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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2016
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device control device with a near-field wireless communication capability can use the configuration having the near-field wireless communication capability to easily establish a communication path between an external device and another device. A device controller has a USB interface that connects to a USB device; a tag reader that reads, by near-field wireless communication, an IC tag storing an external device address, which is the address of a tablet terminal; and a device controller that sends a device control device address, which is its own address, to the external device address read by the tag reader as the destination, and when, after sending the device control device address, establishing a communication path between the tablet terminal and a USB device is received from the tablet terminal, establishes a communication path between the tablet terminal and USB device.