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US 11,387,664 B2Granted
Electronic device and control method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKento Inai
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a first connection unit configured to connect to a first external device, and a second connection unit configured to connect to a second external device. A position of the first connection unit placed in the electronic device is a position where at least a part of the first connection unit is hidden in a case where the second connection unit is connected to the second external device.
Claims18
An electronic device comprising:
- a first connection unit configured to connect to a first external device;
- and
- a second connection unit configured to connect to a second external device,
- wherein a battery is charged with power supplied from the first external device via the second connection unit, in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit and the first external device is connected to the second external device,
- wherein the battery supplies power to the second external device via the second connection unit, in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit and the first external device is not connected to the second external device, and
- wherein a position of the first connection unit placed in the electronic device is a position where at least a part of the first connection unit is hidden in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a first connection unit configured to connect to a first external device;
- a second connection unit configured to connect to a second external device;
- and
- a control unit that controls data transfer performed between the electronic device and the first external device via the second connection unit and the second external device, in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit and the first external device is connected to the second external device,
- wherein a position of the first connection unit placed in the electronic device is a position where at least a part of the first connection unit is hidden in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit.
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A method comprising:
- determining whether a first external device is connected to a first connection unit of an electronic device;
- determining whether a second external device is connected to a second connection unit of the electronic device;
- charging a battery with power supplied from the first external device via the second connection unit, in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit and the first external device is connected to the second external device;
- and
- supplying power from the battery to the second external device via the second connection unit, in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit and the first external device is not connected to the second external device,
- wherein a position of the first connection unit placed in the electronic device is a position where at least a part of the first connection unit is hidden in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit.
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A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
- determining whether a first external device is connected to a first connection unit of an electronic device;
- determining whether a second external device is connected to a second connection unit of the electronic device;
- charging a battery with power supplied from the first external device via the second connection unit, in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit and the first external device is connected to the second external device;
- and
- supplying power from the battery to the second external device via the second connection unit, in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit and the first external device is not connected to the second external device,
- wherein a position of the first connection unit placed in the electronic device is a position where at least a part of the first connection unit is hidden in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit.
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A method comprising:
- determining whether a first external device is connected to a first connection unit of an electronic device;
- determining whether a second external device is connected to a second connection unit of the electronic device;
- and
- controlling data transfer performed between the electronic device and the first external device via the second connection unit and the second external device, in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit and the first external device is connected to the second external device,
- wherein a position of the first connection unit placed in the electronic device is a position where at least a part of the first connection unit is hidden in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit.
2 more elements
A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
- determining whether a first external device is connected to a first connection unit of an electronic device;
- determining whether a second external device is connected to a second connection unit of the electronic device;
- and
- controlling data transfer performed between the electronic device and the first external device via the second connection unit and the second external device, in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit and the first external device is connected to the second external device,
- wherein a position of the first connection unit placed in the electronic device is a position where at least a part of the first connection unit is hidden in a case where the second external device is connected to the second connection unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.