TWM609414U - USB flash disk copy apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A USB flash drive copying device has: a housing; a message display screen located in a display area of the housing; a plurality of keys located in a key area of the housing; and a plurality of copy modules located in Each of the copy modules in the casing includes a control circuit board and at least one USB 3.0 slot connected to the control circuit board, and the USB 3.0 slot is used for a USB 2.0 flash drive or a USB 3.0 A flash drive is plugged in, and the control circuit board includes a processor, a random access memory electrically coupled to the processor and at least one USB flash drive control circuit, wherein the random access memory has a mother source A data storage area for storing mother source data; the at least one USB flash drive control circuit is correspondingly electrically coupled to the at least one USB 3.0 slot to automatically determine the signal specification of the at least one USB flash drive and control the at least one USB Data read/write operation of the flash drive.

Description

USB flash drive copy device

This creation is about data storage media copying devices, especially about a USB flash drive copying device.

Common USB flash drive copying is usually performed using a PC (personal computer). However, this approach requires the cooperation of management software, and it cannot handle many USB flash drives at once.

In addition, in order to meet the copy requirements of different USB specifications, such as USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, USB flash drive copy device manufacturers may have to prepare copy devices of different specifications or set both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports on a copy device.

In addition, in order to meet the different needs of different customers for the number of copies of USB flash drives, manufacturers of USB flash drive copying devices may have to prepare copying devices of different numbers and specifications. For example, if the copy quantity requirement of client A is 50 and the copy quantity requirement of client B is 100, in order to meet the needs of both clients A and B, the manufacturer must provide two USB flash drive copy devices with different quantity specifications. However, it is a big challenge for manufacturers to meet various specifications in different quantities.

In order to solve the aforementioned problems, we urgently need a novel USB flash drive copying device.

One purpose of this creation is to disclose a USB flash drive copying device, which can automatically determine whether the inserted USB flash drive is a USB 2.0 flash drive or a USB 3.0 flash drive.

Another purpose of this creation is to disclose a USB flash drive copying device, which can automatically perform a one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of USB flash drives inserted into its plurality of USB ports according to the specifications of each USB flash drive (USB 2.0 or USB 3.0) Copy job.

Another purpose of this creation is to disclose a USB flash drive copying device, which can automatically perform a one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of USB flash drives inserted into its plurality of USB ports according to the specifications of each USB flash drive (USB 2.0 or USB 3.0) Inspection work to eliminate unqualified USB flash drives.

Another purpose of this creation is to disclose a USB flash drive copying device, which can automatically perform a data comparison on a plurality of USB flash drives inserted into its plurality of USB ports according to the specifications of each USB flash drive (USB 2.0 or USB 3.0) Work to ensure the correctness of the data copy.

Another purpose of this creation is to disclose a USB flash drive copy device, which can be expanded by serial connection to meet the needs of a batch of copies.

In order to achieve the aforementioned purpose, a USB flash drive copy device has been proposed, which has:

A shell

A message display screen located in a display area of the casing;

A plurality of buttons are located in a button area of the casing; and

A plurality of copy modules are located in the housing and each of the copy modules includes a control circuit board and at least one USB 3.0 slot connected to the control circuit board, and the USB 3.0 slot is used for a USB A 2.0 flash drive or a USB 3.0 flash drive is plugged in, and the control circuit board includes a processor, a random access memory electrically coupled to the processor and at least one USB flash drive control circuit, wherein the random memory The fetch memory has a mother source data storage area to store the mother source data; the at least one USB flash drive control circuit is correspondingly electrically coupled to the at least one USB 3.0 slot to automatically determine the signal specification of the at least one USB flash drive And controlling the data read/write operation of the at least one USB flash drive according to the detected signal specification.

In one embodiment, the copy module further includes an expansion input port and an expansion output port connected to the control circuit board, and the control circuit board further includes an expansion interface electrically coupled to the processor, And the expansion input port and the expansion output port are electrically coupled to the expansion interface to receive the mother source data from the expansion input port and/or output the mother source through the expansion output port Data; and the plurality of copy modules are connected to each other by the expansion input port and the expansion output port, and the connection mode is the expansion output port of the copy module and The expansion input port of the other copy module is electrically connected.

