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US 2003/0197888 A1Published application
Composite device system
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKatsuyoshi Kondo
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Abstract
A composite device system comprising a host 10 connected to a composite device 20 including plural devices and controlling said composite device, said host comprising plural drive units 11, 12 each corresponding to said devices included in the composite device 20 and controlling said devices, respectively, said drive units 11, 12 capable of recognizing via other drive units the status of other devices controlled by other drive units.
Claims4
A composite device system comprising a host connected to a composite device including plural devices, said host controlling said composite device;
- said host comprising a plurality of drive units that correspond to each device included in said composite device, said each drive unit controlling said each device, respectively;
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- said each drive unit capable of recognizing via said other drive units the status of other devices that are controlled by other drive units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.