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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Smk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yusuke Machida, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SMK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/42225 (2013.01); H04N 5/44 (2013.01); H04N 21/4436 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device controller includes: a determination unit that determines an active device out of a first device including a plurality of ports connectable to a prescribed terminal and a second device connected to the first device through the ports; and a communication unit that transmits to a remote control device a control signal for allocating the active device determined by the determination unit to a device to be operated.