The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1999
Douglas Brian Gillespie, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
John Frank Konstantine, Dearborn, MI (US);
David P. Wright, Redford, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A multimedia/personal computer-based system for operating information, communication, and entertainment devices in a mobile vehicle uses a power management strategy which reduces power consumption and boot-up time in a manner which facilitates use of a complex instruction set computing (CISC) processor system. A power management fault strategy detects fault conditions and restores proper operation without user intervention. A low power microprocessor off-board of the main motherboard switches a plurality of regulated voltages to the main motherboard and other devices. The main application microprocessor on the main motherboard sends periodic status messages to the low power microprocessor. If a time limit between successive status messages is exceeded, then the low power microprocessor takes corrective action such as sending messages to the main application microprocessor, sending a wakeup sequence (resume event) to the main application processor, sending a reset signal to the main application microprocessor, or removing or cycling the regulated voltages being provided to the main motherboard.