# US 12,007,926 B2 · Switching method of USB switch element for in-vehicle host system

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- Number: US 12,007,926 B2
- Document ID: US12007926B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/578,506
- Filed: 2022-01-19
- Published: 2022-07-28
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2021-01-26
- Assignees: Genesys Logic, Inc.
- Applicants: Genesys Logic, Inc.
- Inventors: Wei-te Lee
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12007926B2

## CPC

- G06F 13/4022: {using switching circuits, e.g. switching matrix, connection or expansion network (G06F13/4009 takes precedence)}
- G06F 13/4282: {on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus (on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247)}
- H04L 12/40045: {Details regarding the feeding of energy to the node from the bus}
- G06F 2213/0042: Universal serial bus [USB]
- H04L 2012/40273: {the transportation system being a vehicle}
- H04W 88/06: adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

The present invention provides a switching method of a universal serial bus (USB) switch element for an in-vehicle host system. According to a switching command, a hub controller of a switch device controls a switch element to switch from a device mode to a host mode, so that one of multiple mobile terminals connected to the switch element is in the host mode; or alternatively, the switch element is controlled to be switched from the host mode to the device mode so that multiple peripheral devices are in the device mode.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A switching method between a device mode and a host mode of a universal serial bus (USB) switch element for an in-vehicle host system, comprising following steps:
an in-vehicle host device initializes a switch device connected to the in-vehicle host device;
the in-vehicle host device transmits a switching command to the switch device via a host port;
the switch device receives the switching command; and
according to the switching command, a hub controller included in a hub device located in the switch device controls the switch element located in the switch device to switch from a device mode to a host mode, so that one of a plurality of mobile terminals connected to the switch element is in the host mode, or alternatively the switch element is controlled to switch from the host mode to the device mode, so that a plurality of peripheral devices connected to the hub device located in the switch device are in the device mode;
wherein the device mode is a state in which the in-vehicle host device controls the peripheral devices through the hub device; the host mode is a state in which one of the mobile terminals controls the in-vehicle host device, and the hub device, in response to the switch device is in the host mode in which the in-vehicle device is under control of the one of the mobile terminals, disables the peripheral devices;
wherein the mobile terminals comprise a first mobile terminal and a second mobile terminal, and the hub controller, in response to that the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal are connected to the switch device, controls the switch element to switch from the first mobile terminal in the host mode to the second mobile terminal in the host mode according to the switching command.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The switching method between the device mode and the host mode of the USB switch element for the in-vehicle host system according to claim 1, wherein the step that the in-vehicle host device initializes the switch device further comprises following steps:
the in-vehicle host device sets the switch device in the device mode to communicate with the hub controller of the hub device; and
the in-vehicle host device detects a voltage level of a voltage pin of the host port.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The switching method between the device mode and the host mode of the USB switch element for the in-vehicle host system according to claim 2, wherein the voltage pin is a VBUS voltage pin.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The switching method between the device mode and the host mode of the USB switch element for the in-vehicle host system according to claim 3, wherein before the step that the in-vehicle host device transmits the switching command to the switch device via the host port, the in-vehicle host device resets a VBUS voltage level of the VBUS voltage pin to increase the VBUS voltage level from zero to a predetermined level.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The switching method between the device mode and the host mode of the USB switch element for the in-vehicle host system according to claim 1, wherein the hub device enables the mobile terminals to be in a rechargeable state.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The switching method between the device mode and the host mode of the USB switch element for the in-vehicle host system according to claim 5, wherein a plurality of charge controllers are coupled between the switch element and the mobile terminals to control charging from the in-vehicle host device to each of the mobile terminals.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The switching method between the device mode and the host mode of the USB switch element for the in-vehicle host system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of peripheral controllers located in the switch device are coupled between the hub device and the peripheral devices to control a communication link between the in-vehicle host device and each of the peripheral devices.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The switching method between the device mode and the host mode of the USB switch element for the in-vehicle host system according to claim 1, wherein one of the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal is in the host mode, and the one of the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal in the host mode transmits data or a control command to the in-vehicle host device through the switch element to control operations of the in-vehicle host device.