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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Go Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunobu Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Asada, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsunori Itabashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a peripheral device including a multi-pole plug inserted into a jack of a jack device, the jack device including the jack, a conversion unit that converts a physical amount into an electrical signal or converts an electrical signal into a physical amount, a detection unit that detects whether the jack device is a corresponding device capable of handling multiplexed data obtained by multiplexing the electrical signal input and output to and from the conversion unit, a transmission and reception processing unit that transmits or receives the multiplexed data via a predetermined terminal of the multi-pole plug when the jack device is a corresponding device, and a function switching unit that performs assignment of an electrical function of a terminal other than the predetermined terminal of the multi-pole plug.