TW200426669A - Serial computer peripheral storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

A serial computer peripheral storage device can go through a specific communication interface, such as the USB communication interface, to connect to a computer platform so as to provide external data storage function to the computer platform. It is featured by allowing user to serially connect two or more than two such serial computer peripheral storage devices so as to provide more additionally data storage capacity. Compared with the conventional USB flash drive, such serial computer peripheral storage device is more evolving and practical in use because it allows user to expand the external data storage capacity of its computer platform with convenient and cost effective means.

Description

200426669 V. Description of the invention (l) [Technical field to which the invention belongs] The present invention relates to a computer information technology, and more particularly to a serial computer peripheral storage device, which can be passed through a specific communication interface. Standard universal serial bus (USB) communication interface to connect to a computer platform to provide external data storage function to the computer platform; and its feature is that it allows users to connect two or two The above-mentioned serial computer peripheral storage devices are connected in series to provide additional and more data storage capacity. [Previous technology] A flash drive is a small portable computer peripheral storage device, which is generally compatible with standard universal serial bus (Universal Serial Bus, USB) communication interface, and can also be connected to A computer platform equipped with a USB port, including desktop personal computers, pen computers, personal digital assistants (pers 〇na 1 D 丨 g 丨 ^ 1

Assistant, PDA), etc., to provide users with a plug-and-play (pnp) external data storage

The USB flash drive does not require an external power supply, nor does it need to be in a computer. Α μ # A ° Jt.-{Ζ- Ig -φτ -fa-, and its volume is extremely thin, short, and easy to carry. Therefore, the computer consumer market A very popular type of computer peripherals is the # 4. However, one of the flash drives currently on the consumer market provides a relatively small and fixed data storage capacity, such as ^ ^ 3 2 MB (megabyte), 6 4 Μ B, 1 2 8 Μ B, 2 5 6 Μ B, etc. originally purchased a 32MB flash drive for the user, but then = '

Storage capacity, the user obviously needs to add another Teng, using 1 2 8 MB, a 128MB

] 7327 英 保 达 .ptd 200426669 ‘· * V. Description of the invention (2) f. But this kind of ^^ '~ Μ M ^ yc m 1 / go may cause the user to leave the film # · > Q 〇u η disc unused, or the soil, the tongue, the original 32μβ free use, Therefore, it is obvious that one of them can alternately make [contents of the invention]… consistent with cost economy and use efficiency. In view of the disadvantages of the above-mentioned methods, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a convenient and cost-effective storage device that allows external data storage using the platform. y way to increase its computer jlx Ming serial interface peripheral storage interface, such as a standard USB communication interface can be installed through a specific platform, this computer platform provides a link to a computer with its characteristics The purpose is to allow the user to provide two or two storage functions, and the peripheral storage devices are connected in series to provide the amount. In this way, the power can be connected in series. Compared with the conventional USB flash drive, because of the data storage capacity of this device, the side storage device allows the user to increase the external two feet of his computer platform in a convenient and convenient way with a serial connection of 5 weeks Economic and use efficiency I better progress and practicality. Beiji storage capacity, so there is a way of implementation] The following is to complement the attached drawings, the embodiment of the green computer peripheral storage device, the way to explain the present invention can be connected to the first A and 1 _ that shows the present invention can be Application architecture with electrical setting of 100. The serializable "computer peripheral storage device of the present invention _ 1 0 0 allows the user to select a pendulum from the peripheral storage device π k in an individual mode through a specific specification communication interface in practical applications. The limb or collective surface 20 'is, for example, the standard universal 17327 Epotec. Ptd page 6 200426669 V. Description of the invention (3) Brain PDA) Function tandem sink / spring row (U niversa 1 Seria 1 B us, USB ) Communication interface to connect to the computer platform 10, such as a desktop personal computer, notebook computer or personal digital assistant (A), etc., for the computer platform丨 〇Provide an external data storage system. The implementation of the present invention's cascadable computer peripheral H storage device is made of a suit — a flash drive, which has externally — an upstream connection module 121 and a module 122; The upstream bonding module 121 is, for example, a connection, and the downstream bonding module 122 is, for example, a USB female if: and the MB formula connector can be selectively used to connect to the USB connection on the one or two platforms. Port, or another invention of this invention = monthly sentence While storing the shape, you can reconnect, &, and connect the pen-type connector, and the USB female connector can be used to connect to another serial computer computer of the present invention.

