CN1510546A - Extended module of personnel digital assistant - Google Patents
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The extension module consists of connecting boun dary surface for transmitting data between the extension module and the private digital assistant, network device for providing network connection environment, storage device providing large volume of storage, power source line providing external power source and electrical charging function and input-output boundary surface for connecting more external devices as well as devices of screen, keyboard and mouse, so basic functions of private computer can be provided with the private digital assistant by only plugging in the extension module. Processor is also included in the extension module to provide functions of control and input-output data conversion.
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(1) technical field
The present invention is relevant a kind of enlargement module, particularly relevant for a kind of enlargement module of personal digital assistant.
(2) background technology
Owing to the fast development of semi-conductor industry, personal digital assistant (Personal DigitalAssistant) (PDA) speed of the microprocessor of middle actuating logic computing also is more and more to promote in recent years, and therefore, the function of personal digital assistant is powerful day by day especially.Along with the improvement of the processing procedure of integrated circuit, and the progress of integrate circuit function, the design of integrated circuit now has been that exquisiteness very is with complicated.With the employed processor of personal digital assistant (Processor) is example, and the user is using the processor that surpasses the above arithmetic speed of 150MHz at present, and arithmetic speed is all advanced with day especially.
In general, the PC user of amateur computing, most of, all use the software of handling as document, for example Word of Windows, or spreadsheet (Spreadsheet), for example Excel of Windows.At present more commonly used then is the browsing software of internet, for example the browser that InternetExplorer or Netscape produced (Browser) of Windows.And when using these softwares, the processor of personal digital assistant can provide most of amateur user required arithmetic speed at present.And the processing speed of personal digital assistant after some time, when the demand of most of specialty with the non-professionality user more can be provided.
The personal digital assistant volume is light and handy, so built-in device also is restricted, therefore the space of its storage device just seems comparatively not enough in the tradition, and its input media, generally speaking be to use pointer to write or import with on-screen keyboard, therefore, on the speed of input, seem comparatively slow.
When the function of personal digital assistant can replace the function of PC gradually, so built-in device obviously can't satisfy most of user's demand, though it helps the portability of personal digital assistant, but can't provide the convenience in the use.Therefore, the convenience that how to provide PC to use effectively is for user and manufacturer are looked forward to.Especially improve the convenience of personal digital assistant in workplace and use at home, will more improve the widespread use of personal digital assistant.
(3) summary of the invention
In above-mentioned background of invention, traditional personal digital assistant can't satisfy the convenience in most of user's use thereby lower the practicality of personal digital assistant, therefore, convenience and the practicality that how to improve in the use of personal digital assistant is the important breakthrough problem of present personal digital assistant.
A purpose of the present invention provides a kind of enlargement module of personal digital assistant, to make things convenient for personal digital assistant in yard at home output input and operation in one's power.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of enlargement module of personal digital assistant, can effectively integrate and the peripheral equipment that is connected personal digital assistant, and the expansion capacity that improves personal digital assistant.
According to above-described purpose, the enlargement module of personal digital assistant of the present invention, it comprises a linkage interface, a network equipment, a storage device, a power lead and an output inputting interface.Linkage interface is used for connecting personal digital assistant and enlargement module, and is used for transmitting information between the two.Network equipment then provides the network connectivity environment of personal digital assistant and enlargement module.Storage device, for example its capacity of a rigid disk with the data of storage personal digital assistant, and provides personal digital assistant required data greater than the storage volume of personal digital assistant itself.Power lead is the external power supply that is used to provide personal digital assistant and enlargement module, and the charge function of personal digital assistant is provided.The output inputting interface is used for connecting external device (ED), uses for personal digital assistant.External device (ED) is to use external equipment for screen, keyboard, mouse, hard disk, CD, draught machine, printer and other PC, all can be connected in this enlargement module.
