CN201041742Y - USB device with GPS function - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a USB device of utensil GPS function, it includes: a printed circuit board; a memory; a GPS module; the controller can receive the longitude and latitude information and the real-time information and establish a first database in the memory; and a connection interface; when the connection interface receives the picture file with the time information, the controller establishes a second database in the memory according to the picture file with the time information, compares the time information with the first database, and writes the longitude and latitude information received during the real-time information into the second database when the time information is consistent with the first database, so that the picture file in the second database has the time information and the longitude and latitude information of global positioning at the same time.

Description

USB device with GPS function

technical field

The utility model relates to a USB device with GPS function, in particular to a USB device which can add global positioning latitude and longitude information to the EXIF field of a picture file, and which can be automatically executed after being plugged into a computer host. The image file with the EXIF field is uploaded to the USB device with GPS function of the specific website.

Background technique

According to, because the price of the global positioning system (GPS) module is becoming more and more reasonable, it is also becoming more and more popular to install the global positioning system (GPS) module on the portable electronic device, such as the common mobile phone with GPS module on the market, with GPS module A watch or a digital camera with a GPS module, etc., the GPS module can transmit the time field and the longitude and latitude fields of the location.

The JPEG image files taken by general digital cameras usually contain EXIF fields, as shown in Table 1, the format of the EXIF field includes: manufacturer, model, image size, equipment type, creation date, modification date, original date , original date, exposure time, aperture size, maximum aperture and other information. Alternatively, the EXIF field of the JPEG image file captured by a digital camera with a GPS module will contain both time and latitude and longitude field information, as shown in Table 2.

However, if the user wants to upload the JPEG image file he has taken to a specific website, such as but not limited to the Google Earth website for everyone to share, he needs to connect his digital camera to a computer host, and on the computer host Execute a specific program to connect to the Google Earth website, and then upload the JPEG image file. The operation procedure is complicated and inconvenient to use, which is really a fly in the ointment.

Utility model content

The purpose of the utility model is to provide a USB device with GPS function to overcome the defects in the known technology.

In order to achieve the above object, the USB device with GPS function provided by the utility model includes:

A printed circuit board, used to carry the components described later;

a memory placed on the printed circuit board for storing data;

A GPS module placed on the printed circuit board to receive latitude and longitude information transmitted by global positioning satellites;

a controller, placed on the printed circuit board and coupled to the memory and the GPS module, which can receive the latitude and longitude information and time information and establish a first database in the memory; and

A connection interface, placed on the printed circuit board and coupled to the controller, can be coupled to an electronic device;

When the connection interface receives a picture file with time information, in addition to establishing a second database in the internal memory according to the time information, the controller will compare the time information with the first database. The latitude and longitude information received during the time information is written into the second database, so that the picture file has time information and latitude and longitude information of global positioning at the same time.

The described USB device with GPS function, wherein the memory can be a flash memory or a flash memory card, and the flash memory card can be a SmartMedia, CompactFlash, Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick, Memory Memory cards such as Stick Pro, XD, Microdrive, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro Duo, MicroSD or miniSD.

The described USB device with GPS function, wherein the controller can be a USB controller with OTG function, the connection interface can be a USB connection interface, and the electronic device can be a digital camera or a portable storage device .

The USB device with GPS function further has a real-time clock placed on the printed circuit board and coupled to the controller for providing real-time time information and accepting time correction instructions from the controller.

The USB device with GPS function, wherein the time information of the picture file is included in an EXIF field and stored in the second database, the EXIF field includes the basic information of the photo and the time field, the controller also The latitude and longitude information can be written into the EXIF field.

In the USB device with GPS function, the controller further includes an MP3 decoding function, which can receive music files in MP3 format and output them after decoding.

The USB device with GPS function further includes an MP3 decoding function, which is placed on the printed circuit board and coupled to the controller, capable of receiving music files in MP3 format and outputting them after decoding.

