TWI221551B - Operation status display method and system for electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an operation status display method and system for electronic device. The method includes the following steps: first, the user configuring the system equipment to be monitored with the system operation status through an electronic device; next, making a signal conversion module to receive the system operation signal transmitted by the system equipment to be monitored with the system operation status; and finally, making the signal conversion module to convert the received system operation signal into the corresponding current to drive a display module for the user to determine the current operation status of the system equipment. With this operation status method and system for electronic device, the user can use the message displayed on a display module to obtain the system operation status of different system equipments in an electronic device.

Description

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[Technical field to which the invention belongs] Among them ::, Π: working status display method and system, more specifically, status, method of displaying the operation status of the electronic system through signal conversion mode And system. [Prior art]

With the development of electronic information technology, multifunctional electronic information products, such as personal computers and notebook assistants, have long been available. Users not only have to use the data, but also to further the multimedia experience through these sound effects. "Everything is changing" Various types of electronic information devices that are popular in every corner of people's daily lives, such as computers, palmtop computers, or personal digital devices, are received and processed by electronic information devices to perform a variety of shadows. A user must perform multiple operations on a single electronic information device. The electronic device must first have a high-efficiency central processing unit, a large-capacity storage unit, and a memory unit. In addition, if you want to read and play music data, you may use other sound hardware devices such as sound cards or music playback software such as Windows Media.

Player, Winamp, etc. If you want to play video music data such as video discs (VCD) or digital video discs (DVD) at the same time, you may need other video playback hardware devices such as video cards or video playback software as described above. Windows Media Player, Power DVD, etc. Once the system equipment in the electronic device is increased, the user then needs to be concerned about whether these system equipment is working normally. Take the aforementioned personal computer as an example. If these system equipment are installed on the main board, If the central processing unit, the user usually only

16939.ptd Page 4 1221551 V. Description of the invention (2) Can only be learned through the basic input / output system or in a window operating environment after booting _ The operating status of the central processing unit system, at most from the motherboard connected to a display module If a light-emitting diode (LED) is placed outside the case of the host computer, the current hard disk drive allows users to determine the operating status of their system in this way. On the other hand, if the system equipment is partially exposed to the mainframe, such as a CD-ROM driver, the system equipment itself has a display module such as the aforementioned light-emitting diode for displaying the The current operating status of the system equipment. However, the above-mentioned system operating status inspection method can only provide users to check whether the system equipment is in a normal electrical connection state, such as whether the pins and cables are correctly connected, or whether the system equipment is performing work. In the operating state, if the display module is in a blinking state, it indicates that it is in a normal operating state. If it is continuously on or off, it indicates that the system equipment is in an abnormal operating state. Therefore, for users, once they want to check the normal operation of each system device of the personal computer, they must check the display modules scattered in various parts of the personal computer. In addition, since the display module used as the indicator of system operation status is usually only a single light-emitting diode, it is not possible to further display the system operation status of each system device in more detail. In summary, how to provide users with the ability to simultaneously grasp the operating status of various system devices in an electronic device is a problem that needs to be solved at present. [Summary of the Invention] In order to solve the shortcomings of the conventional technology, the main object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for displaying the operating status of an electronic device, thereby providing

16939.ptd Page 5 V. Description of the invention (3) The system indicates the system and the system where the signal is set. According to the message-it is used to show the light source through the status of the system. According to the operation of the working power, the above includes the device signal for receiving the signal, receiving the device, transmitting the number of the device, monitoring the signal of the sub-devices that have passed the electrical display, receiving the signal, and quantifying the display stream. Master the status of different systems in an electronic device. The stated purpose 'The operation status of the electronic device of the present invention is: one for electrically connecting to one or more operating status transmission units transmitted by the one or more system devices in the electronic device; one for the signal The signal conversion module that converts the working status signal received by the receiving unit into a specific quantified value signal and outputs the corresponding operating current; and the display module that displays the operating current transmitted by the signal converting module. The operation status display device of the sub-device, and the operation method of the electronic device are as follows: first, the user sets the operation status display device to monitor the system operation status through the electronic device; The system operation signal sent by the system equipment and the signal conversion module are transmitted; further, after the signal conversion module receives the signal transmitted by the unit, the signal is converted into a numerical signal and a corresponding signal is transmitted according to the signal. A working module; and finally, making the display module display the light source signal according to the working current value for the user to judge the current operating status of the system equipment through the light source signal. Compared with the conventional method and system for displaying the operating status of an electronic device, the method and system for displaying the operating status of an electronic device of the present invention can provide users with a single display module to grasp different system settings in the electronic device.

