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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Geotab Inc., Oakville, CA;
Inventors:
Omar Barake, Waterloo, CA;
Daniel Bernal Dotu, Madrid, ES;
Naim Hilal, Toronto, CA;
Michael Pirruccio, Oakville, CA;
Assignee:
Geotab Inc., Oakville, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/40 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40215 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01);
Abstract
A host electronic device that supports both Universal Serial Bus (USB) and Controller Area Network (CAN) connections is provided. The host electronic device drives at least one USB signal line and measures the voltage thereof. When the measured voltage indicates a USB connection from a peripheral device, the host electronic device determines that the peripheral device is a USB device. Otherwise, the host electronic device determines that the peripheral device is a CAN device.