CN115220581A

CN115220581A - Operating system identification method and electronic device

Info

Publication number: CN115220581A
Application number: CN202111024340.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 许家彰; 陈浩钧; 袁福良
Original assignee: Aten International Co Ltd
Current assignee: Aten International Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-04-16
Filing date: 2021-09-02
Publication date: 2022-10-21
Also published as: TW202242646A; TWI765665B

Abstract

The application discloses an operating system identification method which is used for judging the type of an operating system in a computer after an electronic device executes the operating system identification method. First, a first detection command is sent to the computer via the electronic device. Then, the electronic device receives a first execution result corresponding to the first detection command generated by the operating system. Finally, the electronic device judges the first execution result according to the first detection command so as to identify the type of the operating system.

Description

Operating system identification method and electronic device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to an identification technology for an operating system, and more particularly, to an operating system identification method and an electronic device.

Background

A KVM switch (KVM switch) allows a user to operate a plurality of computers electrically connected thereto from a single set of keyboard, screen and mouse. The user can proceed computer control operation through keyboard, screen and mouse after switching to the target computer from selection.

Since each computer has a specific os installed, the os installed in each computer is not necessarily the same for a plurality of computers connected to the same electronic apparatus. In the prior art, different operating systems affect the control method of the electronic device. For example, the electronic device must be compliant with different operating systems, such as: mac OS, windows or Linux, produce the peculiar analog key, let users can control the computer of different job systems smoothly with the identical keyboard. In addition, the absolute coordinate starting point of the mouse cursor of different operating systems is different, so the electronic device must be correspondingly adjusted.

In order to make the electronic device support a plurality of different operating systems, the user must manually set the operating system in the electronic device in advance to make the electronic device know what type of operating system the connected computer is. Although the preset mode can solve the operation requirement, when the computer is replaced or the electronic device is replaced to a different working environment, the user needs to reset the computer, and the trouble of system setting and operation is increased.

In summary, there is a need for an operating system identification method and an electronic device using the same to solve the deficiencies of the conventional techniques.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides an operating system identification method and an electronic device, wherein proprietary instructions of different operating systems are transmitted to a computer electrically connected with a switcher, and the type of the operating system is automatically judged according to the response result of the computer. By the mode provided by the application, a user does not need to set in advance, and the computer can be used after being connected with the electronic device. In one embodiment, the proprietary instruction may be a Hot Key (Hot Key) or a command to launch a specific program.

In one embodiment, the present application provides an operating system identification method for determining a type of an operating system in a computer after an electronic device executes the operating system identification method. Then, the electronic device receives a first execution result corresponding to the first detection command generated by the operating system. Finally, the electronic device judges the first execution result according to the first detection command so as to identify the type of the operating system.

In one embodiment, the present application provides an electronic device for connecting to a computer including an operating system, the electronic device includes a computer connection interface electrically connected to the computer, and a control unit, the computer connection interface sends a first detection command to the computer, and the computer connection interface receives a first execution result from the computer in response to the first detection command, and the control unit determines the first execution result according to the first detection command to identify a type of the operating system.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the application and together with the description serve to explain the application and not to limit the application. In the drawings:

fig. 1A is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to the present application.

Fig. 1B is another schematic diagram of an electronic device according to the present application.

Fig. 1C is a schematic view of another architecture of the electronic device of the present application.

Fig. 1D is a schematic view of another architecture of the electronic device of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an operating system identification method according to the present application.

Fig. 3A to 3D are views illustrating the os identification according to the present invention.

Fig. 4 to 5 are schematic flowcharts illustrating an embodiment of an os identification method according to the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Various exemplary embodiments may be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which some exemplary embodiments are shown. The concepts of the present application may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the exemplary embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these exemplary embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the inventive concept to those skilled in the art. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout. The following embodiments are described with reference to the drawings, but the following embodiments are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

Please refer to fig. 1A, which is a schematic diagram illustrating an architecture of an electronic device according to the present application. The electronic device 2a of the present embodiment is connected to a plurality of

computers

4a and 4b, for example: computer, but not limited to, for example: the mobile phone or the tablet computer can also be used. Each of the

computers

4a and 4b has its own I/O interface, such as: USB or PS/2, which is electrically connected to the

computer connection interfaces

26a and 26b by the connection line 40 a. The

computer connection interfaces

26a and 26b, and in one embodiment, the

computer connection interfaces

26a and 26b may be USB interfaces, but are not limited thereto. The electronic device 2a further comprises a control unit 20 having a controller 200, a storage unit 201, and an output unit 202. In another embodiment, the controller 200, the storage unit 201, and the output unit 202 are independent components. The number of connections between the electronic device and the computer is not limited in the present application, that is, the electronic device 2a may have only one computer connection interface 26a for connecting to a computer 4a as shown in fig. 1B.

