Electronic device capable of matching a multimedia playback device

• US 8,375,154 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2009
• Issued: 02/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Inventors: Chang, Jen-Yung, Chen, Shih-Hong, Chung, Chien-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, CHUN KUAN
• Application Number:
  US12/588,130
• Publication Number:
  US 20100115156A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,225 Days
• Field of Search: 710/62
• US Class Current: 710/62
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations

Abstract

An electronic device capable of matching a multimedia playback device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a slot, a connecting port, a sliding cover, a positioning device, and an identification device. The slot is used to accommodate the multimedia playback device. The connecting port is used to electrically connect the multimedia playback device. The sliding cover matches with the slot. The sliding cover has a support structure to support the multimedia playback device. The positioning device is used to fix the sliding cover at a specific position. The identification device is used to identify the type of the multimedia playback device. When the multimedia playback device is accommodated in the slot, the sliding cover fixes in a specific position to match and support the multimedia playback device.

Claims

1. An electronic device capable of matching a multimedia playback device comprising:

a slot used to accommodate the multimedia playback device;

a connecting port used to electrically connect the multimedia playback device;

a sliding cover disposed on the slot and sliding along a notch of the slot, the sliding cover having a support structure to support the multimedia playback device;

a positioning device used to fix the sliding cover at a specific position;

wherein when the multimedia playback device is accommodated in the slot, the sliding cover is fixed in a specific position to match and support the multimedia playback device; and

an identification device used to identify the type of the multimedia playback device, wherein the identification device comprises;

a micro processing module;

a display device electrically connected to the micro processing module; and

a plurality of pins disposed on the sliding cover;

wherein when the sliding cover is fixed at the specific position, the micro processing module contacts one of the pins to identify the type of the multimedia playback device and displays the type of the multimedia playback device on the display device.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the slot is sloping at a specific angle.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning device comprises:

a flexible component disposed at the sliding cover; and

a plurality of ratchets disposed at the notch of the slot;

wherein the sliding cover is fixed at the specific position by the correspondence between the flexible component and the plurality of ratchets.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support structure of the sliding cover contacts the multimedia playback device via a flexible material.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the flexible material is made of foam.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of pins is a plurality of sheets of electrically conductive material.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display device is a liquid crystal display device.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the display device is used to display the type of the multimedia playback device as an icon or as a character.