16939.ptd Page 6 ^ 1551 Preparation of the invention (4) < Implementation of operation status] The electrical system is hard, refer to FIG. 1, which is shown in the following embodiment. The method of displaying the operation status of the present invention and The display of the operating status of the electronic device is' applied to a desktop personal computer 10, and the well reading device of the personal computer 10 includes at least a central processing unit ", a hard disk 12, and a window 13 ; At least one Microsoft operating system is installed in the operating system and application software. Its version is, for example, XP Professional. The Microsoft Windows version ^ First ^ The Professional version includes a format for users to play such as WAV or MP3. Music files and applications such as MPG or DAT file format WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER. It should be noted that those mentioned above are only relevant to the present invention. The personal computer 10 is in normal operation = contains other hardware components and applications, but please refer to Figure 2 for details. In which, the basic structure of the electronic device operation status display system is shown. As shown in the figure, the electronic device operation status display system does not include a signal receiving unit 20, a signal conversion module 22, and a 模组 -module 24. . ^ τ The signal receiving unit 20 is used to electrically connect to more than one system device of the personal computer, and to receive operating status signals transmitted by the more than one system device; in addition, it is necessary to receive the signal from the operating system. Data for resource monitoring. Xiao Yutong In this embodiment, regarding the operation status of the central processing unit 1 丨, it is necessary to detect the operating current of the central processing unit 1 1 as $ =

16939.ptd 1221551 V. Description of the invention (5) " '~ 谠 The load status of the central processing unit 11, which is based on the rated current, ^ Over 1 measures the actual value of the current working current to determine its load and rated power Muscle Phase I 'and convert this percentage into a current signal wheel

Also, regarding the hard disk 12 and the read-only optical disc drive 1 3, in this embodiment, it is necessary to monitor the operating conditions such as the rotation speed. The signal receiving unit 20 may be interconnected with the hard disk 2 and the read-only optical disc drive 3 through an electrical connection, and the hard disk 12 and the read-only optical disc drive 13 have a speed detection unit. The speed of the hard disk 12 and the read-only optical disk drive 13 during operation are as follows. Then, through the signal receiving unit 20 and the detection signal output unit of the hard disk 12 and the read-only optical disc drive 丨 3 are electrically connected to each other, the operation of the hard disc 丨 2 and the read-only optical disc drive 13 can be received. Status signal. In addition, the playback of audio data in WAV or MP3 file format or the playback of audio and video data in MPG or DAT file format. In this embodiment, it is executed under the operating environment of Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition through the application WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER. Because the sound data or the sound and image coexistence data is stored in a digital format in a storage unit such as a read-only light

In the disk or hard disk, the digital format data can be converted into analog format data through the aforementioned WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER, and then the image is displayed on the screen through the display card or sound card or the sound is played through the speaker. Among them, in the process of converting sound data from digital to analog, the frequency of a piece of sound can be analyzed and quantified by the conventional frequency spectrum analysis technology. In addition, the level of the final output of the sound can be quantified by detecting the value of the output current. The signal receiving unit 2 can receive

