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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2006
Mien-wen Hsu, Tucheng, TW;
Chen-cheng Lin, Sijhih, TW;
Ying-wen Lin, Taipei, TW;
Infortrend Technology, Inc., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A display device for indicating connection statuses of a communication channel between two systems is disclosed, the communication channel having a plurality of communication links. The display device comprises a detecting circuit coupled to the communication channel for detecting a plurality of link statuses of the communication links; an indicator controller coupled to the detecting circuit for determining the connection statuses of the communication channel according to the link statuses; and an LED indicator coupled to the indicator controller for displaying in a plurality of statuses according to the connection statuses from the indicator controller; wherein the connection statuses comprise a first connection status indicating that all the link statuses are 'ON', a second connection status indicating that all the link statuses are 'OFF', and a third connection status indicating that at least one of the link statuses is “ON” and at least one of the link statuses is “OFF”.