The described USB device with GPS function further includes a display unit and several keys, wherein the display unit is coupled to the controller for displaying the relevant information of the EXIF field or the MP3 file; the keys are respectively coupled to The controller is used to operate or set the real-time time information, latitude and longitude information or time information of the picture file.

The USB device with GPS function further includes a casing and a battery, wherein the casing further includes an upper casing and a lower casing, and the upper casing and the lower casing can be covered with each other to form a an accommodating space for accommodating the printed circuit board, and the upper case has several openings and openings for exposing the connecting interface, display unit and keys; the battery is placed in the accommodating space and coupled to the GPS module, memory, real-time clock, controller, connection interface and display unit to supply the required power.

The described USB device with GPS function further has an automatic execution function, when it is connected to a host computer, the picture files therein can be uploaded to a specific website via the Internet automatically, and the specific website can be is a Google Earth website, where the particular website may be a Google Earth website.

By implementing the utility model, it has the following effects:

1) The USB device with GPS function of the present invention can be installed in a vehicle or in an appropriate location outdoors, and can be connected to another device with a picture file via USB to add the latitude and longitude information to the EXIF field of the picture file , so that the picture files in the device have both time information and longitude and latitude information.

2) The USB device with GPS function of the present invention can be used as a picture backup device.

3) The USB device with GPS function of the present invention has an automatic execution function, and can automatically connect to a specific website after being plugged into the computer host, such as but not limited to the GoogleEarth website, and the image file with the EXIF field upload.

4) The USB device with GPS function of the present utility model has the function of playing MP3.

To sum up, aiming at the shortcomings of the known USB device with GPS function, the USB device with GPS function provided by the utility model can add the longitude and latitude information of the global positioning to the picture file with the EXIF field, and can be inserted Upload the picture file with EXIF field to the USB device with GPS function on the specific website with automatic execution function behind the host computer.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a block diagram of a USB device with GPS function of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a perspective view of the USB device with GPS function of the present invention.

FIG. 3( a ) is a schematic diagram showing the connection between the USB device with GPS function and a digital camera of the present invention.

FIG. 3( b ) is a schematic diagram showing details of the first database and the second database of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the connection of the USB device with GPS function of the present invention to a computer.

Detailed ways

In order to further understand the structure, features and purpose of the present utility model, the detailed description of the accompanying drawings and preferred specific embodiments is as follows.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 to 4 together, wherein, FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of the USB device with GPS function of the present invention; FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the USB device with GPS function of the present invention; FIG. 3 (a ) shows a schematic diagram of a USB device with GPS function of the present invention connected to a digital camera; FIG. 3 (b) shows a detailed schematic diagram of the first database 21 and the second database 22 of the present invention; Schematic diagram of connecting a USB device with GPS function to a computer.

As shown in the figure, the USB device 1 with GPS function of the present utility model includes: a printed circuit board 10; a memory 20; a GPS module 30; a real-time clock 40; a controller 50; made.

Wherein, the printed circuit board (PCB) 10 is used to carry components such as the memory 20 , the GPS module 30 , the real-time clock 40 , the controller 50 and the connection interface 60 .

The memory 20 is placed on the printed circuit board 10 for storing data, and it is for example but not limited to a flash memory or a flash memory card, and the flash memory card is for example but not limited to a SmartMedia, CompactFlash, Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Memory cards such as Digital (SD), Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, XD, Microdrive, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick ProDuo, MicroSD or miniSD are described in this embodiment using SD memory card as an example, but not This is the limit.

The GPS module 30 is placed on the printed circuit board 10 for receiving latitude and longitude information and time information transmitted by global positioning satellites (not shown). In addition, for more accurate real-time time, the USB device with GPS function of the present utility model can further have a real-time clock 40, and the real-time clock 40 is placed on the printed circuit board 10 to provide a real-time time information and receive the The time correction command of the controller 50 can be a general real time clock, but this is a known technology and is not the key point of the present invention, so it will not be described in detail here.

