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For making the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention is described in further detail below in conjunction with drawings and Examples.
Referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, these two figure have showed the terminal hardware structure composition functional-block diagram of sharing a host computer among the present invention respectively, and this terminal includes: direct supply 5, usb bus interface 10A or industry ethernet interface 10B, usb interface controller 21A or ethernet controller 21B, microprocessor 23, bridge modules 30, image displaying card or image display chip 40, display interface device 50, Audio Controller 60, audio interface 70, mouse interface 80 and keyboard interface 90.Wherein direct supply 5 provides power supply for this terminal 100.Wherein usb bus interface 10A or industry ethernet interface 10B are used for linking to each other with usb interface controller 21A or ethernet controller 21B respectively, microprocessor 23 links to each other with usb interface controller 21A or ethernet controller 21B and bridge modules 30 respectively, bridge modules 30 also links to each other with image displaying card or image display chip 40, Audio Controller CODEC60, mouse interface 80 and keyboard interface 90 respectively, image displaying card or image display chip 40 also link to each other with display or televisor interface 50, and Audio Controller 60 also links to each other with audio interface 70.The terminal 100 that the present invention shares a host computer connects host computer by usb bus interface 10A or industry ethernet interface 10B.This terminal is by multi-user management application program, driver in the host computer and be solidificated in solidification software in this terminal microprocessor 23 and/or bridge modules drives, wherein the multi-user management application program is loaded on the operating system of host computer upper strata, and driver is loaded between host computer upper strata operating system and the underlying operating system.The mounting structure level of above-mentioned software as shown in Figure 5.
As shown in Figure 1 microprocessor 23 can be integrated in the integrated circuit (IC) chip with USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A among the present invention.Not limitting as Fig. 1 or image displaying card shown in Figure 2 or the structural shape of image display chip 40, can be PCI type image displaying card or AGP type image displaying card or PCIEXPRESS type image displaying card or 2D figure speed-up chip or 2D/3D figure speed-up chip or lcd controller.The pattern of Audio Controller 60 is not limit yet, and its output terminal is connected to loudspeaker or sound equipment, and its input end is connected to microphone.Mouse interface 80 patterns are not limit, and can be PS2 interface or USB interface, and the pattern of keyboard interface 90 is not limit, and can be PS2 interface or USB interface.
Referring to Fig. 3, this figure is that the structure of sharing the bridge modules 30 in the terminal of a host computer among Fig. 1 is formed block scheme, comprising: microprocessor bus interface circuit 31, data-switching control circuit 32, display interface circuit 33, audio interface circuit 34, keyboard interface circuit 35, mouse interface circuit 36.Wherein as the microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 of the peripherals of microprocessor 23, be connected with microprocessor 23 with bus signals A by control signal B, to receive steering order and data from microprocessor 23, and control corresponding command signal C and traffic spike D outputed to data-switching control circuit 32, simultaneously, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 is realized transmitting data to microprocessor 23 by send look-at-me to microprocessor 23.Data-switching control circuit 32 links to each other with microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 with traffic spike D by control command signal C, and link to each other with USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A with traffic spike F by first in first out control signal E, link to each other with display interface circuit 33 with data-signal H by control signal I, address signal G, link to each other with audio interface circuit 34 with data-signal N by control signal O, link to each other with keyboard interface circuit 35 with data-signal K by control signal J, link to each other with mouse interface circuit 36 with data-signal M by control signal L.Display interface circuit 33 also links to each other with image displaying card or image display chip 40 by display type pci interface bus R.Audio interface circuit 34 also links to each other with sound effect control device 60 by Audio Controller type interface bus P.Keyboard interface circuit 35 also links to each other with keyboard interface 90 by PS2 type interface bus S by control signal.Mouse interface circuit 36 also links to each other with keyboard interface 90 by PS2 type interface bus T.
