阅读说明：本技术 发光控制系统及方法 (Light emission control system and method ) 是由 林圣宗 尹永兴 于 2018-08-01 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种发光控制系统及方法。发光控制系统包含发光板以及主机板。发光板包含发光模块、传输接口以及发光控制模块。主机板输出接口测试信号以询问发光板支持的传输接口类型。传输接口依据接口测试信号以响应接口信息信号。主机板判断发光板支持接口测试信号指定的传输接口类型时,选定传输接口,并指示选定的传输接口控制发光模块。当主机板判断发光板不支持接口测试信号所指定的指定传输接口类型时,主机板指示发光控制模块控制发光模块。(The invention provides a light-emitting control system and a light-emitting control method. The light-emitting control system comprises a light-emitting panel and a motherboard. The light emitting panel comprises a light emitting module, a transmission interface and a light emitting control module. The motherboard outputs an interface test signal to inquire the type of the transmission interface supported by the light-emitting panel. The transmission interface responds to the interface information signal according to the interface test signal. When the mainboard judges the type of the transmission interface designated by the light-emitting panel support interface test signal, the transmission interface is selected, and the selected transmission interface is indicated to control the light-emitting module. When the mainboard judges that the light-emitting panel does not support the appointed transmission interface type appointed by the interface test signal, the mainboard instructs the light-emitting control module to control the light-emitting module.)

1. A lighting control system, comprising:

a light-emitting panel, comprising:

the light-emitting module comprises one or more light-emitting units, and the light-emitting units emit light beams in corresponding light-emitting states according to the received interface control signals or light-emitting control signals;

the transmission interfaces are connected with the light emitting module, respond to interface information signals according to transmission interface information inquired by the interface test signals when receiving interface test signals, and output corresponding interface control signals to the light emitting module to control the light emitting module to emit the light beams when receiving control signals selected by a host;

the light-emitting control module is connected with the light-emitting module, and outputs the light-emitting control signal to the light-emitting module according to the host computer selection control signal when receiving the host computer selection control signal so as to control the light-emitting module to emit the light beam; and

the host board is connected with the plurality of transmission interfaces and the light-emitting control module, the host board outputs the plurality of interface test signals to the plurality of transmission interfaces so as to inquire the plurality of transmission interface information of the plurality of transmission interfaces, when the host board judges that the light-emitting board supports the transmission interface types indicated by the plurality of interface test signals according to the plurality of interface information signals, the host board selects one of the transmission interfaces from the plurality of supported transmission interfaces and outputs the host selection control signal to the selected transmission interface, and when the host board judges that the light-emitting board does not support the transmission interface types specified by the plurality of interface test signals, the host board outputs the host selection control signal to the light-emitting control module.

2. The lighting control system of claim 1, wherein the light-emitting board further comprises an identification module connected to the motherboard, the plurality of transmission interfaces and the lighting control module, the identification module stores a plurality of voltage values corresponding to the plurality of transmission interfaces and the lighting control module, the motherboard outputs a voltage identification signal having the voltage value corresponding to the selected transmission interface or the lighting control module, and the identification module determines and outputs an identification signal to the selected transmission interface or the lighting control module of the motherboard according to the voltage value of the voltage identification signal, so as to instruct the selected transmission interface or the lighting control module of the motherboard to control the lighting module to emit the light beam.

3. The lighting control system of claim 1, wherein the light emitting board further comprises an identification module connected between the motherboard and the plurality of transmission interfaces and between the motherboard and the lighting control module, the motherboard outputs a voltage identification signal having the voltage value falling within the voltage range corresponding to the selected transmission interface or the lighting control module, and the identification module compares the voltage range within which the voltage value of the voltage identification signal falls to determine the transmission interface or the lighting control module selected by the motherboard.

4. The lighting control system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of transmission interfaces comprises an SMBUS/I2C transmission interface, a USB transmission interface, or a combination thereof.

5. A lighting control method applied to the lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the lighting control method comprises the steps of:

outputting, by the motherboard, the plurality of interface test signals to the plurality of transmission interfaces of the light emitting panel to query the plurality of transmission interface information of the plurality of transmission interfaces;

responding to the interface information signals to the motherboard by using the transmission interfaces of the light-emitting panel according to the transmission interface information queried by the received interface test signals;

determining, by using the motherboard, whether the plurality of transmission interfaces of the light emitting panel support the one or more transmission interface types specified by the plurality of interface test signals according to the plurality of interface information signals, if so, selecting, by using the motherboard, one of the one or more transmission interfaces supported by the motherboard, and outputting the host selection control signal to the selected transmission interface, and outputting, by using the selected transmission interface, the corresponding interface control signal to the light emitting module according to the host selection control signal, if not, outputting, by using the motherboard, the host selection control signal to the light emitting control module, and outputting, by using the light emitting control module, the light emitting control signal to the light emitting module according to the host selection control signal; and

and utilizing the light emitting module to emit the light beam in the corresponding light emitting state according to the received interface control signal or the light emitting control signal.

