CN1527218A - Controller for virtual keyboard and mouse - Google Patents

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CN1527218A
CN1527218A CNA031070957A CN03107095A CN1527218A CN 1527218 A CN1527218 A CN 1527218A CN A031070957 A CNA031070957 A CN A031070957A CN 03107095 A CN03107095 A CN 03107095A CN 1527218 A CN1527218 A CN 1527218A
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陈丕程
林炘昀
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The virtual keyboard and mouse controller is used in network environment for far end control of server. The controller includes input interface, converter, the first output interface and the second output interface. The input interface is used to receive network package from the far end computer, the converter converts the network package into mouse output signal and keyboard output signal in the input format of server computer to simulate the near end mouse and keyboard, the first output interface transmits the mouse output signal to the server computer, and the second output interface transmits the keyboard output signal to the server computer. The first output interface and the second output interface include USB or PS/2 I/O port.

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The control device of dummy keyboard and mouse
(1) technical field
The present invention is about a kind of dummy keyboard and the control device of mouse that utilizes network to carry out servomechanism management, even during particularly relevant for a kind of operating system of not enabled still, also can utilize remote keyboard and mouse to manage the control device of servomechanism.
(2) background technology
Along with computer a large amount of popularize fast development with network technology, utilize network to obtain data fast or service is provided.Therefore, the computer network development provides human more convenient and comfortable living environment.
Internet development now, information in the network circulation has increasing trend, therefore being concentrated the system that forms not apply by several computers or equipment uses, system not only is made of several concentrated computers, but by being scattered in different local computer or equipment, as servomechanism (Server), workstation (Workstation), database (Database), router (Router) and alternate device relevant devices such as (Backup Device), via composition that network links, so that numerous different services to be provided.
When the servomechanism computer control of present stage, general servomechanism computer must be equipped with far-end and shake control (Remote Control) software at operating system (Operating System; OS) on, just can carry out the management that far-end shakes control.But such way to manage must framework has on the function of supporting network in this operating system, for example uses as form (Windows) operating system etc.That is to say that if servomechanism computer and far-end computer have all used the operating system of supporting network, then by Network Transmission, far-end computer can carry out the management of servomechanism computer.
But when the servomechanism computer use initiatively do not support network operating system (for example: the magnetic disc operating system; Disk Operating System DOS), or when the servomechanism computer is not written into the operating system that can support network as yet, can't use the mouse of far-end computer and keyboard to carry out the work that far-end shakes control by network, to carry out the management work of servomechanism.Therefore, cause the breach of servomechanism far-end remote control, how to strengthen the function that far-end shakes control effectively, be the important problem of network management.
(3) summary of the invention
In above-mentioned background of invention, traditional servomechanism can't not carry out the input of mouse control and keyboard by the function of far-end remote control when being written into the operating system that can support network as yet, therefore forms the dead angle of far-end remote control servomechanism management.How to make servomechanism not need the initiating task system can carry out far-end remote control, with the dead angle of elimination management, thereby the comprehensive property that strengthens the servomechanism remote side administration promptly is a problem to be solved by this invention.
An object of the present invention is to provide the control system of a kind of dummy keyboard and mouse, keyboard and mouse signal that the keyboard and the mouse signal of far-end computer is converted into the servomechanism near-end, make servomechanism not need the initiating task system can carry out far-end remote control, and can carry out the servomechanism operating system installation, restart the setting with basic input/output system.
Another purpose of the present invention provides the control system of a kind of dummy keyboard and mouse, can repeatedly the trajectory signal of keyboard and mouse repeatedly be passed back, to carry out automatic test.
According to above-described purpose, the control device of a kind of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse, the one end connects the servomechanism computer, and connect far-end computer by network and make the mouse of far-end computer and near-end mouse and the keyboard that keyboard can be simulated this servomechanism computer, carry out the management and the control of servomechanism computer, it comprises input interface, conversion equipment, first output interface and second output interface.This input interface is to be used for being connected in network, is received by network to come from the network package that far-end computer sends.And conversion equipment is converted into the mouse output signal and the keyboard output signal of the input specification that meets the servomechanism computer with network package, and sends first output interface and second output interface to.First output interface wherein is connected in the mouse connector of conversion equipment and servomechanism computer, for example is universal serial bus (Universal SerialBus; USB) signal output interface or PS/2 signal output interface, and the mouse output signal after will changing is sent to the servomechanism computer, to carry out the control of servomechanism computer.And second output interface is connected in the keyboard connector of conversion equipment and servomechanism computer, for example is usb signal output interface or PS/2 signal output interface, and the keyboard output signal after will changing is sent to the servomechanism computer, to carry out the control of servomechanism computer.