Below in conjunction with Fig. 3, the principle of work of this bridge modules 30 of brief description and various signal flow:
1, when the control command signal C that receives when data-switching control circuit 32 is image display command, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 can transmit the DMA address signal by traffic spike D simultaneously, the DMA length signals, the DMA enabling signal is given this data-switching control circuit 32, after data-switching control circuit 32 is received the DMA enabling signal, promptly send control signal corresponding I, address signal G and data-signal H give display interface circuit 33, after display interface circuit 33 is ready, data-switching control circuit 32 sends first in first out control signal E to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21, and will send display interface circuit 33 to via data-signal H again by traffic spike F from graph data or the image display chip control command of USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A, perhaps send relevant image display chip control command to display interface circuit 33 via data-signal H again from microprocessor bus interface circuit 31,33 of display interface circuits are converted to image display chip bus-type signal R with graph data or the image display chip control command that receives, and export to image display chip 40.When transmitting, graph data finishes or after image display chip control command is finished, data-switching control circuit 32 sends the Data Transfer Done signal to microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 by control bus C, and relevant state and data sent to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A or return microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 by data bus D by data bus F, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 is immediately with interrupt mode notice microprocessor 23, by control USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A command execution finished signal or the data that read send host computer to by microprocessor 23.
2, when the control command signal C that receives when data-switching control circuit 32 is audio output command or Audio Controller control command, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 can transmit the DMA length signals by traffic spike D simultaneously, the DMA enabling signal is given data-switching control circuit 32, after data-switching control circuit 32 is received the DMA enabling signal, promptly send control signal corresponding O and data-signal N to audio interface circuit 34, after audio interface circuit 34 is ready, data-switching control circuit 32 sends first in first out control signal E to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21, and send audio data or the Audio Controller control command of USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A to audio interface circuit 34 via data-signal N again by traffic spike F, perhaps send relevant Audio Controller control command to audio interface circuit 34 via data-signal N from microprocessor bus interface circuit 31, audio interface circuit 34 is converted to Audio Controller bus-type signal P with audio data or the Audio Controller control command that receives, and exports to Audio Controller 60.After audio Data Transfer Done or Audio Controller control command are finished, data-switching control circuit 32 sends Data Transfer Done signals or the Audio Controller control command signal that is finished for microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 by control bus C, and relevant state and data sent to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A or return microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 by data bus D by data bus F, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 is immediately with interrupt mode notice microprocessor 23, and microprocessor 23 sends the command execution signal that finishes to host computer by control USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A.
3, when the control command signal C that receives when data-switching control circuit 32 is the audio input command, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 can transmit the DMA length signals by traffic spike D simultaneously, the DMA enabling signal is given data-switching control circuit 32, after data-switching control circuit 32 is received the DMA enabling signal, promptly send control signal corresponding O to audio interface circuit 34, after audio interface circuit 34 is ready, data-switching control circuit 32 reads audio data from audio interface circuit 34 by data bus N, send first in first out control signal E simultaneously to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A, send the audio data that read from audio interface circuit 34 to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A, behind the audio Data Transfer Done, data-switching control circuit 32 sends the Data Transfer Done signal for microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 by control bus C, and relevant state and data sent to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A or return microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 by data bus D by data bus F, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 is immediately with interrupt mode notice microprocessor 23, and microprocessor 23 sends audio data and the command execution signal that finishes to host computer by control USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A.
4, the control command signal C that receives when data-switching control circuit 32 is when reading keyboard commands, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 can transmit the DMA length signals by traffic spike D simultaneously, the DMA enabling signal is given data-switching control circuit 32, after data-switching control circuit 32 is received the DMA enabling signal, promptly send control signal corresponding J to keyboard interface circuit 35, after keyboard interface circuit 35 is ready, data-switching control circuit 32 reads keyboard data from keyboard interface circuit 35 by data bus K, send first in first out control signal E simultaneously to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21, send the keyboard data that reads from keyboard interface circuit 35 to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A, or send microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 to by data bus D; After the keyboard data transmission finishes, data-switching control circuit 32 sends the Data Transfer Done signal to microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 by control bus C, and relevant state and data sent to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A or return microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 by data bus D by data bus F, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 is notified described microprocessor 23 with interrupt mode immediately, and microprocessor 23 sends keyboard data and the command execution signal that finishes to host computer by control USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A.
