KR20030056876A - Wireless personal area network home server system with thin film transistor liquid crystal display as one body - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A WPAN(Wireless Personal Area Network) home server system combined with a TFT(Thin Film Transistor)-LCD is provided to improve utilization of the space by installing a compact board design, a TFT-LCD panel link module, and a system embedded wireless LAN(Local Area Network) AP(Access Point) board in a single body casing, and to continuously upgrade the performance through the wireless environment. CONSTITUTION: A main board of a Pentium-IV processing environment includes a graphic card having a D-SUB15 port and an LCD exclusive port on an AGP(Accelerated Graphics Port) slot in order to dually access the TFT-LCD(100) and an external monitor of a home server main body(100). The embedded wireless LAN AP board has an antenna and a high speed wireless LAN environment in order to connect information home appliances(101-104) of the WPAN(10) by connecting to the main board in a module type. The information home appliances(101-104) are operated by an RTOS(Real Time Operating System) recorded/stored in a hard disk driver of the home server main body(100) and the home appliance control technology guaranteeing the information interchange.

Description

THF-LCD integrated WPAN home server system {WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK HOME SERVER SYSTEM WITH THIN FILM TRANSISTOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AS ONE BODY}

The present invention relates to a TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system, and more particularly, to operate a variety of information appliances in a wireless personal area network (WPAN). The present invention relates to an LCD integrated WPAN home server system.

Personal computer terminal (PC) has emerged as the main medium of information providing means, communication, entertainment, entertainment for the purpose of simple computing with the advent of the Internet.

Workers using PCs are actually connected to workstations or servers with network cables to get all the information they need or to do their jobs remotely.

However, recent studies show that many workers work half of their time away from their PCs. This is well understood by the fact that employees are gathered in conference rooms for meetings at a company or research institute, in other departments within the company, or spending time outside the company on business. Therefore, in order to increase work efficiency, there is an increasing need to be able to access a network regardless of a worker's location or device type.

In addition, in a home, when a user uses home appliances that are arranged in the same or different indoor spaces without being connected to a network, the user needs to move to a location where the home appliances are located, turn on the power, and operate a desired function. In order to solve the inconvenience of space, information that can be controlled remotely requires the appearance of electric machines.

The information appliances generated by this need are now desktop computers, notebook computers, handheld PCs, home servers, set-top boxes, digital TVs, MP3 players, Internet game consoles, wireless telephones, video phones, and digital VCRs. , DVD (Digital Video Disk) Player, Internet Refrigerator, Internet Microwave, Internet Boiler. Such information appliances will be standardized based on the home server platform classified as the leading infrastructure technology of the Ministry of Information and Communication.

Meanwhile, the basic wired / wireless connection technology for connecting information appliances or PCs to a home server in a network is 'Home Phoneline Networking Alliance', 'Bluetooth', 'IEEE 802.11b', and power lines. Communication.

HomePNA technology is a home server technology that allows you to make data calls and telephone calls at the same time using existing telephone lines, and to easily establish a LAN without having to use an Ethernet cable at home or office. It can act as the middleware of home appliances.

Bluetooth technology is an optimized 1 Mbps technology that enables mobile devices such as mobile phones, laptops, PDAs, and wireless earphones to communicate wirelessly with each other at low cost and low power in an independent personal area network. With a connected Bluetooth access point, it is possible to download files wirelessly or access the Internet wirelessly in certain places such as conference rooms or meeting places.

As shown in FIG. 1, the IEEE 802.11b technology includes a plurality of information devices 2 and 3 (e.g., a wireless LAN card) connected to a wireless local area network access point (WLAN AP). It is an 11 Mbps wireless standard that provides wireless networking services to PCs or laptops with the same network interface cards. Here, the WLAN AP 1 means a wireless hub that communicates with the network interface cards of the information devices 2 and 3, such as a PC or a notebook.

The IEEE 802.11b technology includes a network server 5 and a network operating system 6 for interworking with a wired network using an existing switch 4, and network interface cards of information devices 2 and 3. WLAN APs have the advantage of being able to communicate up to 100 meters in a typical office building environment. Thus, this technique is very advantageous for connecting information appliances to each other in a personal area network.

However, since hardware such as WLAN AP and network server according to the prior art are separated from each other, expensive hardware purchase cost is required, and power supply according to deployment location may be a problem, and each specialized network equipment is used for analog home appliances. Users familiar with the product are difficult to install and use, and there is a disadvantage that the information in the home is inadequate for operating and expanding electrical appliances.

