US 2010/0169531 A1 · INTELLECT STATION

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an intellect station which allows a laptop computer, an MP3 player, and/or a mobile phone to be placed thereon, wherein the intellect station includes a connection port set and a power supply unit that can be connected to an external port set and a power supply unit of the laptop computer, respectively, a speaker, a data storage device, including a hard disk drive, a flash memory set, and an optical storage device, such as a CD/DVD ROM drive, and a sensor for sensing wireless mouse, all of which are integrally mounted in the intellect station. According to the present invention, peripheral devices and cables of the laptop computer are neatly arranged, and therefore, the convenience of use is maximized.

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Dependent claims

An intellect station comprising:

at least one speaker mounted in an inclined protrusion protruding from the upper end of an incline;
a port set and a power supply unit integrally mounted at one side of the incline, the port set and the power supply unit being connected to an external port set and a power supply unit of a laptop computer;
and
an MP3 player port set, through which an MP3 player interfaces with the intellect station such that data transmission between the MP3 player and the intellect station is performed, and/or a mobile phone port set, through which a mobile phone interfaces with the intellect station such that data transmission between the mobile phone and the intellect station is performed.

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An intellect station comprising:

a port set for interfacing with USB data transmitted from a laptop computer connected to the intellect station;
a plurality of USB ports for data interfacing with external devices;
a USB hub for setting a channel of USB data transmitted from the laptop computer via the port set and data transmitted from the external devices connected to the USB ports;
a microprocessor for analyzing the data transmitted through the USB hub, and, when the analyzed data is audio data, controlling the USB hub to control the channel of the audio data and controlling the volume of an audio amplifier through an audio controller;
and
a USB sound chip for processing the audio data transmitted through the USB ports in a sound processing fashion, converting the processed audio data into an analog audio signal, and transmitting the converted analog audio signal to the audio amplifier.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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