TWI403921B - Method for determining operating mode and computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for determining an operating mode is used for a computer system with different operating modes. The method comprises the follow steps of: receiving a starting command for starting the computer system; determining an input device corresponded to the computer system; and selecting a corresponding operating mode via the input device.

Description

Operation mode determination method and computer system

The present invention relates to an operational mode determining method, and more particularly to an operating mode determining method for selecting different operating modes through an automatic detection mechanism of a computer system.

The traditional desktop computer is usually set in a fixed indoor location. When the user needs it, it must be set to the computer to set the point. The connected mouse and keyboard are used for input operation, and the corresponding display is displayed by the display device. user interface. Since the desktop computer is relatively large and difficult to move, the corresponding display device is mainly based on a computer-specific screen suitable for personal use, so the user interface of the software or system to which it is matched is usually fixed to be common. Or screen resolution in a fixed range.

With the advancement of technology, a new generation of desktop computers, such as bare-bones or low-cost desktops (nettop), have broken the shackles of traditional desktop computers, significantly reducing their size and weight, making the new generation of tables The upper computer can easily change its position, such as in the living room or bedroom combined with the TV to form a multimedia machine. However, when the new generation of desktop computers still use the traditional fixed user interface, the user still has to use the mouse or keyboard to operate, and the interface can not immediately support the high-resolution or large-size TV, and there are many uses in the use. inconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A primary object of the present invention is to provide an operating mode determining method for selecting different operating modes through an automatic detection mechanism of a computer system.

To achieve the above objects, the operating mode determining method of the present invention is applied to a computer system that provides different operating modes. The operation mode determining method comprises the steps of: receiving a boot command to start the computer system; determining one of the command input devices currently corresponding to the computer system; and selecting a corresponding operation mode according to the command input device. In addition, the operation mode determining method of the present invention further includes the following steps: determining one of the display devices currently corresponding to the computer system; and selecting the corresponding operation mode according to the display device. Thereby, by using the operation mode determining method of the present invention, the computer system can be connected to different command input devices or display devices according to different user requirements, and the corresponding operating system is automatically selected to be loaded to present an appropriate operation mode, and the operation mode is increased. The user's convenience in use allows the user to have different operational feelings.

The computer system of the present invention applies the aforementioned operation mode determining method, and the computer system includes a processing module and a memory module. The processing module can receive a boot command to activate the computer system; the memory module is electrically connected to the processing module, the memory module includes at least one operating system and a software program, and at least one operating system is configured to provide different operating modes, and the software program It is used to determine one of the command input devices or a display device currently corresponding to the computer system to notify the processing module to select the corresponding operation mode.

In order to enable the reviewing committee to better understand the technical contents of the present invention, the preferred embodiments are described below.

1 is a system block diagram of a computer system 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the computer system 1 of the present invention includes a processing module 10 and a memory module 20. The processing module 10 includes a processor 12 and a microprocessor 14. The microprocessor 14 can receive a boot command issued by the computer system 1 to notify the processor 12 to start the computer system 1. The boot command can be transmitted through the user. Pressing the power switch of the computer system 1 (not shown), or receiving the wireless control signal sent by the remote controller through the remote control receiving device electrically connected to the computer system 1, and the computer system 1 of the present invention can generate the power-on command Different sources are used to select different modes of operation.

The memory module 20 is electrically connected to the processing module 10. The memory module 20 includes at least one operating system 22, a software program 24, and a driver 26 corresponding to each connecting component and device of the computer system 1. At least one operating system 22 is used to provide different modes of operation, and different user interfaces are generated in response to different operating modes. In this embodiment, two or more modes of operation may be provided through the same operating system 22 for the processing module 10 to selectively load the corresponding operating mode according to the situation; or provide an operating mode through each of the different operating systems 22 to The processing module 10 loads the corresponding operating system 22 according to the situation selection, and presents different operation modes, but the invention is not limited thereto. The foregoing operation modes may include a general computer mode provided by a conventional operating system (for example, an operation interface of a Microsoft Windows operating system), an audio and video mode suitable for multimedia playback (such as an operation interface of a general multimedia playback device), and a touch input device. Input touch mode, etc.

