Abstract:
The present invention relates to an integrated device for reading, which can integrate card reader with disk driver without changing the size of frame of prior disk driver, and can be installed where the prior disk driver is originally installed so that the card reader becomes a standard device for the computer. Therefore, practicability, functionality and value can be increased.

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION  
         [0001]    The present invention relates to an integrated device for reading, particularly to an integrated device which integrates disk driver with card reader so that it can be installed in the frame of the computer.  
         BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
         [0002]    Memory cards are used in digital camera (DSC), digital video camera, personal digital assistant (PDA) and digital recording device etc to store data and image. Widely-used memory cards are divided into: Compact Flash card (CF), MircoDriver card (MD), MultiMedia card (MMC), Smart card (SM), Secured Digital card (SD), Memory Stick card (MS) etc. If a user wants to store the data in a memory card in a computer so that he can do subsequent image processing, storing, playing or printing, the following ways are usually used:  
           [0003]    1. A signal wire is used to connect the digital devices to the computer, then the computer stores the data through driver program in the digital devices. The storing speed in this way is too slow, especially the digital camera. A high-capacity memory card (such as 512M, 1 G or a larger one) is needed to reach a high pixel and to store a large amount of photos. The speed is very slow if data of Such a high capacity is read and stored through a wire.  
           [0004]    2. Card readers are used to read data. Now card readers are all additionally configured. They are connected to the mainframe in an independent or inbuilt way. And the user can operate the memory cards as memory devices of the computer to read and store the data. Card readers are popular because of high reading speed and convenience. However, card readers that are connected to computer both in inbuilt or external way have the following disadvantages: occupying a large space and complex dismounting. Therefore they are inconvenient in use.  
           [0005]    Also, some manufactures now install a card reader in the printer. Therefore the printer can read the data in the memory card to print directly without connecting to the computer, however, the data read by the printer can not be transmitted to the computer to store or make further processing so that pleasure of image processing is decreased.  
         OBJECT OF THE INVENTION  
         [0006]    It&#39;s an object of the present invention to provide an integrated device for reading, which can integrate card reader with disk driver without changing the size of frame of prior disk driver, and can be installed where the prior disk driver is originally installed so that the card reader becomes a standard device for the computer. Therefore, practicability, functionality and value can be increased.  
           [0007]    Said disk driver is a thin floppy disk driver. The floppy disk driver and the card reader are overlapped in the integrated device, which has standard floppy disk frame. The integrated device comprises two rows of slots on the front panel, one row corresponds to the disk socket in the floppy disk driver, the other row is used to receive memory cards.  
           [0008]    It&#39;s another object of the present invention to use original frame of floppy disk driver and the original position in the computer. And it is unnecessary for the computer to add a new socket to install card reader so that cost can be reduced, and it doesn&#39;t occupy extra space, and mainframe of the computer will have a higher expanding ability.  
       
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0009]    [0009]FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional diagram of an integrated device according to the present invention;  
         [0010]    [0010]FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional exploded diagram of an integrated device according to the present invention;  
         [0011]    [0011]FIG. 3 is circuit diagrams of receiving part and memory card controller of the card reader;  
         [0012]    [0012]FIG. 4 is an outside three-dimensional view of the integrated device installing in the computer;  
         [0013]    [0013]FIG. 5 is the diagram of the first embodiment. 
     
