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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2009
Pin-chun Huang, Taoyuan, TW;
Mien-chih Chen, Taoyuan, TW;
Pin-Chun Huang, Taoyuan, TW;
Mien-Chih Chen, Taoyuan, TW;
Foxconn Communication Technology Corp., Taoyuan County, TW;
Abstract
A method and an electronic device capable of saving power are disclosed. The electronic device includes a power save system, a media player application and an audio interface. The audio interface includes an audio driver module, and an audio processor. The power save system includes a monitor unit, and a control unit. The monitor unit monitors the current mode of the media player application. If the media player application is in the mute mode, the control unit transmits a power-save signal to switch off the audio processor to save power of the electronic device.