CN101814016B

CN101814016B - Function extending method of electronic product and device thereof

Info

Publication number: CN101814016B
Application number: CN200910077789A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张乃千
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2009-02-19
Filing date: 2009-02-19
Publication date: 2012-09-26
Anticipated expiration: 2029-02-19
Also published as: CN101814016A

Abstract

The invention provides function extending method and device thereof of an electronic product. The device comprises a circuit board, a microprogramming unit and a storing unit, wherein an extending socket is arranged on the circuit board and provided with two or more jacks; the microprogramming unit is configured on the circuit board and electrically connected with each jack; and the storing unit is configured on the circuit board and electrically connected with the microprogramming unit. The microprogramming unit is used for scanning a preset jack group on the extending socket, judging whether the jack group is provided with a plugging function device or not and judging a function device plugged by the jack group; and after the judgment is performed, the microprogramming unit reads a drive program of the function device in the storing unit and executes the installation or drive of the function device.

Description

The function extending method of electronic product and device thereof

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of functional extender apparatus, refer to a kind of function extending method and device thereof of electronic product especially.

Background technology

At present, all electronic product inside all dispose circuit board, and this circuit board all is the function that has according to household electrical appliances of being arranged in pairs or groups or electronic product, and the electronic component that produces this function is combined on the circuit board, makes these household appliances have this function.For example, start automatically/close, regularly, function such as time showing, time adjustment, light control, temperature setting, insulation, sensing, adjusting temperature, video recording, broadcast and/or remote control.After these household appliances have basic function, at most can only with the load of outside, for example loudspeaker, printer, hard disk etc. connect, and after driving the load action, just can't carry out other function expansion of these household electrical appliances or electronic product again.

Because science and technology is constantly progressive, also have additional display screen on the panel of some refrigerator in recent years, this display screen is electrically connected with circuit board; Electrically connect a plurality of sensors on this circuit board; Come sensing storage space temperature, food or beverage quantity, thawed state etc. through this sensor, and after these sensing signals are delivered to circuit board and handle, process result data and figure are shown by this display screen; When letting the user can know the user mode of present refrigerator; This display screen does not have other function, on refrigerator, sets up a display screen and is not only a kind of amusement, still a kind of means of sale.

In addition, for example, employed light fixture in the family except lighting or do not light with the controlling switch lamp tool, can also utilize the handoff procedure of switch to control which bulb and lighted, or which bulb do not light, and the user can optionally be used.If the bulb of wanting to control on the light fixture can produce various flickering when glimmering variation; The user just must carry out the modification of light fixture; Set up control circuit board in lamp interior; Or be connected with the computing machine of outside, the signal that utilizes control circuit board or computing machine to export is controlled bulb and is presented the various flickers that flicker and change, and perhaps will put in order the light fixture of group and change.Thus, will cause the modification engineering big, and need the cost heavy sugar, and cause user's puzzlement.

Summary of the invention

In view of this, fundamental purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of function extending method and device thereof of electronic product, can make upgrading of these household electrical appliances or electronic product or enhanced feature.

For achieving the above object, the present invention provides a kind of functional extender apparatus of electronic product, comprising: circuit board, microprocessing unit and storage unit.Have the expansion socket on this circuit board, have two or more jacks on this expansion socket.This microprocessing unit is disposed on this circuit board, and electrically connects with this each jack, judges in order to running of control electronic product and scanning and expands the functional device of being pegged graft on the socket.This memory cell arrangements and electrically connects with this microprocessing unit on this circuit board, in order to the driver of store electronic product and various functional devices.

The present invention also provides a kind of function extending method of electronic product, comprising: A, microprocessing unit scan expanding jack group predetermined on the socket, judge whether jack group is plugged with functional device,, if do not have, then expand socket scanning again; If judge when the expansion socket has the grafting functional device, then execution in step B; B, judgement jack group which kind of functional device of grafting; C, according to the judged result among the step B, the driver of this functional device in the microprocessing unit reading cells, and carry out this functional device and install or drive.

The function extending method of electronic product of the present invention and device thereof; Use with the electronic product collocation; When the user needs extended function,, can make upgrading of these household electrical appliances or electronic product or enhanced feature as long as this functional device is plugged on the expansion socket of this circuit board; For the user brings bigger convenience, saved expense simultaneously.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of functional extender apparatus of the electronic product of first embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is the structural representation of functional extender apparatus of the electronic product of second embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram of jack group (oblique line sub-box) for Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is the structural representation of functional extender apparatus of the electronic product of third embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 5 a is a kind of jack group (oblique line sub-box) synoptic diagram of Fig. 4 of the present invention;

Fig. 5 b is another kind of jack group (oblique line sub-box) synoptic diagram of Fig. 4 of the present invention;

Fig. 5 c is another jack group (oblique line sub-box) synoptic diagram of Fig. 4 of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is the structural representation of functional extender apparatus of the electronic product of fourth embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 7 is jack group (oblique line sub-box) synoptic diagram of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is the function extending method schematic flow sheet of electronic product of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals

Circuit board 1 expands socket 11

111 3 oblique line sub-boxes 112 of jack

Seven oblique line grid of four oblique line grid 113a 113b

Two oblique line sub-boxes 114 of six oblique line grid 113c

Microprocessing unit 2 storage unit 3

Refrigerator 4 display screens 41

Wireless module 5 pins 51

Digital photo frame 6 multiport type electric connectors 7

Pin 71 storage unit modules 8

Pin 81 steps 100～106

Embodiment

Existing pass technology contents of the present invention and detailed description, conjunction with figs. is explained as follows now:

See also the structural representation of Fig. 1 for the functional extender apparatus of the electronic product of first embodiment of the invention.As shown in Figure 1: the functional extender apparatus of electronic product of the present invention, for the pin of electronic product expansion grafting functional device, this device includes at least: circuit board 1, microprocessing unit 2 and storage unit 3.

This circuit board 1; Which is provided with and expand socket 11; Have the jack 111 that is nine palace lattice or arranged on this expansion socket 11, any two jacks in this jack 111 or any two are more than jack, and perhaps arbitrary file jack, line jack or diagonally opposing corner jack etc. are formed jack group; Be set at a kind of functional device, the jack group that this is set out can supply the functional device (not shown) of pegging graft.

This microprocessing unit 2 is disposed on this circuit board 1, electrically connects with this jack 111, except that carrying out the various functions in order to the control electronic product, can judge that the functional device of being pegged graft on the expansion socket 11 is the functional device with which kind of function simultaneously.

This storage unit 3 is disposed on this circuit board 1, electrically connects with this microprocessing unit 2, in order to data such as the specification of storing the various functional devices that this jack group formulates or drivers.In the present embodiment, this storage element 3 is an internal memory.

Therefore, the expansion socket 11 of circuit board 1 can be according to the required expansion of carrying out function of user.

See also Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, be respectively the synoptic diagram of jack group (oblique line sub-box) of structural representation and Fig. 2 of functional extender apparatus of the electronic product of second embodiment of the invention.It is as shown in Figure 2: when this circuit board 1 combines with the refrigerator with small display screen 41 4; This display screen 41 is under 2 controls of the microprocessing unit on the circuit board 1; Can the multi-medium data of being stored in the storage unit 3 (advertisement or relevant product information) be play on this display screen 41, perhaps show present refrigerator 4 inner frozen foods states.

When the user wants on refrigerator 4, to carry out wireless transmission and receiving function; Can two of the functional device with wireless module 5 or two pins 51 be plugged in three oblique line sub-boxes 112 like last layer line among Fig. 3; After judging by microprocessing unit 2; When if this wireless module is bluetooth radio module or WLAN; The driver of bluetooth radio module or WLAN makes this refrigerator 4 can carry out wireless remote control and transmits data, functions such as the data download of perhaps getting online without being tethered to a cable in these microprocessing unit 2 execution storage unit 3.For example, can with own or household's photo after computing machine or other peripheral unit are handled, data processed be sent to refrigerator 4, after receiving by wireless module 5, promptly can play or show at the display screen 41 of refrigerator 4 through wireless transmit.

See also Fig. 4, Fig. 5 a to Fig. 5 c, be respectively structural representation and various jack groups (oblique line sub-box) synoptic diagram of Fig. 4 of functional extender apparatus of the electronic product of third embodiment of the invention.Shown in Fig. 4, Fig. 5 a to Fig. 5 c: when circuit board 1 and digital photo frame 6 are electrically connected use, under microprocessing unit 2 controls, can control time showing and other function setting of digital photo frame 6.

When the user wants on digital photo frame 6, to increase electric connector; At this functional device is when having the electric connector of multiport type electric connector 7 or single face of many interfaces; After can two or more pins 71 on this multiport type electric connector 7 being stuck with the jack 111 of this expansion socket 11; After these microprocessing unit 2 judgements; If four oblique line grid 113a of the jack group of judge pegging graft are that (a) time, this microprocessing unit 2 reads or carry out USB electric connector driver in the storage unit 3 to USB (USB) electric connector like Fig. 5.When will presenting various images, digital photo frame 6 shows when changing; Can be through USB electric connector and outer computer or mobile memory electric connection; The program that control changes is imported and is stored in the storage unit 3, and this program is that this digital photo frame 6 of may command shows broadcast with this image with various different demonstration sides.

If it is seven oblique line grid 113b when being IE1394 electric connector (like Fig. 5 b) that microprocessing unit 2 is judged the jack group of pegging graft, this microprocessing unit 2 reads or carries out IE1394 electric connector driver in the storage unit 3.

If it is six oblique line grid 113c during for external series hi-tech configuration (eSATA) electric connector (like Fig. 5 c) that microprocessing unit 2 is judged the jack group of pegging graft, this microprocessing unit 2 reads or carries out eSATA electric connector driver in the storage unit 3.

Therefore, the user can carry out various data through this multiport connector and transmit, for example MP3, MP4, WAV etc.Make this digital photo frame 6 can carry out multimedia.

