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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsHiroshi MORITA, Kazuaki Toba, Kazuo YAMAMOTO, Masanari YAMAMOTO
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It is made possible to perform data transmission through a cable satisfactorily. A cable is connected between first electronic equipment and second electronic equipment. The cable includes a current consumption unit that receives supply of current from the first electronic equipment through a power supply line, a current monitor unit that observes a current amount the first electronic equipment is capable of supplying to the power supply line, and an information transmission unit that transmits control information according to the observed current amount to the first electronic equipment. The first electronic equipment controls the state of data to be supplied to the cable, on the basis of the control information transmitted thereto from the cable.
A cable for being connected between first electronic equipment and second electronic equipment, comprising:
A control information transmission method for a cable that includes
A connection apparatus for being connected between first electronic equipment and second electronic equipment, comprising:
Electronic equipment for being connected to external equipment through a cable, comprising:
An output data controlling method for electronic equipment connected to external equipment through a cable, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.