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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2015
Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;
Yang Gao, Shenzhen, CN;
Meng-Liang Yang, Shenzhen, CN;
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A switching device able to switch between communication modes includes a processor, a universal serial bus (USB) communication module, a serial communication module, and a control module. When a USB interface of the USB communication module is electrically coupled to a first electronic device, the control module outputs a first control signal to a control chipset of the serial communication module. The control chipset of the serial communication module is turned off. The processor can communicate with the first electronic device through the USB communication module.