LAN Controller LED Control for Startup Status
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing apparatuses lack an efficient method to control the turning on and off of light-emitting units based on both communication status with external apparatuses and start-up status, leading to incomplete notification of abnormalities during the power-on period.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a communication unit to communicate with external apparatuses and a control unit that turns on and off the light-emitting unit based on the start-up status, specifically using a LAN controller to manage LED lighting control after communication with an external apparatus has been established, ensuring accurate notification of abnormalities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the LAN controller controls the LED lighting based on communication status, then the communication status can be notified, but the start-up status cannot be notified after communication is established
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the LAN controller perform multiple functions: both communication control and LED lighting control. By enabling the LAN controller to control the LED in addition to its communication function, the system eliminates the need for a separate voltage monitoring circuit, thereby notifying both communication status and start-up status through the same LED indicator without increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the LED lighting control function with the LAN controller. Instead of having separate circuits for communication status notification and start-up status notification, the system merges these functions into a single LED control mechanism managed by the LAN controller, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining complete status notification
2Loss of information
If a separate voltage monitoring circuit is used to control LED for start-up status, then start-up status can be notified, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The LAN controller is designed to perform multiple functions including both communication management and LED lighting control for status indication. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for a separate voltage monitoring circuit, allowing start-up status notification while maintaining simple device architecture
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the LED lighting control function from the traditional voltage monitoring circuit and transfers it to the LAN controller. This extraction allows the system to use the existing LAN controller capabilities for dual purposes (communication and status indication) without adding separate monitoring circuitry
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables effective and timely notification of abnormalities by synchronizing LED lighting with the start-up status, reducing costs and ensuring correct recovery processing, even before the display unit is fully operational.
Implementation Method 1
a light-emitting unit, a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus and turn on and off the light-emitting unit based on a status of communication with the external apparatus
Data Source
AI summary
A LAN controller performs lighting control upon LEDs, which are configured to be subjected to lighting control by the LAN controller, on the basis of the start-up status of an apparatus after communicating with an external apparatus.