6. The light emission control method according to claim 5, further comprising:

storing a plurality of voltage values respectively corresponding to the plurality of transmission interfaces and the light emitting control module by using the identification module of the light emitting panel;

outputting a voltage identification signal with the voltage value corresponding to the selected transmission interface or the light-emitting control module by using the mainboard; and

and judging and outputting an identification signal to the transmission interface or the light-emitting control module selected by the mainboard according to the voltage value of the voltage identification signal by using the identification module of the light-emitting board so as to indicate the selected transmission interface or the light-emitting control module to control the light-emitting module to emit the light beam.

7. The light emission control method according to claim 5, further comprising:

storing a plurality of voltage ranges respectively corresponding to the plurality of transmission interfaces and the light emission control module by using the identification module of the light emission panel;

outputting a voltage identification signal with a voltage value falling into the voltage range corresponding to the selected transmission interface or the light-emitting control module by using the mainboard;

comparing the voltage value of the voltage identification signal with the voltage range in which the voltage value of the light-emitting board falls by using the identification module of the light-emitting board, and accordingly judging and outputting the identification signal to the transmission interface or the light-emitting control module selected by the mainboard so as to indicate the selected transmission interface or the light-emitting control module to control the light-emitting module to emit the light beam.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a lighting control system and method, and more particularly, to a lighting control system and method for a status indicator lamp of a computer host.

Background

When the computer is used, the computer has a normal working state and a dormant state, if the computer has a power-saving mode, the computer automatically enters the dormant state after the computer is not used for a period of time, or people set the computer in the dormant state or the dormant state according to requirements. In order to display different working states of a computer, a state indicator light is generally used, and the display of the indicator light is different in different states. For example, two status indicators are provided on the motherboard or display of a computer, one indicator continuously illuminating when the computer is in a normal operating state and being extinguished when the computer is dormant, and the other indicator being extinguished when the computer is in a normal operating state and being continuously illuminated when the computer is dormant. However, the control adapter card of the existing status indicator lamp only has a single support interface, and cannot select a specific type of transmission interface according to different requirements, so that the problem that the transmission interfaces of the motherboard and the adapter card are incompatible is caused.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the drawbacks of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting control system, which includes a light emitting panel and a main board. The light emitting panel comprises a light emitting module, a plurality of transmission interfaces and a light emitting control module. The light emitting module comprises one or more light emitting units, and the light emitting units emit light beams in corresponding light emitting states according to the received interface control signals or light emitting control signals. The transmission interfaces are connected with the light-emitting module, and each transmission interface responds to the interface information signal according to the transmission interface information inquired by the interface test signal when receiving the interface test signal, and when one transmission interface receives the host machine selection control signal, the transmission interface outputs an interface control signal to the light-emitting module so as to control the light-emitting module to emit a light beam. The light-emitting control module is connected with the light-emitting module, and outputs a light-emitting control signal to the light-emitting module according to the host selection control signal when receiving the host selection control signal so as to control the light-emitting module to emit a light beam. The host board is connected with the plurality of transmission interfaces and the light-emitting control module, the host board outputs a plurality of interface test signals to the plurality of transmission interfaces to inquire information of the plurality of transmission interfaces, when the host board judges that the light-emitting panel supports the transmission interface types indicated by the plurality of interface test signals according to the plurality of interface information signals, the host board selects one of the plurality of transmission interfaces and outputs a host selection control signal to the selected transmission interface, and when the host board judges that the light-emitting panel does not support the transmission interface types specified by the plurality of interface test signals, the host board outputs the host selection control signal to the light-emitting control module.

Preferably, the luminescent plate still contains identification module, connects the mainboard a plurality of transmission interfaces and light emission control module, identification module storage a plurality of voltage values correspond respectively a plurality of transmission interfaces and light emission control module, the mainboard output has and corresponds the selection transmission interface or light emission control module the voltage identification signal of voltage value, identification module basis voltage identification signal voltage value size judgement and output identification signal extremely the mainboard is selected for use transmission interface or light emission control module, in order to instruct the mainboard is selected for use transmission interface or light emission control module control light emission module transmission the light beam.