In one embodiment, the mother source data comes from a mother source flash memory module, and the mother source flash memory module is plugged into one of the plurality of copy modules. One of the copy modules is in the USB 3.0 slot.

In one embodiment, the at least one USB flash drive control circuit is further used to perform a corresponding detection operation on the at least one USB flash drive according to the detected signal specifications to eliminate unqualified USB 2.0 Flash drive or USB 3.0 flash drive.

In one embodiment, the at least one USB flash drive control circuit is further used to perform a corresponding data comparison operation on the at least one USB flash drive according to the detected signal specifications to ensure the correctness of the data copy .

In one embodiment, the message display screen is composed of a liquid crystal display, and the USB flash drive copying device further has a plurality of display lights .

In an embodiment, the at least one USB 3.0 socket is connected to the control circuit board in a pluggable/removable manner.

In one embodiment, the plurality of copy modules are all installed in the housing in a non-destructively removable manner.

In one embodiment, the control circuit board of each of the copy modules further includes a button circuit and a display interface, and the plurality of buttons and the message display screen are the same as those of the plurality of copy modules The key circuit and the display interface of a first copy module are correspondingly coupled.

In one embodiment, the control circuit board of each copy module further includes a work recording unit to record at least one work history of each copy module.

In order to enable your review committee to further understand the structure, features and purpose of this creation, the drawings and detailed descriptions of the preferred specific embodiments are attached as follows.

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic diagram of the appearance of an embodiment of the creation of a USB flash drive copying device. As shown in FIG. 1, the USB flash drive copying device includes a housing 100, a message display 110, buttons 120-123, and a plurality of copy modules each fixed on the housing 100 by a bezel 130, Each of the copy modules has a plurality of USB 3.0 slots 131 and a plurality of display lights 1310, and each of the copy modules is installed in the housing 100 in a non-destructively removable manner, and each The USB 3.0 socket 131 is connected to a control circuit board of a copy module in a pluggable/removable manner. In addition, the USB 3.0 slot 131 can accommodate a USB 2.0 flash drive or a USB 3.0 flash drive.

The message display screen 110 can be realized by a liquid crystal display, which is used to display necessary messages to an operator.

The buttons 120-123 may include a start button and a plurality of selection buttons for the user to press to command the USB flash drive copy device to perform a data copy operation or a detection operation, wherein the data copy operation is used for Copy the data of a mother-source USB flash drive (which is plugged into the USB 3.0 slot 131 of one of the first copy modules in the plurality of copy modules) to a plurality of USB flash drives (which may include USB flash drives inserted in the other USB 3.0 slots 131 of the first copy module and/or USB flash drives inserted in the USB 3.0 slots 131 of the other copy modules), and The detection operation may include a reading and writing speed screening operation and/or a capacity screening operation to eliminate unqualified USB flash drives, wherein each USB flash drive can be a USB 2.0 flash drive or a USB 3.0 flash drive.

In addition, please refer to FIG. 2, which is a schematic diagram of removing the copy module of one of the USB flash drive copying devices in FIG. 1 and pulling out one of the USB 3.0 slots 131 contained therein. As shown in FIG. 2, the copy module can be removed from the USB flash drive copy device in a non-destructive manner and it has a control circuit board 132, and the control circuit board 132 has a plurality of connectors 131a for a plurality of USB 3.0 plugs. Slot 131 is plugged in. Accordingly, when a USB 3.0 slot 131 or a control circuit board 132 fails, it can be replaced by a good product to maintain the integrity of the USB flash drive copying device.

In addition, please refer to FIG. 3, which shows a circuit block diagram of the copy module. As shown in FIG. 3, the control circuit board 132 has a processor 1321, a random access memory 1322 electrically coupled to the processor 1321, an expansion interface 1323, a plurality of USB flash drive control circuits 1324, and a button circuit 1325 , A display interface 1326, a work record unit 1327, and a communication interface 1328, in which a plurality of USB flash drive control circuits 1324 are electrically coupled with a plurality of USB 3.0 slots 131, and an expansion interface 1323 is an expansion input port 133 and an expansion output port 134 are electrically coupled.

