TWI677789B - Peripheral hardware operating method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for operating peripheral hardware. The peripheral hardware is connected to a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device includes a memory and a mobile application program. The operation method includes: sending a trigger signal through the mobile application program to trigger a resident program in the memory; The program executes the script program in the memory according to the trigger signal; and when the resident program executes the script program, the peripheral hardware is driven to operate according to the control instructions of the script program.

Description

Peripheral hardware operation method and operating system

The present invention relates to a method and system for operating peripheral hardware, and more particularly to a method and system for operating peripheral hardware through a mobile application.

At present, there are some peripheral hardware on the market, such as gyroscopes and gravity sensors, which can be assembled on mobile communication devices such as smart watches or smart phones. If users need to operate other peripheral hardware, they must download applications corresponding to these peripheral hardware from the Internet. However, not all peripheral hardware that can be mounted on a mobile communication device has a corresponding API. In this way, if developers want to develop these peripheral hardware, they must operate by borrowing through the existing unused API, which is very inconvenient to use.

In view of this, there is indeed a need for an improved operating method of peripheral hardware, which can at least improve the above disadvantages.

The invention provides an operating method and operating system for peripheral hardware, so that a user can easily operate the peripheral hardware through an application program.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for operating peripheral hardware is disclosed. The peripheral hardware is connected to a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device includes a memory and a mobile application program. The operation method includes: through a mobile application The program sends a trigger signal to trigger the resident program in the memory; the resident program executes the script program in the memory according to the trigger signal, the script program includes a control instruction; and when the resident program executes the script program, the peripheral hardware is driven to operate according to the control instruction .

According to another embodiment of the present invention, an operation method of peripheral hardware is disclosed. The peripheral hardware is connected to a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device includes a memory and a mobile application program. The operation method includes: The application sends a trigger signal to the resident program in the memory; the resident program determines whether the mobile application matches the available list in the memory based on the trigger signal; if the mobile application matches the available list, the resident program is triggered to execute the script in the memory Program, script program contains control instructions; if the mobile application does not meet the usable list, the control instruction will not be executed; and when the resident program executes the script program, the peripheral hardware will be driven to operate according to the control instruction.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, an operating system of peripheral hardware is disclosed, including a memory, a resident program creation module, a script program creation module, and a mobile application program. The resident program creation module creates a resident program in the memory. The script program creation module creates a script program in the memory, and the script program includes control instructions. The script program is electrically connected to the resident program. The mobile application program is electrically connected to the resident program. The mobile application program can optionally trigger the resident program to execute the script program to drive the peripheral hardware to operate according to the script program's control instructions.

Since a script program with control instructions and a resident program related to the script program have been previously established in the mobile communication device, the user only needs to execute the mobile application program to drive the peripheral hardware to operate according to the control instruction in the script program. In this way, even users who are not familiar with mobile communication equipment can easily operate the peripheral hardware. Furthermore, when the mobile communication device establishes a usable list related to the mobile application in advance, it can also prevent any unknown mobile application from operating the peripheral hardware to protect the user's mobile communication device and peripheral hardware. Effect.

The above description of the contents of this disclosure and the description of the following embodiments are used to demonstrate and explain the spirit and principle of the present invention, and provide a further explanation of the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

The detailed features and advantages of the present invention are described in detail in the following embodiments. The content is sufficient for any person skilled in the art to understand and implement the technical contents of the present invention. Anyone skilled in the relevant art can easily understand the related objects and advantages of the present invention. The following examples further illustrate the viewpoints of the present invention in detail, but do not limit the scope of the present invention in any way.