16939.ptd Page 8 1221551 V. Description of the invention ⑹-The volume or high-low audio value analyzed through the aforementioned operating system or application, as a reference for the operation status of the playback sound, video, or sound image coexisting ^ = value. ° & The signal conversion module 22 is used to convert the system equipment operating status signal received by the signal receiving unit 20 into a specific quantified value signal and transmit the corresponding working current according to the signal. According to the foregoing description, in this embodiment, because the signal receiving unit 20 may receive the operating status of the central processing unit 11, the hard disk 1, 2, and the read-only optical disk 13, it is also expected or through the Windows The output signal data of the MEDIA PLAYER application when playing audio, video, or coexisting data of audio and video. Therefore, after the signal receiving unit 20 sends the received signal of the operating status of the system equipment to the signal conversion module 22, the signal conversion module 22 needs to change ^ t to a specific value 'the specific The value must be quantified from the desired monitoring system operation status of the system equipment. If the operation status of the central processing unit Y 丨 is monitored, the ratio of the resources used to the total resources of the central processing unit 丨 丨 head = ^ ^ ^ is used as the criterion for determining the operating status. If the current system resource utilization rate of the central processing unit 11 is 50% τ, the signal conversion module 22 converts the received system operating status ^ into a specific value and generates a corresponding value based on it. The working current \ ^ indicates that the operation status of the central processing unit 11 is 50%. For other system equipment, such as the hard disk 12 or the CD-ROM drive 1 3, the highest speed of each setting ^ can be used as a reference value, and the operating status can be judged by the current real-side speed value, and then the signal conversion mode is used. Group 2 2 converts its operation status ^ a specific value, such as the rated speed of the hard disk 1 2 is 7 2 0 0 revolutions, and n'meaning # 叩 目 刖 only

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For 3600 revolutions, the operation status is 50%, and the read-only optical disk drive 13 operation status monitoring method is the same. The signal of spirit, sound, or sound and image is ^, because the current multimedia playback programs have the function of analyzing the high and low frequency spectrum of sound through software ', so the signal conversion module 2 2 is only required to receive the analysis After the value is converted into a specific value and the corresponding working current. The display module 24 is used for receiving the working current transmitted by the signal conversion module 22, and driving the display light source # according to the working current for the user to judge the system operation status of each system device. According to the foregoing description, in this embodiment, it is assumed that the display module 24 is composed of ten light-emitting diodes, and the display module 24 can be inserted and exposed to a display peripheral, a keyboard shell, or the display. On the casing of the computer 10, when the display module 24 receives the working current transmitted by the signal conversion module 22, the display module 24 will start / determine a corresponding number of light-emitting diodes. If the operating status of the central processing unit 11 is a 50% load rate, the display module 24 will turn on five of the light-emitting diodes, and the user will know that the central processing unit 11 is currently ^ Operating condition is 50% load rate. The principle of displaying the operating status of the other system equipment is the same, so I won't repeat it here. — Through the electronic device operating status display system 1 to implement the electronic

The steps of displaying the operation status of the dream device are as follows: " First, the user sets the electronic display operation status display device 1 through the personal computer 10 to achieve the desired status. The system designer died first, and the user used the personal% chest i ^ 入 ~-仏 仏 to make the status display device 1. The system setting M 4 to monitor the system operation status object includes the central processing unit U, hard

丄 厶 厶 丄: >: > 丄 丄 厶 厶 丄: >: > 丄 Five discs, description of the invention (8) 1 2. Read-only optical disc drive 1 3 output signal m when the sound is harmonious File dial-User operation environment and operation status display system, unified! It is necessary to set the object to choose to monitor Γ The user uses the personal computer 10 to enter the desired condition monitoring and receiving unit 20 to receive the system operation status, and then prepares the system operation signal transmitted by i and r; i: r虎 Γ Module 22. According to the previous description, if the user wants to show the operation status of _ ^, then the user can choose to monitor the operation of the electronic device under the user operating environment provided by the system 1 ...: ^ Yuan 11 operation Status options. After that, the signal receiving unit 220 detects the working current of the central processing unit 丨 丨 to determine the load status of the processing unit 11, that is, based on the rated current, ^ 2: the former! The actual value of the current determines the percentage of its load and the rated current ί ，, and converts the percentage into a current signal. In addition, the signal receiving unit 2 can obtain the central processing unit 丨 丨 system resource = data as the reference basis for the operating status of the central processing unit 1 through the above-mentioned Microsoft Office operating system XP Professional Edition. The second receiving unit 20 generates the operation signal after receiving the operation signal of the central processing unit 丨 丨 and transmits the signal to the signal conversion module 22. ^ ^ Furthermore, after the signal conversion module 22 receives the signal sent by the signal receiving unit, convert the signal into a specific quantified value $ and send a corresponding working current to the display mode according to the signal.纟 And σ inherits from the previous description, when the signal conversion module 22 receives the signal receiving order— ^, the operation signal of the central processing unit Π is transmitted, and the signal turns to 0

