Power supply method to memory card and printing apparatus
US7607936B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 14, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R27/00
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A power supply method to a memory card that has been inserted into an apparatus that can be inserted with a plurality of types of memory cards, includes: detecting that one type of the memory card out of a plurality of the types of memory cards has been inserted into a card slot; judging whether or not there has been detected an insertion of a different type of memory card from the type of the memory card that has already been detected, within passing of a predetermined time from when the insertion of the one type of the memory card has been detected; specifying the type of the memory card that has been inserted, based on a result of the judgment; and supplying electric power to the specified type of memory card.
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