WO2006118860A1 - Dispositif de stockage de donnees sans fil portable - Google Patents
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- the invention generally relates to portable data storage devices and corresponding methods, and in particular to storing data in a non- volatile memory.
- Flash memory Flash-EPROM, Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- Flash memory devices are used in digital cameras, cell phones, printers, handheld or notebook computers, pagers, audio recorders, or the like. Flash memory cards or sticks connect the flash IC (integrated circuit) via a flash disk controller chip to the host device, i.e. a notebook, camera or the like, using an interface which requires the flash memory stick or card to be inserted into a dedicated slot or other connector.
- flash memory devices can be connected to host devices via a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connection. If the flash device is an SD (Secure Digital) memory card, the connection to the host device is done using an SDIO (SD Input Output) interface. Similar dedicated interfaces exist for other flash memory devices such as CF (Compact Flash) devices.
- SD Secure Digital
- CF Compact Flash
- the conventional techniques require the user to insert a flash memory card into the camera before taking the picture, and then remove the card from the camera and insert it into a card reader of the personal computer, or connect the camera to the computer to use the card reader of the camera.
- Such handling is often found to be cumbersome. Further, since it might be necessary to frequently put the cards into the reader slots and take them out afterwards, there might occur some mechanical wear.
- a portable data storage device comprising a non-volatile memory, and a wireless data interface.
- the wireless data interface is coupled to the non-volatile memory to read data from the non-volatile memory for transmission through the wireless data interface and/or write data received from the wireless data interface to the non- volatile memory.
- the wireless data interface is a high data rate interface adapted to transmit and/or receive data at data rates above 100 Mbps.
- the data storage device further comprises: a security module adapted to provide at least one security mechanism to protect data or wireless data transfers.
- said security module is adapted to apply an authentication mechanism.
- said security module is adapted to apply a wireless link security mechanism.
- said security module is adapted to apply a DRM (Digital Rights Management) content security mechanism. in a iuruier emDo ⁇ imeni me portaoie ⁇ ata storage device has a housing with no electric contacts at its outer surface.
- the portable data storage device has a housing being water proof.
- the portable data storage device further comprises: a contactless charging interface adapted to supply power to said portable data storage device without requiring establishment of a wired electric connection to said portable data storage device.
- said contactless charging interface is an inductive coupling interface.
- said contactless charging interface is an optical interface comprising a photovoltaic element.
- the portable data storage device further comprises: a control unit adapted to control said wireless data interface to operate in any one of at least two operating modes selected from a sleep mode, a listen mode, and a transceiver mode.
- the portable data storage device further comprises: a host interface unit adapted to provide a wired interface to a host system to enable operating said portable data storage device as adapter device linking said host system to another portable data storage device connected through said wireless data interface.
- the portable data storage device further comprises: a host interface unit adapted to provide a wired interface to a host system to allow said host system to read and/or write data from/to said non-volatile memory.
- a portable data storage device comprises a non-volatile memory and a wireless data interface which is coupled to the non-volatile memory to read data from the non-volatile memory for transmission through the wireless data interface and/or write data received from the wireless data interface to the non-volatile memory.
- the wireless data interface is a broadband interface adapted to transmit and/or receive data in at least one band having a width of 100 MHz or above.
- said wireless data interface is a WUSB (Wireless Universal Serial Bus) interface.
- said wireless data interface is an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) interface.
- said non-volatile memory is an EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) based flash memory.
- EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- the portable data storage device further comprises: a security module adapted to provide at least one security mechanism to protect data or wireless data transfers.
- said security module is adapted to apply an authentication mechanism.
- said security module is adapted to apply a wireless link security mechanism.
- said security module is adapted to apply a DRM (Digital Rights Management) content security mechanism.
- the portable data storage device has a housing with no electric contacts at its outer surface.
- the portable data storage device has a housing being water proof.
- the portable data storage device further comprises: a contactless charging interface adapted to supply power to said portable data storage device without requiring establishment of a wired electric connection to said portable data storage device.
- a contactless charging interface is an inductive coupling interface.
- said contactless charging interface is an optical interface comprising a photovoltaic element.