Preferably, the luminescent plate still contains identification module, connect the mainboard with between a plurality of transmission interfaces, and connect the mainboard with between the light emission control module, the mainboard output has and falls into the selection transmission interface or the light emission control module corresponds the voltage range the voltage identification signal of voltage value, identification module compares out voltage identification signal the voltage value falls into the voltage range, according to judge the mainboard chooses for use transmission interface or light emission control module.

Preferably, the plurality of transport interfaces comprises an SMBUS/I2C transport interface, a USB transport interface, or a combination thereof.

The present invention further provides a light emission control method, which is suitable for the light emission control system, and comprises the following steps: outputting a plurality of interface test signals to a plurality of transmission interfaces of the light-emitting panel by using the mainboard so as to inquire a plurality of transmission interface information of one or more transmission interfaces, wherein the transmission interface information comprises a plurality of transmission interface types supported by the light-emitting panel; responding one or more interface information signals to the motherboard by using one or more transmission interfaces of the light-emitting panel according to one or more transmission interface information inquired by the received interface test signals; judging whether a plurality of transmission interfaces of the light-emitting panel support one or more transmission interface types appointed by a plurality of interface test signals or not by utilizing a mainboard according to a plurality of interface information signals, if so, selecting one transmission interface from the one or more transmission interfaces supported by the mainboard, outputting a host selection control signal to the selected transmission interface, outputting an interface control signal to the light-emitting module by utilizing the selected transmission interface according to the host selection control signal, if not, outputting the host selection control signal to the light-emitting control module by utilizing the mainboard, and outputting the light-emitting control signal to the light-emitting module by utilizing the light-emitting control module according to the host selection control signal; and utilizing the light-emitting module to emit light beams in corresponding light-emitting states according to the received interface control signals or light-emitting control signals.

Preferably, the light emission control method further includes the steps of: storing a plurality of voltage values respectively corresponding to the plurality of transmission interfaces and the light emitting control module by using the identification module of the light emitting panel; outputting a voltage identification signal with the voltage value corresponding to the selected transmission interface or the light-emitting control module by using the mainboard; and the identification module of the light-emitting board is used for judging according to the voltage value of the voltage identification signal and outputting the identification signal to the transmission interface or the light-emitting control module selected by the mainboard according to the voltage value so as to indicate the selected transmission interface or the light-emitting control module to control the light-emitting module to emit the light beam.

Preferably, the light emission control method further includes the steps of: storing a plurality of voltage ranges respectively corresponding to the plurality of transmission interfaces and the light emission control module by using the identification module of the light emission panel; outputting a voltage identification signal with a voltage value falling into the voltage range corresponding to the selected transmission interface or the light-emitting control module by using the mainboard; comparing the voltage value of the voltage identification signal with the voltage range in which the voltage value of the light-emitting board falls by using the identification module of the light-emitting board, and accordingly judging and outputting the identification signal to the transmission interface or the light-emitting control module selected by the mainboard so as to indicate the selected transmission interface or the light-emitting control module to control the light-emitting module to emit the light beam.

As described above, the present invention provides a light-emitting control apparatus and method thereof, which drives corresponding light-emitting status indicator lamps by using multiple transmission interfaces supported by a light-emitting panel or a self-determination mechanism according to the operating status of different circuit components inside a computer host, such as a solid state disk, and includes three programs for sequential control, such as driving light-emitting by using a transmission interface supporting SMBUS, a transmission interface supporting USB, and a light-emitting controller, so that the host board and the light-emitting panel have the advantage of wide compatibility.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a light emitting panel of a light emission control system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a lighting control system of a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a light emitting panel of a light emission control system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram of a lighting control system of a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a light emission control method according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating steps of a light emission control method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The following are specific examples to illustrate the embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein, and those skilled in the art will appreciate the advantages and effects of the present invention from the disclosure herein. The invention is capable of other and different embodiments and its several details are capable of modification and various other changes, which can be made in various details within the specification and without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The drawings of the present invention are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be drawn to scale. The following embodiments will further explain the related art of the present invention in detail, but the disclosure is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 is a block diagram of a light emitting panel of a light emitting control system according to a first embodiment of the present invention; fig. 2 is a block diagram of a lighting control system of a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the light-emitting control system of the present embodiment includes a light-emitting panel 1 and a main board 2. The light emitting panel 1 includes a light emitting module 110, a plurality of transmission interfaces 120 and a light emitting control module 130, wherein the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 and the light emitting control module 130 are connected between the motherboard 2 and the light emitting module 110. It should be understood that the number of the various components included in the illumination control system is not limited to the embodiment, and the actual implementation may be expanded or reduced according to the requirement.