? .8? (9) 1221551 The specific standby operation resources are as follows: 'This message is a special indication of the corresponding signal module source signal operation status from ten corresponding flows to the continuity start five For ten specific quantization settings, the resource quantity processing unit group 22 can be obtained and transmitted to the worker according to the description of the unit 11. After the organization unit 24, the light source letter processing single value is determined. If according to the ratio of 11 the system will generate an operation state, the display will be used as the current through the light, then the 11th operation will be the tenth, so that the 11th, the invention description group 2 2 will soon be monitored. The judgement rate for processing the 11-mesh condition of a single unit is 50% of the operating current of one hundred operating conditions. Finally, the operating current interruption system is set to have a light source signal condition of the fifty pole body of the display conversion module component. Set the standard for the Yuan 11 to be broken. The signal of 50/50 is converted, used to meter and display the phase, so that the displayed value shows that the current working power transmitted by the current module 24 series 2 2 will be examined. The percentage value of the load rate, the status is added. The monitoring quantity accounts for the total value of the central mode conversion module. The central processing unit's working current is 24, and it is received, and the supply is limited. The front light-emitting diode is activated at the center and the display module knows that the center has to do what it wants. For the central processing as an operating system resource, the receiving system corresponds to the percentage module 24. In the following embodiment based on the source signal, when the signal status is one hundred light-emitting two users operating through the system, please refer to FIG. 3, which shows the signal conversion module 2 2 in the operating status display system 1 of the electronic device of the present invention. Circuit diagram. · In this embodiment, the signal conversion module 22 is a unique integrated circuit with inductive analog voltage level and driving the display module 24 ten light emitting diodes at a resolution of 3dB / step ( IC). It is necessary to convert the display module 24 from a bar graph to a dynamic dot display unit through a pin. The

1221551 V. Description of the invention (10) The light-emitting diode current drive system can be controlled and programmed to eliminate the need for current-limiting resistors, and the operating voltage range of the display module 24 can be from 3 volts to 25 volts. The integrated circuit includes an adjustable voltage reference value 30 and an accurate ten-stage voltage divider unit 3 and a high-impedance input buffer unit 3 2 for receiving voltages in the range of 1.5 volts, and does not require + /- 3 5 volt input voltage protection. The input buffer unit 32 is used to drive ten independent comparison units 41 to 49. Its exact value is usually better than ldB. The integrated circuit is extremely simple to apply. A 1.2-volt full-scale measurement requires only one resistor unit in addition to ten light-emitting diodes. The light emitting diode can be controlled by a single element. A signal input pin 3 3 is electrically connected to the signal receiving unit 20 to input a signal, and a positive voltage input pin 3 4 is used to connect a voltage source between 3 volts and 25 volts. In actual operation, the high-impedance input buffer unit 32 is operated through a voltage of 0 to 12 volts, and has the ability to protect against reverse and overvoltage signals. The signal is compared with different voltage levels generated by a resistor string. In this embodiment, the resistor string is electrically connected to an internal 1.2 volt reference voltage. When the input signal is increased by 3db, the comparison unit will turn on another LED. The voltage dividing unit 31 is electrically connected between two voltages, and the two voltages are between a negative voltage and a positive voltage minus 1.5 volts. Please refer to Figure 4. The reference value of the reference voltage is designed to be adjustable and to improve the rated voltage of a reference voltage output pin 3 5 and the reference voltage modulation pin 3 6 to 1.2 volts. The reference voltage is connected to a set resistor

