CN1357808A - System with power supply switch, pause button and panel switch possessing changeable function - Google Patents
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The system with power supply switch, pause button and panel switch possessing changeable functions includes one hardware unit to control the power supply switch, pause button and panel switch; one firmware unit coupled with the hardware and containing several temporary storage devices and one system BIOS; and one software unit to provide an application program to define the functions of the power supply switch, pause button and panel switch and provide via the system BIOS function, and store the set values in the temporary storage devices. When some button is depressed, the application program informs the job system to act correspondingly.
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The present invention relates to a kind of Switching power shift knob arbitrarily, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, particularly provide interface to define the system of each push button function to the user.
Support ACPI (Advanced Configuration andPower Interface is only arranged at present; ACPI) operating system of pattern has the setting that definition button (button) function is provided, to prevent user's undesired start.
ACPI is a kind of management equipment of computer power, it is in the middle of operating system, collocation hardware can detect the information such as voltage of motherboard temperature, rotation speed of the fan and power supply unit, and then provide suitable power supply and host work frequency, the effect that reaches efficient and power saving and deposit.
And software Switching power switch (Soft power-off) is the idea on Macintosh computer (Macintosh) the earliest, that is exactly that the shutdown action of computer system is selected " shutdown " afterwards the user, just can be by software control the power supply on the powered-down supply.Except the software shutdown, also be to use a button on the keyboard on the Macintosh computer machine, carry out the function of power-on, the ability of the support software shutdown of the ATX motherboard on IBM-PC at present.
Yet at present the power switch (poweron/off) on the notebook computer (notebook), supspend button (suspend button) and control by a super i/o controller (super I/O controller) chip with panel-switch (lid switch), actual execution supspend to storer/disk (suspend to RAM/Disk), power switch and panel-switch be to carry out by Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) (BIOS).
Therefore, if can define push button function arbitrarily, become shutdown (shutdown) and supspend function selecting, bigger use elasticity can be provided to storer/disk etc.
Fundamental purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of Switching power switch arbitrarily to touch the button, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, to overcome existing defective in the prior art.
Above-mentioned purpose of the present invention is achieved in that a kind of Switching power shift knob arbitrarily, supspends the system of button and panel-switch push button function, in order to provide the user to define each push button function, it is characterized in that this system comprises at least: a hardware cell, in order to control this shift knob, this supspends button and this panel-switch button; One firmware (firmware) unit with this hardware cell coupling, comprises a plurality of working storages and a system bios; And a software unit, provide that an application program defines this shift knob, this supspends button and this panel-switch push button function, and, setting value is stored in these different a plurality of working storages respectively by the function that this system bios provides.
Above-mentioned purpose of the present invention also realizes like this: a kind of Switching power shift knob arbitrarily, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, in order to provide the user to define each push button function, it is characterized in that this system comprises at least: a super i/o controller, in order to control this shift knob, this supspends button and this panel-switch button; One firmware unit with this super i/o controller coupling, comprises a plurality of working storages and a system bios; And a software unit, provide that an application program defines this shift knob, this supspends button and this panel-switch push button function, and, setting value is stored in these different a plurality of working storages respectively by the function that this system bios provides.
Switching power shift knob arbitrarily of the present invention, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, it is characterized in that above-mentioned hardware cell is a super i/o controller.
Switching power shift knob arbitrarily of the present invention, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, it is characterized in that when pressing this button this application notification operating system is done corresponding action.
Switching power shift knob arbitrarily of the present invention, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, it is characterized in that the above-mentioned button of supspending is meant the action of supspending to storer/disk.
Switching power shift knob arbitrarily of the present invention, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, it is characterized in that above-mentioned panel-switch panel-switch button is meant the change-over switch of the display panel folding on the notebook computer.
This shows, Switching power switch arbitrarily provided by the present invention touches the button, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, modification and design by firmware and software, the super i/o controller of hardware cell is controlled present power switch, supspend button and panel-switch, via application program proposed by the invention, function by system bios, remove to set the working storage (mailbox) that super i/o controller provides, to determine that the defined function of each button is (as power switch at present, supspend button and panel-switch), during actual pressing the button, the firmware of super i/o controller and system bios are with reference to the definition of working storage at present, with the action that determines will carry out at present.
By design of the present invention, revise the purpose that firmware and software can be realized any Switching power switch, supspend button and panel-switch function.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing shown in the embodiment, technology contents of the present invention is described in further detail.
Fig. 1 is hardware of the present invention, firmware and software configuration synoptic diagram.
