[a portable storage device with key outputting function]
AssigneePhison Electronics Corp.
InventorsChih-Ling Wang, Chien-Yu Lin
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Abstract
A portable storage device with key outputting function is disclosed. The portable storage device comprises a transmission interface for communicating with a host end; a plurality of key units; a microprocessor, electrically connected to the transmission interface and the key units; a memory unit electrically connected to the microprocessor, wherein the key units are adopted for generating and transmitting corresponding input signals to the microprocessor to lock/unlock said memory unit, and wherein after the memory unit is unlocked, the key units generates and transmits input signals to the microprocessor to convert the input signals into key signals corresponding to a keyboard and then the key signals are transmitted to the host end.
Claims8
A portable storage device with key outputting function, comprising:
- a transmission interface, adopted for communicating with a host end;
- a plurality of key units, adopted for generating and transmitting corresponding input signals;
- a microprocessor, electrically connected to said transmission interface and said key units;
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- a memory unit, electrically connected to said microprocessor, wherein said key units can transmit the corresponding input signals to said microprocessor to lock/unlock said memory unit, wherein after said memory unit is unlocked, said key units can continue to generate and transmit input signals to said microprocessor to convert said input signals into key signals corresponding to a keyboard and then said key signals are transmitted to said host end.
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