Embodiment
The invention provides a kind of two computer systems that can be hidden operating means that have, be illustrated as preferred embodiment of the present invention, the schematic diagram that Fig. 1 is computer system of the present invention, comprises at least one operation-interface 6000; One first can be hidden operating means 4000, and it comprises an operating system and a plurality of data with program (hard disk or quick flashing) and is connected aforementioned operation interface 6000; One second can be hidden operating means 5000, in order to deposit aforementioned operation system and a plurality of data with program (flash memory) and to be connected aforementioned operation interface 6000; One CPU (central processing unit) 1000 and system chipset 1001, connect this operation-interface 6000 and a power module 1002, and this power module 1002 connects aforementioned first and second and can be hidden operating means 4000,5000; One monitoring module 9000, in order to management and control aforementioned first, can be hidden operating means 4000 and second can be hidden operating means 5000 and any content replication that can be hidden operating means wherein can be hidden to operating means to another, one basic input-output system unit (bios) 3000, in order to by aforementioned first can be hidden operating means 4000 and second can be hidden operating means 5000 wherein any operating system load (boot) and carry out to a dynamic RAM (DRAM) 8000; One decoding unit 2000, in order to be used for aforementioned CPU (central processing unit) 1000 aforementioned basic input-output system unit 3000 decodings.
Aforementioned CPU (central processing unit) (CPU) 1000 receives at least one signal order, via this power module 1002, control aforementioned first and second and can be hidden operating means 4000,5000, and can be hidden operating system and a plurality of data information and the program execution computing of operating means 4000,5000 via 6000 pairs of aforementioned first and second of aforementioned operation interface.
Aforementioned system chipset 1001 comprises north bridge and South Bridge chip, display card chip, network chip etc.
Aforementioned first can be hidden operating means 4000, basic outfit for computer system, and as the storage device of aforementioned operation system and a plurality of data and program (comprising driver and application program), this first can be hidden operating means 4000 for Winchester disk drive or nonvolatile memory (Non-volatile memory), the present invention preferentially selects Winchester disk drive to be used as first can be hidden operating means 4000, because it is the most general, capacity and price are also tending towards rationally, but this preferentially selects and does not limit to right request of the present invention.
Aforementioned second can be hidden operating means 5000, be used for depositing outside aforementioned operation system, also place the selected a plurality of data of monitoring module 9000 and program (comprising driver and application program), this second can be hidden operating means 5000 for nonvolatile memory (Non-volatilememory).This monitoring module 9000 of process is by the first operating system, driver that can be hidden in operating means 4000, and choose the application program wanting to copy and add file and data file thereof and copy to second and can be hidden after operating means 5000, this this second can be hidden operating means 5000 and become a capable of starting up operating means.
Described operating system comprise the serial operating system of Microsft Windows (Microsoft window) (as: win2000, win xp, win vista, win7), UNIX, BSD, Linux, MAC OS wherein any.
Aforesaid nonvolatile memory (Non-volatile memory) refers to after power supply is turned off, the storer that stored data can not disappear, and whether the data in interdependent reservoir can be rewritten as at any time standard when using computing machine, can be divided into ROM (read-only memory) (Read-only memory; ROM) and flash memory Flash memory two classes, the better use of the present invention is flash memory Flash memory, its capacity is unrestricted, can use on demand, and because flash memory is not an electromechanical assembly (there is no voice coil motor, step motor etc.), not only operating speed is far above Winchester disk drive, and power consumption is farther lower than Winchester disk drive.
