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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masaki Hayashi, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 1/32 (2013.01); H04N 5/23241 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device comprising a connecting section; a first IF circuit that communicates through the connecting section with an external device connected via the connecting section, at a first communication speed; a second IF circuit that communicates through the connecting section with the external device, at a communication speed that is higher than the first communication speed; and a control section that, when one of the first IF circuit and the second IF circuit is selected as an IF circuit to be used for communication, limits a power supply to the other IF circuit.