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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2006
Jun Tashiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Tashiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An external connection device is to connectable to a host device. The host device includes transmission means for transmitting, to the external connection device, a parameter and an operation control command indicating a command for performing operation control of the external connection device. The external connection device includes a parameter register operable to store the parameter, a command register operable to store the operation control command provided from the host device, and a controller operable to refer to the operation control command stored in the command register and to perform operation control specified by the operation control command. The parameter register and the command register of the external connection device are accessed from the host device based on a transfer protocol command (TPC) issued from the host device.