Patents Assigned to Workbit Corporation
  • Interface card including selectable data transmission route modes including first transmission route mode via memory buffer and second transmission route mode not via memory buffer
    Patent number: 6993601
    Abstract: An interface card includes data transmission routes which allow for data transmission in a plurality of data transmission modes and a mode selection switch for selecting a data transmission mode from the plurality of modes. With the interface card, a user is able to select an optimal data transmission mode for the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignees: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Workbit Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Minami, Satoshi Sakuragi, Wataru Kakinoki, Shinji Ushigami
  • PC card with variable width data bus communication capabilities
    Patent number: 6481629
    Abstract: In a PC card to be connected to a personal computer, two kinds of operational modes which are different in data bus width from each other can be changed over selectively. Either the CardBus mode with a data bus width of 32 bits or the 16-bit mode is selectable by a selector switch provided in a side face. The PC card 1 is operated in the 16-bit mode for use with a 16-bit-compatible personal computer, and operated in the 32-bit mode for use with a 32-bit-compatible personal computer. Thus, one PC card is useable with various personal computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignees: I-O Data Device, Inc., Workbit Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Hirabayashi, Hiroyuki Hidenaga