TWI711927B - System and method for computer microprocessor to synchronously output backlight special effects - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention includes at least one peripheral device and an electronic device. The peripheral device is provided with a backlight module, and the electronic device has a computer microprocessor electrically connected to the peripheral device; the user sets the backlight mode on the electronic device, and the computer microprocessor calculates according to the backlight mode A backlight special effect information, and synchronously output the backlight special effect information to the peripheral device, so that the backlight module presents the corresponding backlight special effect.

Description

System and method for computer microprocessor to synchronously output backlight special effects

The present invention relates to a system and method for synchronously outputting backlight special effects by a computer microprocessor, in particular to a system and method for setting backlight special effects of computer peripheral devices by a computer microprocessor.

In recent years, due to the advancement of science and technology, various electronic products have been constantly innovating. Their appearance and backlighting effect have always been one of the focuses of young consumers comparing products, and the use of keyboards and mice in computers can be said to be One of the most important tools.

Designing backlight effects on peripheral products such as keyboards and mice, in addition to being beneficial to use in the dark, the biggest feature is that the number, strength and color changes of the light sources can make these peripheral products have a dazzling appearance during operation.

However, most of the backlight effects on commercially available LED keyboards or LED mice are written in the keyboard or mouse's Micro Control Unit (MCU) by firmware (FW), which generates The number of special effects is limited and its scalability is poor, and its special effects can only be displayed on the keyboard and mouse.

In view of this, the inventor of the present case actively researched and improved with his years of relevant design practical experience, and after many physical sample preparations and tests, he specifically improved the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, and finally completed the present invention.

In order to overcome the above-mentioned shortcomings, the present invention provides a system and method for synchronously outputting backlight special effects by a computer microprocessor, which allows the user to create special effect graphics files and set the backlight mode through PC-side software, and then output the results to Various computer peripheral devices, and produce corresponding backlight effects.

The present invention is a system for synchronously outputting backlight special effects by a computer microprocessor, which includes: at least one peripheral device and an electronic device; the peripheral device has a backlight module, the electronic device has a computer microprocessor, the The computer microprocessor is electrically connected to the peripheral device for setting and controlling the backlight special effects of the backlight module of the peripheral device.

The present invention also includes a method for a computer microprocessor to synchronously output backlight special effects, which includes: preparing at least one peripheral device with a backlight module and an electronic device with a computer microprocessor, and the computer microprocessor is an electrical Connect the peripheral device to set and control the backlight special effect of the backlight module; set the backlight mode on the electronic device; the computer microprocessor calculates a backlight special effect information according to the backlight mode, and synchronizes the backlight special effect information Output to the peripheral device to make the backlight module present the corresponding backlight special effect.

The following is a detailed description with specific embodiments and accompanying drawings, so that the examiner can have a better understanding of the technical features of the present invention.

10: Peripheral devices

11: Backlight module

12: Microprocessor

13: Signal transmission unit

20: Electronic device

21: Computer microprocessor

51: Preparation steps

52: Setting steps

53: Synchronous output steps

531: check step

532: Interactive output steps

533: Change Step

S1, S2, S3, S21, S22, S23, S24: steps

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a system for synchronously outputting backlight special effects by the computer microprocessor of the present invention

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the method for synchronously outputting backlight special effects by the computer microprocessor of the present invention

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the second process of the method for synchronously outputting backlight special effects by the computer microprocessor of the present invention

4A is a schematic diagram of the first change of the interactive backlight effect of the present invention

4B is a schematic diagram of the second change of the interactive backlight effect of the present invention

Figure 5 is a system architecture diagram of the present invention

Figure 6 is a flow chart of the first setting method of the present invention

Figure 7 is a flow diagram of the second setting method of the present invention

As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention is a system for a computer microprocessor to synchronously output special effects by light, which includes: at least one peripheral device 10 and an electronic device 20.

The peripheral device 10 can be computer-related peripheral products such as keyboards, mice, audio equipment, and mouse pads, and is provided with a backlight module 11 that can produce backlight special effects; in essence, the backlight module 11 is composed of multiple light sources. Composition, the number and color of each light source can be changed as needed, for example, it can be any color of red, green, or blue or a combination of these colors.