5, when the control command signal C that receives when data-switching control circuit 32 is keyboard control command, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 can transmit the DMA length signals by traffic spike D simultaneously, the DMA enabling signal is given data-switching control circuit 32, after data-switching control circuit 32 is received the DMA enabling signal, promptly send control signal corresponding J to keyboard interface circuit 35, after keyboard interface circuit 35 is ready, data-switching control circuit 32 sends first in first out control signal E to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A, send the keyboard control command of USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A to keyboard interface circuit 35 via data-signal K again by traffic spike F, perhaps send relevant keyboard control command to keyboard interface circuit 35 via data-signal K from microprocessor bus interface circuit 31, keyboard interface circuit 35 is converted to keyboard bus-type signal S with the keyboard control command that receives, and exports to keyboard interface 90; After keyboard control command is finished, data-switching control circuit 32 sends the keyboard control command signal that is finished for microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 by control bus C, and relevant state and data sent to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A or return microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 by data bus D by data bus F, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 is immediately with interrupt mode notice microprocessor 23, and microprocessor 23 sends be finished signal and status signal of keyboard control command to host computer by control USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A.
6, the control command signal C that receives when data-switching control circuit 32 is when reading mouse command, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 can transmit the DMA length signals by traffic spike D simultaneously, the DMA enabling signal is given data-switching control circuit 32, after data-switching control circuit 32 is received the DMA enabling signal, promptly send control signal corresponding L to mouse interface circuit 36, after mouse interface circuit 36 is ready, data-switching control circuit 32 reads mouse data from mouse interface circuit 36 by data bus M, send first in first out control signal E simultaneously to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A, send the mouse data that reads from mouse interface circuit 36 to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A, or send microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 to by data bus D, after the mouse data transmission finishes, data-switching control circuit 32 sends the Data Transfer Done signal for microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 by control bus C, and relevant state and data sent to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A or return microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 by data bus D by data bus F, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 is immediately with interrupt mode notice microprocessor 23, and microprocessor 23 sends mouse data and the command execution signal that finishes to host computer by control USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A.
7, when the control command signal C that receives when data-switching control circuit 32 is the mouse control order, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 can transmit the DMA length signals by traffic spike D simultaneously, the DMA enabling signal is given data-switching control circuit 32, after data-switching control circuit 32 is received the DMA enabling signal, promptly send control signal corresponding L to mouse interface circuit 36, after mouse interface circuit 36 is ready, data-switching control circuit 32 sends first in first out control signal E to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 2A, and send the mouse control order of USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A to mouse interface circuit 36 via data-signal M again by traffic spike F, perhaps send relevant mouse control order to mouse interface circuit 36 via data-signal M from microprocessor bus interface circuit 31, mouse interface circuit 36 is mouse bus-type signal T with the mouse control command conversion that receives, and exports to mouse interface 80.After the mouse control command execution finishes, data-switching control circuit 32 sends the mouse control command execution signal that finishes for microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 by control bus C, and relevant state and data sent to USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21 or return microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 by data bus D by data bus F, microprocessor bus interface circuit 31 is immediately with interrupt mode notice microprocessor 23, and microprocessor 23 sends finish signal and status signal of mouse control command execution to host computer by control USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A.
Bridge modules 30 among the present invention (referring to Fig. 1 and shown in Figure 3), its pattern is not limit; Be to be the embodiment of explanation with the FPGA structural shape among the present invention; other enforcement pattern; as bridge modules 30 being integrated in a dedicated IC chip ASIC or bridge modules 30 and microprocessor 23 and usb interface controller 21A or ethernet controller 21B being integrated in a dedicated IC chip ASIC, all belong to protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to Fig. 4, the present invention is a kind of using method of sharing a host computer, comprises the steps:
(1) initialization beamhouse operation: on the operating system of host computer, load the multi-user management application program unit, between the upper strata of host computer operating system and underlying operating system, load the driver unit, and the solidification software unit is installed in the microprocessor of terminal; Terminal is connected host computer, display or televisor, sound equipment or loudspeaker, microphone, keyboard and mouse or touch-screen respectively;
(2) set up data exchange channel: this terminal is connected host computer by Ethernet interface and/or USB interface, set up data information exchange passage based on industry ethernet and/or usb bus;
(3) carry out transmission, conversion and the execution of data and command information: according to standard transmission between host computer and terminal, translation data and the fill order information of industry ethernet standard and/or usb bus standard.
