Patent ID: 8102273
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: G06F,H01R

Abstract:
1. A method for guiding a user to connect a peripheral component to a unit of electronic equipment by tapping, said method comprising steps of: a) the user identifying a connector interface required to connect the peripheral component via an input device of the electronic equipment; b) the user tapping upon a housing surface of the unit of electronic equipment; c) detecting the tapping at the housing surface; d) recognizing a region at which the housing surface has been tapped and calculating a positional relation of the tapped region relative to the identified connector interface for connection; and e) if the recognized region is the identified connector interface for connection, notifying the user and ending the method, otherwise, notifying the user of the positional relation of the tapped region relative the connector interface for connection and, based on said positional relation, repeating steps b, c, d and e.