Patent ID: 7440808
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic apparatus comprising: an apparatus-side storage unit that stores therein identification information for identifying the electronic apparatus; a connector connectable to a replacement unit the replacement unit having a unit-side storage unit that stores therein a determining unit that determines, when the replacement unit is connected to the connector, whether the operation program in the unit-side storage unit can control the electronic apparatus based on the identification information stored in the apparatus-side storage unit and the determination information in the unit-side storage unit; and an apparatus controller that executes the operation program in the unit-side storage unit to control the electronic apparatus when the determining unit determines that the operation program can control the electronic apparatus; wherein: the identification information includes type information indicative of a type of the electronic apparatus, the determining unit determines based on the type information in the apparatus-side storage unit whether the operation program can control the electronic apparatus, the unit-side storage unit of the replacement unit stores therein a plurality of operation programs each corresponding to one type of the electronic apparatus, the determining unit determines based on the type information in the apparatus-side storage unit an operation program capable of controlling the electronic apparatus from the operation programs included in the unit-side storage unit, and the apparatus controller executes the operation program determined by the determining unit to control the electronic apparatus.