Referring to Fig. 5, the using method that terminal of the present invention is shared a host computer is to be finished by the solidification software and/or bridge modules 30 common drivings that are installed in multi-user management application program, the driver in the host computer and be solidificated in the terminal microprocessor 23.The wherein solidification software in bridge modules 30 and/or the terminal microprocessor 23 and the underlying operating system interaction of host computer, driver is loaded between host computer upper strata operating system and the underlying operating system, this driver and host computer upper strata operating system and underlying operating system interaction, the multi-user management application program is loaded on the operating system of host computer upper strata, and with upper strata operating system and the interaction of user's desktop system.
The present invention is a kind of using method of sharing a host computer, comprise the information exchanging channel of setting up between host computer and the terminal, set up the view data between host computer and the terminal and the transfer approach of command information, the transfer approach of audio data and command information, the mode of user's input information, and the transfer approach of user's input information, the installation of final drive program, set up the information exchange method between host computer upper strata operating system and the final drive program, the installation of multi-user management application program, and set up information exchange method between host computer upper strata operating system and the multi-user management application program.Method of the present invention and terminal are applicable to the operating system of any support industry ethernet interface or usb bus interface.
The present invention is provided with in the terminal of sharing a host computer and realizes Ethernet interface standard feature or usb bus interface standard function, the transmission of control data information and exectorial solidification software and/or bridge modules.Wherein bridge modules is according to aforementioned principle of work work, and be arranged on solidification software in the terminal microprocessor, then according to the works of this solidification software, when the terminal of sharing a host computer is inserted host computer by Ethernet interface or usb bus interface, the driver of this solidification software and/or bridge modules matching computer main frame is finished the initialization of this terminal, and, carry out Ethernet interface standard or usb bus standard operation or carry out the operation of special instruction according to the requirement of driver in the host computer or upper strata operating system; To send bridge modules to from view data, audio data, keyboard commands, mouse command and other order of host computer, keyboard commands and data, mouse command and the data of self-curing software and/or bridge modules send host computer to by Ethernet interface or usb bus interface in the future simultaneously.
Wherein driver is installed on the host computer, according to its software flow work, when the terminal of sharing a host computer is inserted host computer by Ethernet interface or usb bus interface, cooperate solidification software and/or bridge modules to finish the initialization of terminal, and indication upper strata operating system produces an image displaying card device, a key board unit, a mouse apparatus and an acoustics, notify the multi-user management application program simultaneously, produce a desktop system independently by the multi-user management application program for this initiate terminal user, the device that simultaneously upper strata operating system is produced accords with distributes to this initiate user.This driver is packed audio data and order, view data and order that upper strata operating system sends according to industry ethernet standard or usb bus standard code form, be sent to solidification software and/or bridge modules execution by underlying operating system.Give upper strata operating system after the keyboard commands that this driver sends solidification software and/or bridge modules simultaneously and data, mouse command and data, the audio data-switching.Driver also to finish plug and play and with the coordinated manipulation of upper strata operating system, in case terminal is extracted from host computer, driver can notify upper strata operating system cancellation to distribute to all device symbols of this terminal immediately, notifies the multi-user management application program simultaneously.
Wherein the multi-user management application program is installed on the host computer, according to its software flow work.When the terminal of sharing a host computer is inserted host computer by Ethernet interface or usb bus interface, the device symbol that driver will be produced by the terminal of this new insertion host computer is notified to the multi-user management application program, the device symbol that the multi-user management application program will be produced by the terminal of new insertion host computer is distributed to initiate user, for this initiate user produces a desktop system independently, allow initiate user to log on operating system simultaneously with the different desktop system of independent user account number and/or same user account number.This initiate user operates and shared host computer by the keyboard, mouse, audio device, the display/televisor that link to each other with terminal.When a plurality of terminals respectively by Ethernet interface/or usb bus interface when inserting host computer, separate between all users, each user has independently keyboard, mouse, audio device and display/televisor, shares operating system, application software and the data resource of a host computer simultaneously.
