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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:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chien-Chun Ma, Taipei, TW;
Tung-Wei Kao, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Lite-On It Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/338 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/338 ;
Abstract
A disc drive, which inputs and outputs signals by an earphone jack. The signal processing circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter, a memory for storing firmware programs, a signal switch device, and an earphone jack coupled to the signal switch device. When the signal switch device is coupled to the digital-to-analog converter, an audio signal is output from the disc drive through the earphone jack. When the signal switch device is coupled to the signal processing circuit, a digital signal is input or output to/from the disc drive through the earphone jack.