CN201066506Y - Card reading device capable of improving efficiency of application system and application system - Google Patents

Abstract

A card reading device capable of improving the efficiency of an application system is characterized in that the card reading device is embedded in the application system, wherein the application system is provided with a driving external memory module, and the card reading device comprises: at least one memory card connector, a flash memory and a control unit. The memory card connector is used for inserting a memory card, and the flash memory is used for driving and integrating the external memory module. The control unit is electrically connected with the memory card connector and the flash memory so that the memory card and the flash memory can perform data conversion with the application system through the control unit. Therefore, the flash memory can become an expanded memory of the application system, so that the whole memory space of the application system is increased, and the aim of improving the efficiency of the application system is fulfilled.

Description

Card reading device and application system capable of improving application system performance

technical field

The utility model relates to a card reading device, in particular to a card reading device which is embedded in an application system and can improve the efficiency of the application system.

Background technique

As the use of computers has become quite popular, whether it is for work, entertainment or study purposes, it seems that it has become a tool that the public relies on every day. With the rapid development of science and technology, computer-related fields, whether it is hardware equipment, application software, or even operating systems, are also constantly being improved and updated.

As far as users are concerned, the frequency of replacement of computer hardware equipment is usually not as frequent as that of application software. In other words, the same set of hardware devices can often meet the needs of most application software, but if we look at the evolution of the current operating system, because the functions of the operating system are becoming more and more complex, more and more software is integrated. In this case, the hardware resources occupied by the operating system itself will increase relatively. At this time, if the user wants to replace and use a newer operating system, he must consider updating the hardware equipment of the computer at the same time to improve the performance to cope with the operation. Otherwise, not only the operation of the operating system itself is not smooth, but also the application software installed on the operating system cannot be used in a better state.

The most important way to improve the performance of computer hardware can start from increasing the system memory (DRAM). However, the method of increasing performance by purchasing additional system memory not only increases the consumption cost of the user, but also must consider whether the motherboard used can support it, or the total number it can support, and sometimes the old one must be replaced. The system memory can be further expanded, and even the main board that can still be used must be replaced together. In this way, for the user, the cost must be increased and a kind of waste will be formed.

On the other hand, since memory cards are used more and more widely, memory card readers are gradually used by the public. The advantages of known card readers are that they are easy to carry and support multiple memory cards. As well as the advantages of convenient data transmission with the computer, and this has also led to the card reader becoming the most convenient transmission medium between the memory card and the computer. Therefore, how to allow users to have the effect of improving the performance of the application system when purchasing additional card readers for their own computers, so that users only need to spend a lower cost to have the application functions of the card reader at the same time , and indeed achieve the effect of improving performance.

Utility model content

In view of this, the technical problem to be solved by this utility model is to build the design of the flash memory into the card reading device, and in the aspect of the application system, match the program integrating the memory function to use the flash memory as the memory of the system, and then form a Expand the effect of memory to achieve the purpose of improving the performance of the application system. Therefore, with the help of the concept of the present utility model, the user can not only have the application function of the card reader, but also expand the memory of the application system used by the user at the same time, thereby achieving the effect of actually improving the performance of the application system.

The utility model provides a card reading device for an application system to read to improve the performance of the application system. The card reading device includes: at least one memory card connector for inserting a memory card of a corresponding specification; A flash memory that becomes the extended memory of the application system; and a control unit that is electrically connected to the memory card connector and the flash memory, and enables the memory card and the flash memory to transmit data with the application system through the control of the control unit .

The utility model also provides an application system, which has the above-mentioned card reading device.

In other words, in order to achieve the above purpose, according to a solution provided by the utility model, a card reading device that can improve the performance of the application system is provided, which is characterized in that it is embedded in the housing of the application system, and the application system It has a drive external memory module (ExternalMemory Drive), and the card reading device includes: at least one memory card connector, a flash memory and a control unit. Wherein, the memory card connector is used for inserting a memory card of a corresponding specification, and the flash memory is a memory used for driver integration when the driver external memory module is enabled. The control unit is electrically connected to the memory card connector and the flash memory, and is used to bridge the application system, so that the memory card and the flash memory can perform data conversion with the application system through the control unit. In this way, the flash memory becomes the extended memory of the application system through the integration of the external memory module of the driver, so that the overall memory space of the application system can be increased, thereby achieving the purpose of improving the performance of the application system.