It should be noted that, in the foregoing embodiment, the

computer connection interfaces

26a and 26b are interfaces capable of outputting signals to the

computers

4a and 4b and receiving signals from the

computers

4a and 4b, and in another embodiment, as shown in fig. 1C, the

computer connection interface

26a or 26b of the electronic device 2b may further have an output interface 260a and an input interface 260b, wherein the output interface 260a is an interface capable of outputting signals to the computer 4a and the input interface 260b receives input signals from the computer 4a.

In this embodiment, the controller 200, the storage unit 201, and the output unit 202 are integrated in the control unit 20. The output unit 202 is used for generating and outputting the first detection command, in this embodiment, the output unit 202 further includes an instruction unit 202a and an output device 202b, wherein the instruction unit 202a has a hot key (e.g., one or more key (or instruction) combinations) related to the first start instruction and a first operation instruction, and the output device 202b transmits the first start instruction and the first operation instruction to the

computers

4a and 4b. In one embodiment of the command unit 202a, it is a lookup table, and a corresponding table of various operating systems, various boot instructions, and various operation instructions is built therein. Therefore, in this embodiment, the controller 200 can fetch the hot key corresponding to the first boot instruction of the specific os and the operation instruction corresponding to the first boot instruction from the instruction unit 202a according to the predefined lookup table and output the hot key and the operation instruction to the output device 202b to the

computers

4a and 4b. In another embodiment, the instruction unit 202a may also be an element having a generating string as the first start instruction and the first operation instruction, and then output the generated first start instruction and the first operation instruction to the output unit 202b to be transmitted to the

computers

4a and 4b.

In one embodiment, the output device 202b is an HID input device conforming to the USB protocol and recognized by the

computers

4a and 4b, and the

computer connection interfaces

26c and 26d transmit the first detection command to the

computers

4a and 4b. The storage unit 201 may be a storage area identified by the

computers

4a and 4b according to a specific communication protocol. In this embodiment, the storage unit 201 is a storage device that can be identified by the

computers

4a and 4b according to the USB communication protocol, such as: storage slots or storage locations of a particular path. It should be noted that, in an embodiment, the storage unit 201 may generate corresponding storage areas for

different computers

4a and 4b, so as to facilitate subsequent determination of the operating systems in the computers. In another embodiment, the first operation instruction may be executed in a manner that the first operation instruction can identify which computer is generating, so as to facilitate subsequent determination of the operating system in the computer.

Please refer to fig. 1D, which is a schematic diagram illustrating an architecture of an electronic device according to the present application. The electronic device 2 of the present embodiment is a KVM switch, which has a console connection interface 24 for electrically connecting with the

console devices

50 and 51. The console device connection interface 24 can be a USB interface or a PS/2 interface, and in this embodiment, the console device connection interface 24 is a USB interface. In this embodiment, the operation device 50 is a keyboard, and the operation device 51 is a mouse. It should be noted that, in another embodiment, the control device may also be a device integrating a mouse and a keyboard, for example: touch panels, and the like. The electronic device also has a plurality of computer connection interfaces 26c and 26d for electrically connecting with the

computers

4a and 4b. The

computers

4a and 4b may be computers, workstations, notebooks, tablets or smart phones. Each of the

computers

4a and 4b has an input/output interface, such as: USB or PS/2, and image output interface, such as: the DVI, HDMI, displayPort or D-sub interface is electrically connected to the computer connection interfaces 26c and 26D by a connection wire (e.g., dongle) 40. In this embodiment, the computer connection interfaces 26c and 26d have a

first interface

260 and 262 for transmitting keyboard and mouse signals and a

second interface

261 and 263 for transmitting images. The electronic device 2 further has an image output interface 25, such as: a DVI, HDMI, displayPort or D-sub interface electrically connected to the display 52. In addition, it should be noted that the first interface 260 for transmitting the keyboard mouse signal to the computer or receiving the output signal of the computer can also be divided into two interfaces, one for receiving the signal returned from the computer and one for outputting the signal to the computer, in the manner shown in fig. 1C.

