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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2004
Applicants:
Ya-fang Nien, Taipei, TW;
Kuo-an Chang, Taipei, TW;
Chi-hsiang Chang, Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ALi Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an automatic power conservation method for an optical media device, which is capable of turning off other circuit components that are still in operation using the host interface of the optical media device when the optical media device enters the sleep-mode, and the host interface also being used to respond to an external signal of the optical media device; using the host interface to wake up those circuit components if the external input signal of the optical media device requesting the optical media device to exit the sleep-mode.