Please refer to Figure 1. Functional block diagram of the first embodiment of the operating system of the peripheral hardware of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the peripheral hardware 10 is electrically connected to the mobile communication device 20. The peripheral hardware 10 includes, for example, an infrared transmitter, a barcode scanner (Barcode Reader) and other hardware peripherals provided by non-Google APIs, and mobile communication The device 20 includes, for example, a smart phone, a tablet computer, or a smart watch, and the operating system of the mobile communication device 20 includes, for example, an Android system. The operating system of the peripheral hardware 10 includes hardware devices such as a memory 21 provided in the mobile communication device 20, a resident program creation module 22 and a script program creation module 23, and a mobile application program 24 installed in the mobile communication device 20. The memory 21 includes, for example, a non-volatile memory, and the resident program creation module 22 and the script creation module 23 are electrically connected to the memory 21 respectively. The resident program creation module 22 is used to create a resident program 211 (daemon service) with root authority in the memory 21, wherein the root authority is a type of system authority and is higher than the administrator authority. Generally speaking, obtaining the root authority means that you have obtained the highest authority of the system. You can perform all operations of adding, deleting, modifying, and querying any file (including system files) in the system. The script creation module 23 is used to create a script program 212 in the memory 21. The resident program 211 is electrically connected to the script program 212, and the mobile application 24 is electrically connected to the resident program 211. After the mobile communication device 20 is turned on, the resident program 211 can be started. The activated resident program 211 executes the script program 212 according to the trigger signal issued by the mobile application program 24. When the resident program 211 executes the script program 212, it will drive the peripheral hardware 10 It operates according to the control instruction of the script program 212.

Please refer to Figure 2. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method of operating the peripheral hardware of FIG. 1. As shown in Figure 2, the operating methods of the peripheral hardware include:

In step S201, a resident program 211 with root authority preset in the memory 21 is opened;

In step S202, the mobile application 24 sends a trigger signal to trigger the resident program 211 in the memory 21;

In step S203, the triggered resident program 211 executes a script program 212 preset in the memory 21. The language of the script program 212 includes, for example, a shell script, and the script program 212 contains a control instruction required by the user.

In step S204, the peripheral hardware 10 is driven to operate according to the control instructions listed in the script program 212.

For example, the user creates a script program 212 with a control command and a resident program 211 related to the script program 212 in the memory 21 of the tablet computer in advance, and the tablet computer starts the resident program 211 each time it is turned on. If the user wants to control the Barcode Reader connected to the tablet computer, he only needs to execute the mobile application 24 installed on the tablet computer, wherein the mobile application 24 can be provided by Google Paly or the App Store. After the user executes the mobile application program 24, the mobile application program 24 will send a trigger signal to trigger the resident program 211 to execute the script program 212 stored in the memory 21. If the script program 212 written by the previous user has a control command of "reading Barcode peripheral hardware 10", the user executes the mobile application 24 to drive the Barcode Reader to scan the barcode. If the user wishes to further close the Reader, but there is no control instruction of "make the peripheral hardware 10 to close the Reader" in the pre-written script program 212, the user must reset the new control instruction: "make the peripheral hardware 10 to close the Reader" The original script program 212 is written, and the user executes the mobile application program 24 again to close the Reader.

Please refer to Figure 3. Functional block diagram of the second embodiment of the operating system of the peripheral hardware of the present invention. The difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment is that the operating system further includes a usable list 213 in the memory 21, and the usable list 213 is electrically connected to the resident program 211. Only the mobile application 22 listed in the usable list 213 can trigger the resident program 211 to execute the script program 212. In addition, the available list 213 has an encryption mechanism so that others cannot easily browse and modify the available list 213.

Please refer to Figure 4. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method of operating the peripheral hardware of FIG. 3. As shown in FIG. 4, the operation method of the peripheral hardware in this embodiment includes:

In step S401, a resident program 211 with root authority preset in the memory 21 is opened;

In step S402, the mobile application 24 sends a trigger signal to the resident program 211;

In step S403, the resident program 211 determines whether the mobile application 24 complies with the usable list 213 preset in the memory 21 according to the trigger signal. If the usable list 213 is met, the resident program 211 is triggered to execute step S404. If it meets the available list 213, it returns to step S401 again.

In step S404, the triggered resident program 211 executes a script program 211 preset in the memory 21, and the script program 212 contains a control instruction required by the user;

In step S405, the peripheral hardware 10 is driven to operate according to the control instructions listed in the script program 212.

For example, the user creates a script program 212 with control instructions in the memory 21 of the tablet computer in advance, a resident program 211 related to the script program 212, and an available list 213 related to the mobile application 24. Upon startup, the resident program 211 is started. If a user wants to control a Barcode Reader connected to a tablet computer, he must run a mobile application 24 that conforms to the available list 213. For example, the Google map is not listed in the list 213. Even if the user executes the Google map, the Barcode Reader cannot be driven to operate according to the control instruction in the script program 212. Therefore, the user can download the mobile application 24 listed in the available list 213 from Google Paly or the App Store, and then the user can drive the Barcode Reader according to the script program 212 by executing the mobile application 24 that meets the available list 213 The control instructions of the column operate.