And above-mentioned linkage interface also comprises a processor, with the control of enlargement module that personal digital assistant is provided and the conversion of input-output data.Above-mentioned output inputting interface is to be a universal serial bus (Universal Serial Bus; USB) coupling arrangement, PS/2 (Personal System/2) coupling arrangement, bluetooth (Blue Tooth) coupling arrangement meets the coupling arrangement of IEEE1394 or IEEE802.11x, can also be infrared ray (Infrared; IR) coupling arrangement.
Another aspect of the present invention is that device also that PC such as screen, keyboard and mouse is commonly used is directly contained in enlargement module of the present invention, make the basic function that personal digital assistant is inserted can be provided behind the enlargement module as PC, the user can buy a PC in addition again.
Therefore, the enlargement module of personal digital assistant of the present invention, can improve the operability and the practicality of personal digital assistant, the peripheral equipment of more effective integration personal digital assistant with the raising expansion capacity, and is integrated external equipment, to reduce required driver, further reduce the burden of the required output inputting interface of personal digital assistant, make personal digital assistant reach plug and play, thereby can be used widely.
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For above-mentioned and other purposes of the present invention, characteristics and advantage can be become apparent, be described in more detail especially exemplified by preferred embodiment and conjunction with figs. below, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the enlargement module of personal digital assistant of the present invention; And
Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram of another preferred embodiment of the enlargement module of personal digital assistant of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.As shown in FIG., the enlargement module 110 of personal digital assistant of the present invention comprises linkage interface 122, storage device 112, network equipment 114, output inputting interface 116 and power lead 118.And linkage interface 122 is to be used for connecting enlargement module 110 and personal digital assistant 100.Power lead 118 is the power supplys that are used to provide enlargement module 110, the external power supply in the time of can providing simultaneously personal digital assistant 100 to insert enlargement module 110 of the present invention.And output inputting interface 116 then further provides the expansion capacity of enlargement module 110 of the present invention with personal digital assistant 100.The output inputting interface connects external device 120, and generally speaking, external device 120 can include screen, keyboard, mouse, hard disk, CD drive, printer and other can be used for the external equipment of PC.
And output inputting interface 116 then includes universal serial bus (Universal Serial Bus; USB), PS/2 (Personal System/2) IEEE1394, IEEE802.11x, bluetooth (Blue Tooth) and infrared ray (Infrared; Input-output device such as IR).Therefore, by enlargement module 110 of the present invention, can be connected with any device that is compatible to these output inputting interfaces 116 easily, so the expandability of personal digital assistant 100 will significantly promote.As long as personal digital assistant 100 is inserted in the enlargement module 110 of the present invention, personal digital assistant 100 will can be used the network equipment 114 and storage device 112 in the enlargement module 110 of the present invention at once.Simultaneously, by the power supply that power lead 118 is provided, personal digital assistant 100 also can be charged and directly be used external power supply.Further by output inputting interface 116, personal digital assistant 100 can significantly increase the kind and the quantity of compatible external device again, makes personal digital assistant 100 more convenient in use and practical.
Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram of another preferred embodiment of the enlargement module of personal digital assistant of the present invention.As shown in FIG., among this embodiment, had display 220, keyboard 212 mouses 214, power lead 216, output inputting interface 218 on the enlargement module 210 of the present invention.Also have the CD drive, hard disk drive, the linkage interface that are installed on enlargement module 210 back and device such as be connected with network.This preferred embodiment, the standard that also further comprises general PC is equipped with, and therefore, after the user inserted the linkage interface of enlargement module 210 back with personal digital assistant 200, personal digital assistant 200 had the function of PC immediately.And the work that the user can use general keyboard 212, mouse 214 and display 220 to export and import at once.Therefore, use personal digital assistant 200, need not to buy again a PC, can use enlargement module 210 of the present invention and personal digital assistant 200, carry out required document and evaluation work.
Because enlargement module 210 of the present invention, the device such as input-output device, storage device, network that has possessed various standards, therefore, use personal digital assistant 200 of the present invention, the driver of enlargement module 210 of the present invention only need be installed can be operated, and the operation that makes personal digital assistant 200 is with more convenient and practical.Because the present invention only need utilize a single linkage interface, can connect various external devices by enlargement module, reduces the burden of the output inputting interface of personal digital assistant effectively.And between linkage interface and output inputting interface and every device, enlargement module of the present invention also has a processor, with the control that enlargement module is provided and the conversion of every input-output data specification.
