MULTICOLOR VISUAL FEEDBACK FOR NON-VOLATILE STORAGE

• US 20100141692A1
• Filed: 02/09/2010
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tyson York Winarski
• Original Assignee: Tyson York Winarski
• Inventors: Winarski, Tyson York
• Application Number:
  US12/702,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20100141692A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/690
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources

Abstract

An improved storage device is disclosed having an interface, a controller in communication with this interface, a memory in communication with the controller, wireless communications system, volume control and audio output, battery, and a light-emitting-diode assembly or other multi-colored display in communication with the controller. The light-emitting-diode assembly has a first and a second light-emitting-diode element, the first and second light-emitting-diode elements emitting a first and a second color of light, respectively. The first light-emitting-diode element and said second light-emitting-diode element each independently controlled by the controller via pulse-width-modulation, to produce a third color which appears to be in between the first and second colors in wavelength, this third color indicative of the percent completion of an I/O task, the usage of the memory, volume level, wireless strength, or battery strength.

Claims

1. A storage device, comprising:

a controller,

a memory in communication with said controller,

a battery in communication with said controller, and

a multi-colored display in communication with said controller, said controller configured to vary the wavelength of light emitted by said multi-colored display in direct correlation to a percentage related to battery strength.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said controller configured to vary the wavelength of light emitted by said multi-colored display assembly between a first color and a second color, said first color corresponding to a first percentage, said second color corresponding to a second percentage, and an intermediate color having a wavelength between said first color and said second color corresponding to an intermediate percentage between the first and second percentages.

3. The storage device of claim 2, wherein the wavelength of said intermediate color corresponds to a specific intermediate percentage between 0 and 100 percent.

4. The storage device of claim 3, wherein the wavelength of said intermediate color can be varied continuously between said first color and said second color to visually indicate different percentages between 0 and 100 percent.

5. The storage device of claim 2, wherein said controller is configured to continuously vary the wavelength of said intermediate color between the wavelength of said first color and said second color such that the percentage related to battery strength is indicated visually continuously between 0 and 100 percent by the wavelength of light emitted by the multi-colored display.

6. The storage device of claim 1, wherein the multi-colored display is a light-emitting diode.

7. The storage device of claim 1, wherein the multi-colored display is a touch-screen display.

8. The storage device of claim 1, wherein the multi-colored display is an OLED display.

9. The storage device of claim 1, wherein the display is an LED display.

10. A storage device, comprising:

a controller,

a memory in communication with said controller,

a wireless communication system in communication with said controller, and

a multi-colored display in communication with said controller, said multi-colored display configured to emit different wavelengths of light within a spectrum of light that represents a range of percentages related to wireless signal strength.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein said controller configured to vary the wavelength of light emitted by said multi-colored display assembly between a first color and a second color, said first color corresponding to a first percentage, said second color corresponding to a second percentage, and an intermediate color having a wavelength between said first color and said second color corresponding to an intermediate percentage between the first and second percentages.

12. The storage device of claim 11, wherein the wavelength of said intermediate color corresponds to a specific intermediate percentage between 0 and 100 percent.

13. The storage device of claim 12, wherein the wavelength of said intermediate color can be varied continuously between said first color and said second color to visually indicate different percentages between 0 and 100 percent.

14. The storage device of claim 11, wherein said controller is configured to continuously vary the wavelength of said intermediate color between the wavelength of said first color and said second color such that the percentage related to wireless strength is indicated visually continuously between 0 and 100 percent by the wavelength of light emitted by the multi-colored display.

15. A storage device, comprising:

a controller,

a memory in communication with said controller,

a volume control in communication with said controller,

an audio output in communication with said controller, and

a multi-colored display in communication with said controller, said multi-colored display configured to emit different wavelengths of light within a spectrum of light that represents a range of percentages related to audio volume.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein said controller configured to vary the wavelength of light emitted by said multi-colored display assembly between a first color and a second color, said first color corresponding to a first percentage, said second color corresponding to a second percentage, and an intermediate color having a wavelength between said first color and said second color corresponding to an intermediate percentage between the first and second percentages.

17. The storage device of claim 16, wherein the wavelength of said intermediate color corresponds to a specific intermediate percentage between 0 and 100 percent.

18. The storage device of claim 17, wherein the wavelength of said intermediate color can be varied continuously between said first color and said second color to visually indicate different percentages between 0 and 100 percent.

19. The storage device of claim 16, wherein said controller is configured to continuously vary the wavelength of said intermediate color between the wavelength of said first color and said second color such that the percentage related to audio volume is indicated visually continuously between 0 and 100 percent by the wavelength of light emitted by the multi-colored display.