Remote operation system

• US 8,407,380 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2009
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: Matsunaga, Akihiro, Katayama, Shinichi, Nagao, Naoyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsai, Henry
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wong, Titus
• Application Number:
  US12/385,555
• Publication Number:
  US 20090259792A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,446 Days
• Field of Search: 710/62
• US Class Current: 710/62
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/023 Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

A remote operation system has a server, a client to which a first keyboard is connected, and a KVM switch connected to the server, the client and a second keyboard, the KVM switch including: an acquisition portion that acquires a state of the second keyboard; and the client including: a reception portion that receives a state of the first keyboard, and the state of the second keyboard from the KVM switch; a determination portion that determines whether the state of the first keyboard is identical with the state of the second keyboard; and a transmission portion that transmits information which makes the state of the first keyboard identical with the state of the second keyboard, to the first keyboard when the state of the first keyboard is not identical with the state of the second keyboard.

Claims

1. A remote operation system, comprising:

a server;

a client to which a first keyboard is connected, the first keyboard including a plurality of keys and a plurality of lighting portions each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of keys that light up depending on depression of a corresponding key;

a keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) switch connected to the server, the client and a second keyboard for operating the server, the second keyboard including a plurality of keys and a plurality of lighting portions each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of keys that light up depending on depression of a corresponding key;

the KVM switch including;

an acquisition portion that acquires a state of the second keyboard when the server is switched on; and

the client including;

a reception portion that receives a state of the first keyboard from the first keyboard, and the state of the second keyboard from the KVM switch;

a determination portion that determines whether the state of the first keyboard is identical with the state of the second keyboard;

a transmission portion that transmits command information which controls the state of the first keyboard to be identical with the state of the second keyboard when the state of the first keyboard is not identical with the state of the second keyboard; and

a changing portion that selectively changes the command information to be transmitted to the first keyboard in accordance with at least one of a language type and a version of an operating system of the client; and

the client sets the state of the first keyboard to be identical with a preset state, and transmits information which sets the state of the second keyboard identical with the preset state to the KVM switch at a time of start of remote operation.

2. The remote operation system as claimed in claim 1, a state of each of the first keyboard and the second keyboard indicates a corresponding state of the plurality of lighting portions included in each of the first keyboard and the second keyboard.

3. The remote operation system as claimed in claim 2, wherein at a time of termination of remote operation, the client returns current states of the plurality of lighting portions of the first keyboard to states of the plurality of lighting portions of the first keyboard received at the time of start of the remote operation.

4. The remote operation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at a time of termination of remote operation, the client returns current states of the plurality of lighting portions of the first keyboard to states of the plurality of lighting portions of the first keyboard received at the time of start of the remote operation.

5. A remote operation system comprising:

a server;

a client to which a first keyboard is connected, the first keyboard including a plurality of keys and a plurality of lighting portions each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of keys that light up depending on depression of a corresponding key;

a keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) switch connected to the server, the client and a second keyboard for operating the server, the second keyboard including a plurality of keys and a plurality of lighting portions each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of keys that light up depending on depression of a corresponding key;

the client including;

a first reception portion that receives a state of the first keyboard; and

a first transmission portion that transmits the state of the first keyboard to the KVM switch; and

the KVM switch including;

a second reception portion that receives the state of the first keyboard from the client;

a determination portion that determines whether a state of the second keyboard is identical with the state of the first keyboard;

a second transmission portion that transmits command information which controls the state of the second keyboard to be identical with the state of the first keyboard when the state of the second keyboard is not identical with the state of the first keyboard; and

a changing portion that selectively changes the command information to be transmitted to the second keyboard in accordance with at least one of a language type and a version of an operating system of the server; and

the KVM switch sets the state of the second keyboard to be identical with a preset state, and transmits information which sets the state of the first keyboard identical with the preset state to the client at a time of start of remote operation.

6. The remote operation system as claimed in claim 5, wherein a state of each of the first keyboard and the second keyboard indicates a corresponding state of the plurality of lighting portions included in each of the first keyboard and the second keyboard.

7. The remote operation system as claimed in claim 6, wherein at a time of termination of remote operation, the client returns current states of the plurality of lighting portions of the second keyboard to states of the plurality of lighting portions of the second keyboard received at the time of start of the remote operation.

8. The remote operation system as claimed in claim 5, wherein at a time of termination of remote operation, the client returns current states of the plurality of lighting portions of the second keyboard to states of the plurality of lighting portions of the second keyboard received at the time of start of the remote operation.

9. A remote operation system comprising:

a client having a first keyboard, wherein the client includes a changing portion that selectively changes command information to be transmitted to the first keyboard in accordance with at least one of a language type and a version of an operating system of the client and where the command information controls a state of the first keyboard to be identical with a state of at least one additional keyboard when the state of the first keyboard is not identical with the state of the at least one additional keyboard; and

a keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) switch connected with the client and the least one additional keyboard for operating a server, the KVM switch acquiring a state of the at least one additional keyboard when the server is switched on,

where the first keyboard includes a plurality of keys and a plurality of lighting portions each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of keys that light up depending on depression of a corresponding key and the at least one additional keyboard includes a plurality of keys and a plurality of lighting portions each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of keys that light up depending on depression of a corresponding key,

where an input using the at least one additional keyboard of the server causes an input via the first keyboard to be identical to the input of the at least one additional keyboard by setting states of LED portions of the first keyboard to be identical to LED portions of the at least one additional keyboard based on the command information transmitted to the first keyboard, and

where the client sets the state of the first keyboard to be identical with a preset state, and transmits information which sets the state of the at least one additional keyboard identical with the preset state to the KVM switch at a time of start of remote operation.

10. The remote operation system of claim 9, wherein the preset state indicates an operation state of at least one key of the first keyboard.