Fujitsu Corporation

Nec Corporation

Shinji Hiyama

Hiroshi Nakaide

Takahiro Hosokawa

Fumihiko Saito

Satoshi Takeda

Juntaro Minezaki

Masashi Agata

Katsuhiko Nakamoto

Kensaburo Namba

An information processing apparatus includes an interface configured to be connected with a connection apparatus, an acquisition unit configured to acquire apparatus information including a configuration or an operation specification of the connection apparatus connected with the interface, a determination unit configured to determine a control program to control the connection apparatus according to the apparatus information, and a control unit configured to use the determined control program to control the connection apparatus, wherein the connection apparatus includes an expansion connection unit and an expansion apparatus connected with the expansion connection unit, and the acquisition unit includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first information including a configuration or an operation specification of the expansion connection unit connected with the interface, and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire second information including a configuration or an operation specification of the expansion apparatus connected with the expansion connection unit.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

There are disclosed a mounting information-collecting device which is capable of collecting mounting information concerning mounted statuses of circuit boards with high accuracy and efficiency, as well as a connector and a mounting information-collecting method therefor. A light-emitting device emits an optical signal. A plurality of optical signal-processing elements each apply processing to the optical signal in a manner unique to a corresponding one of the circuit boards to thereby generate a processed optical signal. A mounting information-collecting device receives the processed optical signal and detects whether or not the processing has been applied, to thereby collect the mounting information.

Mounting information-collecting device, connector, and mounting information-collecting method

A time switch control system having a cross-connect function is used for digital time-division. Multiplex communications permit desired channel settings and reduce power consumption. Identifying circuits identify which time-slot signals are to be retained by an input signal retaining memory, and output identification information to the retention memory, and to a retention memory controller. The retention memory controller stores therein the identification information from the identifying circuits, then reads out the identification information, and controls the input signal retaining memory in accordance with the contents of the identification information. Only the specified time-slot signals are stored and retained by the input signal retaining memory, thereby reducing power requirements. Exchange/output circuits exchange the time-slot signals stored in the input signal retaining memory in accordance with channel setting information, and output the exchanged signals.

Time-slot switching system identifying and storing only time-slot

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Kawasaki, Japan

Shinji Hiyama