The electronic device 20 can be an electronic device such as a PC computer, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, etc., and is provided with a computer microprocessor 21, which is electrically wired or wirelessly Products such as keyboards, mice, audio equipment and mouse pads connected to the peripheral device 10 are used to set and control the backlight special effects of the backlight module 11 of the peripheral device 10; of course, when the electronic device 20 is a smart phone or In the case of a tablet, the backlight effects can be set through the APP.

Please refer to FIG. 2, a method for a computer microprocessor to synchronously output backlight special effects, which includes: a preparation step 51: prepare at least one peripheral device 10 and an electronic device 20; the peripheral device 10 is provided with a backlight capable of generating backlight special effects Module 11, and the electronic device 20 is provided with a computer microprocessor 21, the computer microprocessor 21 is electrically connected to the peripheral device 10 in one of wired or wireless manner, for setting and controlling the peripheral device 10 The backlight special effects of the backlight module 11; A setting step 52: the user sets the backlight mode on the electronic device 20; a synchronous output step 53: the computer microprocessor 21 calculates a backlight special effect information according to the backlight mode, and synchronously outputs the backlight special effect information to the peripheral The device 10 makes the backlight module 11 present corresponding backlight special effects.

Regarding the setting of step 52, at least the following three modes are included:

[1] Set the mode by yourself, the user can make special effects graphics files and set the backlight mode special effects through the PC software.

[2] In the predetermined special effect mode, the user can select the predetermined special effect stored in the electronic device 20; of course, the user can also use the self-setting mode to store the set backlight special effect information in the electronic device 20.

[3] In the interactive setting mode, the user can set the backlight special effect by himself so that one of the peripheral devices 10 can achieve an interactive backlight special effect change with the motion signal generated by the other peripheral device 10.

In detail, in the self-setting mode, the user can control the backlight special effects of the peripheral device 10 according to each person's preference. For example, when the peripheral device 10 is a keyboard, the lighting sequence or color change of each word key can be set. Then generate specific picture changes, text changes, text image marquee, etc.; in the predetermined special effects mode, the user can select predetermined special effects files stored in the electronic device 20, such as: full-color breathing, rainbow waves displayed on the keyboard , Knight Rider Lee Mike, Snake and other different backlight special effects changes, of course, you can also select multiple predetermined special effects at the same time, so that multiple backlight special effects on the keyboard to operate simultaneously or sequentially.

As shown in Fig. 3, when the interactive setting mode is selected, the synchronous output step 53 includes the following steps:

A checking step 531: the computer microprocessor 21 receives the action signals generated by at least two peripheral devices 10;

An interactive output step 532: The computer microprocessor 21 calculates the backlight display information according to the backlight mode and each action signal, and synchronously outputs the backlight display information to each peripheral device 10, so that each backlight module 11 Respectively present different backlight effects.

A change step 533: After completing the interactive output step 532, repeat the check step 531 and the interactive output step 533 to generate different backlight effects according to the change of the action signal generated by each peripheral device 10.

The action signal generated by the peripheral device 10 can be a keyboard press input signal, a mouse movement signal, an audio signal from a sound source device, etc., and the user can configure one of the peripheral devices 10 to follow the other peripheral device The operation of the device produces relative backlight effects; for example, the relative position of the zigzag key on the keyboard is changed by light source or color change by using the mouse's moving position change, that is, the keyboard backlight effect is relative to the movement of the mouse; As shown in 4A and 4B, the two peripheral devices 10 are a keyboard and a mouse respectively. When the mouse moves from a first position P1 to a second position P2 on the left, the light-emitting positions of the keyboard keys are also relatively from right to The left changes.

In the interactive setting, the sound wave signal change of the sound source device can also be used to make the word key of a specific area on the keyboard produce light source or color change with the sound wave level. Of course, the above-mentioned backlight special effect changes are only examples and do not limit the backlight effect of the present invention. In practice, the present invention can make the backlight special effects have many combinations and changes according to the user's setting, which is different from the commercially available backlight products. .