In addition, in the personal computer terminal of A-Tech System (CEO: Shin, Seung-Young) of Korea, TFT-LCD monitor has been integrated into the main body, but this is a Pentium-III model, simply designed in slim size, Durability as a home server for operating home appliances, etc. is poor, and it is difficult to perform performance as a personal area network of a wireless environment, that is, hardware of a WPAN.

In addition, in the case of a home server, since an external WLAN AP and an ASL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) or a cable modem are separated, there is a disadvantage in that the space utilization is very inconvenient to use them by connecting them by wire.

Accordingly, the present applicant is a module of various daughter boards (CD connector board, TV tuner board, wireless LAN access point boards) that can be installed in a space with little hardware itself and can continuously upgrade the wireless environment and powerful performance. In addition to the development, various kinds of information led to the development of integrated hardware corresponding to the advanced functions of electric appliances.

The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, by providing a compact board design, TFT-LCD panel link module and a built-in wireless LAN AP board in the integrated casing, excellent space utilization, Pentium-IV-based Its purpose is to provide a TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system that can continuously upgrade its powerful performance in a wireless environment.

1 is a configuration diagram of a wireless network system based on IEEE 802.11b according to the prior art;

2 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of a TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating hardware of the TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a system embedded WLAN AP board shown in FIG. 3.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: wireless personal area network 100: home server main body

101 to 104: information appliances 110: TFT-LCD

200: motherboard 210: AGP slot

211: graphics card 212: PCI slot

280: daughter board 300: wireless LAN AP board

An object of the present invention as described above is a graphics card having a home server main body in which a TFT-LCD is coupled to a casing, and a graphics card having a D-SUB15 port and a dedicated LCD port for dual access to the TFT-LCD and an external monitor. The motherboard of the Pentium-IV processing environment installed in the module and the module in the module form the antenna chip and the corresponding power supply so that the information of the personal area network of the wireless environment can be connected wirelessly. And a system built-in wireless LAN AP board having a circuit, and operating information appliances as a control technology for information appliances to ensure mutual information exchange with a real-time operating system recorded / stored in a hard drive of a home server main body. Is achieved by a TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system.

According to the present invention, the main board includes a Pentium-IV processor, a memory controller hub and an input / output controller hub connected to the processor, a low-pin count bus controller connected to the input / output controller hub, and an integrated audio system connected to the bus controller. Is equipped with basic input / output ports such as mouse port, keyboard port, serial port, printer port and universal serial bus port, IEEE1395 module, and memory stick module to connect a variety of information and electrical devices, DDR memory socket And a plurality of PCI slots for connecting and using various daughter boards.

In addition, according to the present invention, the WLAN AP board is a system embedded module incorporating an integrated physical layer interface (PHY Interface) and a PCI Ethernet controller to simultaneously provide a wireless AP function and an x Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL) function. The wireless AP part and the xDSL part are configured on a single board.

In the following, a preferred embodiment of a TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a hardware diagram of the TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server shown in FIG. 2. 4 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of the system embedded WLAN AP board shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the present invention provides a home server body 100 in which a TFT-LCD 110 is integrally coupled to the front of a box-shaped casing.

The home server main body 100 records / stores a real time operating system (RTOS) in a built-in hard drive, and controls information electronic devices 101 to 104 and guarantees information exchange. It supports UPnP (Universal Plug and Play), a control technology.

Here, UPnP is a middleware for home network proposed by Microsoft, and WPAN presents three application protocols such as 'Automatic Private IP addressing', 'Multicast Name Resolution', and 'Simple Service Discovery Protocol' on the TCP / IP layer. Is one of the standardization platforms.

In addition, the real-time operating system can efficiently support complex and various types of services such as information in the wireless environment, such as 'Qplus' or 'VxWorks', which is being jointly developed by Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, ETRI, etc. , One of 'WinCE' or 'Embedded Linux'.

Therefore, when the home server main body 100 is connected to the remote user computer terminal 30 through the Internet network 20 by the built-in ADSL or cable modem, the remote user can receive information in the WPAN 10 from the electric appliances 101 to 101. 104) can be remotely controlled.

For example, the home server main body 100 includes mobile information service devices 101 such as a laptop, a mobile phone, a PDA, and the like, and a kitchen appliance such as a microwave oven, a refrigerator, a washing machine, and the like in the WPAN 10 by a built-in WLAN AP board. 102 are connected wirelessly with a home controller 104 for control of electrical, water, gas, security / security, and home automation devices 103 to control its operation.

