A docking station and image display system

Abstract

The present application is applicable to the field of information transmission technology, and provides a docking station and an image display system. The docking station includes a startup control unit, which is connected to a first device; the startup control unit is used to send a startup control signal to the first device after the docking station is started, so as to control the startup of the first device. The docking station provided by the present application can control the startup of the first device connected thereto when it is started, without manually starting the first device, thereby improving the startup convenience of the external device connected to the docking station.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application belongs to the field of information transmission technology, and in particular, relates to a docking station and an image display system. Background Art

[0002] A docking station is a device used to expand the functions of a terminal device. It can be connected to a dedicated port on a laptop computer to duplicate and expand the ports of the terminal device, allowing the terminal device to be conveniently connected to multiple accessories or external devices in one stop.

[0003] A system that can realize specific functions by connecting the expansion dock with terminal devices and external devices (for example, an image display system can be realized by connecting the expansion dock with terminal devices and display devices). When the system needs to be started, it is usually necessary to turn on the terminal device, the expansion dock and the external device, so the startup process is relatively cumbersome. Therefore, the startup convenience of existing external devices connected to the expansion dock is relatively low. Summary of the invention

[0004] In view of this, an embodiment of the present application provides a docking station and an image display system to solve the technical problem of low startup convenience of the existing external devices connected to the docking station.

[0005] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a docking station, the docking station comprising a startup control unit, the startup control unit being connected to a first device;

[0006] The startup control unit is used to send a startup control signal to the first device after the expansion dock is started, so as to control the startup of the first device.

[0007] Optionally, the startup control unit includes a startup control signal acquisition unit, a startup control signal storage unit and a signal sending unit; the startup control signal acquisition unit is connected to the startup control signal storage unit, and the startup control signal storage unit is connected to the signal sending unit;

[0008] The start control signal acquisition unit is used to acquire the start control signal and send the start control signal to the start control signal storage unit;

[0009] The startup control signal storage unit is used to store the startup control signal;

[0010] The signal sending unit is used to send the startup control signal to the first device after the expansion dock is started, so as to control the startup of the first device.

[0011] Optionally, the expansion dock further includes an image signal acquisition unit, and the image signal acquisition unit is connected to the second device;

[0012] The image signal acquisition unit is used to acquire the image signal sent by the second device.

[0013] Optionally, the expansion dock further includes a signal compression unit, the signal compression unit is connected between the start control signal storage unit and the signal sending unit, and the signal compression unit is also connected to the image signal acquisition unit;

[0014] The signal compression unit is used to receive the image signal sent by the image signal acquisition unit, and receive the start control signal sent by the start control signal storage unit, and package and compress the image signal and the start control signal to obtain a first signal, and also send the first signal to the signal sending unit.

[0015] Optionally, the signal sending unit includes a first sending unit and a second sending unit; the first sending unit is connected to the signal compression unit, the first sending unit is communicatively connected to the second sending unit, and the second sending unit is connected to the first device;

[0016] The first sending unit is used to obtain the first signal and send the first signal to the second sending unit through wireless communication technology.

[0017] Optionally, the second sending unit includes a signal acquisition unit, a signal decompression unit and a signal decomposition unit; the signal acquisition unit is communicatively connected to the first sending unit, the signal acquisition unit is connected to the signal decompression unit, and the signal decompression unit is connected to the signal decomposition unit;

[0018] The signal acquisition unit is used for acquiring the first signal sent by the first sending unit, and sending the first signal to the signal decompression unit;

[0019] The signal decompression unit is used to decompress the first signal to obtain a second signal, and send the second signal to the signal decomposition unit;

[0020] The signal decomposition unit is used for decomposing the second signal to obtain the image signal and the start control signal, and sending the image signal and the start control signal to the first device.

[0021] Optionally, the start control signal acquisition unit includes an infrared signal receiver; and the start control signal storage unit includes an infrared signal storage unit.

[0022] Optionally, the first sending unit includes a WIFI signal transmitter, and the signal acquiring unit includes a WIFI signal receiver.

[0023] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an image display system, comprising a docking station as described in any one of the first aspect, a first device, and a second device.

[0024] Optionally, the first device includes a display device.

[0025] The expansion dock and image display system provided by the embodiments of the present application have the following beneficial effects:

[0026] The embodiment of the present application provides a docking station, which includes a startup control unit connected to a first device; the startup control unit is used to send a startup control signal to the first device after the docking station is started, so as to control the startup of the first device. In this way, the docking station can control the startup of the first device connected thereto when it is started, so that there is no need to manually start the first device, thereby improving the startup convenience of the external device connected to the docking station. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying any creative labor.