In order to further understand the features and technical content of the present utility model, please refer to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings of the present utility model. However, the attached drawings are only for reference and illustration, and are not intended to limit the present utility model.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the application schematic diagram of the card reading device of the utility model that can improve application system efficiency;

Fig. 2 is the embodiment block diagram of the card reading device that the utility model can improve application system efficiency; And

FIG. 3 is a partial reference circuit diagram of the card reading device of the present invention.

[Description of reference signs of main components]

Application system 1

Card reader 10

memory card connector 101

Flash 102

control unit 103

Interface connection port 104

Voltage conversion unit 105

storage device 11

Drive external memory module 111

Buffer memory management module 112

System connection port 12

memory card 2

Detailed ways

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is an application diagram of the card reader device of the present invention that can improve the performance of the application system. As shown in the figure, the present invention provides a card reading device 10, which is embedded in an application system 1, and the application system 1 in this embodiment is illustrated with a desktop computer, but in addition, The application system 1 can also be, for example, a notebook computer or other devices with an operating system.

The card reading device 10 of the present invention includes: at least one memory card connector 101 , a flash memory 102 , a control unit 103 and an interface connection port 104 . Wherein, the memory card connector 101 is used for providing the user to plug in a memory card 2 of a corresponding specification. For example, in this embodiment, four memory card connectors 101 are designed for plugging in different memory cards 2 ( Such as: Compact Flash Card, CF card), so that the memory card 2 used by the user can access data with the application system 1 through the card reader 10 . In addition, the actual form of the memory card connector 101 can be a memory card connector with a single transmission standard as shown in the figure, or can be designed as an all-in-one memory card connector with multiple transmission standards, for example.

And the flash memory 102 (such as: NAND type flash memory) in the present utility model, besides can provide the user to carry out the access of data, is mainly used as the expansion memory of application system 1, makes application system 1 connect this additionally The flash memory 102 is integrated as an extended memory for the own system to increase the overall memory space, thereby improving the processing performance of the application system 1 . Moreover, the control unit 103 is used to bridge the application system 1 so that the application system 1 can perform data transmission and conversion with the memory card 2 and/or the flash memory 102 by means of the operation processing of the card reading device 10 .

On the other hand, the interface connection port 104 can be connected to the application system 1 through, for example, a signal connection line (not shown), so as to achieve the function of data transmission. And just because the card reading device 10 of the present utility model belongs to the card reading device 10 of internal connection type, therefore the flash memory 102 wherein just can be fixedly become the use of the expansion memory of application system 1, and can not because portable disk device at any time It can be separated from the application system 1, so that the application system 1 must transfer the data content therein to the fixed storage device (such as a hard disk) of the application system 1 before the device is removed, so as to reduce the occupation of the execution program of the system.

In order to further illustrate the technical features of the present invention, please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 at the same time, which are block diagrams and partial reference circuit diagrams of an embodiment of the card reader device of the present invention that can improve the performance of the application system. As shown in the figure, in the card reader device 10 provided by the present invention, the embedded application system 1 has a driving external memory module 111, which makes the application system 1 execute driving the external memory module 111 to read The flash memory 102 in the card device 10 is driven and integrated, and then the flash memory 102 becomes the extended memory of the application system 1, and is provided for the access of the application system 1 together with the original system memory (DRAM). That is to say, the available overall memory space in the application system 1 will increase, so the application system 1 can achieve the purpose of improving performance by internally connecting the card reading device 10 of the present invention.

In terms of the structure of the card reading device 10, the memory card connector 101 is used to provide the user with inserting the memory card 2, and the control unit 103 is electrically connected to the memory card connector 101 and the flash memory 102 on the one hand, and on the other hand It is used to bridge the application system 1 so that the memory card 2 and the flash memory 102 can perform data conversion with the application system 1 through the control unit 103 . In addition, the interface connection port 104 is electrically connected to the control unit 103 , and is used for correspondingly plugging into a system connection port 12 of the application system 1 to transmit data converted between the control unit 103 and the application system 1 . In practice, the interface connection port 104 and the corresponding system connection port 12 can be, for example, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) transmission interface.

