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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroki Zenda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395282 ; 395311 ;
Abstract
A portable computer comprising a PCMCIA card connector, a PCMCIA controller, a multimedia display controller, a moving-picture bus, a system bus, and a switching control circuit. The PCMCIA controller controls transfer of data to and from a PC card connected to the PCMCIA card connector. The multimedia display controller can process moving-picture data to display moving pictures. The moving-picture bus connects the PCMCIA controller and the multimedia display controller, for supplying moving-picture data only. The switching control circuit is incorporated in the PCMCIA controller, for connecting the PCMCIA card connector to the moving-picture bus or to the system bus.