See also Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, be the structural representation of the functional extender apparatus of the electronic product of fourth embodiment of the invention and jack group (oblique line sub-box) synoptic diagram of Fig. 6.Like Fig. 6 and shown in Figure 7: when this circuit board 1 electrically connects with a certain electronic product; If during the lack of memory capacity of the storage unit 3 on this circuit board 1; When this functional device is storage unit module 8; The user can be plugged in the pin 81 of storage unit module 8 in the jack 11 of this expansion socket 11, judges that by microprocessing unit 2 this jack group is storage unit module 8 (like two oblique line sub-boxes 114 of Fig. 7), related data in these microprocessing unit 2 reading cells 3; Can carry out the access of data and read to drive this storage unit module 8, to increase the memory capacity of this electronic product.

See also Fig. 8, be the function extending method schematic flow sheet of electronic product of the present invention.As shown in Figure 8: when circuit board 1 of the present invention electrically connected use with a certain electronic product, this method comprised:

Step 100, microprocessing unit scan this expansion socket, judge whether to be plugged with functional device; If do not have, then expand socket scanning again; If when judging that expanding socket is plugged with functional device, then execution in step 102;

Step 102, according to the jack group of pegging graft, which kind of functional device the arbitration functions device is;

Step 104, according to judged result in the step 102, the driver of this functional device in the microprocessing unit reading cells;

Step 106, carry out the function of this functional device, as installing or driving, the function of promptly accomplishing this electronic product expands.

Further; The storage unit 3 of circuit board 1 of the present invention is except the specification data or driver of storing each functional device; Can also store the pin internal resistance value of various functional devices; Let microprocessing unit 2 through arbitration functions device pin internal resistance value, can learn that this functional device is the device with which kind of function.

Above-mentionedly being merely preferred embodiment of the present invention, is not to be used for limiting the scope that the present invention implements.Be that all equalizations of doing according to claim of the present invention change and modification, be claim of the present invention and contain.

Claims

1. the functional extender apparatus of an electronic product expands the pin of grafting functional device for electronic product, it is characterized in that this device comprises:

Circuit board has the expansion socket on it, have two or more jacks on this expansion socket;

Microprocessing unit is disposed on this circuit board, and electrically connects with this each jack that expands socket, judges in order to running of control electronic product and scanning and expands the functional device of being pegged graft on the socket;

Storage unit is disposed on this circuit board, and electrically connects with this microprocessing unit, in order to the driver of store electronic product and functional device.

2. the functional extender apparatus of electronic product as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, said two or more jacks are nine palace grillages row.

3. the functional extender apparatus of electronic product as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, said two or more jacks are arranged.

4. the functional extender apparatus of electronic product as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the above jack group that forms of any two jacks or any two jacks in said two or more jacks is to distinguish functional device, for this functional device of pegging graft.

5. the functional extender apparatus of electronic product as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, arbitrary file jack, line jack or diagonally opposing corner jack are formed jack group in said two or more jacks, to distinguish functional device, for this functional device of pegging graft.

6. the functional extender apparatus of electronic product as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, said functional device is a wireless module.

7. the functional extender apparatus of electronic product as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, said functional device is the storage unit module.

8. the functional extender apparatus of electronic product as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, said functional device is the multiport type electric connector of many interfaces.

9. the functional extender apparatus of electronic product as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, said functional device is the electric connector of single face.

10. the functional extender apparatus of electronic product as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, said storage unit is an internal memory.

11. the function extending method of an electronic product; It is characterized in that; This electronic product includes circuit board; Be electrically connected with expansion socket, microprocessing unit and storage unit with two or more jacks on this circuit board, this microprocessing unit and this storage unit and two or more jacks electrically connect, and this function extending method comprises:

A, microprocessing unit scan expanding jack group predetermined on the socket, judge whether jack group is plugged with functional device, if do not have, then expand socket scanning again; If judge when the expansion socket has the grafting functional device, then execution in step B;

B, judgement jack group which kind of functional device of grafting;

C, according to the judged result among the step B, the driver of this functional device in the microprocessing unit reading cells, and carry out this functional device and install or drive.

12. the function extending method of electronic product as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, these two or more jacks are nine palace grillages row.

13. the function extending method of electronic product as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, these two or more jacks are arranged.

14. the function extending method of electronic product as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, forms jack group more than the jack with any two jacks in two or more jacks or any two, to distinguish functional device, for this functional device of pegging graft.

15. the function extending method of electronic product as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, with arbitration functions device pin internal resistance value, judges this functional device type.

16. the function extending method of electronic product as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, arbitrary file jack, line jack or diagonally opposing corner jack are formed jack group in these two or more jacks, to distinguish functional device, for this functional device of pegging graft.

17. the function extending method of electronic product as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, said functional device is a wireless module.

18. the function extending method of electronic product as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, said functional device is the storage unit module.

19. the function extending method of electronic product as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, said functional device is the multiport type electric connector of many interfaces.

20. the function extending method of electronic product as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, said functional device is the electric connector of single face.

21. the function extending method of electronic product as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, said storage unit is an internal memory.