In the circuit block diagram of FIG. 3, the random access memory 1322 has a mother source data storage area to store the mother source data, wherein the mother source data comes from the mother source USB flash drive; the expansion interface 1323 series and expansion The input port 133 and the expansion output port 134 are electrically coupled to receive the mother source data from the expansion input port 133 and/or output the mother source data via the expansion output port 134; the plurality of USB portable devices Each of the disk control circuits 1324 is electrically coupled to a USB 3.0 slot 131 to automatically determine the signal specification of at least one USB flash drive (USB 2.0 or USB 3.0) and control the data of the at least one USB flash drive according to the signal specification Read/write operations; the button circuit 1325 can be electrically coupled to the set of buttons 120, but generally speaking, only the button circuit 1325 of the first copy module is electrically coupled to the buttons 120-123; the display interface 1326 can be electrically coupled Connected to the message display screen 110, but generally speaking, only the display interface 1326 of the first copy module is electrically coupled to the message display screen 110; the job recording unit 1327 is used to record at least one job of the copy module And the communication interface 1328 can communicate with an external device, but generally speaking, only the communication interface 1328 of the first copy module communicates with an external device to provide the at least one working history of each of the copy modules Give this external device.

According to the circuit structure shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of the copy modules can be connected to each other through the expansion input port 133 and the expansion output port 134, and the connection method is an expansion output port of the copy module 134 is electrically connected to the expansion input port 133 of the other copy module. Please refer to FIG. 4, which shows a circuit block diagram of a plurality of the copy modules connected in series to form a USB flash drive copy device. As shown in FIG. 4, only the control circuit board 132 of the first copy module is coupled to the message display 110, the buttons 120-123, an external device 300, and a source containing the source data. USB flash drive 200. Accordingly, the USB flash drive copying device can execute the data copy operation (to write the mother source data to each USB flash drive 210) or execute the described data copy operation according to a pressing operation of a user The operation is detected, and the at least one work history of each copy module is provided to the external device 300.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a schematic diagram of an operation of the creation of a USB flash drive copy device. As shown in FIG. 5, by pressing the buttons 120-123, the author can copy the data of a mother-source USB flash drive 200 to other USB flash drives 210.

In addition, the USB flash drive copy device created by this invention can also perform a data comparison operation to ensure the correctness of the data copy.

In addition, since the functions of this creation can be written in a single firmware, the USB flash drive copy device created by this creation does not need the support of a PC (personal computer) to meet the user's data copy needs.

With the design disclosed above, this creation has the following advantages:

1. The created USB flash drive copy device can automatically determine whether the inserted USB flash drive is a USB 2.0 flash drive or a USB 3.0 flash drive.

2. The USB flash drive copy device created by this invention can automatically copy multiple USB flash drives inserted into its multiple USB ports according to the specifications of each USB flash drive (USB 2.0 or USB 3.0).

3. The USB flash drive copy device created by this creation can automatically perform a corresponding inspection operation on multiple USB flash drives inserted into its multiple USB ports according to the specifications of each USB flash drive (USB 2.0 or USB 3.0) to eliminate unqualified USB flash drive.

4. The USB flash drive copy device created by this creation can automatically perform a data comparison operation on multiple USB flash drives inserted into its multiple USB ports according to the specifications of each USB flash drive (USB 2.0 or USB 3.0) to ensure data copying The correctness.

5. The created USB flash drive copy device can be expanded by serial connection to meet the needs of a batch of copies.

The disclosure in this case is a preferred embodiment, and any partial changes or modifications that are derived from the technical ideas of the case and can be easily inferred by those who are familiar with the art will not deviate from the scope of the patent right of the case.

In summary, no matter the purpose, means or effect of this case, the case is completely different from the known technology, and its first creation is suitable for practicality, and it does meet the patent requirements of the invention. I implore the examiner to check it out and grant the patent as soon as possible to benefit the society. It is for the best prayer.

