Portable Terminal Hybrid System Architecture with Independent Master and Slave Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hybrid system architecture in PCs restricts master and slave systems from operating independently and composing hybrid architectures with independent device terminals, limiting flexibility in system cooperation.
Innovation Solution
A portable terminal comprising a master device and a slave device, each with its own hardware system and OS, featuring detection and control units to manage interface connections, allowing for hybrid system composition and independent operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If master and slave systems are integrated on one mainboard to form a uniform hybrid system architecture, then system integration and cooperation are improved, but system flexibility and independent operation capability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the hybrid system into separate master and slave devices with independent hardware systems and operating systems. Each device can operate independently while maintaining the ability to cooperate when connected, resolving the contradiction between integration and flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system architecture is made dynamic through detectable connection states. The master and slave devices can transition between connected and disconnected states, allowing the system to adapt between cooperative hybrid mode and independent operation modes as needed.
2Ease of operation
If master and slave systems are integrated on one mainboard, then cooperation between systems is improved, but independent operation capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the system into separate master and slave devices with independent hardware and software components, each device retains full independent operation capability while maintaining cooperation ability through interface connections.
Solution Approach 2:
Each device is designed with universal functionality to operate independently as a complete system while also being capable of cooperating with the other device when connected, achieving multi-functionality that resolves the contradiction.
3Adaptability or versatility
If independent device terminals are used, then device flexibility is improved, but difficulty in composing hybrid system architecture increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces detection units and notification units as intermediaries that automatically detect connection states and facilitate the composition of hybrid architecture. The master detection unit, slave detection unit, master notification unit, and slave notification unit simplify the complexity of composing hybrid systems from independent devices.
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AI summary
A portable terminal is provided, which comprises: a master device and a slave device, the master device includes a master detection unit, a master notification unit and a master control unit, and the slave device includes a slave detection unit, a slave notification unit and a slave control unit; the master detection unit and the slave detection unit are used to detect whether the second interface of the slave device is connected to the first interface of the master device, respectively; when the second interface is connected to the first interface, the master notification unit is used to transmit a first notification instruction to the master device, the slave notification unit is used to transmit the first notification instruction to the slave device; and the master control unit and the slave control unit are used to control the first hardware system and the second hardware system to compose a third hardware system, respectively, after the master device and the slave device connect with each other according to the first notification instruction, and the first OS and/or the second OS run(s) on the third hardware system. The master device and the slave device of the portable terminal in the present application may compose a hybrid system architecture to cooperate or separate as two different device to operate individually.