16939.ptd Page 13 1221551 V. Description of the invention (11) R 1 'Since the reference voltage is a constant, a constant current 丨 丨 An output voltage has been sent through an output resistance R2' and the value of the output voltage ··

Vref (l + R2 / Rl) + IadjR2. In addition, the current is the same as the current value from a reference voltage. Dip, should be compared with the brightness of the first order 3 9 electronic display sub-installed system. Daliu will be the same as in the case of the electric power or the actual conditions. Please refer to the method to send a message to the step operation equipment to send a message in the step about ten times, which should be a phase flow. When the calculated input electricity is used for other voltages for a single light-emitting connection to the ground, read the status display in step S501 in Figure 5 and then proceed to the status monitoring number in step S502 to the setting output in this step S503. The pin 35 is taken out to determine that the electric current of the light emitting diode will pass through each of the light emitting diodes that are turned on and the constant current will be taken by an internal resistance distribution unit (not shown) despite the change in the supply voltage source and temperature. And the light-emitting diode drive current of the voltage setting distribution unit (not shown). Time, pressure and other signals are used to adjust the new-type display unit of the light-emitting diode. A control pin 3 7 is transparent as a mode selection amplification unit 3 8 to control the type of display diode. Finally, there is a ground terminal. It is a process for displaying the operation status of the electronic device of the present invention. Second, the user sets the electric device $ 1 through the personal computer 10 to perform step S502. 7 ^ machine number receiving unit 2 0 receives the desired system operation signal from the system equipment office # ^ and transmits the appropriate system operation signal, person,:, and 22, and then proceeds to step S503. 7 χ Mouth reading: The conversion module 2 2 is connected after receiving the signal

Today, 8 1221551 V. Description of the invention (12) The numerical signal transmitted by the receiving unit 20 is based on the module 24, and then it is performed in step S504 and the system is determined based on the working current source signal. For the scope of the preferred implementation of the system. The essential technical content of the present invention is a signal defined by a wide range of other people's completed technology, which is completely within the scope of this patent, and the signal is transmitted in step S504. , So that the display value displays the light source for the current electrical example of the present invention, and is not used to define an electronic device in the technical entity or the same way, or to convert the signal into a specific quantified corresponding working current to the The display module 24 receives the working current signal for the user to work through the light. The method of displaying the operating status of the sub-device to limit the essential technical content of the present invention. The method and system of displaying the status of the device. Within the scope of the following patent applications, any changes to the patent application scope below will be deemed to cover

16939.ptd Page 15 1221551 Brief description of the drawings [Simple schematic description] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of an application architecture for displaying the basic structure of the electronic device operation status display system of the present invention applied to a personal computer; Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of a basic structure for displaying the basic structure of the electronic device operation status display system of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a basic circuit diagram for showing a signal conversion module of the electronic device operation status display system of the present invention and its basic Circuit; FIG. 4 is a basic circuit diagram for displaying an internal voltage reference circuit; and FIG. 5 is a flowchart for displaying the operation status display method of the electronic device of the present invention during execution of electronic equipment: E operation status display Process. 1 Electronic device operation status display: System 10 Personal computer 11 Central processing unit 12 Hard disk 13 CD-ROM drive 20 Signal receiving unit 22 Signal conversion module 24 Display module 30 Voltage reference value 31 Voltage division unit 32 Input buffer unit 33 Pin 34 Positive voltage m In pin 35 Reference voltage output pin 36 Reference voltage modulation pin 37 Control pin 38 Mode selection amplifier unit 39 Ground pin 41 to 49 Comparison unit

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Claims (1)

