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Multifunction peripheral and device control system

A multifunctional equipment and equipment control technology, applied in program control design, instrumentation, electrical digital data processing, etc., can solve problems such as interference control, difficulty in quickly executing required control, and data transmission interference control

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-01
BROTHER KOGYO KK
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Therefore, when a large amount of data is transferred, the data transfer interferes with the control, making it difficult to quickly perform the desired control
[0011] Thus, even though the conventional techniques described above can reduce the number of required endpoints, multifunction peripherals are less user-friendly and may interfere with proper control

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[0028] A multifunction peripheral and a device control system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, in which like parts and members are denoted by the same reference numerals to avoid duplication of description.

[0029] Structure of the device control system

[0030] figure 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the device control system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[0031] The device control system includes a multifunction peripheral 11 and a personal computer (PC) 12 . Both the multifunction peripheral 11 and the PC 12 have USB interfaces and are connected to each other via a USB hub 13 so that data can be exchanged between them both. For example, another USB device 14 is also connected to the USB hub 13 .

[0032] In this embodiment, the multifunction peripheral 11 is a device having a plurality of functions including a printer function, a scanner function, a PC-...

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A multifunction device has a plurality of functions, including at least a data storage function and a function different from the data storage function, and capable of being connected to a computer via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, the multifunction device including: a device data outputting unit that outputs information forcing an OS (operating system) in the computer to recognize the multifunction device as a USB storage class device according to the USB standard when establishing a connection with the computer; and a controlling unit that, when output data including a command in a SCSI-compliant data format is transferred from the computer, determines which one of the plurality of functions the output data is for controlling, based on a value stored in a logic unit number (LUN) field provided in the command.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-84771 filed on March 28, 2007. The entire content of this priority application is hereby incorporated by reference. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to a multifunctional peripheral device and a device control system. Background technique [0004] Multifunctional peripherals capable of being connected to computers and the like via a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface have been commercially produced. The construction of such multifunction peripherals is known in the art to include endpoints for transferring data to multiple functions. [0005] However, as the number of functions increases, the number of endpoints also increases, with the result that the hardware configuration is expensive, thereby increasing the manufacturing cost of the multifunction peripheral. Therefore, this configuration presents difficulties in pro...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N1/32H04N1/00G06F13/10
CPCG06F9/4411G06F3/1296H04N2201/0008G06F3/1284G06F3/1203G06F3/1236
Inventor 宇野文敏
Owner BROTHER KOGYO KK