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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2017
Mitac Computing Technology Corporation, Taoyuan, TW;
Chi-Yuan Yen, Taoyuan, TW;
Mitac Computing Technology Corporation, Taoyuan, TW;
Abstract
A method for determining a type of a device connected to an inter-integrated circuit (IC) includes steps of: a) transmitting requests to bus addresses of the IC, respectively; b) upon receipt of a response message transmitted by a device in response to receipt of one of the requests from one of the bus addresses, determining that the device is connected to said one of the bus addresses; and c) according to a lookup table that includes plural of entries, each of which has a corresponding device type and respective address set consisting of at least one reference address conforming with one of the bus addresses, determining a type of the device as one of the device types in the lookup table with reference to said one of the bus addresses.