Formula connector. Hey, the USB brother 1 Ail, which is placed on the Kezi style, shows that the peripherals of the serially connectable computer of the present invention 10 are connected to the computer platform i in individual mode. This provincial clothing store uses a single-connectable serial computer peripheral device according to the present invention, and the storage capacity of the brain is provided by the brain. For example, assuming that the storage capacity of the 100-side storage device 100 is 64MB, this = computer week method allows the computer platform 10 to use the total data = type of overlapping data storage function. Here is the 64MB external connection type 1B, which shows that there are two or more local brain peripheral storage devices, for example, three cascadeable electrical storage devices of the present invention 100, 100, and 10. 〇 ", with serial computer peripheral eight; M collective mode

17327 英 保 达 .ptd Page 7 200426669 Λ V. Description of the invention (4) Connected to the computer platform 1 through the USB communication interface 20, thereby allowing the computer platform 10 to use three of the invention's serial connection Peripheral storage capacity of a portable computer is set to the total data storage capacity provided by 100, 100 ', 100'. For example, the storage capacity of the first storage device 100 of Fake Yi is 64MB, and the second one Storage installation, set 100 'to 12 8MB, and the third storage device 100 "is 128 〇, then this serial connection method can make the computer platform 1 〇 use the total data storage capacity of 6 4 + 1 2 8 + 1 2 8 = 3 2 0 MB External data storage function. Fig. 2 shows the cascadable computer peripheral storage device of the present invention} ○ < • Object-oriented component model of internal structure. As shown in the figure, the serial computer peripheral storage device 100 of the present invention includes at least: (a) a storage medium module 1 1 0; (dagger) a ° communication interface module 1 2 0, and it has An upstream lapping module 1 2 丨 and a downstream laminating module 1 2 2; (c) —a serial device detection module 丨 3 〇; (d) a storage space viewing module 1 4 0; (e ) —Storage space consolidation module 丨 5 〇; and (f access control module 16 0. The storage medium module 1 1 0 is a removable storage medium module, such as a flash memory module ( flash memory), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory module (Electncally Erasable Pr0grammable Read > Only Memory, EEPROM), etc., to provide a specific capacity of data storage space. The communication interface module and group 120 are compatible with the communication interface in the computer platform 10. Therefore, if the communication interface 20 in the computer platform 10 is of the type, the communication " face module 120 must also be compatible Communication interface module of USB communication standardZero

Page 8 17327 Ying Baoda.ptd 200426669 V. Description of the invention (5) The upstream bonding module 1 2 1 is, for example, a USB formula connector, which can be used to externally connect to the communication interface 2 0 in the computer platform 10, or Another downstream connection module 1 2 2 of the serially-connectable computer peripheral storage device of the present invention, so that the USB communication interface module 121 and the USB communication interface 20 in the computer platform 10 or another or another present invention A data communication link is established between the USB communication interface modules in the serial computer peripheral storage device. The downstream bonding module 1 22 is, for example, a USB female connector, which allows a user to selectively connect it outward to another US B communication interface module in a serial computer peripheral storage device according to the present invention. A group, so that a data communication link is established between the USB communication interface module 120 and another USB communication interface module in the serial-connectable computer peripheral storage device of the present invention. The serial device detection module 1 3 0 can detect whether the downstream connection module 1 2 2 is connected to other serial connection computer peripherals of the present invention through the USB communication interface module 1 2 0 described above. Storage device. If not, a body mode enable message is issued; otherwise, a collective mode enable message is issued. The storage space viewing module 1 40 can respond to the collective mode enabling message sent by the above-mentioned serial device detection module 1 30 and view all other inventions connected by the downstream connecting module 1 2 2 Peripheral computer peripherals can be connected to the storage device 1 0 0 ', 1 0 0 " and the storage capacity information is transmitted to the storage space integration module 1 50. The storage space merging module 1 50 can use the storage capacity information provided by the storage space viewing module 1 4 0 described above to connect all the other cascadable types of the present invention to the downstream connection module 1 2 2. The storage space of the computer's peripheral storage device 100 ′, 100p and its own storage space are combined into a single storage space

