Computer host and trigger device thereof

Abstract

The invention provides a computer host and a triggering device thereof. The computer host includes a plurality of components, a host unit coupled to the plurality of components, a trigger device coupled to the host unit, and a case bearing the plurality of components, the host unit and the trigger device. The triggering device comprises a plurality of triggering elements, and each triggering element can directly start an effect parameter adjusting picture installed on the host unit, so that a user can conveniently adjust the function effect of a corresponding component through the started effect parameter adjusting picture.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to a computer host, and in particular to functional effect adjustment of a lighting component and / or a cooling fan on the computer host. Background Art

[0002] With the popularization of personal computers and the booming development of the e-sports industry, the design of computer hosts is no longer limited to the improvement of their own functions. How to make the computer host look cooler has become one of the future design trends.

[0003] Take the lighting components with RGB lighting effects as an example. They are not only installed on the computer chassis, but also on the display card and even the storage device. These lighting components can not only make the computer look cooler, but also can be adjusted by the user to highlight personal style or change the atmosphere of the environment.

[0004] However, the current lighting effect adjustment of lighting components is very inconvenient in operation, because the user must start the software for adjusting the lighting effect, and find the lighting component to be adjusted on the main page provided by the software, and then enter the corresponding adjustment page to adjust the desired lighting effect. This inconvenient operation problem also occurs in the speed adjustment of the cooling fan. Therefore, how to solve this kind of inconvenient operation problem has become one of the topics that the industry has been paying attention to for a long time. Summary of the invention

[0005] The object of the present invention is to provide a computer host and a trigger device thereof to solve the problem of inconvenient operation mentioned in the prior art. In more detail, the computer host of the present invention includes a plurality of components, a host unit, a trigger device and a housing. Each component has an adjustable effect parameter and can operate according to the respective effect parameters to produce corresponding functional effects. The host unit is coupled to the plurality of components and is installed with an application program, which provides a plurality of effect parameter adjustment pages, the plurality of effect parameter adjustment pages correspond to the plurality of components respectively, and the content of each effect parameter adjustment page determines the value of the effect parameter of the corresponding component. Among them, the plurality of effect parameter adjustment pages of the application program are also configured to be directly activated by the activation signal received by the host unit. The trigger device includes a startup circuit coupled to the host unit and a plurality of trigger elements coupled to the startup circuit. Each trigger element can trigger the startup circuit to generate a startup signal to be transmitted to the host unit in response to a user action. Each of the plurality of startup signals carries an identification code, and the startup signals caused by different trigger elements carry different identification codes, so that the application program activates the corresponding effect parameter adjustment page according to the identification code carried by the startup signal received by the host unit. The housing carries a plurality of components, the host unit and the trigger device.

[0006] In one embodiment, the triggering elements of the triggering device of the computer host of the present invention are centrally arranged on a side panel of the housing.

[0007] In one embodiment, the triggering elements of the triggering device of the computer host of the present invention are dispersedly arranged at various positions of the housing, and there is a one-to-one intuitive association between the multiple positions and the multiple components.

[0008] In one embodiment, the multiple components of the computer host of the present invention include one or more lighting components with adjustable lighting effects, and one or more cooling fans with adjustable speed effects, and the multiple effect parameter adjustment pages include one or more effect parameter adjustment pages for adjusting lighting effects, and one or more effect parameter adjustment pages for adjusting speed effects.

[0009] In one embodiment, one of the multiple trigger elements of the computer host of the present invention is a sensing element, and the effect parameter adjustment page corresponding to the sensing element has a "turn off sensing" option. When the "turn off sensing" option is checked, the sensing element is temporarily disabled and no longer responds to the user's actions.

[0010] The number of the above components of the present invention can be determined according to the needs. In one embodiment, there is only one component, and its corresponding trigger element and effect parameter adjustment page are also only one.

