External display system for displaying data and visuals of an input operating interface

• US 9,672,179 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2014
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dexin Corporation
• Original Assignee: Dexin Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Yuan-Jung
• Primary Examiner(s): Alrobaye, Idriss N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yimer, Getente A
• Application Number:
  US14/494,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20150012673A1
• Time in Patent Office: 986 Days
• Field of Search: 710 19, 710 1, 710 67, 710 72, 710109, 710316
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3003 Monitoring arrangements specially adapted to the computing system or computing system component being monitored
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/385 for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4022 using switching circuits, e.g. switching matrix, connection or expansion network G06F13/4009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0384 Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0383 Signal control means within the pointing device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/12 Use of DVI or HDMI protocol in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/14 Use of low voltage differential signaling [LVDS] for display data communication
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information

Abstract

An external display system for displaying data of an input operating interface comprises: a computer module comprising a host, a display and a keyboard; a mouse module comprising a sensor unit, a first USB transmission interface unit, a control unit and a switch unit; an external display module comprising a second USB transmission interface unit, a microprocessor, a storage unit and a display unit. Upon receiving the triggering signal, the mouse module sends a signal to the microprocessor via the host. The microprocessor retrieves the status non-video data or the setting non-video data, generates and displays a status video data and/or a setting video data on the display unit. Or the microprocessor retrieves and transfers the setting non-video data to the host, and the host generates and transfers the setting video data to the display.

Claims

1. An external display system for displaying data of an input operating interface, comprising:

a computer module comprising;

a host having a first USB connection port and a second USB connection port;

a display electrically coupled to the host; and

a keyboard electrically coupled to the host;

a mouse module comprising;

a sensor unit configured to retrieve a status non-video data comprising current usage status of a mouse for controlling icon movement in the pictures displayed on the displayer;

a first USB transmission interface unit electrically coupled to the first USB connection port;

a control unit electrically coupled with the first USB transmission interface unit and the sensor unit, and processing the status non-video data, wherein the control unit further comprises a memory or an internal buffer for storing the status non-video data; and

a switch unit electrically coupled to the control unit and sending a triggering signal to the control unit when the switch unit being pressed; and

an external display module electrically coupled with the host of the computer module, comprising;

a second USB transmission interface unit electrically coupled with the host;

a microprocessor electrically coupled with the second USB transmission interface unit;

a storage unit electrically coupled with the microprocessor, the storage unit being preloaded or present with a setting non-video data comprising the parameters of the computer module or the mouse module; and

a display unit electrically coupled with the microprocessor;

wherein upon receiving the triggering signal, the control unit triggers the first USB transmission interface unit to send a first signal to the host via the first USB connection port;

wherein in response to the first signal, the host sends a second signal to the microprocessor of the external display module for processing via the second USB connection port;

wherein in response to the second signal, the microprocessor receives the status non-video data from the control unit and generates a status video data according to the status non-video data, and displays the status video data on the display unit of the external display module for rendering the current usage status of the mouse on the display unit, or receives the setting non-video data from the storage unit and generates a setting video data according to the setting non-video data, and displays the setting video data on the display unit of the external display module for rendering the parameters of the computer module or the mouse module on the display unit; and

wherein the external display module displays the action control items respectively corresponding to different action controls when a hot key of the mouse module is pressed, and transfers an action control signal corresponding to the selected action control item to the host when any action control item is selected for making the host perform the corresponded action control.

2. The external display system of claim 1, wherein computer module is a desktop computer or a notebook computer.

3. The external display system of claim 1, wherein the second USB connection port is electrically coupled with the second USB transmission interface unit.

4. The external display system of claim 1, wherein the switch unit at least comprises a left button, a right button and a wheel.

5. The external display system of claim 1, wherein the storage unit is an Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM) or a Flash Memory.

6. The external display system of claim 1, wherein the display unit is a LCD.

7. The external display system of claim 1, wherein the external display module further comprises a scaler electrically coupled the microprocessor and the display unit, the scaler transforms the status video data to a display format data corresponded to a display format of the display unit and transfers the display format data to the display unit for displaying.

8. The external display system of claim 7, wherein the display format data conforms to the standard of LVDS (Low-Voltage Differential Signaling).

9. The external display system of claim 1, wherein the status non-video data comprises a data of a key press count, a wheel roll count, an usage time length of the mouse module.

10. The external display system of claim 1, wherein the setting non-video data comprises the operation key settings of a computer games or a software, the default parameters of the mouse module or the keyboard, or the parameter setting values of the sensors.