Patents by Inventor Szu-Wei Pan

Szu-Wei Pan 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).

  • Patent number: 9563247
    Abstract: A portable electronic system and power management method thereof are disclosed. The portable electronic system includes a portable host and a portable power supply. The portable host has a main battery and a connecting interface. The portable power supply has a backup battery, and is coupled to the portable host through the connecting interface, and transceives a work state of the portable host and the portable power supply and a system power provided by the portable host through the connecting interface. The portable host and the portable power supply control charge or discharge states of the main battery and the backup battery according to the work state. The work state includes relative state of charges (RSOC) of the main and backup battery and information of whether the portable host is coupled to a power adaptor for receiving an external power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Che-Ming Chou, Tung-Shan Lin, Szu-Wei Pan
  • Publication number: 20140344588
    Abstract: A portable electronic system and power management method thereof are disclosed. The portable electronic system includes a portable host and a portable power supply. The portable host has a main battery and a connecting interface. The portable power supply has a backup battery, and is coupled to the portable host through the connecting interface, and transceives a work state of the portable host and the portable power supply and a system power provided by the portable host through the connecting interface. The portable host and the portable power supply control charge or discharge states of the main battery and the backup battery according to the work state. The work state includes relative state of charges (RSOC) of the main and backup battery and information of whether the portable host is coupled to a power adaptor for receiving an external power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Che-Ming Chou, Tung-Shan Lin, Szu-Wei Pan
  • Publication number: 20110093741
    Abstract: A method for recovering basic input/output system (BIOS) in a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a host unit, a control unit, and a first storage device. The control unit is utilized for controlling system power provided for the host unit. The host unit is utilized for accessing a BIOS code stored in the first storage device to perform a boot process. The method includes turning the system power off when the computer system has a recovery requirement, restoring a backup BIOS code into the first storage device, and turning the system power on to make the host unit access the restored BIOS code in the first storage device for performing the boot process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Te-Yu Liang, Cheng-Te Chen, Wen-Chun Tsao, Szu-Wei Pan