Aforementioned operation interface 6000, refer to that first can be hidden the interface that operating means 4000 and second can be hidden the hardware of operating means 5000 and computer system, it comprises Parallel ATA (P-ATA:Parallel ATA), serial ATA (S-ATA:Serial ATA), SCSI, USB, system memory address mapping (system memory address map), particularly, if first can be hidden operating means 4000, for Winchester disk drive, select P-ATA (Parallel ATA, also claim EIDE interface) or the South Bridge chip (South-Bridge Chip) be used as in better operation-interface and system chipset 1001 of S-ATA (Serial ATA) interface join, if computer system is used SCSI card can select scsi interface as operation-interface in addition, first and second can be hidden operating means 4000,5000 is that flash memory can select SCSI and P-ATA and S-ATA, USB, system memory address mapping (System Memory Address Map) to be used as operation-interface.
Aforementioned scsi interface, generally, in business computer and server, is often used the Winchester disk drive operating means of scsi interface.Scsi interface experiences evolution in more than 20 year, also has series of products to come out one after another, and according to different transmission rates, has SCSI I (40M transfer rate), SCSI II (80M transfer rate), SCSI III (160M and 320M transfer rate) and SCSI IV etc.The current market of SCSI hard-disk interface common are two kinds of 68PIN and 80PIN, more early stage any have a 50PIN.(rotating shaft motor rotating speed is up to 15,000rpm) sooner for the larger speed of the common volume ratio of the Winchester disk drive of scsi interface in general.If the present invention uses flash memory to treat as operating means collocation and uses scsi interface, the advantage of two-forty disappears immediately, because an electromechanical assembly speed is still not so good as the flash memory of a pure electronic installation sooner, in addition, using unique shortcoming of scsi interface may be exactly that interface height a bit than general IDE (P-ATA and S-ATA) for relative cost, because system for computer chipset will not be built in chip in SCSI operation circuit conventionally, user must need to buy more in addition a SCSI card.
Aforementioned P-ATA and S-ATA interface, making in this way the benefit as the operation-interface between flash memory and computer system is its compatibility.P-ATA interface has been used 20 years at personal computer, and S-ATA is new interface in recent years, is mainly to promote message transmission rate.20 improvement of for many years going through many times make this interface quite stable reliable, have the highest compatibility.In addition, system for computer chipset will be built in chip in P-ATA or S-ATA operation circuit, so the popularity rate of P-ATA and S-ATA is the highest.
Aforementioned USB interface, the simplest and easyly put into practice design of the present invention for being built in a ready-made USB flash circuit in the middle of system, and under monitoring module of the present invention 9000 is controlled, the first content replication to the second that can be hidden operating means 4000 can be hidden to operating means 5000 or the second content (comprising operating system or relative program and data) that can be hidden operating means 5000 is copied back to first can be hidden in operating means 4000.Although traditional USB2.0 transfer rate is fast not enough, in USB3.0 and future version, speed will be no longer a problem, on the contrary following may use in a large number because of the easy design of USB interface.
Aforementioned system memory address mapping (System Memory Address Mapped) mode: can be hidden operating means 5000 by second is that flash memory designs in computer system in system memory address mapping (SystemMemory Address Mapped) mode.In more detail, the memory address of computer system shines upon as Fig. 2, and the total storage space of system is generally 4GB, and the use of its address area is as follows:
(1) address 896K is that traditional BIOS is used address area to address 1MB (1024K) and the 128K below the 4GB of address.
(2) address 000Dao address 2GB is the use region of dynamic RAM (DRAM) behind the region of deduction BIOS.
(3) the 2GB above 1.5GB address space to 3.5GB in address is that the present invention second can be hidden the use region that operating means 5000 is flash memory, and controls in Banking mode, and totally 8 Bank amount to 12GB storage space.If the second interface that can be hidden operating means 5000 and system is not with system memory address mapping, this address space can be used as other purposes or keeps for dynamic RAM (DRAM) 8000 to use.When using system memory address mapping (System Memory Address Mapped) mode as interface, by monitoring module 9000 of the present invention, by second, can be hidden operating means 5000 is that flash memory is formatd (Format), after the copying of person's complete operation system to be used and associated profiles, second can be hidden operating means 5000 includes the first operating system and program and data that can be hidden in operating means 4000.
