发明名称 Automatic detection of network hardware connection
摘要 A network communication device has plural different connectors, each connectable to a network, and is capable of automatically selecting between the different connectors for network communication. A selector responsive to a selection signal selects one of the plural connectors, and a plurality of detectors, each associated with a corresponding connector, detects whether its corresponding connector is connected to the network. A processor executes a selection process by outputting a selection signal so as to select, in turn, each of the plural different connectors starting with a first connector, maintaining the state of the selection signal in a case where the detector associated with the selected connector indicates connection to the network, cycling to the next connector in a case where the detector does not indicate connection to the network, and repeating the selection process in a case where said processor has cycled through all of said plural connectors.
申请公布号 US5701411(A) 申请公布日期 1997.12.23
申请号 US19940336662 申请日期 1994.11.04
申请人 CANON INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. 发明人 TRAN, DUC;WADSWORTH, ROBERT D.;IP, TONY K.;RUSSELL, WILLIAM C.
分类号 G06F13/00;G06F13/40;(IPC1-7):G06F11/20 主分类号 G06F13/00
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