TWI242165B - Self-detection dynamic display method of card reader applied in flash memory cards - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention relates to a self-detection dynamic display method of card reader applied in flash memory cards. The card reader is provided therein with a control chip for controlling more than one detection circuits that are pre-configured in the control chip. In the detection display method, the detection circuit transmits the detection codes to slots or the flash memory cards inserted in the slots. The status codes as detected is returned to the control chip. The status codes in the status buffer of the control chip are then transmitted to a host. After receiving the status codes, part of the software in the host immediately proceeds comparison and determination, and displays the current status of the slots or flash memory cards on a display monitor. The above steps are periodically repeated for detection and displaying. As a result, this invention is able to display the newest status updated of the card reader slots, or the flash memory cards inserted in the slots.

Description

1242165 —-—--- V. Description of the invention (1) [Technical field to which the invention belongs] The present invention relates to a card reader which is suitable for fast ^ detection, and is dynamically displayed on the display σ and si This method can be used to reach the slot of the card reader. The method “$” is especially related to the latest status of a card reader. It is related to the method of flash memory in slot f. [Previous technology] In recent years, a flash-based floppy disk has emerged on the market, which has become a large-capacity storage device. It has replaced the booming development of the machine industry. From the market point of view, it promotes the replacement of products caused by Taiwan's card reading requirements.乂 It is only a few years ago for mass storage. Flash memory card is only used for ☆, the data transmission line is directly connected to the computer, the camera ★ industry, the main transparent function is to store digital photos taken by the digital camera # / \ 、 " V 己 忆The maximum connection of the card requires the installation of a driver before you can use the "Pie Ruo;" computer connected to the device. Jing card branch has become the brain of the flash memory card connected to the computer ;: pass ^ ^: 2 function is to serve Flash memory card and TV show flash love: yarn, beam, through the card reader we can browse the digital phase on the computer: U ϋ photos, listen to music and save files, no need to upgrade the card Αna also transmission line Connect to a computer 'to easily and quickly store flash memory; 151 flash drives. The card reader can be used with a variety of formats " σ · c〇mpactFlash Type I & II (CF),

Page 5 1242165 V. Description of the invention (2) Microdrive MS Pro, MS DigitaKSD The various descriptions have evolved to be similar. The city often allows users to operate the memory card in the window, and whether the memory card is inserted, and the window operation is based on the user. The table will soon cause the machine's unloading disc to use all the electricity. It is also particularly difficult to use a material loss method at the time. What kind of rules do you think, have any sub-parts of the card machine or Destroy or what

(MD), SmartMedia (SM) ^ Memory Stick (MC), Duo, MultiMedia Card (MMC)-Secure), and the new xD Picture card (xD). Because of the availability of flash memory cards on the market, the card reader also has a single machine with a single slot, which can accommodate a variety of flash memory cards in a single machine with multiple slots. There are up to dozens of flash memory cards of different specifications on the surface. I am at a loss because when the card reader is connected to Microsoft by USB, the system will recognize how many slots the card reader supports. Disk drive ", and no matter if the flash is written into the slot, the current card reader will report all the slot numbers for the system or display the reported number, so it will be difficult to distinguish which" removable disk drive " The pattern replaces the flash memory card slot, especially in a multi-card single-slot card reader, to distinguish which type of flash memory card is waiting in the slot, which cannot be known from the pattern on the screen; Detecting the card is to display all detected supported flash memory cards as "machines", and users may be confused about these added "removable magnetics", and they cannot tell which slot is on the screen A flash memory card that is compatible with the current electronic products. The most fouling of electronic products is when the damage is over, and the cause of the failure is often caused by the internal aging of the product or an abnormal operation error. If this situation occurs fast Flash memory card, it may cause hard-built investors to damage the host and other connected devices, and users may not

Page 6 1242165 V. Explanation of the invention (3) The damage status is known, so if the latest status of the card reader or flash memory card can be detected in advance, the various unfavorable matters mentioned above can be prevented from expanding. I will remember the main slot card to control the electrical slot control, compared to the slot after the self-plug flash on the plug-in control test plug-in to the machine line test plug plug-in machine or fast installed in one of the detective or the host into the detective detection For the most cards, reset the slot when the card is set back, and immediately reset the slot. Use the plug-in memory to set up the plug-in code and send to the stand-by to re-insert the plug-in pre- or pre-recorded part of the card. Sense card machine. If the card is in the flash, it will not work. If you have the memory card, you will have a slot machine and will be in the state. You can read the transcript of the personnel record of the sex slot and insert it in the card. Power mentioning machine. The reader who uses the pre-electric detection code to send the card to the party card that is presented quickly is suitable for the test. If the card is in the state, the card will be read. When the card is in the state, it will be read. The appearance of the state should be realized, and it will be stored in the memory, but it is a pity that Ke Shi presents it in a new state. Crystal: The code is temporarily closed and the flash step is lacking. The most important thing is to move to the state according to the law. The research results of the main test method and the control method of the detection method are shown or described in the art, and the detection of the card is new, and it is displayed on the square film slot to learn how to use the most obvious system. Show the crystal soft plug and use the knowledge, the researcher records from the eye-control graphics card can be made, you can flash the machine by learning the wisdom, the card will be moved to test the memory control department will be up, let the heart into the display Quickly, the body of the card body recalls the detectives used in the test, and it is learned from the inside. The state is to read the soft notes and reach the detectives, but the daytime, the flashes that have accumulated exhaustion in the stable for me, and fast The camera ’s interrupter: The device ’s accumulative measurement of the card ’s fast self-filming, the master of the card shows t, and the inspection is performed in the memory of the machine.