Information transferring method between host computer of the present invention and the terminal, adopt the method for normalizing of industry ethernet standard or usb bus standard code, after the information package of tendency to develop being sent according to communication protocol respectively by the driver at industry ethernet interface or usb bus interface two ends and solidification software and/or bridge modules, send the other side again to.
When the present invention shared a host computer, the operation of its transmitted image data comprised the steps:
(1) host computer upper strata operating system is accepted the image display command of user's desktop system Desktop application program transmission of this terminal correspondence;
(2) host computer upper strata operating system is interpreted as a series of standard picture with image display command and drives order, and this order is sent to driver;
(3) standard picture is driven command conversion is the particular image display operation order that solidification software and/or bridge modules can be understood and carry out to driver, and sends the host computer underlying operating system to;
(4) the particular image display operation order after the host computer underlying operating system will be changed sends solidification software and/or bridge modules to through industry ethernet or usb bus channel control circuit;
(5) solidification software and/or bridge modules are carried out this operation, the order of particular image display operation is exported to image displaying card or image display chip Graphics Controller with output image, and result and state transmitted through upper strata operating system return to driver.
When the present invention shared a host computer, its operation that transmits voice data comprised the steps:
(1) host computer upper strata operating system is accepted the voice data and the order of user's desktop system application program transmission of this terminal correspondence;
(2) host computer upper strata operating system sends to described driver with voice data and order;
(3) driver is special audio data and the order that this terminal module bridge and/or solidification software can be understood and carry out with voice data and command conversion, and sends the underlying operating system of host computer to;
(4) special audio data after the host computer underlying operating system will be changed and order send solidification software and/or bridge modules to via industry ethernet and/or usb bus channel control circuit;
(5) solidification software and/or bridge modules are carried out this operation: special audio data and order are exported to Audio Controller, be used for the output sound effect, and result and state returned to described driver via operating system, carry out subsequent treatment by this driver.
When the present invention shared a host computer, its operation that transmits the microphone speech data of input comprised the steps:
(1) solidification software and/or bridge modules send the microphone speech data of user's input to the underlying operating system of host computer by industry ethernet and/or usb bus channel control circuit;
(2) underlying operating system of host computer sends the microphone speech data of user's input to driver;
(3) driver sends the microphone speech data of user's input to the upper strata operating system of host computer;
(4) the upper strata operating system of host computer sends the microphone speech data of user input user's desktop system application program of this terminal correspondence to, carries out subsequent treatment by this application program.
When the present invention shared a host computer, if the user gives the host computer input information by keyboard mode, its keyboard commands and data manipulation that transmits user's input comprised the steps:
(1) solidification software and/or the bridge modules underlying operating system that will send host computer to by industry ethernet or usb bus channel control circuit from the keyboard commands and the data of terminal input by the user;
(2) the host computer underlying operating system will send driver to by the order and the data of keyboard input;
(3) driver will send host computer upper strata operating system to by the order and the data of keyboard input;
(4) operating system user's desktop system application program that will send this terminal correspondence to by the order and the data of keyboard input in host computer upper strata is carried out subsequent treatment by this application program.
When the present invention shared a host computer, if the user gives the host computer input information by the mouse mode, its mouse command and data manipulation that transmits input comprised the steps:
(1) solidification software and/or the bridge modules underlying operating system that will send host computer to by industry ethernet or usb bus channel control circuit from the data and the order of the mouse of terminal input by the user;
(2) underlying operating system of host computer will send driver to by order and the data that the mouse of terminal is imported;
(3) the driver upper strata operating system that will send host computer to by the order and the data of the mouse of terminal input;
(4) the upper strata operating system of host computer user's desktop system application program that will send this terminal correspondence to by the order and the data of the mouse of terminal input is carried out subsequent treatment by this application program.