The controller 50 is placed on the printed circuit board 10 and is coupled to the memory 20, the GPS module 30 and the real-time clock 40, such as but not limited to a USB controller with OTG function, which can receive the GPS module 30 The longitude and latitude information, time information and the real time time information of this real time clock 40, and set up a first database 21 in this internal memory 20, comprise the longitude and latitude information and this real time clock information required by the global positioning system in this first database 21, At the same time, the real-time clock 40 is automatically calibrated with the clock information. In addition, the controller 50 can further include an MP3 decoding function, which can receive music files in MP3 format through the connection interface 60 and output them after decoding.

In the USB architecture, the computer host or the host device of the previous unit is the host control (host) terminal, and all USB bus signals must be sent from the computer host. Therefore, when two USB "slave" (device) devices are connected together, neither end can be the master device, so there is no way to connect them together. In order to solve the above problems, the USB-IF Association launched the USB OTG specification in June 1999 to make up for the inherent shortcomings of USB. USB OTG is the abbreviation of USB On-The-Go. This USB OTG interface has the advantages of point-to-point similar to 1394-FireWare. This advantage allows a USB "slave" device to read files on another USB "slave" device without going through a host computer.

The connection interface 60 is placed on the printed circuit board 10 and coupled to the controller 50 for coupling to an electronic device 200 . Wherein, the connection interface 60 is, for example but not limited to, a USB connection interface, and the electronic device 200 is, for example but not limited to, a digital camera or a portable storage device (or commonly known as a pen drive). As mentioned above, the time information of the picture file of the digital camera 200 is included in its EXIF field, and the controller 50 will create a second database 22 in the memory 20 when receiving the picture file to store the picture file.

In addition, the USB device 1 with GPS function of the present invention further includes an MP3 decoding function 70, which is placed on the printed circuit board 10 and coupled to the controller 50, and can receive MP3 format through the connection interface 60 music files and output after decoding.

In addition, the USB device 1 with GPS function of the present invention further includes a display unit 80 coupled to the controller 50 for displaying related information of the EXIF field or the MP3 file. The display unit 80 is, for example but not limited to, a liquid crystal display.

In addition, the USB device 1 with GPS function of the present utility model further includes a plurality of buttons 90, which are respectively coupled to the controller 50, for operating or setting the real-time time information, latitude and longitude information or time information of the picture file, etc. .

In addition, the USB device 1 with GPS function of the present utility model further includes a casing 100, which further includes an upper casing 110 and a lower casing 120, and the upper casing 110 and the lower casing 120 can cover each other for An accommodating space 130 is formed to accommodate the printed circuit board 10 , and the upper casing 110 has a plurality of openings 111 , 112 and openings 113 for the connection interface 60 , the display unit 80 and the key 90 to be exposed.

In addition, the USB device 1 with GPS function of the present invention further includes a battery 140, which is placed in the accommodating space 130 and is respectively coupled to the GPS module 20, memory 30, real-time clock 40, controller 50 and display unit 80 to supply its required power. Wherein, the battery 140 can be a primary battery or a secondary battery.

As shown in Figure 3(a), when the USB device 1 with GPS function of the present invention is connected to the digital camera 200, the picture files in the digital camera 200 can be sent to the controller 50 through the connection interface 60, and the The controller 50 will store the picture file in the memory 20 and create a file in the second database 22 with the EXIF field. The controller 50, in addition to establishing the second database 22 in the internal memory according to the time information of the picture file, compares the time information with the first database 21, when the time information in the photo file with the EXIF field When consistent with the time information in the first database 21, the controller 50 is about to write the latitude and longitude information corresponding to the time information into the second database 22 (as shown in Figure 3 (a)), so that the picture file is simultaneously Latitude and longitude information with time information and global positioning. Therefore, when the USB device 1 with GPS function of the present invention is connected to the digital camera 200 , it can be used as a memory bank to back up the picture files in the digital camera 200 .

