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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Miyahara, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control module of an electronic device includes a control unit that recognizes modules and allocates unique addresses to the modules, and a storage unit that stores predetermined information including the unique addresses allocated to the modules. If communication is possible with a predetermined module, the control unit performs communication with the modules based on the predetermined information without updating the predetermined information. If communication is not possible with the predetermined module, the control unit updates the predetermined information to perform communication with the modules based on the updated predetermined information.