The computer of a common electrification all has a power switch, and we open after this switch, and computer just has enough electric power to begin operate as normal.But, if the user does not carry out normal shutdown via operating system, will cause the chaotic or loss of system program, must rearrange the system program in the computer.
So, the present invention proposes a kind of application program, function by system bios, remove to set the working storage that super i/o controller provides, to determine the defined function of each button at present, actual when pressing the ammonium button, the firmware of super i/o controller and system bios are with reference to the definition of working storage at present, with the action that determines will carry out at present.
Generally speaking, defined push button function has power switch button 10, supspends button 20 and panel-switch button 30 etc.; Supspend program implementation, usually occur in the program compiler of Command Interpreter, or execution when action that the user cancels application program take place, after supspending, we can continue the execution action of application program more usually.And panel-switch is meant the change-over switch of the display panel folding on the notebook computer.These buttons are actually by the super i/o controller chip of a hardware and are controlled.
The present invention proposes a preferred embodiment, please refer to shown in Figure 1, comprise three parts such as the super i/o controller 40 of hardware cell, firmware unit 50 and software unit 60 respectively, be via the present power switch button 10 of super i/o controller 40 controls of this hardware, temporarily pause button 20 and panel-switch button 30 which be touched; Defining power supply respectively by first working storage, 70, the second temporary transient storage 80, the 3rd working storage 90 on the firmware 50 again opens and closes, supspends with panel and close.Again via the definition of a system bios 100, with the action that determines to carry out at present with reference to present first working storage 70, second working storage 80, the 3rd working storage 90.
At last by a software interface, provide an application program 110 to define the function of each button to the user, and the function that provides by system bios 100, setting value is stored on first working storage 70, second working storage 80, the 3rd working storage 90, this application program 110 needs to be responsible for the notice operating system and does corresponding action in addition, for example, when button was defined by power-off, application program need be notified operating system shutdown 120; If when button was defined by supspending, application program need be notified operating system to do and supspend program implementation; If when button was defined by panel and cuts out, application program need notify operating system to do the action that panel is closed.
So,, can reach the purpose of any each push button function of switching as long as by the modification of firmware unit 50 with software unit 60.
Though the present invention with aforesaid preferred embodiment openly as above; but it is not in order to limit the present invention; any the those of ordinary skill that professional domain is interior; in not breaking away from design of the present invention and scope; when can doing suitable change and retouching, so protection scope of the present invention is as the criterion when looking the protection domain that claim defines.
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1, a kind of Switching power shift knob arbitrarily, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, define each push button function in order to the user to be provided, it is characterized in that this system comprises at least:
One hardware cell, in order to control this shift knob, this supspends button and this panel-switch button;
One firmware unit with this hardware cell coupling, comprises a plurality of working storages and a system bios; And
One software unit provides that an application program defines this shift knob, this supspends button and this panel-switch push button function, and by the function that this system bios provides, setting value is stored in these different a plurality of working storages respectively.
2, Switching power shift knob arbitrarily as claimed in claim 1, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, it is characterized in that above-mentioned hardware cell is a super i/o controller.
3, Switching power shift knob arbitrarily as claimed in claim 1, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, it is characterized in that when pressing this button this application notification operating system is done corresponding action.
4, Switching power shift knob arbitrarily as claimed in claim 1, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, it is characterized in that the above-mentioned button of supspending is meant the action of supspending to storer/disk.
5, Switching power shift knob arbitrarily as claimed in claim 1, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, it is characterized in that above-mentioned panel-switch panel-switch button is meant the change-over switch of the display panel folding on the notebook computer.
6, a kind of Switching power shift knob arbitrarily, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, define each push button function in order to the user to be provided, it is characterized in that this system comprises at least:
One super i/o controller, in order to control this shift knob, this supspends button and this panel-switch button;
One firmware unit with this super i/o controller coupling, comprises a plurality of working storages and a system bios; And
One software unit provides that an application program defines this shift knob, this supspends button and this panel-switch push button function, and by the function that this system bios provides, setting value is stored in these different a plurality of working storages respectively.
7, Switching power shift knob arbitrarily as claimed in claim 6, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, it is characterized in that when pressing this button this application notification operating system is done corresponding action.
8, Switching power shift knob arbitrarily as claimed in claim 6, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, it is characterized in that the above-mentioned button of supspending is meant the action of supspending to storer/disk.
9, Switching power shift knob arbitrarily as claimed in claim 6, supspend the system of button and panel-switch push button function, it is characterized in that above-mentioned panel-switch button is meant the change-over switch of the display panel folding on the notebook computer.
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