Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multifunction peripheral having a plurality of functions
- Patent Title (中): 具有多个功能的多功能外围设备
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Application No.: US12055112Application Date: 2008-03-25
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Publication No.: US08171184B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Fumitoshi Uno
- Applicant: Fumitoshi Uno
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-084772 20070328
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00

Abstract:
A multifunction device has a plurality of functions selected from among a printer function, scanner function, facsimile function, and data storage function and capable of being connected to a computer via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface. The multifunction device includes: a device data outputting unit that outputs information forcing an OS in the computer to recognize the multifunction device as a USB storage class device having a plurality of USB-compliant logic unit numbers (LUNs) when establishing a connection with the computer; and a controlling unit that determines, when output data is transmitted from the computer, which one of the plurality of functions the output data is for controlling, based on the LUN included in the output data, and that controls the determined function based on the output data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080239378A1 Multifunction Peripheral Having A Plurality Of Functions Public/Granted day:2008-10-02
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