CN1790219A - Apparatus and method for running media player in portable computer - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a media player run device and method in the portable computer, which is characterized by the following: operating the media player in the portable computer; duplicating the regenerating file from the hard disk to the main storage; cutting or stopping the power supply; regenerating and outputting the content file. The invention can operate the media player for a long time without consuming the unnecessary power, which improves the utility efficiency of restricted capacity accumulator power.

Description

The running gear of the media player on the portable computer and method

[technical field]

The invention relates to the running gear of media player on the portable computer and method in detail, be about for preventing during portable computer (for example using accumulator to make the notebook computer etc. of power supply) operation media player, hard disk still carries out unnecessary power consumption and the running gear of media player and method on the portable computer invented.

[background technology]

Recently, portable computers such as notebook computer are widely used in (for example notebook computer) on these portable computers, as shown in Figure 1, be provided with and utilize audio frequency and video to regenerate and export the program of viewing and admiring " media player " of polytype A/V content file.

On the other hand, on above-mentioned media player, the user can the many content files from be stored in the notebook computer hard disk in the middle of, at random select one to read, and regenerate and export by Voice ﹠ Video.

Therefore, when selecting the content file of oneself liking (for example film) in many content files of user from be stored in hard disk, utilize above-mentioned media player to regenerate and the Voice ﹠ Video of the movie file exported will be play for a long time.

But, on the portable computer of common notebook computer and so on, even media player is read any one content file from above-mentioned hard disk, and utilize Voice ﹠ Video to regenerate for a long time and export, above-mentioned hard disk is still being kept electric power and is being supplied with, and can not efficiently utilize the problem of the battery power of finite capacity originally so exist.

[summary of the invention]

Therefore, the present invention is created out in order to address the above problem.On the portable computer of notebook computer and so on, when foundation user's requirement moves media player, be supplied to the electric power of hard disk just to be cut off or to shut down, by the normal operation of media player, the battery feed of finite capacity is not wasted.Purpose of the present invention just provides the running gear and the method for the media player with this function.

To achieve these goals, portable computer media player running gear of the present invention comprises following ingredient: 1. hard disk, and it is responsible for storing the many content files that rely on media player to move; 2. primary memory, any one content file that its is responsible for storing from above-mentioned hard disk selection temporarily and makes carbon copies; 3. keyboard controller, its is responsible for relying on media player to read and regeneration period when the content file that is stored temporarily in the above-mentioned primary memory, cuts off or stops the power supply of above-mentioned hard disk is supplied with.

And in the present invention, the operation method of media player comprises following two steps on the portable computer: 1. first step, and operation media player and the content file that will need to regenerate are selected from hard disk, are made carbon copies, and are stored in then in the primary memory; 2. second step is cutting off or stopping to supply with under the state of above-mentioned hard disk electric power, born again with the content file that is stored in the above-mentioned primary memory.

Running gear and method according to media player on the portable computer of the present invention are very useful inventions, and it can reach the content file that can the regular regeneration user needs by following method, can prevent that when the long-play media player hard disk from consuming the effect of unnecessary electric power again; Can also improve simultaneously the service efficiency that limits the capacity battery power supply.Its method is: when moving media player on the notebook computer of making power supply at the use accumulator and so on the portable computer, with the content file of needs regeneration after the hard disk manifolding, being stored in the primary memory, cut off or stop to provide power supply to above-mentioned hard disk, regenerating in this state and export is stored in the interior content file of above-mentioned primary memory.

[description of drawings]

Fig. 1 is the picture view of the common windows media player of operation;

Fig. 2 is to be the formation generalized schematic of the portable computer of foundation with the present invention;

What Fig. 3 showed is according to the present invention, primary memory is divided into the state in basic region of memory and exented memory zone;

Fig. 4 relies on keyboard controller to cut off the synoptic diagram of hard disk power-supply circuit selectively among the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the operation method schematic flow sheet of the media player on the portable computer among the present invention.

