KR101197843B1 - Apparatus of Controlling Portable Computer Supporting MP3 Player and Method thereof - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a control device and method of a portable computer for supporting an MP3 player, and more particularly, to a control device and method of a portable computer for supporting an MP3 player for controlling the state of battery charging and output. The present invention mounts an MP3 player on a portable computer and charges the power of the battery of the MP3 player from the battery of the portable computer. In the present invention, when the MP3 player is mounted on the portable computer, the output state of the MP3 file is displayed from the display window of the MP3 player when the MP3 player is used. The lock and num lock status are displayed.
MP3 Player, Portable Computer, Battery Powered, Display
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1 is a block diagram of a typical notebook computer.
Figure 2 is a flowchart for the operation control of a notebook computer according to the prior art.
3 is a perspective view of a notebook computer according to the present invention.
4 is a control block diagram of a notebook computer according to the present invention.
5 is a communication state between the notebook computer and MP3 player in accordance with the present invention.
6 is a flowchart for operation control of a notebook computer according to the present invention.
Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings
300: keyboard controller 320: amplifier
350: speaker 360: AC adapter
370: DC battery 350: switching means
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420: flash memory 430: controller
440: MPEG-3 450: Display
460: codec 470: signal input unit
The present invention relates to a control device and a method of a portable computer for supporting an MP3 player, and more particularly, to install a MP3 player in a portable computer body to manage battery power, and to operate the operation state according to the output of the MP3 player. A control device and method for a portable computer supporting an MP3 player for output control.
Hereinafter, a portable computer supporting an MP3 player according to the related art will be described. As an embodiment of the above portable computer, a notebook computer is used.
1 is a block diagram of a general notebook computer, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart for controlling the operation of an MP3 player mounted on the notebook computer.
Inside the notebook computer, a chipset 110 including a controller for controlling the operation of the notebook computer, an
The chipset 110 is a main controller mounted on a main board. The chip set 110 controls the operation of the notebook computer.
The
When the user inputs a control signal, the chipset 110 reads the input request signal. According to the read result, the system is controlled so that the notebook computer can control the operation according to the control signal input by the user. For example, when playing an audio file stored in a notebook computer, the requested audio file is encoded through the
Conventionally, in order for MP3 Player to be mounted in a notebook computer, the MP3 Player body should not have a battery installed. When the MP3 Player is mounted on the notebook computer, the MP3 Player is operated by receiving operating power from the battery of the notebook computer. In order for the MP3 player to operate, the following operation process is performed as in FIG. 2.
Conventionally, in order to perform the function of an MP3 player, operating power is applied through a battery of a notebook computer. Then, power on / off and song selection are performed through operation buttons configured on the
Meanwhile, as a result of the determination of the chipset 110 in
As mentioned above, conventionally, when an MP3 player is mounted on a notebook computer body, the MP3 player is supplied with power from a battery of the notebook computer. In other words, the MP3 player's battery is powered from the notebook computer's battery without a separate configuration. Therefore, the above-mentioned technique has the following problems.
Conventionally, an MP3 player which does not constitute a battery is mounted on a notebook computer and operated by being supplied with power. Accordingly, when using an MP3 player while carrying a notebook computer, depending on the battery of the laptop computer, it was inherently impossible to use the MP3 player when the remaining battery capacity of the laptop battery was insufficient or not to run.
Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention MP3 player mounted on a portable computer, MPMP charging control of the battery power of the portable computer to the rechargeable battery of MP3 player The present invention provides a control device and method for a portable computer supporting a three player.
In addition, an object of the present invention, the control device of a portable computer supporting an MP3 player for controlling the display of the operation state of the portable computer or MP3 player in accordance with the operation mode through the display means of the MP3 player mounted on the portable computer and In providing a method.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control apparatus of a portable computer for supporting an MP3 player, comprising: a signal input unit for inputting an operation control signal of an MP3 player; A controller for controlling an operation state according to the input operation control signal; An audio unit for outputting and adjusting an audio signal; An amplifier configured to include an MP3 player including a display unit displaying an operation state of the MP3 player, and an amplifier for amplifying and outputting data output from the audio unit; A speaker which performs a function of outputting data output from the amplifier; At least two batteries for supplying operating power; A control unit which checks a charge amount of the at least two batteries and controls an operation of a portable computer and an output of an audio (mp3) file; And further comprising a switch for selecting one of the at least two batteries, and after the MP3 player having a separate battery is mounted in the portable computer, one of the at least two batteries according to the selection of the switch. It is characterized in that the control to be charged by applying power to the MP3 player battery.
The display unit of the present invention is characterized in that the CAPS_LOCK, NUM_LOCK, WIRELESS_INDICATOR, etc. are displayed in the operating state of the portable computer, and the power / play / volume state is controlled in the state where the MP3 player is mounted.
The audio unit of the present invention comprises an MPEG and a codec which performs encoding and decoding control of an audio file transmitted from the MPEG to adjust an output of an audio signal.
The portable computer of the present invention further comprises a signal input unit for inputting an operation control signal and a notebook circuit unit for performing operation control.
At least two or more batteries of the present invention consist of an AC adapter and a DC battery.
A control method of a portable computer supporting an MP3 player according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises a separate display means in addition to the monitor, the MP3 player is a portable computer, the MP3 player is a portable computer A charging request step of requesting to charge the battery of the MP3 player; According to the charge request step, the charge control step of proceeding to charge the battery of the MP3 player from the battery of the portable computer.
The charging control step of the present invention may further include a charging amount checking step of checking a charging amount of a battery of the portable computer, and when charging is possible, the charging voltage is charged with the MP3 player's battery.