In addition, the USB device 1 with GPS function of the present invention further has an auto run function. As shown in Figure 4, when the USB device 1 with GPS function of the present invention is connected to the host computer 300, when the USB device 1 with GPS function is connected to the host computer 300 via the connection interface 60, its built-in automatic execution The (auto run) function will start the host computer 300 to be automatically connected to a specific website 400 via an Internet 350, such as but not limited to Google Earth website, and the photo map containing real-time time information, latitude and longitude information in its internal memory 30 The file is uploaded to the Google Earth website 400, so that when a user connected to the Google Earth website 400 clicks on a certain location (such as Nantou, Taiwan), the photo map file (such as Sun Moon Lake) corresponding to the longitude and latitude information will be automatically displayed on its computer On the screen, and the photo map file will display time and latitude and longitude information at the same time.

Therefore, the USB device with GPS function of the present invention has the ability to add the latitude and longitude information of the global positioning to the EXIF field of the picture file, and can automatically execute the EXIF field after it is plugged into the computer host. The advantages such as uploading the picture file of the picture file to specific website, therefore can improve the shortcoming of known technology.

The description of this utility model is a preferred embodiment. For example, all partial changes or modifications derived from the technical idea of this utility model and easily deduced by those skilled in the art will not depart from the patent scope of this utility model.

Table 1

general information content manufacturer Canon model Canon EOS 5D image size 4368x2912 Creation date 2005:09:1317:04:27 date modified 2005:09:1317:04:27 exposure time 1/250″ aperture size F8.0 maximum aperture F2.8 exposure method Program AE exposure compensation 0 Metering method Evaluative flash light Off White balance setting auto ... ...

Table 2

GPS information GPS Altitude 78meters GPSAltitudeRef Above Sea Level GPSDateStamp 2003:05:24 GPSDateTime 2003:05:2417:04:27 GPSLatitude 35 deg 36′57.67″ GPSLatitudeRef North GPSLongitude 139 deg 41′50.34″ GPSLongitudeRef East GPSMaoDatum WGS-84 GPSPosition 35 deg 36′57.67″N. GPSProcessingMe.. HYBRID-FIX GPSTimeStamp 22:29:14 GPSVersionID 2.2.0.0 ...

Claims (7)

1. the USB device of a tool GPS function is characterized in that, comprising:

One printed circuit board (PCB) carries assembly described later;

One internal memory places on this printed circuit board (PCB);

One GPS module places on this printed circuit board (PCB);

The USB controller of one OTG function places on this printed circuit board (PCB) and is coupled to this internal memory and this GPS module, and it also sets up one first database in this internal memory; And

One USB connecting interface places on this printed circuit board (PCB) and is coupled to the USB controller of this OTG function, is coupled to an electronic installation.

2. the USB device of tool GPS function as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, save as a flash memory or a flash card in wherein being somebody's turn to do, and this flash card is a SmartMedia, CompactFlash, Multi Media Card, Secure Digital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, XD, Microdrive, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro Duo, MicroSD or miniSD RAM (random access memory) card.

3. the USB device of tool GPS function as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein this electronic installation is a digital camera or a portable memory device.

4. the USB device of tool GPS function as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that it further has a real-time clock, places on this printed circuit board (PCB) and is coupled to this controller, a real-time time information is provided and accepts the time adjustment instruction of this controller.

5. the USB device of tool GPS function as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that wherein this controller further comprises the MP3 decoding function.

6. the USB device of tool GPS function as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, comprises a display unit and plurality of keys, and wherein this display unit is coupled to this controller, shows the relevant information of this EXIF field or MP3 archives; This button is coupled to this controller respectively.

7. the USB device of tool GPS function as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, it further comprises a housing and a battery, wherein this housing further comprises a upper shell and a lower house, and this upper shell and lower house cover mutually forming an accommodation space holding this printed circuit board (PCB), and have plurality of opening on this upper shell and opening exposes for this connecting interface, display unit and button; This battery places this accommodation space and is coupled to this GPS module, internal memory, real-time clock, controller, connecting interface and display unit respectively, supplies its required power supply.

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