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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2003
Yuko Nabekura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Hori, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Nabekura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Hori, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing device is provided which is capable of automatically initializing external apparatuses, when external apparatuses are connected thereto. A storage area for storing information identifying the type of external device connected to the information processing device and information identifying the characteristics of the external device is provided, and the external device connected is determined provisionally from information relating to the characteristics of an external device stored in the storage area, in cases where an external device of a type which is not present in the information processing device is detected.