In particular, the home server main body 100 has a Pentium-IV based chipset, an interface and a power supply, which will be described below in detail on a motherboard to operate in a WPAN 10 configured with either IEEE 802.11b or IEEE1394. For expansion, daughter boards such as WLAN AP boards are provided in a modular form.

In other words, the home server main body 100 is a compact Pentium-IV board design technology, wireless LAN AP board design technology, the connection of information appliances (digital home appliances) and panel link module design technology, and complete the DVD player I attach it integrally.

For example, in the present invention, as exemplarily arranged in FIG. 3, a compact Pentium-IV main board 200 having a power supply unit 290 which is a standard ATX power and a DC 24V adapter is provided.

The motherboard 200 has a DIMM socket 213 for DDR data (Double Data Rate SDRAM) supporting 200 or 266 megabytes to 1 gigabyte, and a plurality of PCI slots for connecting various daughter boards 280. 212 is provided.

The motherboard 200 basically includes a 1.8Ghz to 2Ghz Pentium-IV processor 201, a memory controller hub 202 (MCH), an input / output controller hub (203: ICH), and a low-pin count bus controller (204). LPC) and a six-channel (CH) built-in audio system 205. In addition, the main board 200 includes four basic input / output ports 206 and universal serial bus ports 207 (USB) such as a mouse port, a keyboard port, a serial port (S / P), a printer port, and the IEEE1395 module 208. And a memory stick module 209, a PCMCIA 214, a digital TV output port 215 (DTV out), and a module 216 for mounting a DVD player, such as a DVD player, a digital camera, a digital camcorder, and a digital player. Various information such as a TV is connected with the electric devices.

In particular, the motherboard 200 has an AGP 4X slot 210 to mount the graphics card 211. Here, the graphics card 211 supports a dual display function when connected to the TFT-LCD 110 and the external monitor 111. That is, the graphics card 211 includes a TFT-LCD panel link digital video interface (DVI) such as a D-SUB15 port 217 and an LCD dedicated port 218.

Hereinafter, details of the main board 200 are as shown in the following [Table 1].

division Specification Mainboard Processor Intel Pentium-Ⅳ / Northwood Processor (1.5Ghz-2.4Ghz)-FC-BGA 478 Socket with 100Mhz Differential FBS Main chipset Intel Brookdale-DDR Memory Controller Hub-MCH: Intel 82485 Intel I / O Controller Hub2-ICH2 (South Bridge): Intel 82801 BALPC I / O Controller: SMSC SMC47M112 Audio Subsystem: AC 97 Link for Audio and TelephonyCodec in ICH2 and Crystal CS4201 CODECDC-DC Converter: Intersil HIP6301 + HIP6601A * 2 Clock Generator: ICS9250-38 (CK408) Flash BIOS: SST49LF002A 2MB FWHPCI Video Decoder: Conexasnt Fusion 878APCMCIA: Ricoh 5C552IEEE1395: Ricoh 5C552Memory Stick: Ricoh 570 + Security functionS-Video interface Microvision) CH7005 Video: ATI Mobility Radeon (LVDS + CRT Support) Memory Built-in one DDR SDRAM Channel (1 DIMM Socket) PC / 200,266 Supported Up to 1GB I / O Interfaces and Connectors Integrated standard Bus interface slots- One PCI slots Internal Interface Port- Two E-IDE connector 40pin Box Header (up to ATA100)-One FDD connector 34pin Box Header- One CD-ROM 50Pin FCC ConectorIntegrated standard I / O ports in the Rear side- One multi-mode parallel port (LPT1)-One FIFO serial port (COM1)-PS / 2 style Keyboard and Mouse ports- Stacked two USB ports (USB0,1) -Three Audio jacks for Line-In, MIC-In, and Line-Out- IEEE 1394 one 6pin port- PCMCIA socket: Inteface connector One Socket Other integrated extended I / O ports (by the Header type)-20 Pin Headers for Power Button / Sleep button / PowerLED / HDD LED / Reset button / Key- Lock- One Headphone Port and S / PDIF Port- One CD-Audio-In port and One AUX-In (for 2nd CD-In) port- One Disk on Module Support

In addition, daughter boards 280 to be modularly mounted in the PCI slot 212 of the main board 200 are provided. The daughter boards 280 connected to the main board 100 are CD player boards, TV tuner boards, touch screen boards, voice recognition and voice synthesis boards, wireless LAN AP boards, and the like. .

The WLAN AP board 300 includes an antenna 282 and high-speed wireless LAN hardware and power on a board designed by itself, and simultaneously provides a wireless AP function and an x Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL) function.

