Topology of connecting two computation devices
AssigneesHong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Wuhan) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorHung-Chi Huang
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Abstract
A linking topology of dock and client computation devices connecting with each other through two mated connectors is disclosed. Each computation device comprises an embedded controller therein. The dock computation device has a display. The embedded controllers communicate with each other to decide the use of a sensor in either the dock computation device or the client computation device as a sensor for the connected dock and client computation device in whole.
Claims15
A system of two connected computation devices comprising:
- a dock computation device comprising a display and a first embedded controller;
- a client computation device comprising a display interface and a second embedded controller;
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- at least a sensor located in at least one of the dock computation device and the client computation device;
- wherein the client and dock computation devices are coupled together through mated connectors;
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- wherein the first and second embedded controllers are communicatively coupled with each other and configured to determine a use of the at least a sensor as a sensor of the system.
A method of connecting a dock computation device and a client computation device together comprising:
- connecting a connector of the client computation device to a connector of the dock computation device;
- sinking video and audio information from the client computation device to the dock computation device;
- linking universal serial buses (USBs) of the dock computation device and the client computation device together if there are USBs in both the dock and client computation devices;
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- linking embedded controllers (ECs) of the dock computation device and the client computation devices together if there are ECs in both the dock and client computation devices;
- wherein the ECs determine use of at least a sensor in at least one of the dock computation device and the client computation device as a sensor for the connected dock and client computation devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.