- the portable data storage device further comprises: a control unit adapted to control said wireless data interface to operate in any one of at least two operating modes selected from a sleep mode, a listen mode, and a transceiver mode.
- the portable data storage device further comprises: a host interface unit adapted to provide a wired interface to a host system to enable operating said portable data storage device as adapter device linking said host system to another portable data storage device connected through said wireless data interface.
- the portable data storage device further comprises: a host interface unit adapted to provide a wired interface to a host system to allow said host system to read and/or write data from/to said non- volatile memory.
- a method of storing data comprises transmitting data to be stored to a portable data storage device through a wireless link at a high data rate and/or in an ultra wide band.
- the method further comprises receiving the data at the portable data storage device, and storing the received data in a non-volatile memory of the portable data storage device.
- said data rate is above 100 Mbps.
- the band width of said ultra wide band is 500 MHz or above.
- said wireless link is a UWB (Ultra Wide Band) link. In a further embodiment said wireless link is a WUSB (Wireless Universal Serial Bus) link.
- said wireless link is an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) link.
- said non-volatile memory is an EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) based flash memory.
- EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- the method further comprises: providing at least one security mechanism.
- said security mechanism comprises an authentication mechanism.
- said security mechanism comprises a wireless link security mechanism.
- said security mechanism comprises a DRM (Digital Rights Management) content security mechanism.
- the method further comprises: supplying power to said portable data storage device by means of a contactless charging interface without requiring establishment of a wired electric connection to said portable data storage device.
- said contactless charging interface is an inductive coupling interface.
- said contactless charging interface is an optical interface comprising a photovoltaic element.
- the method further comprises: operating said portable data storage device in any one of at least two operating modes selected from a sleep mode, a listen mode, and a transceiver mode.
- the method further comprises: operating a wired interface to a host system to enable operating said portable data storage device as adapter device linking said host system to another portable data storage device connected through said wireless link.
- the method further comprises: operating a wired interface to a host system to allow said host system to read and/or write data from/to said nonvolatile memory.
- a further aspect relates to a computer readable medium having stored thereon computer readable instructions that, when executed on a processor, cause said processor to send data to and/or receive data from a portable data storage device having a non- volatile memory to store said data, the data being transmitted or received through a wireless link at a high data rate and/or in an ultra wide band.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the components of a portable data storage device according to an embodiment
- FIG. 2 is a schematic drawing illustrating an example of how to use the portable data storage device of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is a schematic drawing illustrating another example of how to use the device of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating how to supply power to the device of FIG. 1 in an embodiment
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating the components of a wireless adapter card that can be used together with the portable data storage device of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 6 is a schematic drawing illustrating an example of how to use the wireless adapter card of FIG. 5 in an embodiment
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating the components of a portable data storage device according to another embodiment
- FIG. 8 is a schematic drawing showing an example of how to use the device of FIG. 7 in an embodiment
- FIG. 9 is a schematic drawing illustrating another example of how to use the portable data storage device of FIG. 7.
- FIG. 10 shows another example of using the portable data storage device according to the embodiments.
- the embodiments make use of a wireless data interface to transfer data from and to the portable data storage device. This avoids using wired interfaces to increase the usability of the device. Further, portability of the device is increased since the portable data storage device can be carried separately from the host device such as a notebook computer or camera. Moreover, the devices of the embodiments are portable even during read and write operation.
- the embodiments use wireless data transmission techniques that can keep card read/write times in the order of seconds even where the data volume to transfer is in the MB range or above.
- the embodiments use a Jtugn ⁇ ata rate wireiess interface and/or a wireless interface transferring the data in an ultra wide band.
- a high data rate is a data rate above 100 Mbps
- an ultra wide band has a bandwidth of 500 MHz or above (according to the definition of the FCC which is also used in IEEE standardization processes).
- UWB Ultra Wide Band
- UWB differs substantially from conventional narrow band radio frequency and spread spectrum technologies, such as BluetoothTM technology and 802.1 la/g.
- UWB transmitter and receiver can use frequencies from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz which is a band more than 7 GHz wide. Each radio channel in the band can have a bandwidth of more than 500 MHz. The spectrum can be shared by multiple UWB devices to obtain very high data throughput.
