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Title:
ELECTRIC APPLIANCE AND PROTOCOL SWITCHING METHOD FOR THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH1127299
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the equipment which is connected to a bus to respond to a plurality of protocols on the bus. SOLUTION: When a CD player is to be controlled, for example, information on a subunit identifier descriptor in the CD players is read out (step S1) and a disk list entry is read out (step S2). Then, it is determined on the basis of the read information or the like whether or not a disk can operate by an AV/C command (step S3) and, if the answer is Yes, a control is performed by the AV/C command (step S4). If No is obtained at the step S3, it is determined whether the disk can operate by other command (step S5); if the answer is Yes, control is performed by the command (step S6) and when No, the control is not performed (step S7).

Inventors:
KAWAMURA HARUMI
Application Number:
JP17791797A
Publication Date:
January 29, 1999
Filing Date:
July 03, 1997
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SONY CORP
International Classes:
H04L29/06; H04L12/40; (IPC1-7): H04L12/40; H04L29/06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takeshi Sugiyama