If in addition this operation-interface 6000 select system memory address mapping (system memoryaddress map) this decoding unit 2000 as this second banking decoding scheme that can be hidden operating means 5000.
Aforementioned decoding unit 2000, be taken as second can be hidden the banking decoding scheme of operating means 5000 time, this decoding unit 2000 is group address line decoding (Addressdecoder) circuit, in order to solve different address areas, for flash memory of the present invention, general decoded mode can generally be divided two kinds:
(1) first level address decoding (Direct Address Decoding), directly gives decoding according to the use total volume of flash memory.Illustrating as shown in Figure 3, is 4MB if establish the capacity of every flash memory, uses 4 flash memories 101,102,103,104, and 16MB, can design the address area of every flash memory as shown in FIG. altogether.When program is carried out a certain address area, CPU can be directly to using the flash memory of this address area to obtain program code or data.
(2) indirect address decoding (Indirect Address Decoding), also referred to as Banking mode.Above example, under this decoded mode, these four flash memories are shared an address area (total memory capacity is 4MB only), when program wants to skip to a certain flash memory (a certain Bank) execution, program originally need first be done Bank switching, meaning is next output order (OutputInstruction), chooses (Enable) this Back IC.Under indirect decoded mode, every flash memory is all used identical address area, and still only can there be a flash memory job the same time.
Aforementioned monitoring module 9000 as shown in Figure 4, send signal order to aforementioned CPU (central processing unit) 1000, to control first, can be hidden operating means 4000 and the second power supply that can be hidden operating means 5000 opens or closes, this monitoring module 9000 comprises a selection secondary module 9001, one monitoring and contrast secondary module 9002, one copies secondary module 9003 and hides secondary module 9004, this selection secondary module 9001 can be hidden wherein any loading (boot) aforementioned operation system of operating means 5000 in order to can be hidden operating means 4000 and second from aforementioned first, this monitoring and contrast secondary module 9002 are in order to check and to show that first can be hidden operating means 4000 and second and can be hidden wherein any operating system and a plurality of data and program of operating means 5000, and select arbitrarily aforementioned operation system and a plurality of data and program to be used as and want to copy object, aforementioned selecteed object tools copies secondary module 9003 in order to can be hidden to operating means to another, this hiding secondary module 9004 is in order to hide the non-selected operating means that is hidden, by user's pass code and aforementioned power source module 1002, for example close the first power supply that can be hidden operating means 4000, and the relevant first related setting message that can be hidden operating means 4000 in system, this function can block the chance of bogusware invasion Winchester disk drive completely, identical mode also can be closed the second power supply that can be hidden operating means 5000, depending on aforesaid selection.
In addition, aforementioned CPU (central processing unit) 1000 further connects a digital camera apparatus and digital television apparatus 7000, aforementioned Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) (BIOS) 3000 more comprises a personal information management secondary module (PIM) 200 (as Fig. 5), digital camera (DSC) driver, Digital Television (DTV) driver and mode of operation are selected secondary module 100 (as Fig. 5), please again referring to the system memory address mapping graph shown in Fig. 2, in order there to be enough storage spaces, place these programs and module, the present invention extends to 16MB by the memory capacity of former BIOS by 512KB, but this kind of memory capacity expands not limited thereto, after utilizing the 16MB deduction traditional B IOS region below the total memory space address 4GB of aforementioned system, this personal information management secondary module (PIM) 200 is placed in conduct, digital camera (DSC) driver, Digital Television (DTV) driver and mode of operation select module 100 to use.2000 of aforementioned decoding units are in order to solve the 16MB address of BIOS.
In aforementioned digital camera apparatus and digital television apparatus 7000, be built in computer system, when user mode of operation select module select for 100 times these two devices wherein any, the power supply of selecteed device be opened (Turn on), its driver is also performed simultaneously, do not have its power supply of selecteed device to close, digital television apparatus and first and second can be hidden operating means and be all and close to save electrical source consumption to these power supplys that install relevant control chip for example select to open digital camera apparatus.
