Patents by Inventor Bor-Tay Chen

Bor-Tay Chen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for integrating ACPI functionality and power button functionality into a single power key
    Patent number: 7472291
    Abstract: A power-managing key apparatus uses a power key to integrate the function of ACPI management of computer hardware and hibernation on/off of operation system. A processor coupled to the power key detects pressing-time parameters of the power key and a current state of the computer. The processor sends a hardware signal to emulate ACPI power button function in order to power on/off computer and awake the computer from a power saving mode. The processor sends a software signal to an operation system of the computer to disable/enable a hibernation state. Therefore, the complicated power management performed by computer hardware and operation system can be simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Shuttle Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Ming Chen, Bor-Tay Chen
  • Power-managing key apparatus and method for the same
    Publication number: 20060236132
    Abstract: A power-managing key apparatus uses a power key to integrate the function of ACPI management of computer hardware and hibernation on/off of operation system. A processor coupled to the power key detects pressing-time parameters of the power key and a current state of the computer. The processor sends a hardware signal to emulate ACPI power button function in order to power on/off computer and awake the computer from a power saving mode. The processor sends a software signal to an operation system of the computer to disable/enable a hibernation state. Therefore, the complicated power management performed by computer hardware and operation system can be simplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Hung-Ming Chen, Bor-Tay Chen