The electronic device 2 further includes a control unit 20, a first switch 21 and a second switch 22. The first switch 21 is electrically connected to the control unit 20, the computer connection interfaces 26c and 26d, and the image output interface 25, in this embodiment, the first switch 21 is coupled to the image channels of the computer connection interfaces 26c and 26d for selecting one of the images of the

computers

4a or 4b to be output to the image output interface 25 according to the control signal sent by the control unit 20. The second switch 22 is electrically connected to the control unit 20, the computer connection interfaces 26c and 26d, and the console device connection interface 24. In the embodiment, the second switch 22 is coupled to the I/O interface channels of the computer connection interfaces 26c and 26d for selecting one of the

computers

4a or 4b according to the control signal sent by the control unit 20, and transmitting the input signal from the

console devices

50 and 51 to the selected

computer

4a or 4b through the computer connection interfaces 26c and 26 d.

Please refer to fig. 1A and fig. 2, wherein fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an operating system identification method according to the present application. First, an electronic device 2a is provided (as shown in step 30), for example: an electronic device 2a shown in fig. 1A. The

computers

4a and 4b are connected to the electronic device 2 through a connection line 40. Each of the

computers

4a and 4b has therein an operating system, such as: mac OS, windows OS or Linux, etc. After step 30, step 31 is performed to send a first detection command to the

computers

4a and 4b via the electronic device 2a. In one embodiment, the first detection command further includes a first start instruction and a first operation instruction associated with the first start instruction, wherein the first start instruction is for causing the computing to generate an application program corresponding to the first start instruction, and the first operation instruction is an instruction executable by the application program started by the first start instruction. It should be noted that the timing when the electronic device 2a sends the detection command may be when the electronic device is powered on, or when there is a computer replacement, etc. In addition, in one embodiment of step 31, the electronic device 2a simultaneously generates the first detection command to the

computers

4a and 4b, or in another embodiment, the electronic device 2a may detect the computer 4a first and then detect the computer 4b, which may be determined according to the user's requirement, without limitation.

In one embodiment, the content of the first start instruction is a hot key that can be recognized by a specific operating system, wherein the hot key may be one or more key (or instruction) combinations that allow the operating system to perform the action corresponding to the first start instruction. For example: taking Windows as an example, the first starting instruction is an instruction for starting a Command line, and the corresponding hot key is the combination of a Windows key + R key and an input string cmd; taking a Linux environment as an example, the Command line starting instruction is a hot key Ctrl key + Alt key + t key; for the Mac OS environment, the Command line is initiated by a combination of the hot key F4 plus the input string terminal. For example, after the electronic device 2a transmits the first start command to the

computers

4a and 4b, the first operation command is then generated to the

computers

4a and 4b. If the first start command can be recognized and executed by the

computers

4a and 4b, the corresponding application program will be generated theoretically, and further the first operation command can be executed to generate the result corresponding to the first operation command.

In one embodiment of step 31, according to the architecture shown in fig. 1A, the controller 200 controls the command unit 202a to generate a hot key corresponding to the first start command and transmit the hot key to the

computers

4a and 4b. Taking the computer 4a as an example for illustration, in the embodiment, the first start command includes two parts, the first part is a Windows key + R, and the second part is a cmd command. After the electronic device 2 first transmits the first part of the first boot instruction, i.e., the Windows key + R key, to the computer 4a, if the operating system inside the computer 4a is Windows, the computer 4a will be in the state shown in fig. 3A. Next, as shown in FIG. 3B, the controller 200 controls the command unit 202a to send a second part of the first activate command, i.e., a cmd command, to activate the command line application, resulting in the string cmd generated in the frame of FIG. 3B. When the computer 4a executes the command "cmd", a frame as shown in FIG. 3C, i.e., a frame of the application command line, is formed. Thereafter, the controller 200 controls the command unit 202a to transmit a first operation command to the computer 4a, and the computer 4a receives and executes the first operation command in the state shown in fig. 3C, where the first operation command of the embodiment may be system fo >/KVM _ device/system _ file. In one embodiment, if the computer 4b is the first operation command, the first operation command may be systeminfo >/KVM _ device/system _ file2.Txt, which allows the files generated by the

computers

4a and 4b to be separated for subsequent determination.

Wherein, systeminfo is an instruction which can be executed by an application program command line. It should be noted that the instruction is not limited to systeminfo, as long as the application program started by the first start instruction can execute the instruction. The symbol ">" represents a diversion, that is, the instruction execution result on the left side of ">" is output to the destination on the right side of ">", and in the embodiment, the destination is under the directory of/KVM _ device/, and the file is stored as system _ file. It should be noted that the location of the KVM _ device directory is the storage unit 201, which is the storage directory name of the virtual USB storage device of the electronic device 2a for the computer, and the system _ file. It should be noted that the directory name or the file name may be determined according to the requirement, and is not limited by the embodiment.