100: shell 110: Message display 120-123: Button 130: bezel 131: USB3.0 slot 131a: connector 1310: indicator light 132: control circuit board 1321: processor 1322: random access memory 1323: Expansion interface 1324: USB flash drive control circuit 1325: button circuit 1326: display interface 1327: Work Record Unit 1328: Communication interface 133: Expansion input port 134: Expansion output port 200: Mother-source flash memory module 210: Flash memory module 300: External device

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of an embodiment of the creation of a USB flash drive copying device. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of removing a copy module of the USB flash drive copying device of FIG. 1 and pulling out a USB 3.0 slot included in the copy module. FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram of a copy module shown in FIG. 2. FIG. FIG. 4 shows a circuit block diagram of a USB flash drive copying device with a plurality of copy modules shown in FIG. 3 connected in series. Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of an operation of the creation of a USB flash drive copy device.

131: USB 3.0 slot

132: control circuit board

1321: processor

1322: random access memory

1323: Expansion interface

1324: USB flash drive control circuit

1325: button circuit

1326: display interface

1327: Work Record Unit

1328: Communication interface

133: Expansion input port

134: Expansion output port

Claims (10)

A USB flash drive copying device, which has: A shell A message display screen located in a display area of the casing; A plurality of buttons are located in a button area of the casing; and A plurality of copy modules are located in the housing and each of the copy modules includes a control circuit board and at least one USB 3.0 slot connected to the control circuit board, and the USB 3.0 slot is used for a USB A 2.0 flash drive or a USB 3.0 flash drive is plugged in, and the control circuit board includes a processor, a random access memory electrically coupled to the processor and at least one USB flash drive control circuit, wherein the random memory The fetch memory has a mother source data storage area to store the mother source data; the at least one USB flash drive control circuit is correspondingly electrically coupled to the at least one USB 3.0 slot to automatically determine the signal specification of the at least one USB flash drive And controlling the data read/write operation of the at least one USB flash drive according to the signal specification. For the USB flash drive copy device described in the first item of the patent application, the copy module further includes an expansion input port and an expansion output port connected to the control circuit board, and the control circuit board further includes and The processor is electrically coupled to an expansion interface, and both the expansion input port and the expansion output port are electrically coupled to the expansion interface to receive the mother source data from the expansion input port and/or via The expansion output port outputs the mother source data; and the plurality of copy modules are connected to each other through the expansion input port and the expansion output port, and the connection method is the one described The expansion output port of the copy module is electrically connected to the expansion input port of another copy module. In the USB flash drive copying device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the said mother source data is from a mother source flash memory module, and the mother source flash memory module is plugged in One of the first copy modules among the plurality of copy modules is in the USB 3.0 slot. The USB flash drive copying device as described in claim 1, wherein the at least one USB flash drive control circuit is further used to perform a corresponding detection on the at least one USB flash drive according to the signal specification Work to eliminate unqualified USB 2.0 flash drives or USB 3.0 flash drives. The USB flash drive copying device described in claim 1, wherein the at least one USB flash drive control circuit is further used to perform a corresponding data comparison on the at least one USB flash drive according to the signal specification Work to ensure the correctness of the data copy. In the USB flash drive copying device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the message display screen is composed of a liquid crystal display, and the USB flash drive copying device further has a plurality of display lights . In the USB flash drive copying device described in the first item of the scope of the patent application, the at least one USB 3.0 slot is connected to the control circuit board in a pluggable/removable manner. In the USB flash drive copy device described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, the plurality of copy modules are installed in the casing in a non-destructively removable manner. According to the USB flash drive copy device described in the first item of the scope of patent application, the control circuit board of each copy module further includes a button circuit and a display interface, and the plurality of buttons and the message display The screen is correspondingly coupled to the key circuit and the display interface of a first copy module of one of the plurality of copy modules. According to the USB flash drive copy device described in the first item of the patent application, the control circuit board of each copy module further includes a work recording unit to record at least one work history of each copy module.

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