When the present invention shared a host computer, if the user gives the host computer input information by touch-screen Touch Screen mode, its touch-screen order and data manipulation that transmits user's input comprised the steps:
(1) solidification software and/or the bridge modules underlying operating system that will send host computer to by industry ethernet or usb bus channel control circuit from the data and the order of the touch-screen of terminal input by the user;
(2) underlying operating system of host computer will send driver to by order and the data that the touch-screen of terminal is imported;
(3) the driver upper strata operating system that will send host computer to by the order and the data of touch-screen input;
(4) the upper strata operating system of host computer user's desktop system application program that will send this terminal correspondence to by the order and the data of touch-screen input is carried out subsequent treatment by this application program.
Referring to Fig. 6, introduce the process flow diagram of solidification software of the present invention.When the terminal of the shared host computer of the present invention is inserted into host computer by Ethernet interface or USB interface, its microprocessor 23 begins to carry out the solidification software that is solidificated in this microprocessor 23 immediately: at first carry out initialization, promptly enter waiting status after initialization finishes, wait for order and data that the host computer underlying operating system sends.When this terminal get electric after, host computer upper strata operating system can be inquired about ethernet controller 21B or USB USB (universal serial bus) controller 21A, ethernet controller or USB USB (universal serial bus) controller can produce and interrupt giving microprocessor 23 this moment, microprocessor 23 is got in touch by operating ethernet controller or USB USB (universal serial bus) controller and host computer upper strata operating system then, host computer upper strata operating system sends corresponding initialization directive according to the ethernet controller of this terminal or USB USB (universal serial bus) controller and microprocessor institute's feedack to ethernet controller or USB USB (universal serial bus) controller and microprocessor, for next step exchange of preparing normal data ready.
Referring to Fig. 7, introduce the process flow diagram of driver of the present invention.When the terminal of each shared host computer is inserted host computer by Ethernet interface and/or USB interface, host computer upper strata operating system can detect the insertion of this terminal automatically by Ethernet interface or USB interface, and this moment, upper strata operating system will activate driver immediately.After driver is activated, promptly carry out initialization operation, cooperate solidification software and/or bridge modules to finish the initialization of this terminal simultaneously, and indication upper strata operating system produce an image displaying card device, a key board unit, a mouse apparatus and an acoustics.After upper strata operating system is received this instruction, be this terminal generation and distribute the corresponding device thereof symbol, upper strata operating system activates the multi-user management application program simultaneously, and with the related device symbol notice multi-user management application program of being distributed.In the aforesaid operations process, solidification software and/or bridge modules can receive and handle the operation requests from upper strata operating system and driver.After driver is finished the insertion processing, promptly enter the waiting status of waiting for operation requests.
Referring to Fig. 8, introduce the process flow diagram of multi-user management application program of the present invention.When the terminal of each shared host computer is inserted host computer by Ethernet interface or USB interface, upper strata operating system is inserted terminal generation and distribution corresponding device thereof symbol for this after, activate this multi-user management application program immediately.After the multi-user management application program is activated, promptly carry out initialization operation, simultaneously with initiate user notification upper strata operating system, and the device symbol that will be produced by the terminal of this new insertion host computer is distributed to initiate user, afterwards for initiate user produces a desktop system independently, allow this initiate user to log on operating system with the different desktop systems of account number and/or same user account number independently.This initiate user comes the operating computer main frame by keyboard, mouse, audio device, the display/televisor that links to each other with this terminal.After the multi-user management application program is finished the insertion processing, promptly enter the waiting status of waiting for operation requests.When a plurality of terminals are inserted host computer by Ethernet interface or USB interface respectively, separate between all computer users, there are independently keyboard, mouse, audio device, display/televisor in each computer user, shares operating system, application software and the data resource of a host computer simultaneously.