Aforementioned dynamic RAM 8000, in order to aforementioned CPU (central processing unit) 1000 computings and temporary and loading and execution to be provided, and the computing of aforementioned personal information management secondary module 200, digital camera apparatus driver, digital television apparatus driver and other program and temporary memory storage.
Please again referring to shown in Fig. 5, aforementioned mode of operation selects module 100 built-in (burning) in basic input-output system unit 3000, it has aforesaid personal information management secondary module 200, one digital camera secondary module 300, one Digital Television secondary module 400 and an operating means are selected secondary module 500, this digital camera secondary module 300 and Digital Television secondary module 400 are in order to start respectively digital camera apparatus and digital television apparatus and driver thereof, this operating means selects 500 of secondary modules can be hidden operating means 5000 loading (boot) operating systems in order to select can be hidden operating means 4000 or second from first.
In addition, aforementioned personal information management secondary module 200 wherein, digital camera secondary module 300, Digital Television secondary module 400 and operating means select secondary module 500 also can control and start via long-range signal, described long-range signal sends for pressing via at least one hot key (Hot-key), its mode can be connected respectively to for design four buttons on keyboard on four pins of the keyboard controller chip in computer system hardware, after BIOS completes selftest from keyboard controller reads user's key set code, BIOS jumps directly to the program of corresponding secondary module and completes.
Again referring to shown in Fig. 6, the specific implementation of aforementioned personal information management secondary module 200 comprises a computing function 210, a unit conversion function 220, a name-plate book function 230, a calendar function 240 and a database management function 250, aforementioned name-plate book function 230 provides user to be able to without under operating system, browsing, editing name-plate book data, name-plate book data can be under database management function 250 be controlled, and writes Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) 3000 or first and can be hidden operating means 4000 and second and can be hidden in operating means 5000; Calendar function 240 provides user to be able to count certificate one by one browsing, edit without under operating system to act, and calendar data can be under database management function 250 be controlled, and writes in BIOS3000 or first and second can be hidden in operating means 4000,5000; Database management function 250, be mainly used in synchronization data storehouse, in other words, can be hidden name-plate book and calendar data that operating means 4000 and/or second can be hidden in operating means 5000 identical for the content of the name-plate book in personal information management secondary module 100 and calendar and first.Database management function 250 of the present invention can be stored in personal information management secondary module (PIM) 200 data files first and can be hidden operating means 4000 and/or second and can be hidden in operating means 5000.
Again referring to shown in Fig. 7, aforementioned digital camera secondary module 300 can be used immediately digital television apparatus as domestic TV, and its specific implementation includes camera function 310, recording function 320, sound-recording function 330, photo is browsed browses and playing function 350, editting function 360 with playing function 340, film.
Again referring to shown in Fig. 8, the specific implementation of aforementioned Digital Television secondary module 400 comprises that channel selection and audio and video control function 410, program recording function 420, video recording archives playing function 430, video recording archives editting function 440.
Compared to the capacity of existing Basic Input or Output System (BIOS), being about 2Mb in addition (is 512KB, 512K byte), basic input-output system unit 3000 capacity of the present invention are 16MB, newly-increased capacity is used for storing name operation mode and selects module 100 and content thereof, digital camera and Digital Television driver, but as there is for 400 times mass data wish to store at aforementioned digital camera secondary module 300 or Digital Television secondary module, data directly can be stored to SD, MMC, MicroSD, MiniSD, memory storage or the external silicon disk machine memory storages such as RS-MMC Card, or start first can be hidden operating means 4000 or second can be hidden operating means 5000 by data storing in these two operating means.