[0011] The trigger device of the present invention includes a start-up circuit and a plurality of trigger elements coupled to the start-up circuit. The start-up circuit is used to couple to a host unit. The plurality of trigger elements are used to be assembled on a housing. Each trigger element can trigger the start-up circuit in response to a user action to generate a start-up signal to be transmitted to the host unit. The plurality of start-up signals each carry an identification code, and the start-up signals caused by different trigger elements each carry different identification codes, so that an application program starts a corresponding effect parameter adjustment page according to the identification code carried by the start-up signal received by the host unit.

[0012] In one embodiment, the plurality of trigger elements of the trigger device of the present invention are centrally arranged on a side panel of the housing.

[0013] In one embodiment, the triggering elements of the triggering device of the present invention are dispersedly arranged at various positions of the housing, and there is a one-to-one intuitive association between the multiple positions and the multiple components carried by the housing.

[0014] The beneficial effect of the present invention is that the computer host of the present invention directly activates the effect parameter adjustment page corresponding to the component to be adjusted through its trigger device, making it convenient for the user to adjust the functional effect of the corresponding component through the activated effect parameter adjustment page, thereby solving the inconvenience problem of having to perform multiple operations to adjust the functional effect of the component in the past. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 A functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a computer host of the present invention.

[0016] Figure 2 A schematic diagram showing the appearance of the computer host of this embodiment of the present invention.

[0017] Figure 3 A schematic diagram showing the appearance of another embodiment of a computer host of the present invention.

[0018] Figure 4 A schematic diagram showing a first effect parameter adjustment page according to the above embodiment of the present invention.

[0019] The reference numerals are as follows:

[0020] Component 1

[0021] Lighting assembly 1a

[0022] Cooling fan 1b

[0023] Lighting assembly 1c

[0024] Cooling fan 1d

[0025] Trigger device 2

[0026] Startup circuit 21

[0027] Trigger element 22

[0028] Buttons 22a, 22d

[0029] Capacitive sensing element 22c

[0030] Light sensing element 22b

[0031] Main unit 3

[0032] Shell 31

[0033] Front side panel 311

[0034] Left side panel 312

[0035] Top side panel 313

[0036] Display screen 4

[0037] First effect parameter adjustment page 40

[0038] Second effect parameter adjustment page 41

[0039] Third effect parameter adjustment page 42

[0040] Fourth effect parameter adjustment page 43

[0041] Lightning pattern 401

[0042] Mode Menu 402

[0043] Color adjustment disc 403

[0044] Brightness Adjustment Tool 404

[0045] Speed ​​Adjustment Tool 405 DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0046] Figure 1 The computer host of the present invention includes a plurality of components 1 , a trigger device 2 , a host unit 3 , and a housing 31 that carries the plurality of components 1 , the trigger device 2 , and the host unit 3 .

[0047] Each component 1 has an effect parameter, and can operate according to its own effect parameter to produce a corresponding functional effect. Among them, the effect parameter of each component 1 can be adjusted. In this embodiment, multiple components 1 include one or more cooling fans, one or more lighting components, or any combination of the above two, but are not limited to this. Each lighting component usually includes one or more light-emitting diodes. Each cooling fan can produce a corresponding speed effect according to its effect parameter, such as high speed, medium speed, low speed... and other speed effects. Each lighting component, such as a lighting component with RGB lighting effects, can produce corresponding lighting effects according to its effect parameters, such as long-on blue light, flashing white light, colorful cycle color change... and other lighting effects.

[0048] The host unit 3 includes at least the following components (not shown): a computer motherboard, a memory device, an interface card (such as a display card) and a hard disk. The aforementioned components are located in the housing 31. The above-mentioned components 1 are installed on the aforementioned components, and the number of installations and the components attached can be determined according to the needs of a user, for example, Figure 2 and Figure 3 The four components 1 shown are a lighting component 1a and a cooling fan 1b installed on a front side panel 311 of the case 31, another lighting component 1c installed on a left side panel 312 of the case 31, and another cooling fan 1d installed on the display card and close to a top side panel 313 of the case 31.

