Patent ID: 7660603
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A card type electronic device system comprising: an adapter including self-identification means compliant with a preselected recognition procedure for identifying the adapter; and a card type electronic device having a connector configured to selectively connect the card type electronic device to a host device via both a first configuration in which the card type electronic device is connected directly to a first card slot of the host device without the adapter and a second configuration in which the card type electronic device is connected to a second card slot of the host device via the adapter, the card type electronic device starting an operation upon receipt of a current supply from the first card slot or the second card slot to which it is connected, the second card slot having a maximum supply current standard value greater than that of the first card slot, the card type electronic device comprising: (a) recognition means for recognizing the adapter, upon the start of an operation of the card type electronic device, in accordance with the preselected recognition procedure that determines whether the card type electronic device is connected to the first card slot or to the second card slot of the host device; and (b) control means for selecting predetermined operation conditions which match the maximum supply current standard value of the first card slot when the recognition means recognizes that the card type electronic device is connected to the first card slot, and for selecting predetermined operation conditions which match the maximum supply current standard value of the second card slot when the recognition means recognizes that the card type electronic device is connected to the second card slot.