The software program 24 is used to determine the command input device 100 or the display device 200 currently corresponding to the computer system 1 to notify the processing module 10 to select a corresponding operation mode. The command input device 100 or the display device 200 to which the computer system 1 is connected has its corresponding driver program 26. When the computer system 1 is powered on and the system is initialized, the driver programs 26 are loaded and ready for operation. At this time, the software program 24 assists in detecting the corresponding command input device 100 or the driver 26 of the display device 200, and can determine the specification and type of the command input device 100 or the display device 200. Therefore, the computer system 1 of the present invention can As a reference information for selecting an operation mode, the corresponding operation mode is selected for different devices. The command input device 100 can be a remote control device (such as a remote control with a remote control receiving device), a general input device (such as a keyboard or a mouse) or a touch input device (such as a touch screen), and the display device 200 can be of high quality. A display device (for example, a display device outputted by HDMI) or a general display device (for example, a display device outputted by VGA or DVI) or the like.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a flowchart of a method for determining an operation mode of the present invention. It should be noted that although the computer system 1 shown in FIG. 1 is taken as an example to illustrate the operation mode determining method of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the computer system 1, and any other computer system having a similar architecture is also The operation mode determining method of the present invention can be applied. As shown in FIG. 2, the operation mode determining method of the present invention includes steps S1 to S5. The respective steps of the operation mode determining method of the present invention will be described in detail below.

Step S1: Receive a power-on command to start the computer system 1. Firstly, the computer system 1 of the present invention is activated by the power-on command input by the user. In the embodiment, the computer system 1 includes two startup modes, and the first is to directly press the power switch of the computer system 1 through the user (Fig. Not shown) to issue a power-on command to notify the processing module 10 to perform a subsequent boot process; another way is to use a remote control device (not shown), the user operates the remote controller to transmit a wireless control signal to notify the computer system 1 to boot. The signal is received by the remote control receiving device electrically connected to the computer system 1 and converted into a power-on command to notify the processing module 10 to perform a subsequent booting process, but the invention is not limited thereto. The microprocessor 14 of the processing module 10 can notify the processor 12 to start the computer system 1 after receiving the power-on command.

Step S2: Judging the instruction input device 100 currently corresponding to the computer system 1. The operation mode determining method of the present invention determines the operation mode provided after it is different according to the instruction input device 100 currently corresponding to the computer system 1. Therefore, it is necessary to first determine the instruction input device 100. In this embodiment, the command input device 100 can be a remote control device (such as a remote control with a remote control receiving device), a general input device (such as a keyboard or a mouse), or a touch input device (such as a touch screen). The computer system 1 can determine the type of the corresponding command input device 100 in two ways, and the following describes each method:

(1) Detecting the source of the boot command: It is known from the foregoing step S1 that the boot command can be manually pressed by the user to press the power switch of the computer system 1 or by the user operating the remote control device to transmit the wireless control signal to the computer system 1. The boot command generated in any manner is received by the microprocessor 14 and transmitted to the processor 12. Therefore, the microprocessor 14 of the processing module 10 can be programmed to have the function of detecting and identifying the source of the boot command, and the microprocessor 14 discriminates that the received boot command is transmitted via the power switch or the receiver. . For example, when the microprocessor 14 confirms that the power-on command is transmitted through the remote control receiving device, it indicates that the user inputs an instruction through the remote controller, that is, determines that the command input device 100 corresponding to the current computer system 1 is the remote control device.

(2) Detecting the driver program corresponding to the computer system 1: When the computer system 1 is started, the system initialization operation is started to initialize all the surrounding hardware, and the driver 26 corresponding to each hardware is loaded. The processing module 10 can detect all the peripheral hardware currently installed through the system bus, and obtain information about each hardware, including the vender ID and device ID of each hardware. ID), etc., based on the information, find the corresponding driver 26 in the memory module 20 and load it so that all installed peripheral hardware is available. Therefore, by the software program 24 detecting the driver 26 of the command input device 100 corresponding to the computer system 1, the current command input device 100 corresponding to the computer system 1 can be determined. For example, before the user wants to use the external remote control device to operate, the corresponding remote control receiving device must be installed through the USB interface of the computer system 1, etc.; after the computer system 1 is turned on, the remote control receiving is obtained. Information about the device, and the driver 26 corresponding to the remote control receiving device is loaded accordingly. When the software program 24 detects that the driver 26 is loaded, it can be determined that the computer system 1 is equipped with a remote control receiving device, and it is confirmed that the command input device 100 corresponding to the computer system 1 is a remote control device.