Above-mentioned conversion equipment also comprises hub, CPU (central processing unit), programmable integrated circuit, keyboard converting device,, mouse conversion equipment and network card.Wherein said hub is the corresponding I/O port that is used for connecting the servomechanism computer.CPU (central processing unit), the fan-in network package that receives the far-end computer that network transmits and come is decoded.Programmable integrated circuit is converted into corresponding keyboard signal and mouse signal with decoded fan-in network package.Then, keyboard signal is converted into the USB output signal (first keyboard output signal) that meets the hub specification by keyboard converting device, and the PS/2 output signal (second keyboard output signal) that meets the keyboard connector specification.
By the mouse conversion equipment, mouse signal is converted into the USB output signal that meets the hub specification in addition, and the PS/2 output signal that meets the mouse connector specification.And network card then is connected between CPU (central processing unit) and the network, to receive the fan-in network package.Described hub comprises a bus hub with serial connection function, for example universal serial bus hub (Universal Serial Bus Hub; USBHub).Second keyboard output signal then comprises the PS/2 keyboard output signal.And the second mouse output signal then comprises PS/2 mouse output signal.
Therefore, the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse, can be with the mouse of far-end computer and the mouse and the keyboard signal of keyboard signal simulation becoming near-end servomechanism, make the servomechanism supvr not need on the network to start under the operating system of supporting network, keyboard that promptly can far-end computer and management and the control that mouse carries out the servomechanism computer.
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For described and other purposes of the present invention, feature and advantage can be become apparent, especially exemplified by preferred embodiment, and cooperate following accompanying drawing to be elaborated, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the system architecture synoptic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse; And
Fig. 2 is the function block schematic diagram of the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse.
(5) embodiment
The present invention utilizes remote keyboard and mouse, carry out the management and the control of servomechanism computer, management and control to carry out servomechanism in the time of not only can being used in servomechanism computer operate as normal effectively also can not have management and the control of carrying out the servomechanism computer on the servomechanism computer of supporting the network job system.Make the management of servomechanism can break through operating system and operational restriction, effectively improve ability, can also improve the ability of getting rid of the servomechanism obstacle at far-end effectively at far-end control servomechanism.Below will and describe in detail and clearly demonstrate spirit of the present invention with diagram, as the person skilled in the art after understanding preferred embodiment of the present invention, when being replaced by the technology change and the equivalence of teachings of the present invention, it does not break away from spirit of the present invention and scope.
Fig. 1 is the system architecture synoptic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse.As shown in FIG., by mouse on the far-end computer 200 and keyboard, the control device 150 of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse can be on far-end computer 200, by network 160, and remote control servomechanism computer 100.And dummy keyboard of the present invention is connected by stube cable 140 with servomechanism computer 100 with the control device 150 of mouse.Generally speaking, this stube cable 140 includes the required output of the relevant servomechanism computer with PS/2 cable or the like of USB cable 100 and the stube cable of input.
Control device 150 via dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse, this computer system, not only can use keyboard and mouse to carry out the control of servomechanism computer 100 at far-end, and the more important thing is and be, control device 150 by dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse, no matter servomechanism computer 100 is to have the operating system of supporting network, or do not have the operating system of supporting network, no matter more servomechanism computer 100 is to be in which kind of duty, comprise enter operating system after, or before entering operating system, can also be when the setting of the start again of carrying out servomechanism computer 100 and BIOS.No matter whenever, by the control device 150 of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse, all can directly control servomechanism computer 100 via network 160 at the keyboard and the mouse of far-end computer 200.
Fig. 2 is the function block schematic diagram of the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse.Consult Fig. 2, with every function and its principle of work of control device that dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse are described.As shown in FIG., an end of the control device 500 of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse is connected servomechanism 300 by USB cable 310 and PS/2 cable 320 with 330.Its other end then connects network 400, and network 400 then further connects the control that a far-end computer carries out the servomechanism computer.
The control device 500 of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse includes usb hub 510, CPU (central processing unit) 520, keyboard signal conversion equipment 530, mouse signal conversion equipment 540, programmable integrated circuit 550 and network card 560.And keyboard signal conversion equipment 530 also comprises usb signal converting unit 532 and PS/2 signal conversion unit 534.And mouse signal conversion equipment 540 also comprises usb signal converting unit 542 and PS/2 signal conversion unit 544.Usb signal converting unit 532 is connected usb hub 510 respectively with 542, and via USB cable 310, usb hub 510 further connects the USB port of servomechanism 300.PS/2 signal conversion unit 534 connects the PS/2 port of the keyboard of servomechanism 300 then via PS/2 cable 320.And 544 PS/2 ports that connect the mouse of servomechanism 300 via PS/2 cable 330 of PS/2 signal conversion unit.
