External hard disk carrier with a capacity status display functionality

• US 20070283085A1
• Filed: 08/01/2006
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dotop Technology Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Dotop Technology Incorporated
• Inventors: Lin, Teng-Chang
• Application Number:
  US11/496,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20070283085A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/112
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0608 Saving storage space on storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0643 Management of files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0674 Disk device
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/121 the apparatus comprising a single recording/reproducing device

Abstract

An external hard disk carrier with a capacity status display function is described. The external hard disk carrier comprises a hard disk, a microprocessor to calculate the capacity status of the hard disk and an e-paper display apparatus or cholesteric liquid crystal display apparatus to display the capacity status of the hard disk, wherein the e-paper display apparatus or cholesteric liquid crystal display apparatus continues to display the latest capacity status after turned off.

Claims

1. An external hard disk carrier having a capacity status display functionality, the external hard disk carrier comprising:

a hard disk;

a microprocessor for calculating the capacity status of the hard disk; and

an e-paper display apparatus for displaying the capacity status of the hard disk, wherein the e-paper display apparatus continues to display the latest capacity status after turned off.

2. The external hard disk carrier of claim 1, wherein the capacity status is a ratio of a used storage capacity to a maximum storage capacity or a ratio of an unused storage capacity to the maximum storage capacity.

3. The external hard disk carrier of claim 1, wherein the capacity status is a used storage capacity.

4. The external hard disk carrier of claim 1, wherein the capacity status is an unused storage capacity.

5. The external hard disk carrier of claim 1, wherein the capacity status is a graph for displaying a ratio of a used storage capacity to a maximum storage capacity, a ratio of an unused storage capacity to the maximum storage capacity, a ratio of the used storage capacity to the unused storage capacity or a ratio of the unused storage capacity to the used storage capacity.

6. The external hard disk carrier of claim 1 further comprising a driver means respectively coupled to the microprocessor and the e-paper display apparatus.

7. The external hard disk carrier of claim 1 further comprises an input means for inputting data into the microprocessor.

8. The external hard disk carrier of claim 1 further comprises a memory module to store firmware to calculate the capacity status.

9. The external hard disk carrier of claim 1, wherein the e-paper display apparatus is a segmented e-paper display apparatus.

10. An external hard disk carrier having a capacity status display functionality, the external hard disk carrier comprising:

a hard disk;

a microprocessor for calculating the capacity status of the hard disk; and

a cholesteric liquid crystal display apparatus for displaying the capacity status of the hard disk, wherein the cholesteric liquid crystal display apparatus continues to display the latest capacity status after turned off.

11. The external hard disk carrier of claim 10, wherein the capacity status is a ratio of a used storage capacity to a maximum storage capacity or a ratio of an unused storage capacity to the maximum storage capacity.

12. The external hard disk carrier of claim 10, wherein the capacity status is the used storage capacity.

13. The external hard disk carrier of claim 10, wherein the capacity status is the unused storage capacity.

14. The external hard disk carrier of claim 10, wherein the capacity status is a graph for displaying a ratio of a used storage capacity to a maximum storage capacity, a ratio of an unused storage capacity to the maximum storage capacity, a ratio of the used storage capacity to the unused storage capacity or a ratio of the unused storage capacity to the used storage capacity.

15. The external hard disk carrier of claim 10 further comprising a driver means respectively coupled to the microprocessor and the e-paper display apparatus.

16. The external hard disk carrier of claim 10 further comprising an input means for inputting data into the microprocessor.

17. The external hard disk carrier of claim 10 further comprising a memory module to store firmware to calculate the capacity status of the hard disk carrier.