Electronic device that can perform communications based on a plurality of communication standards, control method for the electronic device, and recording medium

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PATENT NO 10303634
APP PUB NO 20180004694A1
SERIAL NO

15636495

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An electronic device includes a connector constituted by plural types of pins and configured to perform a communication in accordance with at least one of a first communication standard for requesting a symmetrical pin arrangement and a second communication standard for requesting an asymmetrical pin arrangement, an input unit configured to input a signal for detecting that an external apparatus connected to the connector is an apparatus in conformity to the first communication standard or the second communication standard via at least one of the pins in the connector, and a control unit configured to perform control in a manner that signal assignment of the plural types of the pins of the connector is switched to a first state corresponding to the first communication standard or a second state corresponding to the second communication standard in accordance with the signal input by the input unit.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nemoto, Ayumu Tokyo, JP 11 18

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