Patents by Inventor Min E. Lee

Min E. Lee 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).

  • Implementation of idle mode in a suspend/resume microprocessor system
    Patent number: 6193422
    Abstract: A portable computer system includes an input device such as a keyboard, a display, and a processor which is operable in a normal operational mode and in a reduced power mode, the processor carrying out program execution in each of the normal operational mode and reduced power mode. A timing arrangement switches the processor from its normal operational mode to its reduced power mode in response to the absence of any of a plurality of predetermined events during a predetermined time interval, the predetermined events including actuation of keys on the keyboard and transmission of information to the video display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Steven L. Belt, Robert J. Grabon, Chandrakant H. Pandya, Jiming Sun, Neysa K. Terry-Gray, Min E. Lee, Norman M. Hack