An electrical plug and receptacle relying on magnetic force from an electromagnet to maintain contact are disclosed. The plug and receptacle can be used as part of a power adapter for connecting an electronic device, such as a laptop computer, to a power supply. The plug includes electrical contacts, which are preferably biased toward corresponding contacts on the receptacle. The plug and receptacle each have a magnetic element. The magnetic element on one of the plug or receptacle can be a magnet or ferromagnetic material. The magnetic element on the other of the plug or receptacle is an electromagnet. When the plug and receptacle are brought into proximity, the magnetic attraction between the electromagnet magnet and its complement, whether another magnet or a ferromagnetic material, maintains the contacts in an electrically conductive relationship.

The present invention relates to a cover for an electronic device. The cover is attachable to an electronic device and includes a first plate having an opening, the first plate configured to cover a first part of a rear surface of the electronic device, a second plate disposed adjacent to the first plate and configured to cover a second part of the rear surface of the electronic device, a third plate disposed adjacent to the second plate and configured to cover a third part of the rear surface of the electronic device, a pen storage part coupled to the opening of the first plate, an outer skin configured to wrap one surface of each of the first plate, the second plate, and the third plate, and a hinge configured to rotatably couple the second plate and the third plate, wherein the first plate is rotatable within a first designated angle range with respect to the second plate via the outer skin, wherein the third plate is rotatable within a second designated angle range with respect to the second plate via the hinge, and wherein the first plate is formed of a first material, and the pen storage part is formed of a second material having a hardness different from a hardness of the first material.

The present disclosure relates generally to instantaneous communication network systems and methods and, in particular, in one or more embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a first multi-mode and multi-frequency communication device capable of connecting directly with a proximate second first multi-mode and multi-frequency communication device. A display screen on the communication device is capable of displaying icons and avatars over a map to show other communication devices which are proximate.

A consumer electronic product includes at least a transparent housing and a flexible display assembly enclosed within the transparent housing. In the described embodiment, the flexible display assembly is configured to present visual content at any portion of the transparent housing.

A method for sensing touch inputs to a digital equipment is provided, comprising the steps of sensing a sound/vibration signal generated by a touch, digitally processing the sensed sound/vibration signal, and determining the type of touch means that has generated the touch and the intensity of the touch based on the properties of the processed sound/vibration signal, wherein the properties include at least one of the following properties of the sound/vibration signal in time domain: maximum amplitude, average amplitude, average frequency, mean, standard deviation, standard deviation normalized by overall amplitude, variance, skewness, kurtosis, sum, absolute sum, root mean square (RMS), crest factor, dispersion, entropy, power sum, center of mass, coefficients of variation, cross correlation, zero-crossings, seasonality, DC bias, or the above properties computed for the first, second, third or higher order of derivatives of the sound/vibration signal; and the following properties of the sound/vibration signal in frequency domain: spectral centroid, spectral density, spherical harmonics, total average spectral energy, band energy ratios for every octave, log spectral band ratios, linear prediction-based cepstral coefficients (LPCCs), perceptual linear prediction (PLP) cepstral coefficients, mel-frequency cepstral coefficients, frequency topology, or the above properties computed for the first, second, third or higher order of derivatives of a frequency domain representation of the sound/vibration signal. There is also provided a device for sensing touch inputs.

A housing for an electronic device is disclosed. The housing comprises a first component and a second component separated from the first component by a gap. The housing also includes a first molded element disposed at least partially within the gap and defining at least a portion of an interlock feature, and a second molded element disposed at least partially within the gap and mechanically engaging the interlock feature. The first component, the second component, and the second molded element form a portion of an exterior surface of the housing. A method of forming the housing is also disclosed.

An example electronic device includes an outer housing, and a mounting assembly coupled to the outer housing that is to mount a peripheral module to the outer housing. The mounting assembly is to transition between a first position in which the peripheral module is recessed within the outer housing and a second position in which the peripheral module is extended out of the outer housing. The mounting assembly includes an arm and wherein a rotational position of the arm is to adjust a clearance distance of the peripheral module from the outer housing when the mounting assembly is in the second position.

An information reading apparatus that is easy for a user to operate even if different functions are required for each situation is provided. A base module includes a control unit which performs control by using three functional modules assembled thereto, that is, a top module, a bottom module, and a back module, and a touch panel whose display content is controlled by the control unit. The top module is connected to a one end of the base module in the longitudinal direction, the bottom module is connected to the other end of the base module in the longitudinal direction, and the back module is connected to a rear side of the base module, which faces away from a display screen of a touch panel. The control unit recognizes each function on the basis of the information obtained from the three functional modules connected to the base module.

A wireless hub includes a vehicle power connector that can draw power from a vehicle battery on a vehicle, a first wireless transmission circuit that can send or receive data with base stations in a long-range wireless network, a second wireless transmission circuit that can provide a short-range wireless network and to transfer data to and from electronic devices, and a network processor that can process data in the first wireless transmission circuit and the second wireless transmission circuit. The wireless hub has an antenna array for millimeter wave communications.

An example system may comprise a network-attached storage device including a base station having a hardware interface including a drive port and a connectivity port; a modular storage drive attachable to and detachable from the drive port; and a modular wireless adapter attachable to and detachable from the connectivity port. The portable storage device is formable by detaching the modular storage drive and the modular wireless adapter from the hardware interface of the network-attached storage device, and coupling the modular storage drive and the modular wireless adapter to one another via a portable hardware interface. Further, a rechargeable modular power unit is removable from the base station and attachable to and detachable from a power port of the network-attached storage device.