Step S3: Select a corresponding operation mode according to the instruction input device 100. After confirming the current instruction input device 100 corresponding to the computer system 1 by the foregoing steps, the corresponding operation mode can be selected according to the instruction input device 100, and the operation mode is presented by loading the operation system 22. In this embodiment, the operation mode may include a general computer mode (for example, an operation interface of a Microsoft Windows operating system) or a special mode, including a video mode (for example, an operation interface of a general multimedia playback device) or a touch mode. When it is determined that the command input device 100 is a general input device, it indicates that the user needs to use the general function of the computer, so the processing module 10 will control the computer system 1 to enter the general computer mode; when it is determined that the command input device 100 is the remote control device, it indicates that the device is used. The remote control may be performed by the processing module 10, so that the processing module 10 controls the computer system 1 to enter the audio and video mode. When the command input device 100 is determined to be a touch input device, the user may need to apply the touch input function. The processing module 10 will control the computer system 1 to enter the touch mode.

Further, when the operation mode determining method of the present invention determines that the command input device 100 is a general input device through the above-described step S2, the determination of another step can be performed. As shown in FIG. 2, the operation mode determining method of the present invention further includes the following steps:

Step S4: Judging the display device 200 currently corresponding to the computer system 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the operation mode determining method of the present invention determines the operation mode provided after the output mode of the display device 200 corresponding to the computer system 1 is currently determined. Therefore, it is necessary to first determine the display device 200. The software program 24 obtains the identification data of one of the display devices 200 from the driver 26 of the corresponding display device 200 to determine the display device 200 currently corresponding to the computer system 1, wherein the identification data is the extended display identification of the corresponding display device 200. Extended display identification data (EDID). Since each display device 200 has its own extended display identification data, the extended display identification data describes the highest display resolution and scanning frequency that the display device 200 can support. Therefore, after the software program 24 obtains the extended display identification data and analyzes it, the corresponding display device 200 output specifications can be obtained, for example, VGA output, DVI output, or HDMI output. For example, when the display device 200 adopts the HDMI output specification, the software program 24 analyzes the extended display identification data of the display device 200, and can obtain the corresponding information of the HDMI VSDB (HDMI Vendor-Specific Data Block), and thus can determine Whether the display device 200 is output through HDMI.

Step S5: According to the display device 200, the corresponding operation mode is selected. In this embodiment, the operation mode may include a general computer mode or a video mode. The output specification of the display device 200 is obtained by analyzing the identification data in the foregoing step S4. When it is determined that the display device 200 is output in the HDMI standard, the computer system 1 selects to enter the audio and video mode; otherwise, when it is determined that the display device 200 is not output in the HDMI standard, Computer system 1 chooses to enter the general computer mode.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of a method for determining an operation mode of the present invention. The operating mode determining method of the present invention is applied to a relatively lightweight computer system 1, such as a bare system or a low-cost desktop computer. According to the common usage requirements of general users, the computer system 1 is regarded as a multimedia mode of a multimedia machine, and the computer system 1 is used as a general computer mode for a desktop computer. Firstly, according to the operation mode determining method of the present invention, the presence or absence of the remote control device is determined by detecting the source of the power-on command or detecting whether the computer system 1 has a remote control receiving device installed. When it is confirmed that there is a corresponding remote control device, it is mostly indicated that the user operates the computer system 1 by using the remote control device, that is, the user wants to obtain a good audio-visual effect through a simple operation, so that the computer system is determined by the operation mode determining method of the present invention. 1 Select to enter the audio and video mode to meet the needs of users.