That is, the modem chip for high-speed wireless LAN of the wireless LAN AP board 300 uses an integrated physical layer interface (PHY Interface) and a high performance PCI Ethernet controller to be applicable to 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX applications such as 'AN983B'. Built-in system built-in module.

4, the WLAN AP board 300 has a communication circuit including the wireless AP part 310 and the xDSL part 320 on a single board.

Herein, the wireless AP part 310 includes a 2.4 Ghz power amplifier / detector chip, an RF / IF converter synthesizer and an I / Q that converts a radio frequency into an intermediate frequency. It has a wireless chipset 311 equipped with an I / Q Mod / Demod Synthesizer and a Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) baseband processor. It communicates with an IEEE 802.11b wireless AP controller 312 that supports 10 / 100Base-T scheme MAC and has a PCI bus interface 313.

The xDSL part 320 includes a 10 / 100Base TX Ethernet MAC 321, an Ethernet interface 322, a HomePNA 323, an expansion bus interface 324, a memory area 325, a network interface block 326, and a DSL. The driver / receiver chipset 327. The network interface block 326 and the DSL driver / receiver chipset 327 communicate in Universal Test & Operations PHY Interface for ATM (UTOPIA) I / F or Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). do.

The TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system according to the present invention is equipped with a main board, daughter board, and TFT-LCD, and operates according to standard WLAN network logic, and is used as hardware of a wireless network solution suitable for home use.

That is, the TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system installs the home server main body in an indoor space of a home, for example, a living room, and when the information appliances are placed in a bedroom, a kitchen, a study room, a front door, and a bedroom, the WPAN is installed. It plays the role of home server and wireless LAN access point. As such, the home server system of the present invention is used in a small home network (WPAN) such as a home, and thus does not require a separate external AP.

In addition, the home server main body is equipped with an integrated TFT-LCD and can be fixed to a small installation space or wall surface.

As described above, according to the present invention, the TFT-LCD integrated system adopting the ultra-fast DDR memory in the Pentium-IV processor and embedding the wireless LAN AP provides the daughter boards in a modular manner to support various multimedia. It has the advantage of providing excellent TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system.

In addition, the TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system according to the present invention is an all-in-one design, while presenting a new breakthrough in the PC industry, which is in a saturation state. The development of the AP board has the effect of replacing imported equipment.

In addition, the TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system according to the present invention can enrich the life through the construction of a wireless Internet environment in daily life, excellent space utilization by adopting the integrated TFT-LCD, and minimize the generation of harmful electromagnetic waves In addition, there is no need for LAN cable construction according to the wireless network environment, there is an advantage that the information can freely arrange the electrical appliances.

In the above, the technical idea of the TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system of the present invention has been described with the accompanying drawings, but this is by way of example only to describe the best embodiment of the present invention and not to limit the present invention. In addition, it is obvious that any person skilled in the art can make various modifications and imitations without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

Claims (3)

In the TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display) integrated wireless personal area network (WPAN) home server system in which the display panel 110 is attached to the home server main body 100, In order to provide dual access to the TFT-LCD 110 and the external monitor 111 of the home server main body 100, a graphics card 211 having a D-SUB15 port and a dedicated LCD port is provided in the AGP slot 210. A motherboard 200 with an attached Pentium-IV processing environment, Built-in wireless having an antenna 282 and a high-speed wireless LAN environment coupled to the motherboard 200 in a modular fashion so that information in the personal area network 10 in a wireless environment may wirelessly connect the electrical devices 101-104. LAN AP board 300, including Operating the information appliances 101 to 104 as a control technology for information appliances to ensure mutual information exchange with a real time operating system (RTOS) recorded / stored in a hard drive of the home server main body 100. TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The motherboard 200 includes a Pentium-IV processor 201, a memory controller hub 202 (MCH) and an input / output controller hub 203 (ICH) connected to the processor, and a low-pin connected to the input / output controller hub. It includes a Count bus controller 204 (LPC) and a built-in audio system 205 connected to the bus controller, including a basic input / output port 206 such as a mouse port, a keyboard port, a serial port, a printer port, and a universal serial bus port ( 207: USB), the IEEE1395 module 208, and the memory stick module 209 to mount a variety of information is connected to the electrical devices, DDR memory socket 213, various daughter boards 280 are used to connect TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system comprising a plurality of PCI slots (212) for. The method of claim 1, The WLAN AP board 300 is a system embedded module incorporating an integrated physical layer interface (PHY Interface) and a PCI Ethernet controller to simultaneously provide a wireless AP function and an x Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL) function. TFT-LCD integrated WPAN home server system, characterized in that the 310 and xDSL part 320 is configured on a single board.