[embodiment]

Below with reference to accompanying drawings, the running gear of media player on the portable computer among the present invention and the desirable embodiment of method are elaborated.

At first, running gear and method according to media player of the present invention can be applied on polytype portable computer on the application notebook computer of the present invention, as shown in Figure 2, be provided with ingredients such as CPU10, Video Controller 11, north bridge 12, primary memory 13, I/O controller 14, south bridge 15, hard disk 16 and keyboard controller 17.

On the other hand, above-mentioned primary memory 13, as shown in Figure 3, can be divided into basic region of memory and the exented memory zone is used, for example, the record size of supposing above-mentioned primary memory is 256 bytes, so just can be divided into basic region of memory 1 byte, and exented memory zone 255 bytes are used.

Promptly, as shown in Figure 3, to store that to interrupt the area dividing that trace table, ROM (ROM (read-only memory)) Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) zone, DOS (disc operating system (DOS)) data area, reserve area and the ROM of system (ROM (read-only memory)) Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) etc. must data be basic region of memory, (example: 1MB), remaining major part is divided into exented memory zone (example: 255MB) use.

And, using on the media player of the present invention, after any one content file of the user being selected store is made carbon copies above-mentioned hard disk, it is stored temporarily in the exented memory zone of above-mentioned primary memory 13, if this moment, the size of foregoing file was bigger than above-mentioned exented memory zone, then the foregoing file is divided into a plurality of parts.

For example, if the foregoing file is 400 bytes, then above-mentioned media player is just at first only made carbon copies 200 bytes in this content file, it is stored temporarily in the exented memory zone regenerates afterwards, and then remaining 200 words are made carbon copies, and it is stored temporarily in regenerates after the exented memory zone, so carry out a series of execution action.

On the other hand, say that when being stored in the primary memory, above-mentioned keyboard controller 17 will be provided by the control signal that needn't provide power supply to supply with to above-mentioned hard disk 16 more temporarily to a content file of from hard disk, making carbon copies as top.

And, using on the notebook computer of the present invention, as shown in Figure 4, also subsidiaryly be provided with utilization (example: that the HDD power supply) carries out ON/OFF control comprises transistor at interior circuit from the control signal of above-mentioned keyboard controller 17 outputs, for example, when opening above-mentioned transistor, just provide electric power to above-mentioned hard disk.

Promptly, when reading and regenerating when being stored temporarily in content file in the above-mentioned primary memory 13, just open above-mentioned transistorized high impulse control signal from above-mentioned keyboard controller 17 outputs, cut-out is supplied with the power supply (V5S-HDD) of above-mentioned hard disk, reduce the power consumption of accumulator with this, will be described in detail this below.

Fig. 5 is the operation method schematic flow sheet of media player on the portable computer among the present invention.For example, with reference to Fig. 2 to Fig. 3, having on the notebook computer of above-mentioned formation, when the requirement according to the user brings into operation media player, step S10, just confirm whether to have preestablished hard disk power supply save mode, step S11, for example, under the situation of using accumulator, the power supply save mode of hard disk can automatic setting, also can select to set according to the user.

On the other hand, on above-mentioned media player, when retrieving among the more than one content file of user from be stored in above-mentioned hard disk 16, just can determine in the exented memory zone of whether this content file being made carbon copies primary memory 13 step S12.

For example, when the size of foregoing file than the exented memory zone of above-mentioned primary memory 13 hour, above-mentioned media player is just all made carbon copies the foregoing file from hard disk 16, and is stored temporarily in the primary memory 13 step S13.

And, as shown in Figure 4, above-mentioned keyboard controller 17 output high impulse control signals, cut-out offers the power supply of above-mentioned hard disk, above-mentioned media player is then read the content file that is stored temporarily in the primary memory 13, and utilizes Voice ﹠ Video to export, step S14.

