Patent ID: 8214863
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying predetermined peripheral devices connected to a video device over serial communication control lines, wherein the video device and the predetermined peripheral devices are connected to one another in a daisy-chain scheme, comprising: (a) transmitting a command to disconnect a connection between the predetermined peripheral devices and their lower peripheral device to the predetermined peripheral devices; (b) requesting unique device identification information from the predetermined peripheral devices; (c) receiving a response to the request from a current peripheral device having no given device ID; (d) producing and giving a device ID to the current peripheral device; (e) transmitting a command to establish a connection between the current peripheral device having the given device ID and its lower peripheral device; and (f) repeating steps (b) through (e) until a device ID is allocated to all the predetermined peripheral devices.