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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2009
Tetsunori Nakayama, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsunori Nakayama, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a terminal apparatus designed as a self-powered device according to the Universal Serial Bus standard, the terminal apparatus including: a battery; a USB port; and a control section configured to allow relevant components of the terminal apparatus to operate on power from the battery upon power-up, the control section further notifying a host device upon connection thereto through the USB port that the terminal apparatus is a bus-powered device, in order to request a current necessary for the relevant components to operate only on the power supplied from the host device to the bus-powered device.
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