[0028] Figure 1 A schematic structural diagram of a docking station provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0029] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the structure of a docking station provided in another embodiment of the present application;

[0030] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of the structure of an image display system provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] It should be noted that the terms used in the embodiments of the present application are only used to explain the specific embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise specified, "multiple" refers to two or more than two, and "at least one", "one or more" refers to one, two or more. The terms "first" and "second" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features. Thus, it is defined that the "first" and "second" features can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features.

[0032] References to "one embodiment" or "some embodiments" etc. described in this specification mean that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in conjunction with the embodiment is included in one or more embodiments of the present application. Thus, the phrases "in one embodiment", "in some embodiments", "in some other embodiments", "in some other embodiments", etc. that appear at different places in this specification do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, but mean "one or more but not all embodiments", unless otherwise specifically emphasized in other ways. The terms "including", "comprising", "having" and their variations all mean "including but not limited to", unless otherwise specifically emphasized in other ways.

[0033] In the prior art, the docking station cannot control the startup of the device connected thereto, so the user needs to manually start the device connected thereto when starting the docking station. It can be seen that the convenience of the existing docking station is low.

[0034] The embodiment of the present application first provides a docking station. Different from the docking station in the prior art, the docking station provided in the embodiment of the present application includes a startup control unit, which can control the startup of a first device connected to the docking station when the docking station is started.

[0035] See also Figure 1 , Figure 1 A schematic structural diagram of a docking station provided in an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 1 As shown, the docking station 11 may include a start control unit 111 .

[0036] The expansion dock 11 may be connected to the first device 12. Specifically, the startup control unit 111 may be connected to the first device 12.

[0037] The startup control unit 111 may be configured to send a startup control signal to the first device 12 after the docking station 11 is started, so as to control the first device 12 to start.

[0038] The start control signal is used to control the first device 12 to start.

[0039] In practical applications, the specific type of the start control signal can be set according to actual needs and is not specifically limited here.

[0040] Exemplarily, the type of the start control signal may be an infrared signal.

[0041] See also Figure 2 , Figure 2 A schematic structural diagram of a docking station provided in another embodiment of the present application.

[0042] like Figure 2As shown, in an optional implementation, the startup control unit 111 may include a startup control signal acquisition unit 1111 , a startup control signal storage unit 1112 , and a signal sending unit 1113 .

[0043] The start control signal acquisition unit 1111 may be connected to the start control signal storage unit 1112 , and the start control signal storage unit 1112 may be connected to the signal sending unit 1113 .

[0044] The startup control signal acquisition unit 1111 may be configured to acquire a startup control signal for controlling startup of the first device 12 , and send the startup control signal to the startup control signal storage unit 1112 .

[0045] The start control signal storage unit 1112 can be used to receive the start control signal sent by the start control signal acquisition unit 1111, and can be used to store the start control signal sent by the start control signal acquisition unit 1111, and can be used to send the stored start control signal to the signal sending unit 1113 after the docking station 11 is started.

[0046] The signal sending unit 1113 may be configured to receive a start control signal sent by the start control signal storage unit 1112 after the docking station 11 is started, and after receiving the start control signal, send the start control signal to the first device 12 to control the first device 12 to start.

[0047] like Figure 2 As shown, in an optional implementation, the docking station 11 may further include an image signal acquisition unit 112 , and the docking station 11 may further be connected to the second device 13 . Specifically, the image signal acquisition unit 112 may be connected to the second device 13 .

[0048] The second device 13 may send an image signal to the docking station 11 , and the image signal acquiring unit 112 may acquire the image signal sent by the second device 13 .

[0049] like Figure 2 As shown, in an optional implementation, the docking station 11 may further include a signal compression unit 113 .

[0050] The signal compression unit 113 may be connected between the start control signal storage unit 1112 and the signal sending unit 1113 , and the signal compression unit 113 may also be connected to the image signal acquisition unit 112 .

[0051] The signal compression unit 113 can be used to receive the image signal sent by the image signal acquisition unit 112, and can be used to receive the start control signal sent by the start control signal storage unit 1112, and after receiving the image signal and the start control signal, the image signal and the start control signal can be packaged and compressed to obtain a first signal, and then the signal compression unit 113 can also send the first signal to the signal sending unit 1113.

[0052] like Figure 2 As shown, in an optional implementation, the signal sending unit 1113 may include a first sending unit 11131 and a second sending unit 11132 .