The multiple transmission interfaces 120 may be different types of transmission interfaces or may be extensions of the same transmission interface. In the present embodiment, the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 include SMBUS/I2C 1201 and USB 1202. In practice, the light emitting panel 1 may be integrated with different types of transmission interfaces 120, such as eSATA, IEEE1394, etc., according to transmission requirements, which are merely illustrated and not limited thereto.

The light emitting module 110 may include one or more light emitting units, which may be status indicators of a host computer. The motherboard 2 can be connected to the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 and the lighting control module 130 through a plurality of transmission lines. In addition, the main board 2 can be connected to other circuit components inside the computer host, such as a power supply or a solid state disk, through a plurality of ports, and can select the control components/media of the light emitting units from the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 and the light emitting control module 130 according to the operating states of the components inside the computer host, so as to control the light emitting module 110 to emit light beams in different light emitting states (including light emitting color, light emitting time length, and flashing rate) in response to the operating states of the circuit components inside the computer host or peripheral devices. For example, the plurality of light emitting units may be light emitting diodes, which may emit light beams of the same or different colors, such as red light, blue light, green light, and the like.

When the motherboard 2 detects the operating status of the internal components of the host, for example, when the power supply switches from the normal operating mode to the power saving mode, the motherboard 2 may determine the signal transmission mode to be used between the motherboard 2 and the transmission interface 120 or the lighting control module 130 according to the type of the transmission interface supported by the motherboard 2 and the type of the detected component/device, for example, the internal important components of the host use the transmission interface 120 with a faster transmission speed. That is, when the operation states of the plurality of circuit components detected by the motherboard 2 at the same time point change and the plurality of light emitting modules 110 corresponding to the circuit components need to be changed to emit light at the same time, the motherboard 2 may determine the usage allocation and the signal transmission sequence of the transmission interfaces 120 of various types according to the factors such as the importance of the components/devices and the time point sequence of the operation state change.

It should be noted that in the present embodiment, in addition to the light emitting control module 130 of the light emitting panel 1 itself, a plurality of transmission interfaces 120 are further added to be used as transmission media between the motherboard 2 and the light emitting module 110 and as control components of the light emitting module 110, and various operation modes thereof will be specifically described below.

The motherboard 2 may output a plurality of interface test signals 201 to the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 of the light emitting panel 1, so as to test/query a plurality of transmission interface information of the plurality of transmission interfaces 120, including a plurality of transmission interface 120 types supported by the light emitting panel 1. When the transmission interface 120 receives the interface test signal 201 from the motherboard 2, it responds to the interface information signal 121 according to the transmission interface information queried by the interface test signal 201. Therefore, the motherboard 2 can know the type of the transmission interface 120 supported by the light-emitting panel 1.

Further, when the motherboard 2 receives the interface information signals 121 provided by the transmission interfaces 120 of the light emitting panel 1, the motherboard 2 may determine, according to the interface information signals 121 provided by the transmission interfaces 120, that the light emitting panel 1 supports the transmission interface type specified by the interface test signal 201, i.e., when the light emitting panel 1 supports the application program of the motherboard 2, the motherboard 2 may select one of the transmission interfaces 120 from the supported transmission interfaces 120, and output the host selection control signal 203 to the selected transmission interface 120.

In the case that the interface test signal 201 output by the motherboard 2 indicates a plurality of transmission interface types, the motherboard 2 may sort according to the expected usage sequence of the plurality of transmission interface types, and output the plurality of interface test signals 201 to the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 in sequence. When the motherboard 2 determines the plurality of transmission interface types indicated by the supporting interface test signal 201 of the light emitting panel 1 according to the interface information signal 121, the motherboard 2 may select the first ordered transmission interface 120 from the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 supporting the plurality of transmission interface types according to the priority. After selecting a transmission interface 120 from the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 of the light emitting panel 1, the motherboard 2 outputs a host selection control signal 203 to the selected transmission interface 120. As shown by the solid arrow in fig. 2 of the host selection control signal 203, in the present embodiment, the motherboard 2 currently selects the SMBUS/I2C 1201 transport interface, but in practice, as shown by the dashed arrow in fig. 2, different types of transport interfaces or lighting control modules 130 can be selected according to actual requirements, wherein the lighting control modules 130 will be described in more detail below.

