TWI712891B - System and method for controlling peripheral device - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and method for controlling peripheral devices, the method comprising: providing a primary device, which has a first peripheral interface, and there is an operation system installed in the primary device; connecting a managing device having a second peripheral interface to the primary device, and the managing device has a plurality of connection ports in which a plurality of peripheral devices inserted; and installing a identify software into the primary device, and the identify software determine whether the peripheral devices insert in the plurality of connection ports of the managing device according to a reference information; if the peripheral devices insert in the one of the plurality of connection ports, the identify software inform the operation system enable the peripheral devices, so as to allow the peripheral device to get numbers .

Description

Method and system for controlling peripheral devices

The present application relates to a method and system for controlling peripheral devices, in particular to a method and system for controlling peripheral devices that can identify a plurality of peripheral devices.

Nowadays, hardware and software devices using the Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface are becoming more and more common and gradually become one of the standardized electronic specifications. In the prior art, more and more peripheral devices using USB interfaces are connected to personal computers, mobile devices and other devices.

For devices with a USB interface connected to the current operating system (such as Microsoft Windows (WINDOWS) devices) can only recognize the USB peripheral devices directly connected to this device, and a random number is given to the device connected to the USB interface of this device. The serial number makes it impossible for the user to specify the peripheral devices required for operation. In addition, when an existing USB hub that connects multiple USB peripheral devices is connected to this device, the device will face the failure to recognize these devices connected to this device through the USB hub USB peripheral devices. What’s more serious is that once one of these USB peripheral devices is damaged or malfunctions, the user cannot clearly confirm which USB peripheral device has a problem, and it takes a lot of time to debug, resulting in work efficiency low.

The present application provides a method and system for controlling peripheral devices. Through the cooperation of identification software and operating system, it will solve the problem that the prior art cannot display various USB peripheral devices connected to a USB hub and number them on the display device. The technology gives various USB peripheral devices a random number of USB peripheral device numbers, causing users to be unable to determine the peripheral device required for operation or when the peripheral device is damaged and unable to operate, it takes a lot of time to detect errors and other problems.

The present application provides a method and system for controlling peripheral devices, which is a method and system for identifying and activating peripheral devices in a specific order. Furthermore, identification software can be applied to notify the operating system of the peripheral devices in accordance with the settings of the user. Start in a specific order and get predictable numbers.

According to an embodiment of the present application, the present application provides a method for controlling peripheral devices, including: providing a main device, the main device having a first connection interface and equipped with an operating system; connecting a management device with a second connection interface to the main device, The management device has multiple ports, and peripheral devices are connected to each port; the identification software is installed on the main device; the identification software judges whether peripheral devices are connected to the multiple ports of the management device according to the reference information provided by the management device ; And when the recognition software determines that the port of the management device is connected to a peripheral device, the recognition software will notify the operating system to enable the peripheral device according to the user's setting, and let the peripheral device be numbered.

According to an embodiment of the present application, the present application provides a system for controlling peripheral devices, including: a main device having a first connection interface and installed with an operating system, the main device is installed with identification software; and a management device, connected to the main device, Among them, the management device has a second connection interface and a plurality of ports, and the plurality of ports are connected to a plurality of peripheral devices. Among them, the identification software will determine whether the management device is connected to the plurality of ports based on the reference information provided by the management device. If there is a peripheral device connected, the recognition software will notify the operating system to enable the peripheral device according to the user's setting, and let the peripheral device be numbered.

This application uses the method and system for controlling peripheral devices to automatically display and sequentially number various USB peripheral devices connected to the USB hub, so that users can clearly find the peripheral devices they need and perform corresponding operations. Or replacing the peripheral devices not only improves the user's work efficiency, but also saves a lot of time.

The detailed features and advantages of this application are described in detail in the following embodiments, and the content is sufficient to enable anyone familiar with the relevant skills to understand the technical content of this application and implement it accordingly, and in accordance with the content disclosed in this specification, the scope of the patent application and the drawings , Anyone who is familiar with relevant skills can easily understand the purpose and advantages of this application. The following examples further illustrate the viewpoints of this application in detail, but do not limit the scope of this application by any viewpoint.

For example, certain words are used to refer to specific elements in the specification and the scope of patent application. Those skilled in the art should understand that hardware manufacturers may use different terms to refer to the same component. This specification and the scope of patent application do not use differences in names as a way to distinguish elements, but use differences in functions of elements as a criterion. If "include" or "include" mentioned in the entire specification and the scope of patent application is an open term, it should be interpreted as "include but not limited to" or "include but not limited to".

