Invention Grant
US07890678B2 Portable computer having auxiliary IO apparatus and system setup method thereof
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便携式计算机，具有辅助IO设备及其系统设置方法
- Patent Title: Portable computer having auxiliary IO apparatus and system setup method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 便携式计算机，具有辅助IO设备及其系统设置方法
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Application No.: US12212371Application Date: 2008-09-17
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Publication No.: US07890678B2Publication Date: 2011-02-15
- Inventor: Dang-Woo Choi
- Applicant: Dang-Woo Choi
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2007-0100438 20071005
- Main IPC: G06F13/12
- IPC: G06F13/12 ; G06F3/00 ; G06F9/00 ; G06F1/00
Abstract:
A portable computer including an auxiliary Input/Output (IO) apparatus, a main controller configured to control the portable computer, a peripheral module configured to perform an individual function of the portable computer, an auxiliary Input/Output (IO) apparatus including a control unit configured to selectively control the peripheral module and being driven by its own operating system (OS), and an embedded controller (EC) configured to sense an operation mode of the portable computer from a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) and to determine whether the main controller or the control unit of the auxiliary IO apparatus is to control the peripheral apparatus based on the sensed operation mode the of the portable computer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090094402A1 PORTABLE COMPUTER HAVING AUXILIARY IO APPARATUS AND SYSTEM SETUP METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2009-04-09
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