In addition to the above considerations regarding the types of the transmission interfaces, the motherboard 2 may simultaneously consider the transmission types, transmission amounts, transmission speeds and current usage statuses of the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 represented by the plurality of interface information signals 121 to select one of the transmission interfaces 120 from the plurality of transmission interfaces 120. For example, the transmission interface 120 with a smaller transmission capacity is selected for signal transmission to allocate the usage rates of the plurality of transmission interfaces 120, and all of the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 can be allocated to have approximately the same transmission capacity, or the signal transmission capacity allocation of the transmission interfaces 120 with different characteristics can be determined according to the type of the transmission interface 120.

Further, when the transmission interface 120 of the light emitting panel 1 selected by the motherboard 2 receives the host selection control signal 203 from the motherboard 2, the operation state of the circuit component to be displayed, such as the storage state of the solid state disk, can be known according to the host selection control signal 203 from the motherboard 2, and the selected transmission interface 120 can accordingly output the corresponding interface control signal 122 to the light emitting module 110, such as the interface control signal 122 is, for example, a pulse width modulation signal, so as to control the light emitting module 110 to emit a light beam in the light emitting state corresponding to the operation state.

For convenience of illustration, in the present embodiment, the interface control signal 122 and the host selection control signal 203 are described by two different names. It should be understood that the transmission interface 120 may also be used as a medium/component for transmitting the host selection control signal 203 from the host board 2 to the light emitting module 110, i.e. the interface control signal 122 is the same as the host selection control signal 203.

On the contrary, when the motherboard 2 determines that the light-emitting panel 1 does not support any of the designated transmission interface types of the motherboard 2 according to the interface information signals 121 provided by the transmission interfaces 120 of the light-emitting panel 1, the motherboard 2 outputs the host selection control signal 203 to the light-emitting control module 130. Then, the light-emitting control module 130 outputs a corresponding light-emitting control signal 131 to the light-emitting module 110 according to the host selection control signal 203 from the motherboard 2, so as to control the light-emitting module 110 to emit a light beam. The host selection control signal 203 may have hardware operating status information, including operating statuses such as power on, power off, and communication connection, and the light-emitting control module 130 may determine the light-emitting status of the light-emitting module 110 according to the obtained hardware operating status, and output a corresponding light-emitting control signal 131.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, fig. 3 is a block diagram of a light emitting panel of a light emitting control system according to a second embodiment of the present invention; fig. 4 is a block diagram of a lighting control system of a second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment may be combined with the first embodiment in order of need. As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the light-emitting control system of the present embodiment includes a light-emitting panel 1 and a main board 2. The light emitting panel 1 comprises a plurality of light emitting modules 110, a plurality of transmission interfaces 120, a light emitting control module 130 and an identification module 150, wherein the identification module 150 is connected to the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 and the light emitting control module 130, and the plurality of light emitting modules 110 are connected to the plurality of transmission interfaces 120. The motherboard 2 comprises an identification module 22 connected with the identification module 150 of the light emitting panel 1.

The identification module 150 of the light emitting panel 1 may store a plurality of different voltage values in advance, and correspond to the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 and the light emitting control module 130, respectively. In practice, after the host board 2 selects the transmission interface 120 or the lighting control module 130, the identification module 22 of the host board 2 can output the voltage identification signal 202 having the voltage value corresponding to the selected transmission interface 120 or the lighting control module 130. When the identification module 150 of the light emitting board 1 receives the voltage identification signal 202 from the motherboard 2, the identification module 150 of the light emitting board 1 can determine which of the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 and the light emitting control module 130 the transmission medium selected by the motherboard 2 is according to the voltage value of the voltage identification signal 202. After determining the transmission medium, the identification module 150 of the light-emitting board 1 can output an identification signal to the selected transmission interface 120 or the light-emitting control module 130 of the motherboard 2 to instruct the selected transmission interface 120 or the light-emitting control module 130 to control the light-emitting module 110 to emit the light beam.