To in detail mode of operation and the method for supervising of computer system of the present invention be described in detail below:
As shown in Fig. 3, Fig. 9, after computer booting, Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) (BIOS) is carried out start selftest (the Power On Self Test of computer system, POST) after, automatically enter mode of operation and select module 100, user can select to select in module 100 in work 4 secondary modules of wish operation, i.e. aforesaid personal information management secondary module 200, digital camera secondary module 300, Digital Television secondary module 400, operating system Array selection secondary module 500.When user selects wherein any secondary module, the device of other three secondary modules and the power supply of chip are closed, and reach the object of saving power supply.
With reference to shown in Fig. 1, Figure 10, when user selects to select operating system Array selection secondary module 500 in module 100 in mode of operation, enter monitoring module 9000 in the lump.
The method for supervising of aforementioned monitoring module 9000 comprises the following steps:
Step 600 starts;
Step 610 operating means is selected, and the operating system original device that selection will operate, is from first, can be hidden operating means or second can be hidden operating means.When user uses for the first time, the second content that can be hidden operating means 5000 is empty, therefore can jump directly to step 660 reproducer, can be hidden operating means 5000 complete and copy second, becoming one can load operation system and the device of executive routine.After completing the operating system and application copy of start for the first time, during start later, monitoring module 9000 can allow user select os starting device, if user's selection second can be hidden 5000 of operating means and skip to step 620, if can being hidden 4000 of operating means, selection first skips to step 630;
Step 620 selects second can be hidden operating means 5000 for starter gear and originate as operating system, operating system is loaded in dynamic RAM 8000 simultaneously and carries out, monitoring module 9000 is understood according to user demand, sends unlatching or close the first signal order that can be hidden operating means 4000 power supplys can be hidden the power supply of operating means 4000 to aforementioned central control unit 1000 controls first;
Step 630 selects first can be hidden operating means 4000 for starter gear and originate as operating system, operating system is loaded in dynamic RAM 8000 simultaneously and carries out, monitoring module 9000 is understood according to user demand, sends unlatching or close the second signal order that can be hidden operating means 5000 power supplys can be hidden the power supply of operating means 5000 to aforementioned central control unit 1000 controls second;
Step 640 EO, no matter can be hidden operating means 4000 or can be hidden under the operating system of operating means 5000 and operate second first, when user is intended to shutdown or while entering dormant state (being so-called S3, S4 or Suspend to Ram or Suspend To HDD), monitoring module 9000 enters whether reproducer of step 650;
Whether step 650 copies, and whether monitoring module 9000 inquiry users carry out replication actions, if enter step 660 reproducer; Carry out if not step 670 termination routine, complete shutdown or dormancy action;
Step 660 copies, unlatching first can be hidden operating means or second and can be hidden operating means power supply, choose to want to copy object and complete and copy, close first and can be hidden operating means or second and can be hidden operating means power supply, copy or upgrade basic input-output system unit content.
Data file (name-plate book and calendar content as the aforementioned) that in addition can synchronization personal information management secondary module 200 under this step, meaning is in operating system running, can be via the work that secondary module 9003 completes the database management function 250 of aforementioned personal information management secondary module 200 that copies of monitoring module 9000, in other words the data of synchronization renewal personal information management secondary module 200 complete via aforementioned data library management function 250 at the environment without operating system, under operating system environment, via aforementioned copy secondary module 9003, complete.
Now monitoring module 9000 is just as the explorer program of " strengthening version ", not only can copying application program and driver and data file in first, can be hidden operating means 4000 and second and can be hidden between operating means 5000 these two operating means, the operating system that also one of them can be able to be hidden to operating means copies to another one and can be hidden operating means.
Generally speaking, be intended to carry out an application program and must first complete what is called " installation " operation under operating system, the action of installing is except by the reproduction of documents, also need the relevant attached reproduction of documents to the associative directory under operating system so that operating system may identification with carry out this program.General explorer program mostly just can copy archive or certain catalogue under program and data, and cannot replicate run system, and cannot copy application program and the relevant attached program thereof of " installing ".Monitoring module 9000 of the present invention copy secondary module 9003, can be according to user's selection, directly the application program of replicate run system and " installing " and relevant attached program thereof, shortened in a large number user and reinstalled system and required time of application program.