It should also be noted that the terms "include", "include" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, product or system including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes Other elements that are not explicitly listed, or include elements inherent to this process, method, commodity, or system. If there are no more restrictions, the element defined by the sentence "including a..." does not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, commodity or system that includes the element.

In the embodiments listed below, the same reference numerals will be used to represent the same or similar elements or objects.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a system for controlling peripheral devices according to an embodiment of the present application, and FIG. 1 also shows the operation mode between the management device and the main device. As shown in FIG. 1, the system for controlling peripheral devices of the present application includes: identification software 11, main device 12 and management device 13. The main device 12 has a first connection interface 121 and is equipped with an operating system 122, and the operating system 122 is displayed by the display device 14. The management device 13 has a second connection interface 131 to connect to the first connection interface 121 of the main device 12. In this embodiment, the management device 13 may be a hub (HUB), and the management device 13 has a plurality of connection ports 132. In this embodiment, the port 132 can be a hub (HUB) port, and the port 132 is connected to a plurality of peripheral devices 151, 152, 153, and 154. The port 132 can be adjusted according to the actual situation according to the interface of the peripheral device, for example When the management device 13 is connected to a USB peripheral device, the connection port 132 needs to be a USB interface to connect the USB peripheral device correspondingly. The identification software 11 is installed in the operating system 122 of the main device 12. The identification software 11 will determine whether there is a peripheral device connected to the port of the management device 13 based on the reference information 15 of the management device 13. When the identification software 11 determines the management device When the peripheral devices 151, 152, 153, and 154 are connected to the port 132 of 13, the recognition software 11 will notify the operating system 122 to enable the peripheral devices 151, 152, 153, and 154 according to the user's setting, and let the peripheral devices 151, 152, 153, and 154 get predictable numbers. The recognition software 11 will display the aforementioned predictable numbers on the display device 14 through the operating system 122. For example, the recognition software 11 is based on the user's settings and cooperates with the reference information 15 and the operating system. 122. Give the communication interface (communication, COM) number 3 of the management device 13, and the peripheral devices 151, 152, 153, and 154 are also given predictable numbers by the identification software 11: number 31, number 32, number 33, and number 34 , But not limited to this.

The aforementioned management device 13, connection port 132, peripheral devices 151, 152, 153, 154, the first connection interface 121 provided on the main device 12 or the second connection interface 131 provided on the management device 13 may be parallel interfaces or serial interfaces. The interface, USB interface, or port is used to correspond to the interface for connecting peripheral devices for signal transmission.

In another embodiment, the main device 12 may be a personal computer with a Microsoft Windows operating system 122. The personal computer has a plurality of USB ports connected to a plurality of USB peripheral devices connected to the management device 13 (for example, a USB hub), when the management When the device 13 is inserted into the main device 12, the console of the operating system 122 in the main device will display a prompt message indicating that the management device 13 is an unrecognized device. At this time, the identification software 11 of this application can be installed in the main device. The identification software 11 will identify the management device 13 and the USB peripheral devices 151, 152, 153 and 154 connected to the management device 13, and will follow the user Setting, notify the operating system 122 to enable the USB peripheral devices 151, 152, 153, and 154, and allow the USB peripheral devices 151, 152, 153, and 154 to obtain predictable numbers. For example, in this embodiment, the identification software 11 identifies the management device After 13, the communication interface (COM) number 3 of the management device 13 will be given, and the USB peripheral devices 151, 152, 153, and 154 will also be identified by the software 11 and given predictable numbers: COM number 31, COM number 32, The COM number 33 and the COM number 34, although this embodiment uses a main device with a windows system and a USB interface, it is not limited to these.

The difference between this application and the prior art is that this application can automatically number various peripheral devices connected to the management device according to the user's settings, and the number can be displayed on the display device, so that The user can clearly find the required peripheral device and perform the corresponding operation, or replace the peripheral device, but the previous technology can only identify the peripheral device directly connected to the main device, and give a random random number to the interface connected to the main device The device has a random number, causing users to be unable to clearly operate the required peripheral devices. In addition, when the existing management device connected to multiple peripheral devices is connected to the main device, the main device will face the failure to recognize these by Manage peripheral devices connected to the main device

In addition, when the management device 13 is connected to the main device 12, if the identification software 11 is not installed on the main device 12, the main device 12 will first detect the management device 13 and give a prompt message (not shown) to remind the user to manage the device 13 cannot be directly identified by the main device 12, and at this time, the main device 12 cannot communicate with the management device 13. When the identification software 11 is installed on the main device 12, a prompt message will inform the user that the main device 12 can recognize the management device 13 and can communicate, and the identification software 11 will communicate with the management device 13 according to the prompt message, and according to the management The reference information 15 provided by the device 13 determines whether there are peripheral devices connected to the plurality of ports 132 of the management device 13.