The other end of usb hub 510 then is connected in CPU (central processing unit) 520, and 520 of CPU (central processing unit) further connect network card 560 and programmable integrated circuit 550 respectively.The output interface of programmable integrated circuit 550 then is connected in the usb signal converting unit 532 of keyboard signal conversion equipment 530 or the input interface of PS/2 signal conversion unit 534 respectively again, and the input interface of the usb signal converting unit 542 of mouse signal conversion equipment 540 or PS/2 signal conversion unit 544.
The function and the How It Works of described element below will be described one by one, make and know this technology personage, and after the present invention discloses, can know and understand spirit of the present invention and scope.
And work as the servomechanism supvr on far-end computer, when desiring to carry out the management work of servomechanism, far-end computer can utilize preassembled application program, or uses the browsing software (Browser) with support java applet (Applet) to carry out the control of far-end.Described preassembled application software, before carrying out far-end control, need be installed on earlier far-end computer on, and the browsing software of using Java Applet is when carrying out the control of far-end, then only need to carry out this browsing software, when it is wired to the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse, directly download management software execution automatically in can installing thus is to carry out far-end control.
No matter be to adopt preassembled application software, or adopt browsing software to carry out far-end download management software with support Java Applet, be connected to the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse as the servomechanism supvr after, far-end computer can utilize executed software, mouse and keyboard signal with far-end computer, be converted into network package according to predetermined communications protocol (Protocol), be sent to the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse.
After the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse receives the mouse and keyboard signal that comes from far-end computer, via CPU (central processing unit) 520 with after the package decoding, resolve via built-in Agent (AgentSoftware) again, the signal of notifying programmable integrated circuit 550 to import is then transmitted by which kind of device, for example be keyboard, or mouse.Converse routine by programmable integrated circuit 550, the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse, to be transmitted and the mouse or the keyboard signal that come by far-end computer, simulation becomes the entity actuating signal of mouse or keyboard, that is to say the signal that the reality of mouse or keyboard moves and imports.After the simulation via programmable integrated circuit 550, mouse on the far-end computer and keyboard signal reappear at the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse.Again via corresponding converting unit, as usb signal converting unit 532, PS/2 signal conversion unit 534, usb signal converting unit 542 and PS/2 signal conversion unit 544, the entity actuating signal of mouse or keyboard is converted into corresponding USB and PS/2 signal again, is sent in the servomechanism computer 300 via required USB cable 310 and PS/2 cable 320 and 330.
Because control device via dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse, far-end computer is via keyboard and mouse signal that network transmitted, via conversion equipment, be modeled into fully to directly being installed on near-end mouse and the keyboard signal on the servomechanism, and export servomechanism to.Therefore, via the control device that connects dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse, mouse on the far-end computer and keyboard just look like to be mouse and the keyboard that is directly connected on the servomechanism computer.So no matter which kind of work servomechanism is carrying out, and comprises start (Reboot) again, reinstall the setting of operating system and BIOS, when this kind do not supported the operation of network,, still can control by network at far-end computer via the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse.
Therefore, the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse, servomechanism does not need framework under the situation of any operating system, can carry out the function of far-end control, effectively overcome the inconvenience of network management servomechanism, make servomechanism to manage via the far-end computer on the network at any time, the setting with BIOS of more can starting shooting again, make that system operator can be via the mouse and the keyboard of far-end provided by the present invention control, carry out the legacy network administrative institute function that is beyond one's reach.
Simultaneously, for the system testing personnel, also the signal recording of keyboard and mouse can be become huge collection, be resent in the programmable integrated circuit of the present invention, via returning the back to reach the purpose of automatic test.Certain network card of the present invention and usb hub, also can be added on the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse more outward, in not limiting, it is built in the control device of dummy keyboard of the present invention and mouse, and this hub can use any bus hub with serial connection function, and for example the hub of IEEE 1394 does not also depart from the scope of the present invention.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 equivalence change or the equivalence finished under the disclosed spirit to be replaced, and all should be included in the following claim institute restricted portion.