17327 英 保 达 .ptd page 9 200426669 #Fifth, the description of the invention (6), and a new address-mapping table is created for the combined storage space. Heart '^ The access control module 16 can control the computer platform in the individual mode according to the storage space provided by the storage medium module 1 1 0. Data access operation; and in collective mode ^ According to the storage space address correspondence table created by the storage space merging module 1 50 described above, the data access operation of the electric gift I a ί ^ is controlled ... 1 physical storage media module The flowchart of FIG. 3 performed by 110 shows the operation flow of the ▼ device 100 of the present invention. When using: connection type "peripheral storage brain peripheral storage device in a turn ★ Γ: This service can be serially connected electrical connection computer peripheral storage in Zhuang t, two ,, /, using a local can be connected or two Connected computer peripheral storage device 10 隹 1 mouth ^ more than the present invention can be used Keji La 4 2 city limb method (that is, the use of the cascadable computer week of the present invention ;: JJ storage device, for example, can be connected to a computer platform 10 communication interface 2 t 7 100, 100 ', the serial computer peripheral casting device ^ will cause the first to refer to the operation procedures shown in Figure 3 and the second execution at the same time. Device detection procedures, including Electricity f, Baixian executes step S10 卞 φΐ interface module 1 2 0 to detect the downstream dressing device / testing module 1 3 0. The serial peripheral computer peripheral board of the present invention through M pure t stores V: If there is overlap, as shown in the figure), then issue a body mode causing side error / \ clothing ,. If not (such as the individual mode operation procedure of step S20 in step 1A; otherwise = L ^ Asia will skip the program to the step Then, a collective mode enable message will be issued, and it will be right: Sequence mode operation procedure. Skip the private sequence to step S30. Collection

Π327 英 保 达 .Ptd 200426669 V. Description of the invention (7) In the individual mode operation program S 2 0, the individual mode access procedure of step s 2 1 is executed; among them, the access control module 16 is based on the storage. The storage space and address correspondence table provided by the media module 1 10 controls the computer to access data stored in the storage medium module 1 10. On the contrary, in the collective mode operation procedure S30, the storage capacity inspection procedure of step S31 is first executed; among them, the storage space inspection module 1 is responsible for inspecting all other inventions superimposed by the downstream bonding module 1 22 The storage capacity of the serial computer peripheral storage device 100 ,, 〇, 〇, 〇, and the storage capacity information is transmitted to the storage space integration module 150. Then, in step S32, a storage space merging process is executed. The storage space merging module 丨 50 stores the downstream connection module 122 according to the storage capacity information provided by the storage space viewing module 140 described above. All other cascadable computer peripheral storage devices 100, 100, and 100 " of the present invention are merged into a single storage medium, and the combined storage space is provided for the combined storage space. Create a new address-mapping table. For example, 'assuming the storage capacity of the first storage device 100 is 64MB, the second storage device 100 is 12 8MB, and the third storage device 100' is 128, then the combined storage The capacity of the space will be 320 MB. Then the program jumps to step s33. In step S33, a collective mode access procedure is performed; the access control module 16 is based on the above. Storage space integration module 丄 5 〇 The storage space and address correspondence table established to control the computer platform 丨 〇 Various storage operations performed on the storage medium module 1 1 〇. This allows the computer platform 1 〇 The total storage capacity is three serial computer peripheral storage devices of the present invention.

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200426669 # V. Description of the invention (8) Set the storage space of the sum of the individual capacities of 1 0 0, 1 0 0 ′, 1 0 0 π. In summary, the present invention provides a novel accessible computer peripheral storage device that can be connected to a computer platform through a specific communication interface, such as a standard US Β communication interface, to the computer. The platform provides an external data storage function; and its characteristics are that it allows users to connect two or more such serial computer peripheral storage devices in series to provide additional and more data storage capacity. Compared with the conventional USB flash drive, the serial computer peripheral storage device of the present invention allows users to increase the #access data storage capacity of their computer platform in a convenient and cost-effective and use-effective manner, so it has more Good progress and practicality. The above are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the essential technical content of the present invention. The essential technical content of the present invention is broadly defined in the scope of the following patent applications. Any technical entity or method completed by another person that is completely the same as defined in the scope of patent application below, or an equivalent change, will be considered to be covered by this patent.

17327 英 保 达 .ptd Page 12 200426669 Brief description of the drawings [Simplified illustration of the drawings] Figure 1A is an application diagram showing the application mode of the cascadable computer peripheral storage device of the present invention in the individual mode; Fig. 1B is an application diagram showing the application mode of the cascadable computer peripheral storage device of the present invention in the collective mode; Fig. 2 is a system architecture diagram showing the cascadeable computer perimeter storage of the present invention The basic structure of the object-oriented component model of the device; FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of the serial computer peripheral storage device of the present invention. 10 Computer platform 2 0 Communication interface module (USB) 100 Serial computer peripheral storage device of the present invention 10 0 'Serial computer peripheral storage device of the present invention 1 0 0 π Serial computer according to the present invention Peripheral storage device 110 Storage media module 12 0 Communication interface module (US Β) 121 Upstream bonding module 1 3 2 Downstream bonding module 130 Serial device detection module 140 Storage space viewing module 150 Storage space consolidation Module 160 access control module

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Claims (1)