In this embodiment, the reference information 15 includes a bit number to indicate whether each port 132 is connected to a peripheral device. In other words, each port 132 can correspond to a bit number. The number of bits corresponding to the port is 1, which means that the port 132 is connected to a USB peripheral device 151, 152, 153 or 154. The identification software 11 will assign the USB peripheral device 151, 152, 153 or 154 the expected number For example, if one of COM number 31, COM number 32, COM number 33, and COM number 34 is added to the subsequent management device 13 and other peripheral devices, the number will be deduced by analogy. On the contrary, if the port corresponds to the bit If the element number is 0, it means that there is no peripheral device connected to this port. In another embodiment, if the identification software 11 of the present application determines that the port is not connected, it will skip the port, so that the next port that connects to the peripheral device will be serialized.

In this embodiment, the operating system may be a Windows series operating system, and the management device 13 may be a hub (HUB), a switch, a router, a sharing device, or other devices with a connection interface and a peripheral device management function , Such as USB peripheral devices, USB hubs or USB switches, etc.

In this embodiment, when the identification software 11 gives the peripheral device number, the driver of the USB peripheral device can be further installed, and the management device 13, the main device 12, and the user and the number corresponding to the peripheral device can be reported. The peripheral device can be confirmed according to the number, and the peripheral device can also be operated or replaced according to this number. In addition, according to the increase in the number of peripheral devices, this application can increase the number of bits that can be numbered to facilitate numbering and management of peripheral devices.

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a method of controlling peripheral devices according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 2, the method of controlling peripheral devices of the present application includes: first, a main device 12 is provided. The main device 12 has a first connection interface 121 and is equipped with an operating system 122 (step s201). The operating system 122 is displayed by the display device 14. Next, connect the management device 13 with the second connection interface 131 to the first connection interface 121 of the main device 12. The management device 13 has a plurality of ports 132, and peripheral devices 151, 152, 153, and 154 are connected to each port 132. (Step s202). In this embodiment, the management device 13 can be a hub (HUB), the port 132 is a hub (HUB) port, and the port 132 is connected to a plurality of peripheral devices 151, 152, 153, 154, of which the port 132 can be adjusted according to the actual situation according to the interface of the peripheral device. For example, when the management device 13 is connected to a USB peripheral device, the connection port 132 needs to be a USB interface to connect the USB peripheral device. In addition, the management device 13 can also be selectively connected to peripheral devices.

Then, the identification software 11 is installed to the operating system 122 of the main device 12. The identification software 11 determines whether there are peripheral devices 151, 152, 151, 152, 153 or 154 (step s203). When the recognition software 11 determines that the port 132 of the management device 13 is connected to peripheral devices 151, 152, 153, and 154, the recognition software 11 will notify the operating system 122 to enable the peripheral device according to the user's setting 151, 152, 153, and 154, and allow the peripheral devices 151, 152, 153, and 154 to obtain predictable numbers (step s204). The recognition software 11 will display the aforementioned predictable numbers on the display device 14 through the operating system 122, for example According to the user’s settings, the identification software 11 gives the communication interface (communication, COM) number 3 of the management device 13, and the peripheral devices 151, 152, 153 and 154 are also given by the identification software 11 Expected numbers: No. 31, No. 32, No. 33, and No. 34, but not limited to this.

In addition, when the management device 13 is connected to the main device 12, if the identification software 11 is not installed on the main device 12, the main device 12 will first detect the management device 13 and give a prompt message (not shown) to prompt the user to manage The device 13 cannot be directly recognized by the main device 12. When the identification software 11 is installed on the main device 12, the identification software 11 will communicate with the management device 13 according to the prompt message, and determine the plurality of ports 132 of the management device 13 based on the reference information 15 provided by the management device 13 Whether there are peripheral devices 151, 152, 153 or 154 connected to it.

In this embodiment, the reference information 15 includes a bit number to indicate whether each port 132 is connected to a peripheral device. In other words, each port 132 can correspond to a bit number. The number of bits corresponding to the port is 1, which means that the USB peripheral device 151, 152, 153 or 154 is connected to the port 132. The identification software 11 will assign the peripheral device 151, 152, 153 or 154 the expected number. For example, if one of COM number 31, COM number 32, COM number 33, and COM number 34 is added to the subsequent management device 13 and other peripheral devices, the number will be deduced by analogy. On the contrary, if the port corresponds to the bit If the number is 0, it means that there is no peripheral device connected to this port. In another embodiment, if the identification software 11 of the present application determines that the port is not connected, it will skip the port, so that the next port connected to the peripheral device can be connected with an expected number.

