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Granted Patent B2
US 12,423,047 · App. 18/402,860 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Multifunctional docking station

Inventor: Wenfeng Luo (Shenzhen, CN)
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Patent No.
US 12,423,047
App. No.
18/402,860
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a multifunctional docking station, including: a PCBA board; a first control module, an image input interface and an image output interface which are arranged on the PCBA board; and a function control module, electrically connected to the first control module and sending an acquired operation instruction to the first control module. In a case that the function control module receives an always-on/screen projection instruction and sends the operation instruction to the first control module, the first control module controls image output of the image output interface through a preset program corresponding to the operation instruction so as to control screen projection content.

Claims (24)

1. A multifunctional docking station,

comprising:

a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) board; a first control module, an image input interface and an image output interface which are arranged on the PCBA board, the image input interface and the image output interface being electrically connected to the first control module, the image input interface being connected to an electronic device for image output, and the image output interface being connected to a screen projection display device; and

a function control module, electrically connected to the first control module and sending an acquired operation instruction to the first control module, and the function control module comprising a button assembly and an electronic switch;

wherein in a case that the function control module receives an always-on/screen projection operation instruction and sends the operation instruction to the first control module, the first control module controls image output of the image output interface through a preset program corresponding to the operation instruction so as to control screen projection content; and

wherein in response to the operation instruction being a shielding instruction, the button assembly is touched and the electronic switch sends the shielding instruction to the first control module for controlling shielding of the image output of the image output interface through the preset program, and a physical connection between the image output interface and the screen projection display device is kept.

2. The docking station according to claim 1 ,

wherein the function control module further comprises at least one of a touch screen, a speech recognition apparatus or a gesture recognition apparatus.

3. The docking station according to claim 1 ,

further comprising a shell, wherein the shell comprises a first shell, and a detachable bottom plate is arranged below the first shell; and

the PCBA board is arranged between the first shell and the bottom plate.

4. The docking station according to claim 3 ,

wherein a second shell is arranged outside the first shell.

5. The docking station according to claim 1 ,

wherein the button assembly comprises an always-on/screen projection switching button.

6. The docking station according to claim 1 ,

wherein the button assembly comprises a volume-adjusting button or/and a play content control button.

7. The docking station according to claim 1 ,

wherein the image input interface is a Type-C interface, and/or the image output interface is an high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) interface.

8. The docking station according to claim 1 ,

wherein the PCBA board is further provided with at least one of a USB-extension interface, a network extension interface, a memory card extension interface, an audio interface and a power delivery 100 watt (PD/100w) input interface.

9. The docking station according to claim 1 ,

wherein the PCBA board is provided with a second control module, a universal serial bus Type-A (USB-A) interface, a universal serial bus Type-C (USB-C) interface, a local interconnect network (LIN) interface, a 2.4 gigahertz wireless (2.4G) interface, a secure digital (SD) card interface, a transflash (TF) card interface, and a headphone jack interface; and

the USB-A interface, the USB-C interface, the LIN interface, the 2.4G interface, the SD interface, the TF interface, and the headphone jack interface are electrically connected to the second control module.

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