.;: ≫ .U ϋ V- .; Ι2215θ | 9a /] 7. F 4- I 丨 Year 91137963 Amendment 6 、 Application for Patent Scope 1. A kind of electronic device has a single distinct operating status Use condition monitoring order An information control system is set to replace the information with the corresponding system equipment. 2. If the patent application contains a message 3. If it is issued 4. If it enters and 5. If it is reasonable 6. If it is more than one The operation patent is applied. The photodiode is applied for a patent. In this electronic input unit, the patentee's computer, server, and electronic devices are installed with a single display operation status display method. It is used to provide users with a transparent module to grasp an electronic device. Different system settings in the device. The electronic device operation status display method includes: setting the desired system operation system equipment through the electronic device; and the number conversion module receives the system operation signal transmitted by the system operation status monitoring device. ; And the signal conversion module converts the received signal of the system operation signal to drive a display module for the user to judge the current operation status. The method of the first item in the scope, wherein the signal conversion module number receiving module is used to electrically connect to the electronic device central equipment, and to receive the status signals transmitted by the one or more system equipment. The method of the first item in the range, wherein the display module may be any one of and a liquid crystal display unit. The method of the first item, wherein the display module is external to the body of any one of the embedded device and the display unit connected to the electronic device. The method of the first item, wherein the electronic device may be any one of a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, a personal digital assistant, and a workstation. Setting operating status display method for providing users with a display module to grasp different system settings in an electronic device 16939 英 保 达 .ptc Page 17 122 | 5 replace Huang Ji, V4 ten rl: i Case No. 91137963 / July / ★ Amendment VI. The operation status of the patent application scope is controlled by the use status display device. The system is set from a signal to a signal. After the signal, the signal instructs the operation of the display source signal. Please patent the diode. Please patent the electronic input unit. Please patent the computer. Please patent voltage. The basis of the output light is currently 7. Rushen Luminous 8 · Rushen applied to and lost 9 · Rushen personal management, 10 · Rushen work 11 · Rushen work status, the status of the electronic device operating status set up the office through the electronic device The system monitoring unit for receiving system operation status receives the system operation signal conversion module transmitted from the device to be prepared; the signal conversion module receives the signal and converts the signal into a specific signal corresponding to a display mode After receiving the signal, the group will provide the user with information about the situation through the light source. The method of the sixth item, wherein the method of any one of the sixth items, and the liquid crystal display unit, wherein the device and the electronic device are external to each other. The method of scope item 6, which is any one of a laptop computer, a palmtop computer, and a workstation. The method of the range 1 or 6, the display method includes: the system equipment of the electronic device operation control; the system operation status monitoring number and a quantized value signal transmitted by a signal receiving unit and a display module; and the signal value according to the signal value The display number judges the system equipment. The display module can be one. The display module is a display unit that is embedded and connected. The electronic device can be a personal digital assistant. The signal is a method of a range of 1 or 6. Among them, the signal is 16939 英 保 达 .ptc Page 18 122 Turn to page Jli… I.li ——_ No. 91137963 彳 3 月 〇 / ★ 日 修 _ 6. Application for Patent Scope 1 2. An operating status display system for electronic devices. In order to provide users with a single display module to grasp the operating status of different system equipment in an electronic device, the electronic device operating status display system includes: a signal receiving unit for electrically connecting to more than one of the electronic devices The system equipment: receives the operating status signals transmitted by the one or more system devices; a signal conversion module for converting the operating status signals of the system devices received by the signal receiving unit into a specific quantified value signal and according to the The signal sends a corresponding signal; and a display module for receiving the signal sent by the signal conversion module and displaying the corresponding signal accordingly. 1 3. The system according to item 12 of the scope of patent application, wherein the display module can be any one of a light emitting diode and a liquid crystal display unit. 14. The system according to item 12 of the scope of patent application, wherein the display module is embedded outside the body of any one of the electronic device, the display unit and the input unit connected to the electronic device. 15. The system according to item 12 of the scope of patent application, wherein the electronic device can be any one of a personal computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, a personal digital assistant, a server, and a workstation. 16. The system according to item 12 of the scope of patent application, wherein the signal is a working current. 1 7. The system according to item 12 of the patent application scope, wherein the signal is an operating voltage. 16939 Ying Bao Da.ptc Page 19