    
       [0014]    [0014] 10  integrated device  
         [0015]    [0015] 20  frame  
         [0016]    [0016] 21  front panel  
         [0017]    [0017] 211  slot  
         [0018]    [0018] 212  slot  
         [0019]    [0019] 213  slot  
         [0020]    [0020] 214  secure part  
         [0021]    [0021] 215  hole  
         [0022]    [0022] 216  depression  
         [0023]    [0023] 22  side panel  
         [0024]    [0024] 221  front dependent panel  
         [0025]    [0025] 222  back dependent panel  
         [0026]    [0026] 223  the same bolt hole as bolt hole  31   
         [0027]    [0027] 224  dependent panel  
         [0028]    [0028] 23  backboard  
         [0029]    [0029] 231  protrude  
         [0030]    [0030] 30  the floppy disk device  
         [0031]    [0031] 31  bolt hole  
         [0032]    [0032] 32  release key  
         [0033]    [0033] 33  transmission element  
         [0034]    [0034] 40  card reader  
         [0035]    [0035] 41  socket  
         [0036]    [0036] 42  socket  
         [0037]    [0037] 43  memory card controller  
         [0038]    [0038] 44  connection wire  
         [0039]    [0039] 50  mainframe  
         [0040]    [0040] 60  bus circuit board  
         [0041]    [0041] 70  bus  
       DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS  
       [0042]    [0042]FIG. 1 shows a three-dimensional diagram of an integrated device according to the present invention; FIG. 2 shows a three-dimensional exploded diagram according to an integrated device of the present invention; wherein the frame  20  of the integrated device  10  comprises:  
         [0043]    Front panel  21 , comprises two rows of slots; slot  211  corresponds to the disk socket in the floppy disk driver  30 . There are at least one slot in the other row, e.g. 2 slots  212 ,  213  in the this embodiment, and slots  212 ,  213  are respectively used to receive CF/PCMCIA, SM, MS, SD, MMC, xD cards to insert; the front panel  21  is installed inside of the frame  20  with a secure part  214  on it.  
         [0044]    Holes  215  are provided under the slots, which are used to receive display lamps of floppy disk driver  30  and card reader  40 . The lamps are used to display the working states of the floppy disk driver  30  and card reader  40 . And a depression  216  is provided at the top of the front panel  21 .  
         [0045]    Side panels  22 , which are provided in symmetry. Front dependent panels  221  and back dependent panels  222  are provided at two ends of the same side of the side panels  22 . The same bolt holes  223  as bolt holes  31  in the floppy disk driver  30  are provided corresponding to bolt holes  31 . Straight dependent boards  224  are provided at the bottom of the side panels  22 .  
         [0046]    Backboards  23 , thereon a protrude  231  with bolt hole is provided to correspond to the card reader  40  to fix the card reader  40 . Therefore sockets  41 ,  42  on the card reader  40  can correspond to slots  212 ,  213 .  
         [0047]    The card reader  40  is a bare board which has 2 sockets  41 ,  42 , which is used to receive memory cards such as CF/PCMCIA, SM, MS, SD, MMC and xD etc. FIG. 3 shows a circuit diagrams of receiving part and memory card controller of the card reader. The top right corner of FIG. 3 shows socket  41  to receive CF, Mirco driver/PCMCIA cards, and the below right corner of FIG. 3 shows socket  42  to receive SM, MS, SD, MMC, xD. The two sockets  41  and  42  are connected to the memory card controller  43 . The memory card controller  43  reads signals from sockets  41  and  42  and integrated them to an USB signal (or IDE, IEEE1394 or PCI signals). Then the signals are transmitted to the computer through a connection wire  44 .  
         [0048]    An end of the sockets  41 ,  42  of the card reader  40  is inserted in the secure part  214 , the other end is arranged on said dependent boards, and the underside is arranged on the protrude  231  so that the card reader  40  is secured in the frame  20 . At the same time the two sockets  41 ,  42  of the card reader  40  can correspond to slots  212 ,  213  of the front panel  21 .  
         [0049]    The floppy disk driver  30  is overlapped above the card reader  40 . Two ends of the floppy disk driver  30  are on the front and back dependent panels  221 ,  222 . The release key  32  of the floppy disk driver  30  is arranged in the depression  216  of the front panel  21 . Then the same bolt hole  223  as bolt hole  31  and the bolt hole  31  are secured by a secure element  42 . Thus the floppy disk driver  30  and the frame  20  are secured. At the same time the slot to receive floppy in the floppy disk driver  30  can correspond to the slot  211 .  
         [0050]    In addition, a bus circuit board  60  is provided on the back dependent panel  222  (FIG. 2). And a bus  70  connects the floppy disk driver  30  to the mainframe  50  to provide power supply for the floppy disk driver  30 . The bus circuit board  60  can be omitted if USB floppy disk driver is used.  
         [0051]    In addition, a transmission element  33  can be provided at the back end of the floppy disk driver  30 . And a bus  70  connects the floppy disk driver  30  to the card reader  40 , and to the mainframe  50  through the card reader  40  to provide power supply for the floppy disk