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Title:
ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/075505
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An electronic device according to the present technology comprises: a connecting unit including a plurality of terminals for electrically connecting an external device; a switching unit capable of switching a connection destination, inside the device, of a portion of the plurality of terminals; a switching control unit configured to detect a device type of the external device by means of signal communication with the external device via a prescribed terminal of the connecting unit other than the portion of the terminals, and to be capable of controlling the switching unit such that the portion of the terminals are connected to connection destinations corresponding to the detected device type; an energizing unit which, if the external device is a specific external device in which a resistive element is connected to a specific connected terminal that is connected to a specific terminal among the portion of terminals of the connecting unit, is connected as the connection destination of the specific terminal to energize the resistive element via the specific terminal and the specific connected terminal; and an electronic circuit for detecting a state of the specific external device on the basis of an electric potential detection result of the specific terminal.

Inventors:
HATANO SOTA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2023/033866
Publication Date:
April 11, 2024
Filing Date:
September 19, 2023
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORP (JP)
International Classes:
G06F13/38; G06F3/00
Foreign References:
JP2019220088A2019-12-26
US20170293335A12017-10-12
JP2022074531A2022-05-18
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
TECHNOPEER PATENTS & TRADEMARKS (JP)
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