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1. the control device of dummy keyboard and mouse is connected in a servomechanism computer, and utilizes a network to connect a far-end computer, it is characterized in that, comprises at least:
One hub utilizes a cable to connect an I/O port of this servomechanism computer;
One CPU (central processing unit) is connected between this hub and this network, and this CPU (central processing unit) receives the fan-in network package of this far-end computer that this network transmits and come to decode;
One programmable integrated circuit is connected in this CPU (central processing unit), should be converted into corresponding keyboard signal and mouse signal by decoded this fan-in network package;
One keyboard converting device, be connected in this programmable integrated circuit, one first keyboard signal output interface of this keyboard converting device is connected in this hub, one second keyboard signal output interface of this keyboard converting device is connected in a keyboard connector of this servomechanism computer, and this keyboard converting device is converted into first keyboard output signal that meets this hub specification and second keyboard output signal that meets this keyboard connector specification with this keyboard signal; And
One mouse conversion equipment, be connected in this programmable integrated circuit, one first mouse signal output interface of this mouse conversion equipment is connected in this hub, one second mouse signal output interface of this mouse conversion equipment is connected in a mouse connector of this servomechanism computer, this mouse conversion equipment is converted into the first mouse output signal that meets this hub specification with this mouse signal, and the second mouse output signal that meets this mouse connector specification.
2. the control device of dummy keyboard as claimed in claim 1 and mouse is characterized in that, also comprises a network card and is installed between this CPU (central processing unit) and this network, to connect this network.
3. the control device of dummy keyboard as claimed in claim 1 and mouse is characterized in that, described hub comprises a bus hub with serial connection function.
4. the control device of dummy keyboard as claimed in claim 3 and mouse is characterized in that, described bus hub comprises a universal serial bus hub.
5. the control device of dummy keyboard as claimed in claim 1 and mouse is characterized in that, described second keyboard output signal comprises a PS/2 keyboard output signal.
6. the control device of dummy keyboard as claimed in claim 1 and mouse is characterized in that, the described second mouse output signal comprises a PS/2 mouse output signal.
7. control device is gone in a virtual output, is connected in a servomechanism computer, and utilizes a network to connect a far-end computer, it is characterized in that, comprises at least:
One hub utilizes a cable to connect an I/O port of this servomechanism computer;
One CPU (central processing unit) is connected between this hub and this network, and this CPU (central processing unit) receives the fan-in network package of this far-end computer that this network transmits and come to decode;
One programmable integrated circuit is connected in this CPU (central processing unit), should be converted into corresponding keyboard signal and mouse signal by decoded this fan-in network package; And
Conversion equipment is gone in one output, be connected in this programmable integrated circuit, this is exported and goes into signal output interface into an output of conversion equipment and be connected in this hub, and this exports into conversion equipment this to be exported becomes the output that meets this hub specification into conversion of signals and go into signal.
8. control device is gone in virtual output as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, also comprises a network card and is installed between this CPU (central processing unit) and this network, to connect this network.
9. control device is gone in virtual output as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that, described hub comprises a bus hub with serial connection function.
10. control device is gone in virtual output as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that, described bus hub comprises a universal serial bus hub.
11. control device is gone in virtual output as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, this is exported into conversion equipment and comprises a keyboard converting device or a mouse conversion equipment.
12. control device is gone in virtual output as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, this is exported into conversion equipment and comprises that also one second exports signal output interface, is connected in a connector of this servomechanism computer.
13. control device is gone in virtual output as claimed in claim 12, it is characterized in that, this exports also this to be exported into conversion equipment becomes one second output that meets this connector specification into conversion of signals and goes into signal.
14. control device is gone in virtual output as claimed in claim 13, it is characterized in that, described second output is gone into signal and is comprised a PS/2 keyboard and export into signal.
15. control device is gone in virtual output as claimed in claim 13, it is characterized in that, described second output is gone into signal and is comprised a PS/2 mouse and export into signal.
16. the control device of dummy keyboard and mouse is connected in a servomechanism computer, and utilizes a network to connect a far-end computer, it is characterized in that, comprises at least:
One input interface is connected in this network, receives the network package that this far-end computer sends by this network;
One conversion equipment is connected in this input interface, those network package is converted into the mouse output signal and the keyboard output signal of the input specification that meets this servomechanism computer;
One first output interface is connected in a mouse connector of this conversion equipment and this servomechanism computer, and those mouse output signals are sent to this mouse connector, to control this servomechanism computer; And
One second output interface is connected in a keyboard connector of this conversion equipment and this servomechanism computer, those keyboard output signals is sent to this keyboard connector, to control this servomechanism computer.
17. the control device of dummy keyboard as claimed in claim 16 and mouse is characterized in that, described first output interface comprises a universal serial bus signal output interface.
18. the control device of dummy keyboard as claimed in claim 16 and mouse is characterized in that, described first output interface comprises a PS/2 signal output interface.
19. the control device of dummy keyboard as claimed in claim 16 and mouse is characterized in that, described second output interface comprises a universal serial bus signal output interface.
20. the control device of dummy keyboard as claimed in claim 17 and mouse is characterized in that, described second output interface comprises a PS/2 signal output interface.
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