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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Gen Ichimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuaki Toba, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanari Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an electronic device including: a receptacle comprising at least two electrical contacts and a plurality of a light-emitting parts configured to emit laser light for performing communication by light to a sink device; and a light emission control part configured to control emission of laser light from the plurality of light-emitting parts, wherein the light emission control parts starts control of the emission of the laser light from the plurality of light-emitting parts by a current when a cable is connected to the receptacle and the current flow to the electrical contacts from the sink device.