| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention provides a game port interface having a second processor interface in addition to an otherwise conventional first processor interface such that a second processor may directly poll the game port interface to detect movement of a joystick device while a first, host processor is in a low power mode. Thus, the second processor may identify movement in the joystick and initiate a wake up sequence in the first, host processor via a communication path between the two processor interfaces. The additional processor interface allows the second processor to poll the joystick without interfering with the normal operation of the joystick. The present invention provides the power savings benefits of maintaining a host processor in a low power mode while at the same allowing another processor which may or may not be in a reduced power mode to detect movement of the joystick and initiate a wake up sequence in the host processor in response thereto.</p> |