[0053] Among them, the first sending unit 11131 can be connected to the signal compression unit 113, the first sending unit 11131 can be communicatively connected to the second sending unit 11132, and the second sending unit 11132 can be connected to the first device 12.

[0054] The first sending unit 11131 can be used to obtain the first signal sent by the signal compression unit 113, and then the first sending unit 11131 can send the first signal to the second sending unit 11132 through wireless communication technology.

[0055] like Figure 2 As shown, in an optional implementation, the second sending unit 11132 may include a signal acquisition unit 111321, a signal decompression unit 111322 and a signal decomposition unit 111323.

[0056] The signal acquisition unit 111321 can be communicatively connected with the first sending unit 11131 , and the signal acquisition unit 111321 can be connected with the signal decompression unit 111322 , and the signal decompression unit 111322 can be connected with the signal decomposition unit 111323 .

[0057] The signal acquisition unit 111321 can be used to acquire the first signal sent by the first sending unit 11131 , and then the signal acquisition unit 111321 can send the acquired first signal to the signal decompression unit 111322 .

[0058] The signal decompression unit 111322 can be used to receive the first signal sent by the signal acquisition unit 111321, and decompress the first signal to obtain a second signal. After that, the signal decompression unit 111322 can send the second signal to the signal decomposition unit 111323.

[0059] The signal decomposition unit 111323 can be used to receive the second signal sent by the signal decompression unit 111322, and decompose the received second signal to obtain an image signal and a start control signal. After that, the signal decomposition unit 111323 can send the image signal and the start control signal to the first device 12.

[0060] In addition, when the docking station 11 does not receive the image signal sent by the second device 13 when it is started, the docking station 11 may also only send a start control signal to the first device 12 without packaging the image signal and the start control signal together and sending them to the first device 12 .

[0061] Based on this, the signal compression unit 11 can be further used to compress the image signal to obtain the first signal after receiving the start control signal. Afterwards, the signal compression unit 11 can also send the first signal to the signal sending unit 1113.

[0062] Based on this, the signal decomposition unit 111323 can also be used to receive the second signal sent by the signal decompression unit 111322, and decompose the received second signal to obtain a start control signal. After that, the signal decomposition unit 111323 can send the start control signal to the first device 12.

[0063] In a possible implementation, the start control signal acquisition unit 1111 includes an infrared signal receiver; the start control signal storage unit 1112 includes an infrared signal storage.

[0064] In this implementation, the start control signal is an infrared signal used to control the start of the first device 12 .

[0065] In a possible implementation, the first sending unit 11131 includes a WIFI signal transmitter.

[0066] The signal acquisition unit 111321 includes a WIFI signal receiver.

[0067] In this implementation, the first sending unit 11131 can send the first signal to the second sending unit 11132 via a wireless local area network (Wireless Fidelity, WIFI).

[0068] The following combination Figure 2 The working principle of an expansion dock provided in an embodiment of the present application is described in detail:

[0069] When the user wants to use the docking station 11, the first device 12 and the second device 13, the user can start the second device 13 and the docking station 11. After the user starts the second device 13 and the docking station 11, the second device 13 can send an image signal to the image signal acquisition unit 112 in the docking station 11. After the image signal acquisition unit 112 in the docking station 11 receives the image signal sent by the second device 13, it can send the image signal to the signal compression unit 113.

[0070] In addition, the infrared signal receiver of the start control signal acquisition unit 1111 in the expansion dock 11 can pre-acquire the start control signal (infrared signal) used to start the first device 12, and send the start control signal to the infrared signal memory of the start control signal storage unit 1112 for storage. After the expansion dock 11 is started, the infrared signal memory of the start control signal storage unit 1112 can send the start control signal (infrared signal) to the signal compression unit 113.

[0071] After receiving the image signal and the start control signal, the signal compression unit 113 may package and compress the image signal and the start control signal to obtain a first signal. Thereafter, the signal compression unit 113 may also send the first signal to the first sending unit 11131 in the signal sending unit 1113.

[0072] After receiving the first signal sent by the signal compression unit 113 , the first sending unit 11131 may send the first signal to the signal acquisition unit 111321 in the second sending unit 11132 via the WIFI signal transmitter.

[0073] The signal acquisition unit 111321 can acquire the first signal through the WIFI signal receiver, and send the acquired first signal to the signal decompression unit 111322.

[0074] The signal decompression unit 111322 can receive the first signal sent by the signal acquisition unit 111321, and decompress the first signal to obtain a second signal. Then, the signal decompression unit 111322 can send the second signal to the signal decomposition unit 111323.

