Computer multi-bay devices compatible expansion module and its processing procedure
AssigneeInventec Corporation
InventorChung-Hui Chen
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Abstract
A computer multi-bay devices compatible expansion module includes a housing defining a chamber for receiving a notebook computer multi-bay compatible device, for example, a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, hard disk driver, or chargeable battery, a set of control buttons, a control circuit board disposed inside the chamber in the housing and controlled by the control buttons to operate the notebook computer multi-bay compatible device being inserted into the chamber in the housing, so as to play a music CD, game CD or DVD, access hard disk data, or charge a chargeable battery.
Claims11
A computer multi-bay devices compatible expansion module comprising
- a housing defining a chamber for receiving a notebook computer multi-bay compatible device;
- a control circuit board installed in said housing at a bottom side of said chamber, said control circuit board comprising at least one electric connector for receiving input/output terminal means of a notebook computer multi-bay compatible device being inserted into the chamber in said housing, and providing the necessary working voltage and operation control signal to the notebook computer multi-bay compatible device, enabling output signal of installed notebook computer multi-bay compatible device to be transmitted to said control circuit board for processing;
- a power terminal installed in said housing and connected to said control circuit board for receiving an external power converter, which provides the expansion module with the necessary working power supply;
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- at least one control button installed in said housing and connected to said control circuit board for enabling the user to control the operation of the installed notebook computer multi-bay compatible device, so as to let control circuit board processed signal be sent from said control circuit board through said input output terminal means of the installed notebook computer multibay compatible device to external peripheral apparatus.
A computer multi-bay devices compatible expansion module processing procedure including the step of inserting a notebook computer multi-bay compatible device in a chamber in a computer multi-bay devices compatible expansion module, and the step of driving the CPU (central processing unit of the computer multi-bay devices compatible expansion module to process the following procedure:
- i) scanning signal transmitted from the installed notebook computer multi-bay compatible device, and then judging if the installed notebook computer multi-bay compatible device is a chargeable battery or not, and then proceeding to the following step ii) if the installed notebook computer multi-bay compatible device is a chargeable battery, or proceeding to the following step iii) if the installed notebook computer multi-bay compatible device is not a chargeable battery;
- ii) scanning the battery volume of the chargeable battery, and displaying the scanned reading on a display panel of the expansion module, and then scanning the position of control buttons of the expansion module and judging if the control buttons have been depressed or not, and then charging the chargeable battery and displaying the charging status on the display if the control buttons have been depressed, or returning to charge the rechargeable battery again;
- iii) scanning the installed notebook computer multi-bay compatible device to check its model and status and to display the scanned result on the display panel of the expansion module, and then scanning the position of the control buttons to check if the control buttons have been depressed or not, and then operating the installed notebook computer multi-bay compatible device subject to the function settings of the control buttons, enabling the operation status to be shown on the display panel of the expansion module, and then proceeding to the following step iv);
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- iv) judging if the notebook computer multi-bay compatible device has finished the operation set by the control buttons, and then returning to step iii) to scan the installed notebook computer multi-bay compatible device again and to display the scanned result on the display panel of the expansion module again if positive, or returning to operate the installed notebook computer multi-bay compatible device subject to the function settings of the control buttons for enabling the operation status to be shown on the display panel of the expansion module, and then proceeding to the step iv) again if negative.
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