[0049] The host unit 3 is installed with an operating system and an application supported by the operating system. The application provides a plurality of effect parameter adjustment pages, for example, a first effect parameter adjustment page 40, a first effect parameter adjustment page 41, a first effect parameter adjustment page 42 and a fourth effect parameter adjustment page 43. These effect parameter adjustment pages correspond to the above-mentioned components 1, and the value of the effect parameter of each component 1 is determined by the content of the corresponding effect parameter adjustment page. In other words, the user can adjust the effect parameters of the corresponding component 1 through the adjustment functions provided by these effect parameter adjustment pages, so that the plurality of components 1 can respectively operate according to the adjusted effect parameters to produce corresponding functional effects.

[0050] The multiple effect parameter adjustment pages of the application are configured to be directly activated by the activation signal received by the host unit 3. The multiple activation signals correspond to the multiple effect parameter adjustment pages one by one. The activated effect parameter adjustment pages are displayed on a display screen 4 coupled to the host unit 3.

[0051] The trigger device 2 includes a start-up circuit 21 coupled to the main board of the host unit 3 and a plurality of trigger elements 22 coupled to the start-up circuit 21. The plurality of trigger elements 22 correspond one-to-one to a plurality of effect parameter adjustment pages corresponding to the plurality of components 1 respectively.

[0052] In terms of type selection, these trigger elements 22 can all be buttons or all be sensing elements. These trigger elements 22 can also have at least one button and the rest sensing elements, or at least one sensing element and the rest buttons. In addition, these trigger elements 22 can of course be partially buttons and partially sensing elements. Each sensing element can be a light sensing element or a capacitive sensing element. In terms of position configuration, these trigger elements 22 can be centrally configured on a side panel of the housing 31, or can be dispersedly configured at various locations of the housing 31. For example, Figure 2 The four trigger elements 22 shown are all buttons, and they are all concentrated on the front side plate 311 of the housing 31. For another example, Figure 3The four trigger elements 22 shown are two buttons 22a and 22d, a light sensor 22b and a capacitive sensor 22c, and their positions have a one-to-one intuitive association with multiple components 1. For example, the light component 1a and the button 22a are very close, so the user will intuitively think that the button 22a is related to the adjustment of the light component 1a, and it can be said that there is such an intuitive association between the light component 1a and the button 22a. Similarly, the user will also intuitively think that the cooling fan 1b is related to the light sensor 22b, so there is also such an intuitive association between the two. As for the light component 1c, although it is slightly far away from the capacitive sensor 22c, they are both located on the left side plate 312, so the user will intuitively think that the capacitive sensor 22c is related to the adjustment of the light component 1c, and it can be said that there is such an intuitive association between the two. Similarly, the user will also intuitively think that the button 22d is related to the adjustment of the cooling fan 1d, so there is also such an intuitive association between the two.

[0053] Each trigger element 22 can trigger the start circuit 21 to generate a start signal to be transmitted to the host unit 3 in response to a user action. For example, when the button 22 a is pressed by the user, the start circuit 21 will transmit the start signal to the host unit 3 .

[0054] The activation signal transmitted by the activation circuit 21 carries an identification code, and the activation signals caused by different trigger elements 22 carry different identification codes. This enables the application to activate the corresponding effect parameter adjustment page according to the activation signal received by the host unit 3.

[0055] As can be seen from the above description, different trigger elements 22 can directly activate the effect parameter adjustment page corresponding to different components 1, so as to facilitate the user to adjust the desired functional effect of the component 1. Figure 2 and Figure 4 As shown, when all the trigger elements 22 are buttons, when the user presses the first trigger element 22 from the left, the first effect parameter adjustment page 40 for adjusting the lighting effect of the lighting assembly 1a will be immediately displayed on the display screen 4. At this time, the user can adjust the value of the effect parameter of the lighting assembly 1a through the first effect parameter adjustment page 40. In this embodiment, Figure 4 As shown, the content of the first effect parameter adjustment page 40 includes a lightning pattern 401 for representing the light assembly 1a, a mode menu 402 for determining the light mode, a color adjustment dial 403 for adjusting the light color, a brightness adjustment tool 404 for adjusting the light brightness, and a speed adjustment tool 405 for adjusting the flash speed or cycle speed. Among them, the mode menu 402 provides four light modes for selection from top to bottom, namely, "long light", "flash", "seven-color cycle change" and "off".