[0075] The signal decomposition unit 111323 can receive the second signal sent by the signal decompression unit 111322, and decompose the received second signal to obtain an image signal and a start control signal. After that, the signal decomposition unit 111323 can send the image signal and the start control signal to the first device 12.

[0076] After receiving the image signal and the start control signal, the first device 12 may start and display the image signal.

[0077] As can be seen from the above, the embodiment of the present application provides a docking station, which includes a startup control unit connected to a first device; the startup control unit is used to send a startup control signal to the first device after the docking station is started, so as to control the startup of the first device. In this way, the docking station can control the startup of the first device connected thereto when it is started, so that there is no need to manually start the first device, thereby improving the startup convenience of the external device connected to the docking station.

[0078] See also Figure 3 , Figure 3 A schematic diagram of the structure of an image display system provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0079] like Figure 3 As shown, the image display system 31 may include Figure 1 to Figure 2 The corresponding docking station 11, the first device 12 and the second device 13 in any one of the embodiments.

[0080] The docking station 11 is connected to the first device 12 and the second device 13 .

[0081] In a possible implementation, the first device 12 may include a display device. The second device 13 may include a terminal device, wherein the terminal device may include but is not limited to electronic devices such as a laptop computer, a desktop computer, and a mobile phone.

[0082] In the above embodiments, the description of each embodiment has its own emphasis. For parts that are not described or recorded in detail in a certain embodiment, reference can be made to the relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

[0083] Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of this application.

[0084] The embodiments described above are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, rather than to limit them. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, a person skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments may still be modified, or some of the technical features may be replaced by equivalents. Such modifications or replacements do not deviate the essence of the corresponding technical solutions from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, and should all be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A docking station, characterized in that: The docking station includes a startup control unit connected to the first device; The startup control unit is used to send a startup control signal to the first device after the expansion dock is started, so as to control the startup of the first device.

2. The docking station according to claim 1, characterized in that: The startup control unit includes a startup control signal acquisition unit, a startup control signal storage unit and a signal sending unit; the startup control signal acquisition unit is connected to the startup control signal storage unit, and the startup control signal storage unit is connected to the signal sending unit; The start control signal acquisition unit is used to acquire the start control signal and send the start control signal to the start control signal storage unit; The startup control signal storage unit is used to store the startup control signal; The signal sending unit is used to send the startup control signal to the first device after the expansion dock is started, so as to control the startup of the first device.

3. The docking station according to claim 2, characterized in that: The docking station further includes an image signal acquisition unit, and the image signal acquisition unit is connected to the second device; The image signal acquisition unit is used to acquire the image signal sent by the second device.

4. The expansion dock according to claim 3, characterized in that: The expansion dock further includes a signal compression unit, the signal compression unit is connected between the start control signal storage unit and the signal sending unit, and the signal compression unit is also connected to the image signal acquisition unit; The signal compression unit is used to receive the image signal sent by the image signal acquisition unit, and receive the start control signal sent by the start control signal storage unit, and package and compress the image signal and the start control signal to obtain a first signal, and also send the first signal to the signal sending unit.

5. The expansion dock according to claim 4, characterized in that: The signal sending unit includes a first sending unit and a second sending unit; the first sending unit is connected to the signal compression unit, the first sending unit is in communication connection with the second sending unit, and the second sending unit is connected to the first device; The first sending unit is used to obtain the first signal and send the first signal to the second sending unit through wireless communication technology.

6. The expansion dock according to claim 5, characterized in that: The second sending unit includes a signal acquisition unit, a signal decompression unit and a signal decomposition unit; the signal acquisition unit is communicatively connected with the first sending unit, the signal acquisition unit is connected with the signal decompression unit, and the signal decompression unit is connected with the signal decomposition unit; The signal acquisition unit is used for acquiring the first signal sent by the first sending unit, and sending the first signal to the signal decompression unit; The signal decompression unit is used to decompress the first signal to obtain a second signal, and send the second signal to the signal decomposition unit; The signal decomposition unit is used for decomposing the second signal to obtain the image signal and the start control signal, and sending the image signal and the start control signal to the first device.

7. The docking station according to claim 6, characterized in that: The start control signal acquisition unit includes an infrared signal receiver; the start control signal storage unit includes an infrared signal storage unit.

8. The expansion dock according to claim 7, characterized in that: The first sending unit includes a WIFI signal transmitter, and the signal acquiring unit includes a WIFI signal receiver.

9. An image display system, characterized in that: The image display system comprises the docking station according to any one of claims 1 to 8, a first device and a second device.

10. The image display system according to claim 9, characterized in that: The first device includes a display device.

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