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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1994
Steven L. Belt, Stevensville, MI (US);
Robert J. Grabon, Oronoko Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Chandrakant H. Pandya, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Jiming Sun, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Neysa K. Terry-Gray, Lake Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Min E. Lee, Lincoln Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Norman M. Hack, St. Joseph, MI (US);
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A portable computer system includes an input device such as a keyboard, a display, and a processor which is operable in a normal operational mode and in a reduced power mode, the processor carrying out program execution in each of the normal operational mode and reduced power mode. A timing arrangement switches the processor from its normal operational mode to its reduced power mode in response to the absence of any of a plurality of predetermined events during a predetermined time interval, the predetermined events including actuation of keys on the keyboard and transmission of information to the video display.