In addition, another feature of monitoring module 9000 is via monitoring and contrast secondary module 9002, user has certain the several program in the application program of optionally selecting under numerous installations operating system that (can be hidden operating means such as first) in operating means, via copying secondary module 9003, the relevant attached program file of selecteed application program and this program and data file can be copied to object operating means (can be hidden operating means such as second).Illustrate, user buys the VISIO application program of Microsoft, may have dozens of (even hundreds of) execute file, exemplary applications archives, teaching archive, data file and the relevant link File relevant to this program after installation.When user selects to copy VISIO program, above-mentioned relative program and archives can copy in object operating means in the lump.
In addition, also personal information management secondary module 200 contents and first in the aforementioned BIOS of the present invention can be able to be hidden to operating means 4000 or the second content that can be hidden the personal information management of operating means 5000 does and synchronizes renewal.
In aforementioned each step, be closed operating means and the related setting message thereof of power supply, can be hidden the chance that blocks poisoning intrusion completely by aforementioned hiding secondary module 9004.
Step 640 EO, enters shutdown or dormant state.
In sum, two computer systems that can be hidden operating means of the present invention, possess following advantage:
1, because operating system suffers bogusware to destroy and damage or can be hidden operating means and surprisingly cause track data damage need reinstall the situation of operating system because of first, can can be hidden operating means by another and possess operating system and program and data originally, and can copy rapidly the not impaired front content of recovery to impaired operating means.
2, alleviated the invasion of bogusware, first, can be hidden on the power supply control program that operating means 4000 and second can be hidden operating means 5000 and do special processing on hardware circuit, user is by setting one group of current password and can open and then access pent first can being hidden operating means 4000 or second and can being hidden operating means 5000.Under monitoring module 9000 is controlled, when one of them can be hidden the pent while of operating means, relevant setting relevant for this device in computer system is also changed simultaneously, in other words, operating system and any application software are to find this operating means of " hiding ", and also therefore any bogusware cannot be invaded this device.This invention is except avoiding operating means by poisoning intrusion, and in the pent situation of power supply of Winchester disk drive, the probability that Winchester disk drive is damaged because of external force vibrations also significantly reduces thereupon.
3, convenience and promptness:
In basic input-output system unit (BIOS), set up personal information management secondary module 200, digital camera secondary module 300 and Digital Television secondary module 4000, allow user obtain maximum facility, above-mentioned these programs are reached with opening (start) i.e. high benefit of use.
4, improve system stability and security:
Because the present invention has the framework of " dual operating systems ", under general operational scenario, first can be hidden operating means 4000 be that Winchester disk drive can be in open state not, except there is no the noise of Winchester disk drive work, the probability nature that hard disk is damaged because of vibrations is far below general computing machine on the market.
Of the present invention second can be hidden operating means 5000, except providing than the higher and stable speed of access hard disk machine, even if just in case second can be hidden operating means 5000 because of poisoning damage, also can be under monitoring module 9000 operation the recovery of completion system and program or data file, " disaster " is down to minimum.
The above monitoring module 9000 of the present invention also can be included in a computer program and implement, this computer program should comprise all characteristics that can carry out the method that this instructions narrates, and in aforementioned there is operating system platform and load this computer program and carry out after, confirmation can be carried out the method.
In addition, aforesaid method can be utilized a kind of computer-readable medium storing, and it stores a computer program makes above-mentioned computing machine carry out aforesaid step.This computer-readable medium storing can be floppy disk, hard disk, CD, Portable disk, tape, can or be familiar with the Storage Media with identical function that this operator can expect easily by the database of network access; Feature of the present invention is not limited to this, and any one of ordinary skill in the art is in field of the present invention, and the variation that can expect easily or modification, all should be encompassed in claim protection domain of the present invention.