[0056] After the user uses the first effect parameter adjustment page 40 to adjust the desired lighting mode, lighting color, lighting brightness and flashing speed (or cycle speed), the value of the effect parameter of the lighting component 1a is determined, and at this time, the lighting component 1a will produce the desired lighting effect.

[0057] Similarly, when the user presses the second trigger element 22 from the left, the second effect parameter adjustment page 41 for adjusting the speed effect of the cooling fan 1b is displayed on the display screen 4, so that the user can adjust the desired speed and let the cooling fan 1b run at the desired speed. When the user presses the third trigger element 22 from the left, the third effect parameter adjustment page 42 for adjusting the lighting effect of the lighting component 1c is displayed on the display screen 4, so that the user can adjust the desired lighting mode, lighting color, lighting brightness and flash speed (or cycle speed) so that the lighting component 1c produces the desired lighting effect. When the user presses the fourth trigger element 22 from the left, the fourth effect parameter adjustment page 43 for adjusting the speed effect of the cooling fan 1b is displayed on the display screen 4, so that the user can adjust the desired speed and let the cooling fan 1d run at the desired speed. If there are more trigger elements 22 and corresponding components 1, the same is true and will not be repeated.

[0058] See also Figure 3 Since there is a one-to-one intuitive association between the multiple trigger elements 22 and the multiple components 1, the user only needs to press or approach the multiple trigger elements 22 by hand according to his intuition to directly activate the desired effect parameter adjustment page, which is convenient for the user to adjust the functional effect of the component 1 that he wants to adjust. For example, pressing the button 22a by hand can activate the first effect parameter adjustment page 40 for adjusting the lighting effect of the lighting component 1a, approaching the light sensing element 22b by hand can activate the second effect parameter adjustment page 41 for adjusting the speed effect of the cooling fan 1b, approaching the capacitive sensing element 22c by hand can activate the third effect parameter adjustment page 43 for adjusting the lighting effect of the lighting component 1c, and pressing the button 22d by hand can activate the fourth effect parameter adjustment page 43 for adjusting the speed effect of the cooling fan 1d.

[0059] In the configuration where the trigger element 22 is a sensing element, a sensitive sensing element may frequently activate a certain effect parameter adjustment page due to interference or malfunction. To avoid such troubles, the above application can be further configured to first activate an inquiry message when receiving the activation signal, asking the user whether he wants to use a certain effect parameter adjustment page that is currently ready to be activated. If the user responds "yes", the certain effect parameter adjustment page is activated, otherwise, it is not activated. Another approach is to add an option of "turning off sensing" in the above effect parameter adjustment page. Once this option is checked, the corresponding sensing element is temporarily disabled and no longer responds to the user's actions.

[0060] In addition, the number of the above components 1 can be determined according to the needs. If there is only one component 1, then only one corresponding trigger element 22 and effect parameter adjustment page are required.

[0061] In summary, the computer host of the present invention directly activates the effect parameter adjustment page corresponding to the component 1 to be adjusted through its trigger device 2, which facilitates the user to adjust the functional effect of the corresponding component 1 through the activated effect parameter adjustment page, thereby solving the inconvenience problem that the functional effect of the component must be adjusted through multiple operations in the past.

