Patent ID: 8725907
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An electronic device comprising: a USB connector comprising a USB 2.0 connector part including a first through fourth terminals with is compliant with a USB 2.0 standard, and an extended connector part for a compatible device including fifth through ninth terminals; a power supply unit for supplying electric power to an external device, which is connected via the USB connector; a judgment unit for judging whether the external device is a device being compliant with a USB 2.0 standard or a compatible device being compatible with a device complying with the USB 2.0 standard, wherein the judgment unit judges an external device connected with the USB connector, using at most four terminals among five terminals of the fifth through ninth terminals; and an acquisition unit for acquiring a value of voltage requested by a connected compatible device by communicating with the connected compatible device when the judgment unit judges that the external device is the compatible device; wherein the power supply unit supplies electric power corresponding to the value of voltage acquired by the acquisition unit to the compatible device when the judgment unit judges that the external device is the compatible device, wherein the power supply unit supplies electric power via at least one terminal among the five terminals other than terminals used for judgment of the external device.