Patent ID: 11949959
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A connection apparatus connected between first electronic equipment and second electronic equipment, comprising:
a current consumption unit configured to receive supply of current from the first electronic equipment through a power supply line;
a current monitor unit includes a variable current consumption circuit that receives supply of current from the first electronic equipment through the power supply line and the current monitor unit is configured to
observe a current amount the first electronic equipment is capable of supplying to the power supply line; and
observe maximum current that flows through the power supply line when a current consumption amount in the variable current consumption circuit is sequentially changed from a small amount to a great amount, as the current amount the first electronic equipment is capable of supplying to the power supply line; and

an information transmission unit configured to transmit control information according to the observed current amount to the first electronic equipment.