On the other hand, when the size of foregoing file was bigger than the exented memory zone of above-mentioned primary memory, above-mentioned media player was then made carbon copies the part of foregoing file from hard disk 16, and has stored in the primary memory 13 step S15 temporarily.

And, as previously described, keyboard controller 17 output high impulse control signals, cut-out offers the power supply of above-mentioned hard disk, above-mentioned media player is then read this part and is stored temporarily in content file in the primary memory, and utilizes the Voice ﹠ Video output of regenerating, step S16.

In addition, when above-mentioned partial content file all be reproduced finish after, step S17, above-mentioned media player is then made carbon copies the content file of remainder from hard disk, and is stored temporarily in the primary memory step S18, at this moment, the low pulse control signal of 17 outputs of above-mentioned keyboard controller provides power supply to above-mentioned hard disk again, makes carbon copies from hard disk with this content file with remainder.

On the other hand, as mentioned above, if the remainder of content file is temporarily stored in the primary memory, 17 of above-mentioned keyboard controller are exported the high impulse control signal once more, cut-out offers the power supply of above-mentioned hard disk, above-mentioned media player is then read the remainder that is stored temporarily in the primary memory, and utilizes the Voice ﹠ Video output of regenerating, step S19.

And, after the regeneration of foregoing file requires to finish, step S20, for example, select input or all be reproduced when finishing when the foregoing file when the user uses arbitrarily function key, the above-mentioned keyboard controller 17 just low pulse control signal of output is recovered the power supply of above-mentioned hard disk is supplied with, and carries out any action and the function of customer requirements simultaneously, step S21.

In addition, above-mentioned keyboard controller 17 is by periodically On/Off is to the power supply supply of above-mentioned hard disk, and the power supply that stops under the hard disk idle state is supplied with.

By above-mentioned description, the related work personnel can carry out various change and modification fully in the scope that does not depart from this invention technological thought.

Claims (7)

1, the running gear of media player on the portable computer comprises following ingredient:

Hard disk, it is responsible for storing the many content files that rely on media player to move;

Primary memory, it is responsible for storing any one content file of selecting and make carbon copies temporarily from above-mentioned hard disk;

Keyboard controller, its is responsible for relying on media player to read and regeneration period when the content file that is stored temporarily in the above-mentioned primary memory, cuts off or stops the power supply of above-mentioned hard disk is supplied with.

2, as the running gear of media player on the claim item 1 described portable computer, it is characterized in that,

Above-mentioned primary memory can be divided into basic region of memory and use in the exented memory zone, and the content file of making carbon copies from hard disk can be stored in the above-mentioned exented memory zone whole or in part simultaneously.

3, as the running gear of media player on the claim item 2 described portable computers, it is characterized in that,

Above-mentioned keyboard controller is reproduced at the foregoing file and finishes or when carrying out input action by function key in regenerative process, recover the normal power source of above-mentioned hard disk is supplied with.

4, the operation method of media player on the portable computer comprises:

First step, operation media player and the content file that will need to regenerate are selected to make carbon copies from hard disk, are stored in then in the primary memory;

Second step, cutting off or stopping to supply with under the state of above-mentioned hard disk electric power, that the content file that is stored in the above-mentioned primary memory is born again.

5, as the operation method of media player on the claim item 4 described portable computers, it is characterized in that,

Above-mentioned first step is before the operation media player, and whether affirmation earlier the power supply save mode of pre-set hard disk, and according to confirming that the result makes carbon copies the foregoing file from hard disk.

6, as the operation method of media player on the claim item 4 described portable computers, it is characterized in that,

When the record size of foregoing file is bigger than the record size of above-mentioned primary memory, the foregoing file is divided into after a plurality of fragments, make carbon copies in the primary memory in order again and store.

7, as the operation method of media player on the claim item 4 described portable computers, it is characterized in that,

Cutting off or stopping to provide the action of power supply to above-mentioned hard disk is to carry out according to the control signal of keyboard controller output.

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