Terminal protection method, apparatus, and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9705309-B2
Application number	US-201414542817-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 17, 2014
Priority date	Oct 28, 2013
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A terminal protection method that is applied to a terminal is provided. In the method, an air pressure change value collected by an air pressure sensor is obtained; the air pressure change value is compared with a preset air pressure change threshold; and when the air pressure change value exceeds the preset air pressure change threshold, a break instruction is generated, where the break instruction is used to break a power supply circuit of a mainboard circuit of the terminal. According to the terminal protection method provided in the present invention, the power supply circuit of the mainboard circuit of the terminal can be timely broken when the terminal falls into water, thereby solving a problem of a short circuit that occurs on the mainboard circuit of the terminal after the terminal falls into water.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal protection method applied to a terminal, comprising:
obtaining an air pressure change value collected by an air pressure sensor;
comparing the air pressure change value with a preset air pressure change threshold; and
generating a break instruction when the air pressure change value exceeds the preset air pressure change threshold,
wherein the break instruction is used to break a power supply circuit of a mainboard circuit of the terminal,
wherein the air pressure sensor is provided inside an airtight enclosure within the terminal,
wherein the airtight enclosure is provided in a cavity inside the terminal, and
wherein the air pressure change value is a difference between a first value of air pressure inside the airtight enclosure before the terminal falls into water and a second value of air pressure inside the airtight enclosure after the terminal falls into the water.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the air pressure change value is generated when a waterproof membrane is deformed by water pressure, and wherein the waterproof membrane is provided on a surface of the airtight enclosure.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the break instruction is sent to an operating circuit of the mainboard circuit of the terminal to trigger the operating circuit of the mainboard circuit to disconnect from the power supply circuit of the mainboard circuit.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the break instruction is used to break the power supply circuit of the mainboard circuit of the terminal comprises the break instruction being sent to the power supply circuit of the mainboard circuit of the terminal to trigger the power supply circuit of the mainboard circuit to disconnect from an operating circuit of the mainboard circuit.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining a plurality of air pressure change values collected by the air pressure sensor;
selecting a minimum air pressure change value from the air pressure change values to obtain an air pressure change interval; and
selecting one of the air pressure change values in the air pressure change interval to be the preset air pressure change threshold.

6. A terminal protection apparatus, comprising:
a processor configured to:
obtain an air pressure change value collected by an air pressure sensor;
compare the air pressure change value with a preset air pressure change threshold; and
generate a break instruction when the air pressure change value exceeds the preset air pressure change threshold,
wherein the break instruction is used to break a power supply circuit of a mainboard circuit of a terminal,
wherein the air pressure sensor is provided inside an airtight enclosure within the terminal, and
wherein the airtight enclosure is provided in a cavity inside a terminal.

7. The terminal protection apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to send the break instruction to an operating circuit of the mainboard circuit of the terminal.

8. The terminal protection apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to send the break instruction to the power supply circuit of the mainboard circuit of the terminal.

9. The terminal protection apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is coupled to the air pressure sensor via a bus, and wherein the processor receives the air pressure change value via the bus.

10. The terminal protection apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is coupled to the air pressure sensor via a Bluetooth® connection, and wherein the processor receives the air pressure change value using the Bluetooth® connection.

11. The terminal protection apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the preset air pressure change threshold is preset by factor settings of the terminal.

12. The terminal protection apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the preset air pressure change threshold is selected from a plurality of air pressure change values obtained when the terminal falls into water.

13. A terminal protection electronic device, comprising:
an air pressure sensor provided inside an airtight enclosure and configured to collect an air pressure change value inside the airtight enclosure, wherein the airtight enclosure is provided in a cavity inside a terminal, and wherein the air pressure change value is generated when a waterproof membrane on a surface of the airtight enclosure is deformed by water pressure; and
a processor coupled to the air pressure sensor and configured to:
obtain the air pressure change value collected by the air pressure sensor;
compare the air pressure change value with a preset air pressure change threshold, and generate a break instruction when the air pressure change value exceeds the preset air pressure change threshold; and
generate a break instruction, wherein the break instruction is used to break a power supply circuit of a mainboard circuit of a terminal.

14. The terminal protection electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is connected to the air pressure sensor using a bus, and wherein the air pressure sensor sends the collected air pressure change value to the processor using the bus.

15. The terminal protection electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the preset air pressure change threshold is preset by factor settings of the terminal.

16. The terminal protection electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the preset air pressure change threshold is selected from a plurality of air pressure change values obtained when the terminal falls into water.

17. The terminal protection electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the terminal is a mobile device.

Assignees

• Huawei Device Co Ltd

Inventors

• Peng Xu
• Gu Jianglin
• Chiang Feikuo
• Liu Tian

Classifications

• H05K5/06

  Hermetically-sealed casings {(specially adapted for small components H05K5/0095)} · CPC title

• G06F21/81 Primary

  by operating on the power supply, e.g. enabling or disabling power-on, sleep or resume operations · CPC title

• H02H5/083 Primary

  responsive to the entry or leakage of a liquid into an electrical appliance (moisture alarm G08B21/20) · CPC title

• G06F1/26

  Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof (for memories G11C) · CPC title

• Y04S40/24

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic