TWI225590B - A display device with a product log device - Google Patents

Abstract

A display device with a product log device comprises a product log device and a video graphics array (VGA) connector port. The product log device comprises a microprocessor, an input connector, and a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM). The product log device is used to record the usage log of the display device. The microprocessor is used for the control and operation of the usage log. The input connector is electrically connected to the microprocessor for transmitting the usage conditions of the elements of the display device to the microprocessor. The non-volatile random access memory is electrically connected to the microprocessor for recording the usage log. The video graphics array connector port is electrically connected to the product log device and is used for connecting to an external reading device, thereby transmitting the usage log to the external reading device.

Description

1225590 m V. Description of the invention (1) [Field of invention] The invention relates to a liquid crystal display with a product recording device and a product recording device. Crying: beneficial, more special recording products;: r: maintenance records, • main components : Make I j transported to an external reading device, ~ slave record. /, The user reads the property [Prior technology]: Compared with the cathode ray tube display device, the liquid crystal display has the advantages of radiation and light weight, and it has gradually become popular with 2 power consumption and 1 low. With the advancement of manufacturing technology, the additional functions of the LCD display 1 :: Up: Seek ’are constantly being chosen / more complex and precise at Λ pair 6 and β ten. However, I ’ve used it, I ’m in the function ::: due to the increase in components and the complexity of the function. It is becoming increasingly difficult to identify the cause of damage to the display. … To make maintenance work on the repairer. The production materials of the product, such as: the condition when the repairer performed repairs, such as: · Case 4, the use of the main components of the internal components. The use of the R-specific network can more effectively find the damage. In addition, today ’s LCD monitors are much better than others, and these additional functions are merged; two additional functions are then made too. ㈤L 疋 to meet the demand of the σ market, and increase it in vain ^ # ^ *, the right repairer can further transmit the use of the LCD display element and the damage repair record to the manufacturer, as the 6th page 9012m-the original application.ptd 1225590

Improving the basis will help to significantly reduce manufacturing costs and increase the marketability of products. Furthermore, in the inspection and calibration operations for the production of LCD monitors, part of the entire operation must be performed manually, so it takes a long time to operate: Therefore, the manufacturer uses a microprocessor, such as the one widely used in the industry. MCS-51 (Micro Computer System 51) series microprocessors are added to the LCD monitor, so that during quality inspection, a computer can be connected to the microprocessor to adjust the LCD monitor. . However, the liquid crystal display having such a processor still has difficulty in implementing the adjustment operation. In more detail, because the connection between the microprocessor and the computer can only be achieved through the RS 2 3 2 connection line, when performing the authorization operation after assembly, there are only two adjustment methods: one is to change the "232 The connector is exposed on the liquid crystal display, but this method has the problem of appearance design; the other is to disassemble the LCD display case and reassemble it after adjustment, but this method is actually not feasible. In view of this, There is a need to provide a liquid crystal display with a product recording device to completely record the production data, maintenance records, and component usage records of the liquid crystal display, and can be connected to an external reading device for maintenance personnel to read the product. Record, thereby solving the problems mentioned above. [Summary of the invention] The main object of the present invention is to provide a display with a product recording device, which is used to completely record the production data, maintenance records and use records of the main components for the display The repairer effectively finds the cause of the failure ^ and provides the manufacturer as a basis for quality improvement. ',',

1225590 V. Description of the invention (3) The main purpose of this ‘X ^ is to provide a product record that has product benefits and can be directly connected to a person ’s clothing. The package enables the maintenance person to read the display power: the second item of the present invention provides a display device H with a product recording device for recording the use of the display device 22: the recording device has: a micro A processor for performing the operation and operation; an input pin 'is electrically connected to the microprocessor: two: 2 the status of the use of the components of the display is transmitted to the processor; non-volatile random access memory, electrical connection To the micro-processing to store the use record; and an image graphics array (vi deo ^ aph ^ cs Array, VGA) port, which is electrically connected to the product recording device and can be connected to an * external access device for connecting The usage record is transmitted to the external reading device. ^ During maintenance, maintenance personnel can read the use of the internal components of the liquid crystal display through a personal computer and software, as the manufacturer's basis for improvement, thereby greatly reducing manufacturing costs and increasing product efficiency. In addition, for the maintenance person, no additional external reading device is needed, and the product record signal of the liquid crystal display can be read by the personal computer. That is, the record in the memory of the liquid crystal display according to the present invention can be easily read by a PC-based software (pC-based software) without providing a specific external reading device. In order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more obvious, the following describes the preferred embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