When it is judged that the corresponding remote control device does not exist, the operation mode determining method of the present invention further determines whether the display device 200 is output as HDMI. At present, the display device 200 generally having an HDMI output function is mostly a television (such as a liquid crystal television) or a large-sized computer LCD screen, and the HDMI output is generally selected to represent a user's visual effect of enjoying high-definition video output, so when judging When the display device 200 is outputted in HDMI, the computer system 1 selects to enter the video mode by the operation mode determining method of the present invention. When it is judged that the display device 200 outputs in other specifications, the computer system 1 is selected to enter the normal computer mode, so that the user can use the normal computer function.

In addition, the operation mode determining method of the present invention can further determine whether the command input device 100 has a corresponding touch input device, such as a screen with a touch function, etc., when it is determined that there is a corresponding touch input device, The computer system 1 is operated by touch, so that the computer system 1 is selected to enter the touch mode.

Therefore, the operation mode determining method of the present invention can select an appropriate operation mode according to the peripheral hardware connected to the computer system 1, so that the computer system 1 generates a corresponding user interface according to the operation mode after loading the operating system 22. Greatly improve the usability of the computer system 1.

In summary, the present invention is a breakthrough in terms of its purpose, means and efficacy, and it is different from the characteristics of the prior art. It is a great breakthrough for the reviewer to ask for an early patent, and to benefit the society. Debian. It is to be noted that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and its advantages, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Modifications and variations of the embodiments can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be as described in the scope of the patent application to be described later.

1. . . computer system

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twenty four. . . Software program

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1 is a block diagram of a system of a computer system of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart showing a method of determining an operation mode of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the method of determining the mode of operation of the present invention.

Claims (20)

An operation mode determining method is applied to a computer system providing one of different operating modes, the operating mode determining method comprising the steps of: receiving a booting command transmitted from an instruction input device to start the computer system; determining the current state of the computer system Corresponding to the command input device; and depending on the command input device transmitting the power-on command, the computer system directly selects the operation mode corresponding to the command input device. The method for determining an operation mode as described in claim 1, wherein the command input device determines by detecting a source of the boot command. The operating mode determining method of claim 2, wherein the computer system selects to enter a video mode when the power-on command is generated by the computer system to receive a wireless control signal. The method for determining an operation mode as described in claim 1, wherein the command input device determines by detecting a driver loaded by the computer system. The operation mode determining method according to claim 4, wherein when the command input device is a remote control receiving device, the computer system selects to enter a video mode. The operating mode determining method according to claim 4, wherein when the command input device is a touch input device, the computer system selects to enter a touch mode. The method for determining an operation mode according to the first aspect of the patent application, further comprising the steps of: determining one of the display devices currently corresponding to the computer system; According to the display device, the corresponding operation mode is selected. The operation mode determining method according to claim 7, wherein the corresponding display device is determined by obtaining identification data of one of the display devices. The method for determining an operation mode as described in claim 8 wherein the identification data is an extended display identification data (EDID). The operating mode determining method according to claim 8, wherein the computer system selects to enter a video mode by analyzing the identification data to obtain that the display device is outputted in an HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface) specification; The computer system chooses to enter a general computer mode. A computer system comprising: a processing module, configured to receive a boot command from a command input device to activate the computer system; and a memory module electrically coupled to the processing module, the memory module including at least An operating system and a software program, the at least one operating system is configured to provide different operating modes, and the software program is configured to determine the command input device currently corresponding to the computer system, to input the device according to the command for transmitting the power-on command Differently, the processing module is notified to directly select the operation mode corresponding to the instruction input device. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the command input device is further determined by the processing module detecting the source of the boot command. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the processing module selects to enter a video mode when the power-on command is generated by receiving a wireless control signal through a remote control receiving device. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the command input device determines by the software program that one of the input device drivers corresponding to the computer system is loaded. The computer system of claim 14, wherein when the command input device is a remote control device, the processing module selects to enter a video mode. The computer system of claim 14, wherein when the command input device is a touch input device, the processing module selects to enter a touch mode. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the software program determines a display device corresponding to the computer system to notify the processing module to select the corresponding operation mode. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the one of the display devices is obtained by the software program to determine the corresponding display device. The computer system of claim 18, wherein the identification data is an extended display identification data. The computer system of claim 18, wherein the processing module selects to enter a video mode when the display device is configured to output the HDMI standard by the software program; otherwise, the processing module Choose to enter a general computer mode.