Patents by Inventor Hong Wing Tse

Hong Wing Tse 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).

  • Optical disk drive with power save mode
    Patent number: 7418610
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable optical disk drive having a power save mode for reducing the energy consumption. It is an object of the invention to propose an improved solution for a power save mode. This object is achieved by a method for driving an optical disk drive in a power save mode having the steps of: receiving an indication to start power save mode turning off a servo driver of the optical disk drive after that, turning off a photodetector of the optical disk drive awaiting an indication to stop power save mode turning on said photodetector after that, turning on said servo driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventor: Hong Wing Tse