- WUSB Wireless Universal Serial Bus
- OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Divisional Multiplexing
- the available spectrum of 7.5 GHz is divided into several 528 MHz bands.
- the embodiments use a broadband, high data rate wireless interface which allows for accessing the stored data in the device in a contactless manner with complete read/write times remaining in the order of seconds.
- this technique is not only user-friendly and easy to use, but does further increase the operating speed compared with conventional techniques, and provide new functionality.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a portable data storage device according to an embodiment.
- the device 100 comprises a flash memory unit 110 which may be (in this and any other embodiment) an EEPROM device or any other kind of non-volatile memory including a hard disc drive.
- a flash memory unit 110 which may be (in this and any other embodiment) an EEPROM device or any other kind of non-volatile memory including a hard disc drive.
- control unit 120 which is connected to the flash memory 110 to control reading and/or writing from/to the memory.
- control unit 120 there is a high data rate wireless interface unit 130 connected to the control unit 120.
- the high data rate wireless interface unit 130 is further connected to an antenna 140 to transmit and/or receive the data.
- the high data rate wireless interface unit 130 may be UWB, WUSB, or OFDM based.
- the portable data storage device 100 of the present embodiment further comprises a security module 150 that may be connected to the control unit 120 and/or the high data rate wireless interface unit
- the security module 150 provides security features such as authentication, link security, DRM (Digital Rights
- the security module 150 may assure access, data link, as well as content security, allowing for realize the portable data storage device as portable secure memory card.
- the device 100 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 does not have any wired connection to other devices.
- the housing 100 of the device has no electric contacts at its outer surface.
- the housing is waterproof.
- the portable data storage device 100 comprises a contactless charging interface 160 connected to an energy store 170.
- the energy store 170 may be a battery, a capacitor, or any other element which is capable of storing (electrical, chemical, mechanical or other forms of) energy.
- the contactless charging interface 160 may be any unit which can receive energy in any form from outside the device 100 without requiring electric contacts, and transfer the received energy or parts thereof to the energy store 170.
- the contactless charging interface 160 is an inductive coupling interface.
- the contactless charging interface 160 may comprise a photovoltaic element to realize an optical interface to convert incoming optical energy to electrical energy which may then be stored in the energy store 170.
- the control unit 120 controls the high data rate wireless interface unit 130 (and potentially also the other units of the device) to operate in any one of at least two operating modes. These modes may be selected from a sleep mode, a listen mode, and a transceiver mode.
- the portable data storage device 100 In the sleep mode, the portable data storage device 100 is in some kind of standby, not accessing the non- volatile memory, and not transmitting any data. In this mode, the device 100 does substantially nothing more than necessary to decide whether memory access or data transmission is required. For doing so, the control unit 120 may determine whether data is received by the high data rate wireless interface unit 130 which data indicates a request for memory access. This request may be indicated in a predefined manner, e.g. using a predefined data pattern at a predefined frequency. It is however noted that other approaches are possible as well. In the listen mode, the portable data storage device 100 is fully operative to receive data through the wireless interface in the entire ultra wide band and/or at high data rate, and write the received data to memory.
- both receiving and transmitting data is enabled.
- the non-volatile memory can be written to and read from.
- the portable data storage device 100 has a high data rate wireless interface unit 130 which uses high rate UWB 802.15.3a compliant OFDM at 480 Mbps in the 3.1-4.8 GHz range. Further, flash memory 110 is used which consumes 0.4 ⁇ W and 45 mW in standby and read operation, respectively, at 1.8 V, allowing to read data at 80-200 Mbps.
- the power consumption of the portable data storage device 100 may be 2 mW or below in the sleep mode, 85mW in the listen mode, and 195 mW in the transceiver mode.
- the device 100 has established a wireless link to a host 200 which may be a notebook computer, a digital camera, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or the like.
- the host device 200 may have some suitable wireless interface circuitry built in so that it is not necessary to have a slot for inserting the memory card.
- the host device 200 is a camera, one can take pictures which are then stored on the portable data storage device 100 although the device 100 is not inserted into the camera.
- the device 100 could be worn in a pocket or bag.
