CN101739218A - Interface conversion device for computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an interface conversion device for a computer system, which comprises a first interface and a second interface, wherein the first interface and the second interface are respectively used for being embedded in the computer system and an external electronic device; a control unit, coupled to the first interface and the second interface, for converting data of the first interface and the second interface according to a driving program; a memory for storing the driver; and a virtual disc formed in the memory for storing a first program.

Description

Interface conversion device for a computer system

technical field

The invention relates to an interface conversion device for a computer system, especially an interface conversion device which can save the cost of attaching a CD, reduce the probability of damage to the CD and the CD drive, and greatly improve the convenience and portability.

Background technique

In a computer system, external electronic devices, such as hard disks, memory cards, video cameras, etc., can be used to expand the storage capacity or multimedia functions of the computer system. Generally speaking, this type of external electronic device is connected to the computer system through an external or built-in interface conversion device, so as to perform data exchange or signal transmission with the computer system. In order to correctly activate the external electronic device and ensure the normal operation of the corresponding interface conversion device, the relevant electronic product will be attached with a CD, the content of which is mostly the user manual, driver program and application software of the electronic product. Users need to install the driver or application software on the computer before they can read or operate the data in the electronic product. However, when the user wants to read the data in the electronic product in other computer systems, the optical disc must be reinstalled in the computer system. This method is not only easy to damage the optical disc and the optical drive, but also the user needs to carry the electronic product frequently. CD-ROMs are installed for other computer systems to access data, thus causing inconvenience to users.

Furthermore, most notebook computers do not have a built-in CD-ROM drive in order to be light and thin, so that the CD-ROMs of electronic products cannot be directly installed in the computer, which makes it difficult to read data of electronic products and reduces the convenience of use.

Contents of the invention

Therefore, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide an interface conversion device for a computer system.

The present invention discloses an interface conversion device for a computer system, which includes a first interface for embedding in the computer system; a second interface for embedding in the external electronic device; a control unit , coupled to the first interface and the second interface, used to convert the data of the first interface and the second interface according to a driver program; a memory, used to store the driver program; and a virtual disc, forming The memory is used to store a first program.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an interface conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic diagram of an interface conversion device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The interface conversion device 10 is used to convert data between a computer system 100 and an external electronic device 102 , and includes a first interface 104 , a second interface 106 , a control unit 108 and a memory 110 . The first interface 104 is used to be embedded in the computer system 100 , and the second interface 106 is used to be embedded in the external electronic device 102 . The control unit 108 is coupled to the first interface 104 and the second interface 106 , and is used for controlling data transmission between the first interface 104 and the second interface 106 according to a driver program 112 stored in the memory 110 . In addition, in the memory 110 , a virtual disk 114 is also divided to store a first program 116 .

To put it simply, in the interface conversion device 10, in addition to storing the driver program 112, the memory 110 is divided into a virtual disk 114 for storing the first program 116, such as an instruction manual corresponding to the external electronic device 102, a driver program or application software etc. In this case, when the user intends to use the external electronic device 102 on other computer systems, since the driver program corresponding to the external electronic device 102 has been stored in the interface conversion device 10 (that is, the first program in the virtual disk 114 116), therefore, the user does not need to install through the optical disc, which saves the cost of attaching the optical disc, reduces the probability of damage to the optical disc and the optical drive, and greatly improves the convenience and portability. Among them, it should be noted that the driver 112 is used to drive the control unit 108 to convert the data of the first interface 104 and the second interface 106, and the first program 116 can be a driver or an application provided to the computer system 100 Software, etc., are used to drive the interface conversion device 10 or the external electronic device 102 to operate normally.

Therefore, with the help of the virtual optical disc 114, the present invention can store the user manual, driver program and related application software of the external electronic device 102 or the interface conversion device 10 as the first program 116, thereby saving the cost of an additional optical disc and increase its portability. Furthermore, an automatic execution file (such as autorun.inf or setup.exe) can be set in the virtual optical disk 114 , so that the computer system 100 can automatically execute the first program 116 stored in the virtual optical disk 114 . In this case, when the computer system 100 and the external electronic device 102 are respectively connected to the interface conversion device 10 through the first interface 104 and the second interface 106, the computer system 100 can drive the The interface conversion device 10 or the external electronic device 102 operates normally, so that the interface conversion device 10 can convert or exchange data between the computer system 100 and the external electronic device 102 .

It should be noted that FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the interface conversion device 10 , and those skilled in the art can make various changes accordingly, and are not limited thereto. For example, the external electronic device 102 can be a storage device (such as a hard disk or a memory card), a multimedia device (such as a mobile phone), or a video capture device (such as a camera or a webcam), and is not limited thereto. The first interface 104 and the second interface 106 can be common connection interfaces, such as interfaces such as USB, IEEE 1394, SATA, ESATA or IDE.

As mentioned above, in order to correctly activate the external electronic device and ensure the normal operation of the corresponding interface conversion device, the existing technology is to store the driver program of the relevant electronic product in a CD, so that when the user replaces the computer system, it is necessary to restart the computer system. Reading the data of the optical disc, in addition to possibly damaging the optical disc and the optical drive, also causes great inconvenience to the user. In contrast, in the present invention, the driver program of the interface conversion device 10 or the external electronic device 102 is stored in the virtual disk 114. When the user wants to use the external electronic device 102 on other computer systems, the user does not have to It needs to be installed through a CD, so the cost of attaching a CD can be saved, and the probability of damage to the CD and the CD drive can be reduced, greatly improving the convenience and portability.

To sum up, the present invention further divides a virtual optical disc in the memory of the interface conversion device to store user manuals, drivers or application software, etc., so that users do not need to install through optical discs, thus eliminating the need for additional software. The cost of optical discs is reduced, and the probability of damage to optical discs and optical drives is reduced, and the convenience and portability are greatly improved.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all equivalent changes or replacements made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention shall fall within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (12)

1. An interface conversion device for a computer system, comprising: a first interface, used to be embedded in the computer system; A second interface, used to be embedded in an external electronic device; a control unit, coupled to the first interface and the second interface, for converting data of the first interface and the second interface according to a driver program; a memory for storing the driver; and A virtual optical disc is formed in the memory for storing a first program. 2. The interface conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the first interface is one of USB, IEEE1394, IDE, SATA or ESATA. 3. The interface conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the second interface is one of USB, IEEE1394, IDE, SATA or ESATA. 4. The interface conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit automatically executes the virtual The first program stored in the CD. 5. The interface conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the external electronic device is a storage device. 6. The interface conversion device according to claim 5, wherein the storage device is a hard disk. 7. The interface conversion device according to claim 5, wherein the storage device is a memory card. 8. The interface conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the external electronic device is a multimedia device. 9. The interface conversion device according to claim 8, wherein the multimedia device is a video capture device. 10. The interface conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the first program is a driver corresponding to the external electronic device. 11. The interface conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the first program is an application software corresponding to the external electronic device. 12. The interface conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the virtual optical disc is further used to store an instruction manual corresponding to the external electronic device.

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