Alternatively, the identification module 150 may store a plurality of different voltage ranges in advance, which correspond to the plurality of transmission interfaces and the light emission control module, respectively. In practice, the main board 2 may receive a voltage signal, such as a low power signal representing a power saving mode or a high power signal representing a normal operation mode, from a circuit component, such as a central processing unit, to be displayed in an operation state, and accordingly select one of the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 and the light emission control module 130 as a transmission medium. The identification module 22 of the motherboard 2 then outputs a voltage identification signal 202 having a voltage value falling within the voltage range corresponding to the selected transmission medium. For example, the voltage values of all the voltage identification signals 202 outputted by the identification module 22 of the motherboard 2 fall within the maximum voltage range allowed by the motherboard 2, such as 0 v to 12 v, and the motherboard 2 divides the range into a plurality of sub-voltage ranges corresponding to the plurality of transmission interfaces 120 and the lighting control module 130, respectively, and stores the sub-voltage ranges in the identification module 150 of the lighting panel 2 in advance, wherein the plurality of sub-voltage ranges are, for example, 0 v to 3 v, 3 v to 6 v (without lower limit), 6 v to 9 v (without lower limit), and 9 v to 12 v (without lower limit), which are only exemplified and not limited. Next, when the identification module 150 of the light-emitting board 1 receives the voltage identification signal 202 from the identification module 22 of the motherboard 2, the identification module 150 of the light-emitting board 1 compares the voltage value of the voltage identification signal 202 with which voltage range to determine which transmission medium is selected by the motherboard 2, and accordingly indicates the selected transmission interface 120 or the light-emitting control module 130 to control the light-emitting module 110 to emit the light beam.

Please refer to fig. 5, which is a flowchart illustrating a light emitting control method according to a third embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, the light emission control method of the present embodiment includes the following steps S501 to S515, and is applied to the light emission control system.

Step S501: by using the motherboard, the interface test signal is output to the plurality of transmission interfaces of the light-emitting panel to inquire the information of the plurality of transmission interfaces, including the types of the plurality of transmission interfaces supported by the light-emitting panel.

Step S503: the transmission interface information inquired according to the received interface test signal is transmitted to the mainboard by using the transmission interface of the light-emitting board so as to respond to the interface information signal.

Step S505: using the motherboard to determine whether the plurality of transmission interfaces of the light-emitting panel support the transmission interface types designated by the plurality of interface test signals according to the interface information signals, if yes, executing step S507: selecting one of the supported transmission interfaces by the motherboard, outputting a host selection control signal to the selected transmission interface, and then executing step S509: outputting an interface control signal to the light emitting module according to the host selected control signal by using the selected transmission interface, and then executing the following step S515; if not, go to step S511: the motherboard is used to output the host selection control signal to the lighting control module, and then step S513 is executed: the light-emitting control module outputs a light-emitting control signal to the light-emitting module according to the host selected control signal, and then the next step S515 is executed.

Step S515: and emitting light beams in corresponding light emitting states by using one or more light emitting units according to the received interface control signals or light emitting control signals.

Please refer to fig. 6, which is a flowchart illustrating a light emitting control method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, the light-emitting control method of the present embodiment includes the following steps S601 to S613, which can be combined with one or more of the steps S501 to S515 of the third embodiment of the present invention to be applied to the light-emitting control systems of the first to second embodiments.

Step S601: after one of the transmission media is selected from the plurality of transmission interfaces and the light-emitting control module by using the motherboard, the motherboard can be used to output a voltage identification signal with a voltage value corresponding to the selected transmission medium to the identification module of the light-emitting panel.

Step S603: the identification module of the light-emitting plate is used for storing N +1 voltage ranges, and the voltage ranges respectively correspond to the N transmission interfaces and the 1 light-emitting control module.

Step S605: the voltage value of the voltage identification signal is used for judging which transmission interface or light-emitting control module is selected by the mainboard, for example, N transmission interfaces and 1 light-emitting control module respectively correspond to N +1 voltage ranges, the voltage value of the voltage identification signal is compared by the identification module to be in which voltage range, so as to judge which transmission interface or light-emitting control module is selected by the mainboard, and then the identification module is used for outputting the identification signal to the selected transmission interface or light-emitting control module so as to indicate the selected transmission interface or light-emitting control module to control the light-emitting module to emit light. It should be understood that, in practice, if the motherboard determines that the operating states of different circuit assemblies need to be displayed through a plurality of light-emitting modules at the same time, more than one transmission medium may be selected.

The invention has the advantages that the invention provides the light-emitting control device and the method thereof, which drive the corresponding light-emitting state indicator lamp by various support interfaces of the light-emitting plate or a self-judging mechanism according to the running states of different circuit components in the host computer, such as a solid state disk, and comprises three programs for controlling in sequence, such as the interface supporting SMBUS, the interface supporting USB and the light-emitting controller to drive the light-emitting, so that the host board and the light-emitting plate have the advantage of wide compatibility.

Finally, while in the foregoing specification, the present technology has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the scope of the present technology as defined by the following claims.