The present invention utilizes the enlargement module of personal digital assistant, improve the operability and the practicality of personal digital assistant, more can effectively integrate the peripheral equipment of personal digital assistant, and raising expansion capacity, and integrate external equipment and reduce required driver, make personal digital assistant reach plug and play, personal digital assistant can be used more widely.Understand as the person skilled in the art, the above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, is not in order to limit claim of the present invention; All other do not break away from the equivalence of being finished under the disclosed spirit and changes or replacement, all should be included in the following claim institute restricted portion.
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1. the enlargement module of a personal digital assistant is characterized in that, comprises at least:
One linkage interface is used for connecting this personal digital assistant, with transmission information between this personal digital assistant and this enlargement module;
One network equipment is coupled in this linkage interface, and this personal digital assistant one network connectivity environment is provided;
One storage device is coupled in this linkage interface, is used for storing the data of this personal digital assistant, and provides this personal digital assistant required data;
One power lead is coupled in this linkage interface, is used to provide the external power supply of this personal digital assistant and this enlargement module, and the charge function of this personal digital assistant is provided; And
One output inputting interface is coupled in this linkage interface, is used for connecting an external device (ED), uses so that this personal digital assistant to be provided.
2. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described storage device is to be a hard disk drive.
3. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, this external device (ED) is by selecting one in screen, keyboard, mouse, hard disk, CD drive and the printer.
4. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described linkage interface also comprises a processor, with the control of enlargement module that this personal digital assistant is provided and the conversion of input-output data.
5. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described output inputting interface is to be a universal sequence bus connecting device.
6. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described output inputting interface is to be a PS/2 coupling arrangement.
7. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described output inputting interface is to be a bluetooth coupling arrangement.
8. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described output inputting interface is the coupling arrangement that meets IEEE1394 for.
9. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described output inputting interface is the coupling arrangement that meets IEEE802.11x for.
10. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described output inputting interface is to be a ultrared coupling arrangement.
11. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described external device (ED) is to select one and combination thereof by screen, keyboard, mouse, hard disk, CD, draught machine and a printer.
12. the enlargement module of a personal digital assistant is characterized in that, comprises at least:
One linkage interface is used for connecting this personal digital assistant, with transmission information between this personal digital assistant and this enlargement module;
One processor provides the control of enlargement module of this personal digital assistant and the conversion of input-output data;
One network equipment is coupled in this processor, and this personal digital assistant one network connectivity environment is provided;
One storage device is coupled in this processor, is used for storing the data of this personal digital assistant, and provides this personal digital assistant required data;
One power lead is coupled in this processor, is used to provide the external power supply of this personal digital assistant and this enlargement module, and the charge function of this personal digital assistant is provided;
One output inputting interface is coupled in this processor, is used for connecting an external device (ED), uses so that this personal digital assistant to be provided;
One screen is coupled in this processor, is used for showing the executing state of this personal digital assistant;
One keyboard is coupled in this processor, is used for carrying out the data input of this personal digital assistant; And
One mouse is coupled in this processor, is used for controlling the position of vernier on this screen of this personal digital assistant and clicks diagram.
13. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, described storage device is a hard disk drive.
14. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, the storage volume of described hard disk drive is greater than the storage volume of this personal digital assistant.
15. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, described output inputting interface is to be a universal sequence bus connecting device.
16. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, described output inputting interface is to be a PS/2 coupling arrangement.
17. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, described output inputting interface is to be a bluetooth coupling arrangement.
18. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, described output inputting interface is the coupling arrangement that meets IEEE1394 for.
19. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, described output inputting interface is the coupling arrangement that meets IEEE802.11x for.
20. the enlargement module of personal digital assistant as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, described output inputting interface is to be a ultrared coupling arrangement.
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