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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Moritomo, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 13/382 (2013.01); H02J 7/00045 (2020.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device having a cable includes a storage unit and a communication unit. The storage unit stores first authentication information used for an authentication communication directed to the electronic device and second authentication information used for an authentication communication directed to the cable. The communication unit is capable of responding to an authentication communication directed to the electronic device and is also capable of responding to an authentication communication directed to the cable.