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A detailed description is as follows. [Explanation of the invention] Figures 1 to 4 reveal that the liquid crystal display of a recording device 10 according to the present invention is crying, two flutes! Two have product records, including one production port #. As shown in FIG. 1, the LCD 5 and the image display port 18 are connected to the piano 12 ... 20. The product recording device 10 includes a micro processor. I, a round-in pin 16 and an electronically erasable read-only memory; ronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory; EEP_) 14 〇 to be connected to the electronically erasable by the processor 12 The read-only memory u is transparent to the video graphics array port 18, and is connected to the video graphics array port (VGA p〇) of an external computer 20 via a Video Graphics Array Cabie (VGA Cable) 24. rt) 22, the computer 20 also includes a PC-based software (pc_based ftware) 2 6 ° As shown in Figure 3, the port 8 is an image graphics array (v 丨 d⑶ Graphics Array; VGA) Connector with multiple pins. The display 5 is a plug-and-play (piUg & P1 ay; PNp) display. Pins 224 and 222 in the port 18 are data signal connections of the Display Data Channel (DDC), respectively. Pin, namely SDA (Serial Address / Data I / O) pin, and clock pin, that is, SCL (Serial Clock) pin. Referring to FIG. 2 again, the two pins 122 and 124 of the microprocessor 12 are electrically connected to the pins 222 and 224 of the port 18, respectively. The other two pins 126 and 128 of the microprocessor 12 are connected through an I 1C bus.

90121TW-Original Application.ptd Page 9 1225590 V. Description of the Invention (5) ---- (Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus; IIC Bus; not shown), and the memory 14 (shown in Figure 4) The two pins (SM and SCL) 146 and 148 are electrically connected to achieve synchronous bidirectional (synchroonus bidirectional) signal transmission. For example, the electronic erasable read-only memory 14 may be Microchip Technology, the serial number of the memory sold by lnc is 24Ln6, and the microprocessor 12 may be MTV312MU (44). Also, those skilled in the art should understand that the liquid crystal display 5 can be replaced with other displays, such as a cathode ray tube display, a plasma display, and the like. The electronically erasable read-only memory 14 may be replaced with other non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM), such as flash memory (F 1 a s h Me m 0 r y) and so on. The product recording device 10 can be electrically installed in an Analog-to-Digital Board (not shown) in a liquid crystal display 5. The input pins 16 are connected to the liquid crystal display 5 and are used to transmit signals of the usage status of the components of the liquid crystal display 5 to the microprocessor 丨 2 and then through the IIC bus (Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus ) The signal is stored in the memory 14. As mentioned above, the input pin 16 can obtain the signal of the usage status of the components of the liquid crystal display 5 from the liquid crystal display 5. The signal can include the time and common brightness of the backlight (Back 1 ight), and such as , Minimalized Differential Signaling (TMDS) Signal Transmission Interface Standard Digital Visual Interface Acceptance IC (DVI Receiver 1C) Lifetime, Scaler IC (Scaler IC), Audio / Video Signal Decoder (vide 0 dec 〇) der) and analog digital conversion

90121 Top · Original Application. Ptd Page 10 1225590 V. Description of the Invention (6) Usage records of other components such as ADC (Analog Digital Convert). § Haiwei processing is 12 and it can have a counting function (^^^)) to accumulate the usage times or usage time of the main components. For example, when the LCD monitor 5 is damaged and returned to the factory for repair, as shown in Figure j “The connection of the LCD monitor 5” 8 is connected to a computer 20 ’s VGA Display Card (not shown) via a VGA Cable 24 (not shown). The maintenance person may control the microprocessor 12 by a software 26 in the computer 20, so as to read the records in the memory 14 through the microprocessor 12. Alternatively, the maintenance person may also use the The software 26 enters the maintenance records into the memory 14 through the microprocessor 2. Of course, the microprocessor 12 can also place items in the memory 14 at regular intervals. For U ”, it does not require additional external reading device, and the product's .4 other than 5 product record signal can be read through the computer 20. That is, the records in the liquid crystal display 5 of the memory 14 according to the present invention can be easily read by a computer-based software (ρ 仁 °° ^^ Sftware) 26 without providing a specific meaning. Take the device. In addition, the liquid crystal display 5 with the product recording device 10 can be directly connected to the brain 20 through the image graphic array connection line 26, and the products in the electronic erasable read-only memory 4 are described. The records are transmitted to the computer 20 for analysis by the manufacturer and / or servicer. , Pro-or, and quasi-zero physical repairs, 'maintenance personnel can provide manufacturing, production, etc. by-personal computer and soft rate or use time ... etc. | Bian Ru Xiang Qiu I & for the manufacturer as a quality improvement in accordance with,

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V. Description of the invention (7) The manufacturing cost is greatly reduced, and the product efficiency is improved. In addition, the display 5 can also perform adjustment operations through the data channel (DisPlay Data Channel; DDC) and the microprocessor 12 after the display 5 is assembled, and further meet the requirements for computerization of adjustment. Fig. 5 discloses a liquid crystal display 5 having a product recording device 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the connection 璋 18 ′ of the liquid crystal display 5 is connected to a print cable 28 of the computer 20 via an adapter 27. In this embodiment, the computer 20 uses its printer port (not shown) to control and read the records of the product recording device 丨 through the printer connection cable 28. Avoid directly controlling and reading the records of the product recording device 10 under the DDC, which will cause system instability. -Although the present invention has been disclosed in the foregoing preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be determined by the scope of the appended patent application.

90121T1V-Original Application.ptd Page 12 1225590 Brief Description of Drawings [Illustration] Figure 1: A block diagram of a system with a product record I according to the present invention. Figure 2 of σσ is a schematic diagram of the micro-details of the present invention according to Figure 1. Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the specific implementation of the process according to the present invention. Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the specific implementation of the image feet according to the present invention. The connection line is connected to Figure 4: it is a schematic diagram of the specific implementation of the electronic device according to the present invention in Figure 1. The erasable read-only memory Guang Er is one of the three target examples with product record aggregation according to the present invention. General block diagram. [Illustration of drawing number] 10 Product recording device 16 Wheel-in pin 20 Computer 26 Software 28 Printer cable 124 pin 128 pin 148 pin 224 pin 5 LCD display 12 Microprocessor 14 Electronics Eraseable read-only memory 18 scenes ^ Image graphics array port 22 Image graphics array port 24 Image graphics array cable 27 Converter 1 2 2 pin 1 2 6 pin 1 4 6 pin 2 2 2 pin

Claims (1)

1225590 VI. Scope of patent application1. A device with a record of a product, a microprocessor, and an input pin is used for non-volatile storage of the video graphics port, connected to the product, and used for 2 · According to the patent application, the non-volatile memory is used. The display of the product recording device includes: a device for recording the use record of the display, and having: 'for controlling and operating the use record · · state connected to the microprocessor 1 to transmit the display-like complaint To the processor; and mouth = machine access memory't connected to the microprocessor number, and recorded; and α array (Video Graphics Array; VGA): the recording device is electrically connected, and can be-external (2) Connect and transfer the usage record to the external reading device. ^ The display with a product recording device around item 1, the access memory system of the hairy Ik machine is an electronic erasing type read-only display device, and the m = equipment ... the display device of the recording device. Item 3 has a display with a product recording device, and the product's self-recording device is added to the LCD circuit's analog-to-digital board. 5. According to item 4 of the scope of patent application, there is a display of the product record Pei Zhizhi, in which the use record is a timepiece and often used by a backlight 1225590 Sixth, the scope of patent application is for the brightness, minimum transition differential signal (TMDS) signal transmission interface standard. The digital visual interface accepts the life of the IC (DVI Receiver 1C), the use time of the scaler IC, the video signal decoder (vide 〇Decoder) time, and analog digital converter (ADC) use the time and the group formed by the group. 6. The display with a product recording device according to item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the external reading device is a personal computer, and the personal computer has a PC-based software (PC-based software) for connecting the microcomputer 7 Gan Yi, please claim a display with a product recording device in item 6 of the patent scope, where the personal computer is electrically connected to the display's image graphic array (Video) through an image graphic array display card (VGA = Uy Card) Graphics Array; VGA) port. 8. According to item 7 of the scope of the patent application, the data transmission between the two members with product records and the personal computer is not carried out under the interface standard of DDC's Display Data Channel. Bei ’^ According to the product in the scope of the patent application No. 7 cock, thereby printing between the display and the personal computer 1225590 90121TW-Original Application.ptd Page 16