Claims

1. A computer host, characterized in that: include: A plurality of components, each component having an effect parameter and being able to operate according to the respective effect parameter to produce a corresponding functional effect, wherein the effect parameter of each component is adjustable; a host unit, coupled to the plurality of components, and having an application installed thereon, the application providing a plurality of effect parameter adjustment pages, the plurality of effect parameter adjustment pages corresponding to the plurality of components respectively, the content of each effect parameter adjustment page determining the value of the effect parameter of the corresponding component, wherein the plurality of effect parameter adjustment pages of the application are further configured to be directly activated by a startup signal received by the host unit; a trigger device, comprising a start-up circuit coupled to the host unit and a plurality of trigger elements coupled to the start-up circuit, each of the trigger elements being capable of triggering the start-up circuit to generate a start-up signal in response to a user action and transmitting the start-up signal to the host unit, each of the start-up signals being provided with an identification code, and each of the start-up signals caused by different trigger elements being provided with a different identification code, so that the application program can start the corresponding effect parameter adjustment page according to the identification code of the start-up signal received by the host unit; and A housing carries a plurality of the components, the host unit and the trigger device.

2. The computer host according to claim 1, characterized in that: The plurality of trigger elements of the trigger device are centrally arranged on a side plate of the housing.

3. The computer host according to claim 1, characterized in that: The plurality of trigger elements of the trigger device are dispersedly arranged at various positions of the housing, and there is a one-to-one intuitive association between the plurality of positions and the plurality of components.

4. The computer host according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The multiple components include one or more lighting components with adjustable lighting effects, and one or more cooling fans with adjustable speed effects. The multiple effect parameter adjustment pages include one or more effect parameter adjustment pages for adjusting lighting effects, and one or more effect parameter adjustment pages for adjusting speed effects.

5. The computer host according to claim 1, characterized in that: One of the multiple trigger elements is a sensing element. The effect parameter adjustment page corresponding to the sensing element has a "turn off sensing" option. When the "turn off sensing" option is checked, the sensing element is temporarily disabled and no longer responds to the user's actions.

6. A computer host, characterized in that: include: A component can operate according to an effect parameter to produce a corresponding functional effect, and the effect parameter is adjustable; a host unit coupled to the component and having an application installed thereon, the application providing an effect parameter adjustment page, the content of the effect parameter adjustment page determining the value of the effect parameter of the component, wherein the effect parameter adjustment page of the application is further configured to be directly activated by a start signal received by the host unit; a trigger device, comprising a start-up circuit coupled to the host unit and a trigger element coupled to the start-up circuit, wherein the trigger element can trigger the start-up circuit to generate the start-up signal to be transmitted to the host unit in response to a user action; and A housing carries a plurality of the components, the mainboard and the trigger device.

7. The computer host according to claim 6, characterized in that: The component is a lighting component with adjustable lighting effects or a cooling fan with adjustable speed effects, and the effect parameter adjustment page is used to adjust the lighting effect of the lighting component or the speed effect of the cooling fan.

8. The computer host according to claim 6, characterized in that: The trigger element is a sensor element. The effect parameter adjustment page corresponding to the sensor element has an option of "turn off sensor". When the option of "turn off sensor" is checked, the sensor element is temporarily disabled and no longer responds to the user's actions.

9. A trigger device, characterized in that: The invention comprises a start-up circuit and a plurality of trigger elements coupled to the start-up circuit, wherein the start-up circuit is used to couple to a host unit, and the plurality of trigger elements are used to be assembled on a housing, and each trigger element can trigger the start-up circuit to generate a start-up signal to be transmitted to the host unit in response to a user action, and the plurality of start-up signals each carry an identification code, and the start-up signals caused by different trigger elements each carry different identification codes, so that an application program starts a corresponding effect parameter adjustment page according to the identification code carried by the start-up signal received by the host unit.

10. The trigger device according to claim 9, characterized in that: The plurality of trigger elements of the trigger device are centrally arranged on a side plate of the housing.

11. The trigger device according to claim 9, characterized in that: The plurality of trigger elements of the trigger device are dispersedly arranged at various positions of the housing, and the plurality of positions have a one-to-one intuitive association with the plurality of components carried by the housing.

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