Hot plug-and-play converter of a universal serial bus interface
US6131134A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4081
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hot plug-and-play (PnP) converter of a universal serial bus (USB) interface that converts a non-PnP interface into a hot PnP USB interface. The converter sends the information related to the converter itself to the connected computer system, and sends the information related to the connected peripheral as well as to the presence of the peripheral to the computer system. Users can handle the connection status of disclosed is a connected peripheral more directly. The converter further instructs the computer system to detect the connection status of a peripheral automatically by changing the connection of the pull-up resistor of the transferring wire on the USB interface.
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