In this embodiment, the aforementioned management device 13, connection port 132, peripheral devices 151, 152, 153, 154, the first connection interface 121 provided on the main device 12 or the second connection interface 131 provided on the management device 13 may be Parallel interface, serial interface, USB interface or the interface for connecting the peripheral device for signal transmission.

In this embodiment, when the identification software 11 assigns the peripheral device number, it can also install the peripheral device driver and report the number corresponding to the management device 13, the main device 12 and the user's peripheral device. To confirm the peripheral devices, you can also operate or replace peripheral devices based on this number. In addition, this application can increase the number of bits in the serial number according to the increase in the number of peripheral devices to facilitate serial numbering and management of peripheral devices.

Although this application is disclosed above with the aforementioned embodiments, it is not intended to limit the application. Without departing from the spirit and scope of this application, all changes and modifications made are within the scope of patent protection of this application. For the scope of protection defined by this application, please refer to the attached patent scope.

11 Identification software 12 Main device 13 Management device 14 Display device 15 Reference information 121 The first connection interface 122 Operating system 131 The second connection interface 132 Connection port 151, 152, 153, 154 Peripheral devices Step s201~s204

The drawings described here are used to provide a further understanding of the application and constitute a part of the application. The exemplary embodiments and descriptions of the application are used to explain the application and do not constitute an improper limitation of the application. In the schema: Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a system for controlling peripheral devices according to an embodiment of the present application. Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a method for controlling peripheral devices according to an embodiment of the present application.

Step s201~s204

Claims (10)

A method for controlling peripheral devices includes: providing a main device having a first connection interface and installing an operating system; connecting a management device with a second connection interface to the main device, the management device having Multiple ports, each of which is connected to a peripheral device; when the management device is connected to the main device, the main device will first detect the management device and give a prompt message to remind the management device that the The main device is directly identified, and the main device cannot communicate with the management device; install an identification software to the main device, the identification software communicates with the management device according to the prompt message, and the identification software is based on the management device provided To determine whether the peripheral device is connected to the multiple ports of the management device; and when the identification software determines that the port of the management device is connected to the peripheral device, the identification software will determine whether the peripheral device is connected to the port of the management device. The user's setting informs the operating system to activate the peripheral device, and allows the peripheral device to obtain a number, and the number obtained by the peripheral device is displayed on a display device through the operating system. The method for controlling a peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein the reference information includes a bit number used to indicate whether each port has a corresponding state of plugging and connecting the peripheral device, wherein, if the port is If the corresponding bit number is 1, it means that the port is connected to the peripheral device, and the identification software will give the peripheral device the number; if the bit number corresponding to the port is 0, it means that the port has no Connect the peripheral device. The method for controlling peripheral devices according to claim 1, wherein the operating system is a Microsoft Windows operating system. The method for controlling a peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein the management device is a hub, a switch, a router, a router, or a device with a connection interface and a peripheral device management function. The method for controlling a peripheral device according to claim 4, wherein the interface of the management device, the port, the peripheral device, the first connection interface or the second connection interface is a parallel interface, a serial interface, and a USB interface Or the connection port is used to correspond to the interface for connecting the peripheral device for signal transmission. A system for controlling peripheral devices includes: a main device with a first connection interface and an operating system installed with an identification software; a management device connected to the main device, wherein the management device has A second connection interface and a plurality of ports, a plurality of the ports are connected to a plurality of peripheral devices; and a display device, connected to the main device; wherein the identification software will connect the main device according to the management device, the The main device detects a prompt message given by the management device to communicate with the management device, and based on a reference information provided by the management device, determines whether the peripheral device is connected to the multiple ports of the management device , If the peripheral device is connected, the identification software will notify the operating system to enable the peripheral device according to a user’s setting, and allow the peripheral device to obtain a number, and display the peripheral device obtained through the operating system The number is on the display device. The system for controlling peripheral devices according to claim 6, wherein the reference information includes a number of bits used to indicate whether each port has a status corresponding to the peripheral device, wherein, if the port corresponds If the number of bits in the port is 1, it means that the port is connected to the peripheral device, and the identification software will give the peripheral device the number; if the number of bits corresponding to the port is 0, it means that the port is not connected The peripheral device. The system for controlling peripheral devices according to claim 6, wherein the operating system is a Microsoft Windows series operating system. The system for controlling peripheral devices according to claim 6, wherein the management device is a hub, a switch, a router, a router, or a device with a connection interface and a peripheral device management function. The system for controlling peripheral devices according to claim 9, wherein the interfaces of the management device, the port or the peripheral device, the first connection interface, and the second connection interface are parallel interface, serial interface, and USB interface Or the connection port is used to correspond to the interface for connecting the peripheral device for signal transmission.

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