The present invention is configured to further include a display step of displaying through a separate display means of the portable computer when the charge amount charged from the battery of the portable computer to the MP3 player battery is insufficient.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable computer equipped with an MP3 player, comprising: a data request step of requesting data from an MP3 player; An output control step of controlling data transmitted from the MP3 player to be output on the portable computer; And a display control step of controlling the output state of the current MP3 player data through a separate display means.
The display control step of the present invention is characterized by displaying the name of music, the number of songs, the remaining battery capacity, the playback status (volume, disk status), and the like.
The output control step of the present invention further comprises a data copying step of copying data transmitted from the MP3 player to a separate memory.
In the present invention, the data communication between the portable computer and MP3 Player is characterized in that is carried out via USB 2.0.
Another display means of the present invention is characterized in that the LCD is composed of liquid crystal.
As a result, the present invention charges the battery power of the MP3 player from the battery power of the portable computer, and the display unit of the MP3 player mounted on the portable computer is used to determine the operating state of the portable computer or the operating state of the portable computer according to the current operation mode. By displaying, the product to which the present invention is applied increases in use scalability, thereby increasing user convenience.
In the present invention, while the MP3 player is mounted on the portable computer, the power of the portable computer is controlled to be charged in the MP3 player's battery, and the portable computer supports the MP3 player to play the MP3 player on the portable computer. Looking at the control device and method in detail as follows. As a portable computer of the present invention, a notebook computer will be described below as an example. In the present invention will be described on the basis of the MP3 player is mounted on the notebook computer.
3 is a perspective view of a notebook computer according to the present invention.
As shown in the figure, the present invention uses a notebook computer as a portable computer. A
The
Figure 4 is a control configuration for operating the MP3 player mounted on the notebook computer according to the present invention.
First, the MP3 player includes a
In this case, when the MP3 player is mounted on the notebook computer and the notebook computer is in an operating state, the
The
The MP3 player of the present invention further includes a
On the other hand, the inside of the notebook computer according to an embodiment of the present invention, the switching signal for selecting one of at least two or more batteries (360,370) having a power for applying the operating power, and the at least two or more batteries (360,370) Switching means 350 for inputting the keyboard, the
The notebook computer according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a signal input unit 170 for inputting a control signal to perform an operation of a general notebook computer, and a notebook computer including a microcomputer to perform operation control of the notebook computer. The
When the mp3 file of the MP3 player is to be output through the speaker 330 of the notebook computer, the mp3 file stored through the
Meanwhile, in order for the
The switching of the switching means 350 determines whether to use the
5 is a communication state diagram between the notebook computer and MP3 player according to the present invention.
When the MP3 player is mounted on the notebook computer main body, a connection signal (high signal) is output from the
On the other hand, when the MP3 player is separated from the notebook computer body, the high signal applied to the
On the other hand, on the MP3 Player, a USB port is used as a communication port for data transmission and exchange. The MP3 player is mounted and coupled to the main body of the notebook computer, and data copy is performed through the USB port configured on the MP3 player.
Therefore, when MP3 Player is mounted on the notebook computer and the audio data of MP3 Player is to be output through the notebook computer, the audio data (mp3 file) stored on the
When the input / output of the data from the MP3 player proceeds, the
Meanwhile, when the button of CAPS_LOCK is pressed according to the function of the notebook computer, the operation signal is output in the form of 'A' of FIG. 4, and the signal is input to the
Meanwhile, after the MP3 Play is installed in the notebook computer, the process of charging control of the MP3 Player's battery is as follows.
In order to proceed with charging, the notebook computer and MP3 Player have the following communication status. Battery charging is started, and a pwm signal, which is a control signal of the
As described above, in the present invention, the MP3 player body having a battery is mounted on the notebook computer body, and the charging power is charged from the battery of the notebook computer to the MP3 player battery. In addition, the present invention, when the MP3 player body is mounted on the notebook computer body, when the notebook computer using mode, the operation state of the notebook computer such as CAPS_LOCK, NUM_LOCK, WIRELESS_INDICATOR, etc. is displayed through the
6 is a flowchart for controlling the operation of the notebook computer according to the present invention.
First, it is determined whether the MP3 player is mounted in the notebook computer main body (step 500). This can be determined by the power applied to the USB port as soon as the MP3 player is attached to the notebook computer body.
With the MP3 Player installed, check the MP3 Player's battery charge status. For this purpose, the MP3 player has a separate recognition pin (P). When the MP3 player is mounted on the notebook computer, the
As a result, when the
On the other hand, as a result of the determination in
In addition, the
The keyboard controller 330 continuously receives control signals from the
As described above, in the present invention, an MP3 player is mounted on a notebook computer which is a portable device, and the MP3 player battery is charged through the battery of the notebook computer.
In addition, the present invention, by further configuring a separate display means on one side of the notebook computer main body, it is a basic technical idea to display the state of the computer and the operation state of the MP3 player.
The portable device of the present invention supports USB 2.0 for MP3 player, enabling fast data transfer. To this end, in the present invention, when the notebook computer and MP3 Player are combined, the connector is designed to be combined with the USB 2.0 type interface.
The present invention makes it possible to charge the MP3 player's battery using the battery of the portable computer. And the charging state of the battery can be confirmed through the display unit of MP3 player.
In addition, the present invention displays the operation state of the portable computer in the operation mode of the portable computer through the display unit of the MP3 player, and displays the operation state of the MP3 player in the operation mode of the MP3 player. As a result, according to the present invention, it is possible to check the operation state according to the current operation mode and the state of the battery through the display unit of the MP3 player, and the user's convenience can be expected to be improved.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the detailed description of the specification but should be defined by the claims.
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