Monitor Peripheral Interface Hub for Computer Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional computer systems require users to expend significant effort to connect peripheral devices to matching interfaces, and wireless devices like infrared mice and keyboards face reliability issues due to the need for clear line-of-sight transmission without physical barriers.
Innovation Solution
A computer system with a monitor featuring integrated peripheral interfaces connected via a transmission cable to a host, utilizing OR gates to combine signals from multiple interfaces and simplify the connection process, allowing for efficient signal transmission and reducing the complexity of interface matching.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If peripheral interfaces are configured in the main frame, then the system structure is stable and secure, but users must spend considerable effort to locate and connect peripheral devices to matching interfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a monitor as an intermediary device between the main frame and peripheral devices. The monitor is equipped with multiple peripheral interfaces (USB, infrared, wireless) that act as mediators, allowing users to connect peripheral devices to the monitor instead of directly to the main frame. This intermediary approach simplifies the connection process while maintaining system stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitor is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a display device and as a peripheral interface hub. By integrating multiple types of interfaces (USB, infrared, wireless) into the monitor, the system provides universal connectivity for various peripheral devices, eliminating the need for users to locate specific interfaces on the main frame.
2Adaptability or versatility
If USB peripheral devices allow hot plugging, then attachment frequency increases, but repeated efforts to locate and attach devices become cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The monitor serves as a convenient intermediary hub that consolidates multiple USB interfaces in one location. Users can easily attach and detach USB peripheral devices at the monitor rather than searching throughout the system, making hot plugging operations more efficient and less cumbersome.
3Ease of operation
If infrared devices use point-to-point transmission, then wireless communication is achieved, but physical barriers block signal transmission
Solution Approach 1:
The monitor acts as an intermediary that receives infrared signals from wireless peripheral devices and relays them to the main frame. This mediator approach allows infrared communication to proceed even when direct line-of-sight between the peripheral device and main frame is blocked, as the monitor can receive and forward signals through alternative paths.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a computer system and a monitor with peripheral interfaces. The computer system includes a monitor, a host, and a transmission cable. The monitor includes a plurality of peripheral interfaces and an integrated interface. The peripheral interfaces are utilized to connect corresponding peripheral devices, and the peripheral interfaces are connected with the integrated interface. The transmission cable is configured for connecting the integrated interface and the host, and transmitting peripheral signals from the peripheral devices to the host.