After step 31, step 32 is performed to receive a first execution result of the corresponding first detection command generated by the operating system of each computer by the electronic device 2a. In step 32, taking the computer 4a as an example, as shown in fig. 3D of step 31, since the first start instruction has been executed and the screen as shown in fig. 3C is generated, when the computer thus executes the first operation instruction on the computer, for example: the KVM _ device directory has a file of system _ file.txt, which contains the result of the computer output after the execution of the system _ device instruction and the first execution result. It should be noted that, since the storage unit 201 is a storage area that can be identified by the computer 4a, that is, the computer 4a identifies the storage unit 201 as its own storage slot, the name of the storage slot is identified as the storage directory of the KVM _ device for the computer 4a. Thus, the system _ file.

After step 32, step 33 is performed in which the electronic device 2a determines a first execution result according to the first detection command to identify the type of the operating system. In this step, the electronic device 2 can find the file system _ file.txt corresponding to the first detection command in the KVM _ device directory, which represents that the os executed in the computer 4a is Windows, so that the step 35 is directly proceeded to set the os connected to the computer connection interface 26a of the electronic device 2a as Windows os. On the other hand, if the os of the computer 4a is not recognized, the os of the computer 4a is not Windows, in other words, since the first start command and the first operation command shown in fig. 3A and 3B are both commands belonging to a Windows os, and thus there is no system _ file.txt file in the KVM _ device, it represents that the os currently executed by the computer 4a is not Windows, step 34 is performed to change the content of the first detection command into the second detection command, and then the flow shown in fig. 4 is entered.

As further described below, in step 31a of fig. 4, the second detection command is transmitted to the

computers

4a and 4b via the electronic device 2a. In this embodiment, the second detection command is a command related to the Linux operating system, and includes a second start command and a second operation command. In this embodiment, the second start command is also used to start the command line application program in the linux os environment. In one embodiment, the content of the second start instruction is a combination of a hot key Ctrl key + Alt key + t key. Then, the electronic device transmits a second operation command, such as: lst >/KVM _ device/files. Wherein ls is an instruction that can be executed by the application command line to list file information in the current directory, but is not limited to the instruction. The symbol ">" in the second operation command represents that the execution result is output to the directory of the directory/KVM _ device/and the file is stored as a file. If it is computer 4b, it is file 2.Txt. It should be noted that KVM _ device is the storage directory name of the USB storage device virtually matched by the electronic device to the computer, and files. It should be noted that the directory name or the file name may be determined according to the requirement, for example, the name may be different according to

different computers

4a and 4b, and is not limited in this embodiment.

After step 31a, step 32a is performed to receive a second execution result of the corresponding second detection command generated by each computer operating system by the electronic device 2a. Taking the computer 4a as an example, in step 32a, since the second boot instruction is executed, after the computer 4a executes the second operation instruction, the computer 4a outputs the result to the KVM _ device directory to be stored under the file name files.

After the step 32a, the electronic device 2a determines a second execution result according to the second detection command to identify the type of the operating system in step 33 a. In this step, if the electronic device 2 can find the file files.txt corresponding to the second detection command in the KVM _ device directory, it means that the os executed in the computer 4a is Linux, and therefore it goes directly to step 35a to set the type of the Linux os connected to the computer connection interface 26a of the electronic device 2a. On the other hand, if the os of the computer 4a is not identified, which means that the os of the computer 4a is not Linux, step 34a is performed to change the content of the second detection command into the third detection command, and then the process shown in fig. 5 is performed.

As further described below, in step 31b of fig. 5, the third detection command is transmitted to the

computers

4a and 4b via the electronic device 2a. In this embodiment, the third detection command is a command related to the Mac operating system, and includes a third start instruction and a third operation instruction. In this embodiment, the third start command is also used to start a command line application program in the Mac OS environment, i.e., terminal. In one embodiment, the third start command includes two parts, the first part is a command

The key + space key, the second part is the terminal instruction, which is used to launch the terminal application. Taking the computer 4a as an example, the electronic device 2a first transmits a first part of the third start command, i.e. command

Key + space key to computer 4a. Then, the electronic device 2a transmits a third operation command, such as: ls>txt/KVM _ device/files. Wherein ls is an instruction that the terminal application can execute to list the current catalog filing information ">"represents outputting the execution result to the directory of directory/KVM _ device/and storing the file as files. It should be noted that KVM _ device is the storage directory name of the electronic device to the computer virtually conforming to the USB storage device, and file. It should be noted that the names of the directory and the file may be determined according to the requirement, for example, the names of the

computers

4a and 4b may be different, and the embodiment is not limited.