In addition, the card reading device 10 further includes a voltage conversion unit 105, electrically connected to the interface connection port 104, for receiving a system voltage (for example: 5 volts) transmitted by the interface connection port 104, and then converting and generating an output voltage (for example: 3.3 volts), and are respectively provided to the control unit 103, the memory card 2 and the flash memory 102 for use. In this embodiment, for the convenience of description, the voltage conversion unit 105 is designed in a way that is externally installed in the control unit 103, and in actual application, the voltage conversion unit 105 can also be built in the control unit 103 to save cost.

操作系统中内建的ReadyBoost及Ready-Drive的功能)，或者可为外挂于操作系统的软件程序等不同的实现方式。Moreover, in the application system 1, in addition to having the drive external memory module 111, it may further include a buffer memory management module 112, which is used to manage the overall memory space integrated by the drive external memory module 111 in the application system 1, Therefore, the application system 1 can fully utilize all the memory space, and there is sufficient space to automatically preload the files frequently used by the user in advance, so as to further improve the response time of the application system 1 . The above-mentioned buffer memory management module 112 and driver external memory module 111 can be stored in a storage device 11 of the application system 1, for example, and the integration and management of the card reading device 10 can be achieved by bridging the system connection port 12 and the interface connection port 104 purpose of the flash memory 102. In addition, the drive external memory module 111 and the buffer memory management module 112 can be built into the operating system of the application system 1 (such as: Microsoft

The function of ReadyBoost and Ready-Drive built in the operating system), or it can be implemented in different ways such as a software program plugged into the operating system.

Incidentally, when the card reading device 10 of the present invention is actually operated in the application system 1, since the control unit 103 in the card reading device 10 sets different logical unit numbers for the flash memory 102 and the memory card connector 101 respectively (Logical Unit Number, LUN), so that the flash memory 102 and the memory card connector 101 become independent logical units. Therefore, in the application system 1, the disk slot icons corresponding to the card reader 10 are independent disks. For example, the card reader 10 is designed with four memory card connectors 101, and together with a flash memory 102. The one shown in is a set with five removable disk bays. And therefore, for the user, the flash memory 102 can not only be used as an expansion memory of the application system 1, but also can be used as a storage device for the user to store general data files.

To sum up, the utility model can improve the performance of the application system card reading device, which is based on the architecture embedded in the application system, so that the flash memory added in the card reading device can be fixed as the expansion memory of the application system, while maintaining the application system The performance of the system is certain, and when the user purchases the card reading device, in addition to having the function of accessing the memory card, he can also improve the performance of his own application system. In this way, the practicability and multi-purpose of the card reading device can be greatly increased.

However, the above description is only a detailed description and accompanying drawings of specific embodiments of the present utility model, and is not intended to limit the present utility model. The scope of protection of the present utility model should be based on the scope of the claims. Anyone skilled in the art Within the scope of the utility model, easily conceivable changes or modifications can be covered within the scope of protection defined by the utility model.

Claims (11)

1. a reader device is characterized in that, reads for an application system, and to improve the usefulness of this application system, this reader device comprises:

The memory card connector of the memory card of the corresponding specification of at least one grafting;

One flash memory in order to the Extended RAM that becomes this application system; And

One control module electrically connects this memory card connector and this flash memory, and makes this memory card and this flash memory carry out the transmission of data with this application system by the control of this control module.

2. reader device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described reader device is embedded in this application system.

3. reader device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described memory card connector is the memory card connector of single transmission standard or is the All-in-One memory card connector of a plurality of transmission standards.

4. reader device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described control module is numbered by different logic units respectively and controlled this memory card connector and this flash memory.

5. reader device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, further comprises:

One interface connectivity port electrically connects this control module, and a corresponding system connectivity port that is plugged in this application system, and then transmits institute's data converted between this control module and this application system.

6. reader device as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, described interface connectivity port is the interface that universal serial bus or sequence are advanced the attached specification of rank technology.

7. reader device as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, further comprises:

One voltage conversion unit electrically connects this interface connectivity port, and after receiving a system voltage that is transmitted this interface connectivity port, conversion produces an output voltage and gives this control module, this memory card connector and this flash memory.

8. an application system is characterized in that, has as each described reader device in the claim 1 to 7.

9. application system as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, described application system further comprises a driving external memory module of the Extended RAM that becomes this application system, drives and integrates this flash memory.

10. application system as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, described application system further comprises a buffer storage supervisory module, connects and manage the Extended RAM of this application system.

11. application system as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, described driving external memory module and this buffer storage supervisory module are arranged at a storage device of this application system.

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