Page 7 1242165 V. Description of the invention (4) The latest status of the internal flash memory card. [Embodiment] In order to make your reviewing committee understand the purpose, features, and effects of the present invention, the following specific examples and the accompanying drawings are used to make a detailed description of the present invention. The description is as follows: Please refer to: The first figure is the operation flow chart of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the crystal mechanism card is read in the system but it is not used. — Λ Likou ^ One card of the internal seed machine is set up to read the card of the internal electric machine. The card reader will read the card and read it. The card owner will remember it. Remember, click on the flash seed to make it work for Zhongchuang. Appropriately, the invention of the card is more than the machine, but also the first one, Dhaka is a single technique, and the technique is a technique to test and detect the road and the way to do it. IUJ ΪΠΊ trickle me out

Using the code to measure the detection will be detected until the card is sent to the memory card control system flashing the fast A in the test description is not divided into the internal ##--tm & U or ## For road test and detection

Control the chip and control to return the code status to., The status of the detection status will be the card card, electro-mechanical recording, flash detection, the B

During the Qing period, the machine-machine owner temporarily sent the message to the state of the code storage state and the state of the code; Crystal Controls will be empty C

Entering the state immediately? The state will be ahead, @ 后 卡 码 忆 State flashes to the fast-receiving or receiving slot. In the plug-in, the software will be merged, and the internal judgment machine will be compared to the main D.

1242165 V. Description of the invention (5) Shown in E · Each of the above presents a reading state. The device protected as above, when the control chip is temporarily stored in the state of the host, the flash memory card described in the multi-slot non-detection type, the host device is installed on the anti-monitor screen; the steps are Periodically and continuously repeats the detection and display of the latest description of the card machine slot or the flash memory card inserted in the slot. The detection circuit includes an overcurrent protection to detect the slot. Or if one of the flash memory cards has a short circuit, it will take power off measures for the slot, and temporarily store the status code in the register for the host to retrieve its internal data, and the software receives the status After the code, the original pattern or color will be changed immediately to inform the user that the slot or its insertion is currently in a state of short circuit and power failure and cannot work, and when the card reader is in a normal state , The display will use the self-detection dynamic display method to represent each slot of the card reader (such as a card reader) with a pattern and the different colors represented on the daylight surface, and when One slot When a flash memory card is inserted, the circuit will immediately detect the inserted slot and the type of the flash memory card, and return the obtained status code for the host to extract and compare, and the internal part After comparing the internal database with the status code, the software will replace the pre-corresponding patterns and colors with the patterns or colors originally used by the empty slots on the monitor screen; so that users can clearly understand the current number of slots What kind of flash memory card is used, and the current status of the flash memory card will also be displayed in a pattern or color, such as: flash memory card writing status, damage status, remaining storage capacity, etc. pattern

Page 9 1242165 V. Description of the invention (6) and state of immediate use of color. In addition, at the moment, the state of the host allows flash memory to be used to update the latest state. All kinds of missing dynamics can be detected. It has novelty. It is within the scope of the patents completed under the spirit of the present invention according to the law. Displayed, so that the user can immediately judge the flash memory card's detection power will also be displayed on the user card read and write the function description, from the display side, the actual and the invention description is just the way to apply for the specialization The detection display clearly removes the card reader. The innovation and step-by-step design of the present method facilitates the application of the present invention to change the effect of the invention to the flash memory card when reading / writing is in progress. The screen immediately displays the state of reading / writing before reading / writing in a moving day pattern to avoid The user's card reader reduces the chance of damage; by using the slot or the flash memory card inserted in the slot, the card reader suitable for the flash memory card is really feasible, and the conventional technology is improved to meet the needs of the industry It is highly creative and fully meets the statutory requirements of invention patents. It is only a preferred embodiment of 〇 and is not intended to limit it: all other changes or modifications that do not depart from the disclosure or modification of the present invention should be included in the following applications

Page 10 1242165_ Brief description of the diagram The first diagram is a flowchart of the operation of the present invention [drawing number comparison A · The control flash memory B flash memory B · The test chip C is controlled · The empty state D is controlled The countermeasure is shown in E · Each of the above-mentioned presenters. Explanation] The chip will at least send a detection code to the memory card in each slot or slot using the detection circuit to detect the status of the memory card in each slot or slot; the circuit will detect the status code Return to the control chip, and the control will temporarily store the received status code in the status register; The status code in the chip status register is transmitted to the host, and the data in the register is cleared; part of the software After receiving the status code, it will immediately disconnect, and the current status of the slot or flash memory card will be immediately displayed on the day and time; the steps will be repeated and detected and displayed periodically for card machine insertion. Slot or the latest status of the flash memory card inserted in the slot

