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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 18, 2009
Teruki Kikkawa, Yokohama, JP;
Michihiro Izumi, Kashiwa, JP;
Yoshikazu Shibamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Shikata, Tama, JP;
Hirofumi Urabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Daisuke Takayanagi, Kawasaki, JP;
Chika Masuda, Sagamihara, JP;
Teruki Kikkawa, Yokohama, JP;
Michihiro Izumi, Kashiwa, JP;
Yoshikazu Shibamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Shikata, Tama, JP;
Hirofumi Urabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Daisuke Takayanagi, Kawasaki, JP;
Chika Masuda, Sagamihara, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device control apparatus in a video image display system including a plurality of connected devices. The apparatus includes an obtaining unit which obtains a logical address of a first device connected to the device control apparatus as a control object, a specifying unit which specifies the device type of the first device if the obtained logical address of the first device is not a logical address according to the device type, a selection unit which selects a second device which is connected to the device control apparatus and is of the same device type as the first device, and a control unit which controls a logical address assigned to the selected second device according to the device type thereof so that the first device obtains a logical address.