Electronic apparatus and method

• US 10,296,274 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2016
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Matsuda, Kyohei, Matsuoka, Yoshio, Wada, Kouetsu, Momosaki, Kohei, Nunami, Tsukasa
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu, Tadesse
• Application Number:
  US15/386,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20170185361A1
• Time in Patent Office: 881 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/165 the additional display being small, e.g. for presenting status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1671 Special purpose buttons or auxiliary keyboards, e.g. retractable mini keypads, keypads or buttons that remain accessible at closed laptop G06F1/1666 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/82 Protecting input, output or interconnection devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0606 Manual adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an input device configured to accept a user'"'"'s operation and a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to receive a virtual desktop image transmitted by the server apparatus, display the received virtual desktop image on a screen, transmit, in a case where a second operation other than a first operation is accepted while the virtual desktop image has been displayed, operation information indicative of the second operation to the server apparatus, and display on the screen an indicator forward of the virtual desktop image, in a case where the first operation is accepted while the virtual desktop image has been displayed, the indicator being provided to change setting of hardware of the electronic apparatus.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus being connectable to a first server apparatus for management and a second server apparatus which provides a virtual desktop environment, being operatable under the virtual desktop environment, comprising no internal storage, and being incapable of using an external storage, comprising:

a display;

an input device;

a firmware ROM; and

a downloader configured to download connection software for connecting the electronic apparatus to the second server apparatus from the first server apparatus by execution of firmware of the firmware ROM;

a receiver configured to receive a virtual desktop image transmitted from the second server apparatus which is connected to the electronic apparatus by execution of the connection software;

a first processor configured to display the received virtual desktop image on the display, transmit input information from the input device to the second server apparatus and update the virtual desktop image to be displayed; and

a second processor configured to acquire, in a case where an input operation for displaying an indicator from the input device is received while the virtual desktop image has been displayed, setting information on a current setting of hardware, and display the indicator for changing the setting information on the display, wherein

the indicator for changing the setting information is displayed forward of the virtual desktop image.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a volatile RAM configured to store operation information including the connection software downloaded from the first server apparatus, wherein

content of the RAM is erased in a case where disconnection of the electronic apparatus from the second server apparatus by the firmware is detected, a logoff operation is performed or the electronic apparatus is powered off.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the indicator is continuously displayed while the input operation for displaying the indicator is being continuously performed, and

the indicator is made undisplayed in a case where the input operation for displaying the indicator ends.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein

to perform an HW control operation for changing the setting information, a key which varies from hardware to hardware is assigned to the input device,

the second processor is configured to change the setting of the hardware based on the HW control operation.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 4, wherein

the indicator includes at least an image for switching between an available state and an unavailable state of a touch pad, an image for setting a brightness of the display and an image for setting a volume of a speaker, and

the setting of the hardware is changed based on the HW control operation corresponding to the hardware the setting information of which is to be changed, while the input operation for displaying the indicator is being continuously performed.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein

the setting information of the hardware which is changed based on the HW control operation is transmitted to the second server apparatus, and

the virtual desktop image which is updated based on the setting information is received from the second server apparatus.

7. A method by an electronic apparatus being connectable to a first server apparatus for management and a second server apparatus which provides a virtual desktop environment, being operatable under the virtual desktop environment, comprising no internal storage, and being incapable of using an external storage, the method comprising:

downloading connection software for connecting the electronic apparatus to the second server apparatus from the first server apparatus by execution of firmware of a firmware ROM;

receiving a virtual desktop image transmitted from the second server apparatus which is connected to the electronic apparatus by execution of the connection software;

displaying the received virtual desktop image on a display, transmitting input information from an input device to the second server apparatus, and updating the virtual desktop image to be displayed; and

acquiring setting information on a current setting of hardware in a case where an input operation for displaying an indicator from the input device is received while the virtual desktop image has been displayed, and displaying the indicator for changing the setting information forward of the virtual desktop image.