After step 31b, step 32b is performed to receive a third execution result of the corresponding third detection command generated by each computer operating system by the electronic device. In step 32b, since the third boot instruction is executed, after the computer 4a executes the third operation instruction, the computer 4a outputs the result to the KVM _ device directory to be stored under the file name file.

After the step 32b, the electronic device 2a determines a third execution result according to the third detection command to identify the type of the operating system in step 33 b. In this step, if the electronic device 2 can find the file files.txt corresponding to the third detection command in the KVM _ device directory, it represents that the operating system executed in the computer 4a is Mac OS, so it goes directly to step 35b to set the type of Mac operating system connected to the computer connection interface 26a of the electronic device. If, on the other hand, the operating system of the computer 4a is not identified, then step 34b is performed, which represents that the operating system of the computer 4a is an unknown operating system. In an embodiment, when the os types of the

computers

4a and 4b cannot be determined, the electronic device 2a uses a preset os setting as a basis for the operation. It should be noted that, although the foregoing takes three operating systems as an example of the determination, the determination is not limited thereto, and if there are other operating systems, the determination may be performed according to the foregoing manner to find the operating system to which the computer belongs.

It should be noted that, although the foregoing embodiment is described with reference to the architecture of fig. 1A, similarly, the implementation architecture of fig. 1B with a KVM switch as the electronic device 2 can also be implemented with the same process.

It should be noted that, besides the KVM switch device, the electronic device 2 in the foregoing embodiments may also be a flash drive, a portable hard disk, a HUB, an electronic fixture, or any electronic device capable of being connected to a computer, and the application is not limited thereto.

In summary, the operating system identification method and the electronic device provided by the present application can automatically determine the type of the operating system according to the response result of the computer by the proprietary instructions of different operating systems, thereby avoiding the trouble of setting one by one manually by the user and achieving the effect of automatic setting.

The above description is only for the purpose of describing preferred embodiments or examples of the technical means employed in the present application to solve the problems, and is not intended to limit the scope of the claims of the present application. All changes and modifications that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.

Claims

1. An operating system identification method for determining the type of an operating system of a computer after being executed by an electronic device, comprising the steps of:

sending a first detection command to the computer through the electronic device;

receiving, by the electronic device, a first execution result corresponding to the first detection command generated by the operating system; and

and judging the first execution result by the electronic device according to the first detection command so as to identify the type of the operating system.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first detection command comprises a first start command and a first operation command associated with the first start command, wherein the first start command is an execution command for starting an execution function of the operating system, and the first operation command is an execution command corresponding to the execution function.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first detection command is a control command related to a first operating system, and identifying the type of the operating system further comprises:

when the electronic device judges that the operating system does not conform to the first operating system according to the first execution result, outputting a second detection command corresponding to a second operating system to the computer;

receiving, by the electronic device, a second execution result corresponding to the second detection command generated by the operating system; and

and judging the second execution result by the electronic device according to the second detection command so as to identify whether the operating system is consistent with the second operating system.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the second detection command comprises a second start command and a second operation command associated with the second start command, wherein the second start command is an execution command for starting an execution function operating under the OS, and the second operation command is an execution command corresponding to the execution function.

5. The operating system identification method of claim 1, further comprising:

driving the first detection command by a control unit of the electronic device to output the first detection command to the computer through a computer connection interface of the electronic device; and

and receiving the first execution result by the computer connection interface.

6. An electronic device for connection with a computer, the computer including an operating system, the electronic device comprising:

a computer connection interface coupled to the computer; and

the control unit sends a first detection command to the computer through the computer connection interface, receives a first execution result from the computer through the computer connection interface in response to the first detection command, and judges the first execution result according to the first detection command so as to identify the type of the operating system.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the first detection command comprises a first start command and a first operation command associated with the first start command, the first start command is an execution command for starting an execution function operating under the operating system, and the first operation command is an execution command corresponding to the execution function.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the electronic device outputs a second detection command corresponding to a second operating system to the computer when the operating system is determined not to be compatible with the first operating system according to the first execution result, the electronic device receives a second execution result corresponding to the second detection command generated by the operating system, and the electronic device determines the second execution result according to the second detection command to identify whether the operating system is compatible with the second operating system.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the second detection command comprises a second start command and a second operation command associated with the second start command, wherein the second start command is an execution command for starting an execution function operating under the operating system, and the second operation command is an execution command corresponding to the execution function.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the control unit further comprises a controller, a storage unit, and an output unit, the storage unit and the output unit are electrically connected to the controller, the controller controls the output unit to generate the first and second detection commands to be transmitted to the computer, and the storage unit is used for storing the first execution result or the second execution result returned by the computer.