As shown in FIG. 5, which is a system architecture diagram of the present invention; wherein, the peripheral device 10 has a microprocessor 12 and a signal transmission unit 13, and the signal transmission unit 13 is used for the peripheral device 10 The action signal is transmitted to the computer microprocessor 21; the computer microprocessor 21 calculates The backlight special effect information is synchronously output to the microprocessor 12 of the peripheral device 10 to drive the backlight module 11 to present a corresponding backlight effect.

As shown in FIG. 6, it is a flowchart of the setting method of the present invention, which includes: Step S1: After the electronic device 20 (computer or smartphone APP) selects a self-setting mode or a predetermined special effect mode in the setting step , That is, perform the following operation steps; Step S2: The computer microprocessor 21 calculates the RGB three-color light superimposition value of each light effect map and each point according to the backlight mode; Step S3: Synchronously output backlight special effects to the mouse, keyboard, and audio source equipment , Mouse pad and other peripheral devices 10.

As shown in FIG. 7, it is a flowchart of the second setting method of the present invention, which includes: Step S21: After the electronic device 20 (computer or smart phone APP) selects the interactive setting mode in the setting step, it starts The following operation steps: Step S22: Check the motion signals of the peripheral devices 10 such as the mouse, keyboard, audio equipment, mouse pad, etc.; Step S23: The computer microprocessor 21 calculates the light effect diagrams and the light effects according to the backlight mode and the motion signal. Point the RGB three-color light superimposed value; Step S24: Synchronously output the backlight special effect to the mouse, keyboard, audio equipment, mouse pad and other peripheral devices.

Repeat the above steps or end. (For example, if the mouse stops moving, it ends, if it continues to move, repeat the above steps).

It can be seen from the above description that the present invention uses the electronic device 20 to set the synchronous output of backlight special effects, so that the user can design according to their preferences, so that the peripheral device 10 can synchronously generate different levels of backlight special effects.

Based on the above detailed description, those who are familiar with this technique can understand that the present invention can indeed achieve the aforementioned objects, and it has indeed met the provisions of the Patent Law.

10‧‧‧Peripherals

11‧‧‧Backlight Module

20‧‧‧Electronic device

21‧‧‧Computer microprocessor

Claims (1)

A method for synchronously outputting backlight special effects by a computer microprocessor includes: a preparation step: preparing at least one peripheral device and an electronic device; the peripheral device is provided with a backlight module, and the electronic device has a computer microprocessor , The computer microprocessor is electrically connected to the peripheral device for setting and controlling the backlight special effects of the backlight module; wherein the electronic device is one of a computer, a smart phone, a tablet computer or a notebook computer, The peripheral device can be one of a keyboard, a mouse, a mouse pad or a sound source device, and the computer microprocessor is electrically connected to the peripheral device in one of wired or wireless ways; a setting step: in the electronic The backlight mode is set on the device; a synchronous output step: the computer microprocessor calculates a backlight special effect information according to the backlight mode, and synchronously outputs the backlight special effect information to the peripheral device, so that the backlight module presents the corresponding backlight special effect ; Wherein, the setting mode of the setting step includes self setting mode, predetermined special effect mode and interactive setting mode; the setting step further includes: Step S21: The computer or smart phone APP of the electronic device selects the interaction in the setting step Step S22: Check the action signals of peripheral devices such as the mouse, keyboard, audio equipment, mouse pad, etc.; Step S23: The computer microprocessor calculates each operation signal according to the backlight mode and the action signal. Light effect diagram, RGB three-color light superimposed value of each point; Step S24: Synchronously output backlight special effects to peripheral devices such as mouse, keyboard, audio equipment, mouse pad, etc.; When the interactive setting mode is selected in the setting step, the synchronous output step further includes the following steps: a checking step: the computer microprocessor receives the action signals generated by at least two peripheral devices; an interactive processing step: the computer micro The processor calculates the backlight special effect information according to the backlight mode and each action signal, and synchronously outputs it to each peripheral device, so that each backlight module presents different backlight special effects; a change step: after completing the interactive output step , Repeat the inspection step and the interactive output step again, and then different backlight effects can be generated according to the change of the action signal generated by each peripheral device.

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