When the user the terminal of sharing a host computer when the Ethernet interface of host computer or USB interface are extracted, solidification software and/or bridge modules stop to carry out immediately, and host computer upper strata operating system then can detect this terminal automatically and extract from host computer; At this moment, upper strata operating system can be immediately this event notice driver, after driver is received this notice, carries out relevant the processing immediately, and indication upper strata operating system is eliminated and corresponding each device of this terminal and device symbol; After upper strata operating system is received instruction, immediately this event notice multi-user management application program; After the multi-user management application program received this instruction, execution immediately is relevant to be handled, and preserved and the corresponding user data of this terminal, and indicated upper strata operating system that this is installed corresponding user account number and withdraw from processing; After upper strata operating system is received instruction, will withdraw from processing with the corresponding user account number of this terminal immediately, afterwards, corresponding each device of operating system immediate cancel and this terminal and device symbol.
Fig. 9 is the terminal of the shared host computer of the present invention is connected to host computer by a USB interface the first embodiment synoptic diagram.The USB interface-based terminal 100 of sharing a host computer links to each other with the USB port 210 of host computer 200 by USB USB (universal serial bus) 10, with the information between realization and the host computer 200 and the exchange of data; Link to each other with a display 500 by display interface device 50, with displays image information; Link to each other with loudspeaker and/or microphone 600 by Audio Controller (CODEC) 70, with the I/O audio frequency effect; Link to each other with keyboard 300 by keyboard interface 90, to accept the keyboard commands and the data of user's input; Link to each other with mouse 400 by mouse interface 80, to accept the mouse command and the data of user's input.
The pattern of display 500 shown in Figure 9 is not limit, and can be VGA display, LCD display or televisor, is to be explanation with the VGA display in the present embodiment.The pattern of keyboard 300 is not limit, and can be PS2 type keyboard or USB type keyboard, is to be explanation with PS2 type keyboard in the present embodiment.The pattern of mouse 400 is not limit, and can be PS2 type mouse or USB type mouse, is to be explanation with PS2 type mouse in the present embodiment.The pattern of loudspeaker and/or microphone 600 is not limit, and can be microphone or sound equipment, is to be that input, loudspeaker are the output explanation with the microphone in the present embodiment.
Figure 10 is the terminal of the shared host computer of the present invention is connected to host computer by a USB interface the second embodiment synoptic diagram.Figure 11 has increased a USB extension apparatus (USB Extender) 700 on the basis of embodiment synoptic diagram shown in Figure 10, the terminal 100 that can make the present invention share a host computer like this is installed in the place distant apart from host computer.The purpose of this USB extension apparatus is the length that prolongs USB cable, and its pattern is not limit, and USB extension apparatus 700 does not belong to protection content of the present invention.
Figure 11 is the terminal of the shared host computer of the present invention is connected to host computer by a USB interface the 3rd an embodiment synoptic diagram.Terminal 100 control circuits are integrated on the display control panel in the display 500.The USB USB (universal serial bus) 10 of terminal 100 links to each other with the USB port 210 of host computer 200, with the information between realization and the host computer 200 and the exchange of data; Link to each other with display pannel input by display interface device 50, with displays image information in display 500; Link to each other with loudspeaker 600 by Audio Controller (CODEC) 70, with the output audio; Link to each other with touch-screen 800 by touch screen interface 90, to accept the order and the data of touch-screen input.
Figure 12 is four terminals sharing a host computer of the present invention are inserted host computer respectively simultaneously by USB interface the 4th an embodiment synoptic diagram.Computer user 1 shares the USB interface 210 that the terminal of a host computer is connected to host computer by the present invention is based on USB interface, computer user 2 is connected to the USB interface 220 of host computer by the terminal based on the shared host computer of USB interface of the present invention, computer user 3 shares the USB interface 230 that the terminal of a host computer is connected to host computer by the present invention is based on USB interface, computer user 4 shares the USB interface 240 that the terminal of a host computer is connected to host computer by the present invention is based on USB interface, 5 keyboard and mouses that use host computer itself to be connected of computer user.Based on this configuration, five computer users can use a host computer simultaneously, and each computer user has fully independently account and user's desktop system.Like this, five computer users need only buy a cover corresponding upper strata operating system and an application software, terminal of the application of the invention and method can be shared operating system, application software and system resource in the host computer simultaneously, save the cost and the hardware of software to the utmost.