Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Auxiliary device identification
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Application No.: US15774207Application Date: 2016-03-07
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Publication No.: US10824379B2Publication Date: 2020-11-03
- Inventor: Duane A Koehler , David J Gembala , Mark Jon Westlund , Ed Tucker , Jerrod Houston Tyler
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: HP Inc. Patent Department
- International Application: PCT/US2016/021139 WO 20160307
- International Announcement: WO2017/155500 WO 20170914
- Main IPC: G06F15/00
- IPC: G06F15/00 ; G06F3/12 ; G06K1/00 ; G03G21/16 ; G06K15/00 ; G03G15/00 ; G06K15/16

Abstract:
An example system includes a primary device and at least one auxiliary device connected in series with the primary device. The auxiliary device has an identifier indicative of a position of the auxiliary device in the series. The identifier is based on a resistance value associated with the auxiliary device, the resistance value being based at least in part on an upstream device in the series.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190034135A1 AUXILIARY DEVICE IDENTIFICATION Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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