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Claims (1)

m2165______ 6. Scope of patent application 1 · A self-detecting dynamic display method for card readers suitable for flash memory cards, which is provided with a control chip inside the card reader, which can be used to control more than one type of the chip in the control chip. Detect circuit, and its detection method is: "A · The control chip will at least use the detection circuit to send a detection code to each slot or inserted flash memory card to detect each sample. The status of the flash memory card in the two slots; said 'B. The detection circuit will return the detected status code to the control chip, and the control chip will temporarily store the received status code in the status device; + C · Will control the chip status register and clear the D in the status register · Some software in the host computer will perform comparison and judgment and immediately display the status on the display. E · The above steps will be used In order to present the latest status of the card reader. The status code is transmitted to the host, and the data; after receiving the status code, the slot or flash memory card is currently on the daytime; f Periodic and continuous repeated detection and display. If a flash memory card is inserted in the slot or inserted in the slot. 2 If the patent application No. 1 self-testing dynamic display overcurrent protection device, when there is a short circuit, the control should be applied. The status code is used to extract its internal data, which is applicable to the fast method, in which, when a slot or a chip is detected, it will be temporarily stored in the status and temporarily read as a flash memory card in the host. The machine test circuit contains a flash memory card and the ^ finger slot takes the power off device for the host software to receive the status. Page 12 1242165 VI. Scope of patent application After the status code is notified, it is short 3. If you apply for a self-detection card, 4 · If you apply for a self-detection, the opportunity will be based on the picture above. For example, if you apply for a 4 flash flash slot, and return the color for internal assets to replace the color; if you want to use a sample pattern, if you apply for a flash flash, you can use a patented motion test machine and a patented multi-slot test case and a patent test. The memory of the flash memory of the main memory card shows that using the flash memory or the Yan patent to detect the memory card should be broken. When the first state of the multi-card is displayed, the first state of the multi-card is read, and the memory is extracted and displayed. You can recall the first state of the card color display, that is, change the pattern or color that was normally displayed, the slot or the inserted flash memory card, and the current state of power failure. The method described in the item is applicable to a flash memory card, wherein the card reader may be one of a kind. The method described in the item is applicable to a flash memory card, wherein each slot (card reader) of the card reader represents different colors on the display before any flash memory card is inserted. The description in the screen item is suitable for flash memory display method. When the card reader, the detection circuit will immediately detect the card format and type, and will be compared. After some status codes in the host, , The previously empty slot represented on the corresponding surface of the preset will clearly understand the current slot number, and the current state of the flash memory card will be displayed. The method described in the item is applicable to the flash memory display method, in which, when the card reader is inserted into the slot of the write-protected state of the flash memory card, the figure of the software is also inserted into the card reader. The inserted status code should be detected when the card reader slot is inserted in the comparison case, the case, or the face. Page 13 1242165 6. The scope of patent application circuit will be immediate and type, and the host will display the preset first empty slot and the current flash memory card. 7 · If the patent application is self-detecting The flash memory card circuit will be typed immediately, and in the host, the preset first empty slot will be invisible to the current flash memory card. 8 · If a patent is applied for self-detection, the flash memory card will be invisible. Slot, and flash will detect the inserted slot, flash memory card slot and save the obtained status code for the host to extract and compare, some software compares the internal database The pattern or color corresponding to the status code replaces the original pattern or color represented on the display screen; it allows the user to clearly know what kind of flash memory card is inserted in a slot, and the state immediately before will also be When the first item is displayed in a pattern or color, and the part corresponding to the shape in front of the slot represented is detected and obtained, the method flashes the inserted picture of the inserted software. State of mind Among them, the inserted status code of the memory card in the comparison case, the case or the face will be flashed together, when the card is read in the damaged slot, and quickly stored for the main internal data color to replace the color; When the sample flash is in the slot state of the pattern or memory card, the flash memory extraction library and the display card reader can memorize the color of the card. The checker of the detection card is inserted, and the status code is inserted. The Uehara is clear later, and the quick mode is the method for displaying the status of the card reader for flash memory cards described in item 1, where the detection circuit will immediately detect when the card reader slot is inserted The format, type, remaining storage capacity of the inserted memory card, and the status code are restored for the host to extract and compare. Page 14 1242165_ VI. After applying for patents, some software will compare the internal database with the status code, and will replace the preset pattern or color with the corresponding pattern or color represented by the original empty slot on the display; Allows users to clearly understand what kind of flash memory card is currently inserted in the first few slots, and the current status of the memory card will also be displayed in a pattern or color. 9 · The method for self-detecting dynamic display of a card reader for flash memory cards as described in the first item of the patent application, wherein when the detection circuit detects that the flash memory card is reading / writing, it will Save the obtained status code for the host to extract and compare, and after comparing some internal software with the status code, the software in the host will immediately display the preset corresponding pattern and color in a moving day pattern. The writing status replaces the pattern or color represented by the previously empty slot on the display screen; it allows users to clearly understand the current read / write status of the flash memory card. Page 15