200426669 VI. Scope of patent application 1. A serial computer peripheral storage device, which can be used to connect to a computer platform through a specific specification communication interface in individual mode or collective mode to provide an external connection to the computer platform Data storage function; This serial computer peripheral storage device includes at least: a storage medium Karma group, which can provide a specific capacity of data storage space; A communication interface module, which is compatible with the communication interface of a specific specification on the computer platform; an upstream bonding module, which can be used to externally connect the communication interface on the computer platform, or another can be connected in series彳 Communication in Peripheral Storage Device 彳> Let the communication interface module and the communication interface on the computer platform ~-, a ... * connectable whistle_The I interface of the communication interface module in the side storage device is downstream Interface module, which can be used to connect to the upstream of another m serial computer storage device: ¾'die, let the communication interface module hole * connect snow m * storage device A communication device detection module is used between the communication interface modules in the _xL. It can detect whether the downstream connection module is connected to other cascadable computer peripheral storage through the patch. Device; if not, issue a body mode to # 信息; otherwise, issue a collective mode to enable Xu Baiyi storage space viewing module, which can respond to the collective issued by the government clothing detection module Mode enable message and view the current downstream ride 17327 英 保 达 .ptd Page 14 200426669 VI. The scope of application for the patent application. The storage module and the storage space of the storage module are connected to the module. Address and 2. If you apply for special placement, 'the module. 3 · If you apply for special placement, of which 'connect module 4 · If you apply for special placement, of which 5 · If you apply for special placement, which is connected to the capacity; The storage space is provided by the access control provided by the other body after storage According to the corresponding table data, the group stores the profit range, the computer profit range, and the upstream is a profit range. The storage profit range. The other various serially connected computer peripheral storage and consolidation modules are stored. It can be based on the storage space: Storage capacity information, the downstream patch module; users can connect the storage of peripheral storage devices of the computer ^, and combine them into a single storage space, and use the subspace to create a new address correspondence table; with: : Second, it can control the data access operation of the computer platform to the computer according to the storage and storage space in the individual mode; and can further use the total storage created by the module: f space merge module; = "The computer The platform is equipped with a storage medium module for the serial connection of the serially-connectable computer. The communication interface in the middle is a USB-type communication interface. For one USB formula connector, and Xi USB female connector. The serial storage computer peripheral media module described in item 1 of the personal and private is a flash memory module. The serial connection type described in item 1 The computer storage media module is an EEPR0M module. 1 Π327 Ying Bao Da. Ptd p.15 200426669, patent application scope A serial computer peripheral storage device, which can be used to connect to a computer platform through a USB communication interface in individual mode or collective mode, for the computer platform Provide an external data storage function; This serial computer peripheral storage device includes at least: a storage media module that can provide a specific capacity of data storage space; a USB communication interface module that is compatible with the USB communication interface on a computer platform; an upstream bonding module, which is used to externally connect the USB communication interface on the computer platform i, or a USB communication interface module in another serial peripheral storage device that can be connected in series A group to establish a data communication link between the USB communication interface module and the USB communication interface on the computer platform or the USB communication interface module in another serially connected computer peripheral storage device; Patch module, which can be used to patch outward to an upstream patch module in another serially connected computer peripheral storage device, so that the US B communication interface module establishes a data communication link with another USB communication interface module in a serial computer peripheral storage device; a serial device detection module, which can be accessed through the USB communication interface module Detect whether the downstream bonding module is connected to other serially connected computer peripheral storage devices; if not, a system mode enabling message is issued; otherwise, a collective mode enabling message is issued; Storage space viewing module, which can respond to the collective mode enable message sent by the connected device detection module to view the current downstream connection 17327 Yingbaoda.ptd Page 16 200426669 Patent application scope The storage capacity of the connected module; all the other connected rooms viewed by a storage space group and themselves cast the combined health model empty pair And media storage mode 7. If you set up 8. If you set 9. If you set up a storage module in the media mode, the address and the application of the application, of which the application module of the interface, application of which, control Provided by the provided group according to the correspondence table data storage profit range. The upstream shell 1J is a profit range. The storage profit range should store other various serially connected computer peripheral storage jealous modules. It can view the storage capacity information according to the storage space. , Combine the two storage spaces of the downstream serially connectable computer peripheral storage device into a single storage space, and use the storage space to create a new address correspondence table; with == two, it can be used in individual mode The computer platform controls the storage access to the storage according to the storage storage space; the total storage space created by the collective storage space integration module can be further controlled as follows: The computer system platform module fetches the storage medium. = Peripheral storage of serial computer connected as described in item 6 ^ The module is a USB formula connector, and ^ thumb connector. $ The cascadable computer peripheral storage package 2 " board set is a flash memory module. "The 6g, 6c, 丄, \" described above can be connected to a serial computer peripheral storage device "" module is an EEPR0M module.