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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Katsunori Sakai, Toyokawa, JP;
Hajime Usami, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00888 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 1/28 (2013.01); H04N 1/00907 (2013.01); H02J 7/0068 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A CPU of a printer requests a first external device to supply electric power via a first interface through communications according to the USB standard. When the CPU determines that the requested electric power is to be unsupplied from the first external device, the CPU requests a second external device to supply the electric power via a second interface.