoring terminal;
at least one controller for executing programs associated with at least one of the data acquisition module, the first storage module, the first determining module, and the first communicating module.

4. The projector monitoring system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein each monitoring terminal comprises an acquiring module and a second communicating module, the acquiring module transmits an acquiring signal of the present working value to the projector, according to the acquiring signal, the first communicating module transmits the present working value of each portion of the projector to the monitoring terminal, the second communicating module receives the present working value of each portion to the projector.

5. The projector monitoring system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the projector monitoring system further comprises a second storage module and a second determining module, the second storage module stores a normal working value of each portion of the projector, according to the present working value of each portion of the projector and the normal working value of each portion of the projector, the second determining module determines whether the projector is in abnormal state.

6. The projector monitoring system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the projector monitoring system further comprises an alerting module, an abnormal present working value of the projector is sent out by the alerting module in the form of an alert.

7. The projector monitoring system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the alert is in the form of a sound or voice.

8. The projector monitoring system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the alert is in the form of a text.

9. The projector monitoring system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein each monitoring terminal comprises a switch, in response to an on or off operation on the switch, the switch further sends a on or off signal of the projector, and depending on the on or off signal, the projector is correspondingly turned on or off.

10. The projector monitoring system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the projector monitoring system comprises a plurality of projectors, a plurality of monitoring terminals, and a managing terminal, the managing terminal communicates with the monitoring terminals, the monitoring terminal transmits the present working value to the managing terminal.

11. The projector monitoring system as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the managing terminal comprises a calculating module, the calculating module calculates a number of counts of each portion of each projector found to be in abnormal state according to the present working value.

12. The projector monitoring system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the managing terminal comprises a converting module, according to the number of counts of each projector, the converting module generates a first two-dimensional graphic of the number counts of abnormal state of each projector.

13. The projector monitoring system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the converting module further generates a second two-dimensional graphic of the number of counts of abnormal state of all the projectors.

14. A projector monitoring method executed in a controller of a projector comprising:
acquiring readings as to present working values of portions of the projector;
according to portions of the projector which have fixed normal values stored in the projector and the present working values, determining whether present working value is consistent with the fixed normal value;
when the present working value not being consistent with the fixed normal value which has a value being for the same portion of the projector to the present working value, transmitting the present working value to a monitoring terminal in communication with the projector.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising:
transmitting an acquiring signal of the present working value to the projector; and
according to the acquiring signal, transmitting the present working value of each portion of the projector to the monitoring terminal.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising:
according to the present working value of each portion of the projector and normal working value of each portion of the projector stored in the monitoring terminal, determining whether the projector being in an abnormal state.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16 , wherein comprising:
sending an abnormal present working value of the projector in the form of an alert.

18. The method as claimed in claim 16 , wherein comprising:
in response to an on or off operation on a switch, controlling the monitoring terminal to turn on or off;
in response to the on or off operation on the switch, sending a on or off signal of the projector; and
according to the on or off signal, the projector is correspondingly turned on or off.

Assignees

• Hongfujin Prec Ind Wuhan
• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd
• Hong Fu Jin Prec Industry Wuhan Co I

Inventors

• Xiong na

Classifications

• G03B21/14 Primary

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