In summary, since the mobile communication device has a script program with control instructions and a resident program related to the script program pre-established, the user only needs to execute the mobile application program to drive the peripheral hardware to perform the control instructions in the script program. Operation. In this way, even users who are not familiar with mobile communication equipment can easily operate the peripheral hardware. Furthermore, when the mobile communication device establishes a usable list related to the mobile application in advance, it can also prevent any unknown mobile application from operating the peripheral hardware to protect the user's mobile communication device and peripheral hardware. Effect.

Although the present invention is disclosed in the foregoing embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Changes and modifications made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention belong to the patent protection scope of the present invention. For the protection scope defined by the present invention, please refer to the attached patent application scope.

10‧‧‧ Peripheral hardware

20‧‧‧Mobile communication equipment

21‧‧‧Memory

211‧‧‧Resident Program

212‧‧‧Script

213‧‧‧ Available list

22‧‧‧Resident program creation module

23‧‧‧Script program creation module

24‧‧‧ Mobile App

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a first embodiment of an operating system of peripheral hardware of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method of operating the peripheral hardware of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a second embodiment of an operating system for peripheral hardware of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method of operating the peripheral hardware of FIG. 3.

Claims (16)

A method for operating peripheral hardware. The peripheral hardware is connected to a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device includes a memory and a mobile application program. The operation method includes: sending a trigger signal through the mobile application program to trigger the mobile communication device. A resident program in the memory; the resident program executes a script program in the memory according to the trigger signal, the script program includes a control instruction; and when the resident program executes the script program, drives the peripheral hardware according to the Control instructions operate. The operating method of the peripheral hardware according to claim 1, wherein the resident program has root authority. The operating method of the peripheral hardware as described in claim 1, further includes establishing a resident program in the memory through a resident program creation module before the mobile application sends the trigger signal. The operation method of the peripheral hardware as described in claim 1, further comprising, before the mobile application sends the trigger signal, creating a script program in the memory through a script program creation module. The operating method of the peripheral hardware according to claim 1, wherein the language of the script program is shell script. A method for operating peripheral hardware. The peripheral hardware is connected to a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device includes a memory and a mobile application program. The operation method includes: sending a trigger signal to the memory through the mobile application program. A resident program in the body; the resident program determines whether the mobile application conforms to a useable list in the memory according to the trigger signal; if the mobile application meets the useable list, the resident program is triggered to execute the memory A script program in the body, the script program includes a control instruction; if the mobile application does not meet the available list, the control instruction will not be executed; and when the resident program executes the script program, the peripheral hardware is driven Operate according to this control instruction. The operating method of the peripheral hardware according to claim 6, wherein the resident program has root authority. The operating method of the peripheral hardware as described in claim 6, further includes establishing a resident program in the memory through a resident program creation module before the mobile application sends the trigger signal. The operating method of the peripheral hardware according to claim 6, further comprising, before the mobile application sends the trigger signal, creating a script program in the memory through a script program creation module. The operating method of the peripheral hardware according to claim 6, wherein the language of the script program is shell script. An operating system of peripheral hardware includes: a memory; a resident program creation module to create a resident program in the memory; a script program creation module to create a script program in the memory; the script program includes There is a control instruction, the script program is electrically connected to the resident program; and a mobile application program is electrically connected to the resident program, and the mobile application program can optionally trigger the resident program to execute the script program to drive the peripheral program. The hardware operates according to the control instructions of the script program. The operating system of the peripheral hardware as described in claim 11, wherein a usable list is set in the memory, and the resident process determines whether the mobile application meets the usable list, and when the mobile application meets the usable list , The resident program executes the script program. The operating system of the peripheral hardware according to claim 11, wherein the usable list has an encryption mechanism. The operating system of the peripheral hardware according to claim 11, wherein the memory is a non-volatile memory. The operating system of the peripheral hardware according to claim 11, wherein the operating system of the mobile communication device is an Android system. The operating system of the peripheral hardware according to claim 11, wherein the peripheral hardware includes an infrared transmitter or a barcode scanner.