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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2002
Hirota Takahashi, Iwatsuki, JP;
Hiroshi Sugita, Iwatsuki, JP;
Kenichi Sonobe, Iwatsuki, JP;
Kazuya Edogawa, Iwatsuki, JP;
Tomokazu Kaneko, Iwatsuki, JP;
Tsutomu Hoshino, Iwatsuki, JP;
Hirota Takahashi, Iwatsuki, JP;
Hiroshi Sugita, Iwatsuki, JP;
Kenichi Sonobe, Iwatsuki, JP;
Kazuya Edogawa, Iwatsuki, JP;
Tomokazu Kaneko, Iwatsuki, JP;
Tsutomu Hoshino, Iwatsuki, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A USB device for performing communications with a second device through a USB interface while supplying electric power to the second device through a power-source supplying line in the USB interface. The USB device includes a communication unit for communicating with the second device, a power source capable of outputting electric power of a voltage being different from a standard power voltage prescribed in the standards of the USB interface. The power source supplies the electric power to the second device through the power-source supplying line. The second device includes a low load unit and a high load unit The power source supplies the electric power having a power voltage higher than the standard power voltage to the high load unit through the power-source supplying line.