Electronic equipment system, electronic equipment and connection equipment
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKei OHASHI
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Abstract
A branching device (connection equipment) 2 for connection to electronic equipment 1 divides signal lines used for USB 3.0 (first interface) into signal lines used for USB 2.0 (second interface) and signal lines not used for USB 2.0. The branching device 2 can be connected to a connection device 4 performing communication in accordance with USB 2.0 and to a connection device 3 performing communication using the signal lines not used for USB 2.0. The electronic equipment 1 inputs/outputs data, through the branching unit 2, to/from the connection device 4 in accordance with USB 2.0 and to/from the connection device 3 by communication using the signal lines not used for USB 2.0. The two types of data input/output can be executed in parallel.
Claims6
An electronic equipment system, comprising:
- electronic equipment;
- and
- connection equipment for connection to the electronic equipment,
- wherein the electronic equipment includes
- a first connector compliant with a first interface for inputting/outputting data through a plurality of signal lines including signal lines used for a second interface for inputting/outputting data, and
- the connection equipment includes:
- a second connector for connection to the first connector;
- a third connector connected to the second connector by signal lines used for the second interface among the plurality of signal lines used for the first interface, but not connected to the second connector by signal lines not used for the second interface;
- and
- a fourth connector not connected to the second connector by the signal lines used for the second interface among the plurality of signal lines used for the first interface, but connected to the second connector by the signal lines not used for the second interface.
Electronic equipment, comprising:
- a first connector compliant with a first interface for inputting/outputting data through a plurality of signal lines including signal lines used for a second interface for inputting/outputting data;
- a first input/output unit for inputting/outputting data in accordance with the second interface through the first connector;
- a second input/output unit for inputting/outputting data through the first connector by signal lines not used for the second interface, not by signal lines used for the second interface among the plurality of signal lines used for the first interface;
- and
- a third input/output unit for inputting/outputting data in accordance with the first interface through the first connector.
Electronic equipment, comprising:
- a fifth connector compliant with a second interface for inputting/outputting data through signal lines;
- a fourth input/output unit for inputting/outputting data in accordance with the second interface through the fifth connector;
- a sixth connector not connected to signal lines used for the second interface among a plurality of signal lines used for a first interface for inputting/outputting data through the plurality of signal lines including signal lines used for the second interface, but connected to signal lines not used for the second interface;
- and
- a fifth input/output unit for inputting/outputting data by the signal lines through the sixth connector.
Connection equipment used for connection to an electronic equipment, comprising:
- a second connector for connection to a first connector of an electronic equipment compliant with a first interface for inputting/outputting data through a plurality of signal lines including signal lines used for a second interface for inputting/outputting data through signal lines;
- a third connector connected to the second connector by signal lines used for the second interface among the plurality of signal lines used for the first interface, but not connected to the second connector by signal lines not used for the second interface;
- and
- a fourth connector not connected to the second connector by the signal lines used for the second interface, but connected to the second connector by the signal lines not used for the second interface among the plurality of signal lines used for the first interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.