- the host device 200 is a personal computer, the portable data storage device 100 could be somewhere on the desk, in a drawer, or even in a shelf.
- F IG. 3 depicts an example where two host devices 300, 310 access the portable data storage device 100.
- the host devices 300, 310 may do so (substantially) simultaneously, or subsequently. Further, each host device 300, 310 may have unidirectional or bi-directional access.
- host device 300 could be a video camera that stores the video data in real time in the nonvolatile memory of the portable data storage device 100.
- the host device 310 may be a computer that downloads the video data or part of the data.
- host devices in the configurations shown in FIGs. 2 and 3 may be public or commercial terminals that allow a user of the portable data storage device 100 to obtain music, video or software.
- the owner of a portable data storage device 100 such as that of FIG. 1 could then buy music songs by approaching a terminal in a music shop, selecting one or more songs, performing some authentication to let the terminal identify and access the device 100, and probably run through some payment procedure.
- the terminal will then download the purchased song(s) without requiring the user to put the device 100 into a slot of the terminal.
- the portable data storage device 100 of the embodiments may be a terminal that receives picture data from the portable data storage device 100 to make photographic prints. It is to be understood that many other applications besides those mentioned above exist as well.
- the portable data storage device 100 of the embodiments may have a completely contactless housing. In this case, the portable data storage device 100 is supplied with power in a contactless manner, i.e. without using electrical contacts, for instance based on solar energy or by means of inductive coupling.
- FIG. 4 The latter example is shown in FIG. 4 where the portable data storage device 100 has a coil built in (not shown) which is placed in a suitable position on top or nearby an inductive power supply 400.
- the inductive power supply is shown in FIG. 4 where the portable data storage device 100 has a coil built in (not shown) which is placed in a suitable position on top or nearby an inductive power supply 400.
- the inductive power supply is shown in FIG. 4 where the portable data storage device 100 has a coil built in (not shown) which is placed in a suitable position on top or nearby an inductive power supply 400.
- the inductive power supply 400 The inductive power supply
- 400 may be portable itself, or may be a built-in device in a host or any other external peripheral device such as a docking station.
- the host devices are described to include some wireless interface circuitry that allows the hosts to communicate with the portable data storage device 100.
- the wireless interface functionality can be added to a host device by means of a wireless adapter 500 which can be realized as card or stick, but which may also take any other form, including that of an external peripheral device.
- An example of a wireless adapter 500 is shown in FIG. 5.
- the wireless adapter 500 of the present embodiment has a host interface
- the host interface 510 may be a USB interface, a Firewire interface, a serial or parallel data interface, or one of the various flash memory card interfaces.
- the host device is provided with the required wireless communication functionality to communicate with the portable data storage device 100.
- FIG. 6 a wireless adapter memory device according to an embodiment is shown. Similar to the wireless adapter 500 of FIG. 5, the wireless adapter memory device 700 of FIG. 7 has a host interface 710, a control unit 720, a high data rate wireless interface unit 730, and an antenna 740.
- a non-volatile memory 750 which may be a flash memory.
- T his allows the wireless adapter memory device 700 to act as wireless adapter similar to that of FIG. 5 in a first functional mode, and as portable data storage device similar to that of FIG.1 in a second functional mode.
- the high data rate wireless interface unit 730 is deactivated, so that the device 700 may then work like any conventional flash memory device.
- FIGs. 8 to 10 illustrate some exemplary configurations.
- FIG. 8 has the wireless adapter memory device
- FIG. 7 connected to a first host 800 to allow the host 800 to store data in the non-volatile memory without using the wireless interface.
- a second host 810 may then access the stored data through the wireless link. This may be done even though the wireless adapter memory device 700 is still connected to the first host 800, as shown in
- FIG. 8 or after having removed the wireless adapter memory device 700 from the host 800, as shown in FIG. 9.
- FIG. 10 more generally illustrates cases where two hosts 1000, 1010 communicate with each other using wireless adapters 500 or wireless memory adapter devices 700. Many configurations may exist in FIG. 10 including having two wireless adapters 500, two wireless adapter memory devices 700, or having the wireless adapter memory device 700 on the left or on the right side.
- the present invention relates to data processing techniques and is therefore industrial applicable.
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