Peripheral device

• US 20070285391A1
• Filed: 02/27/2007
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yokogi, Kiyotada, Takamatsu, Hiroyuki, Mori, Kohei, Mizoroki, Takashi, Asakura, Kenji
• Application Number:
  US11/711,344
• Publication Number:
  US 20070285391A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/163
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a peripheral device connected to an electronic device via an interface cable for exchanging first data with the electronic device via the interface cable based on a general interface standard. The peripheral device includes a radio communication section configured to perform radio communication with an outside and exchange second data relating to the radio communication with the electronic device via the interface cable based on the general interface standard.

Claims

1. A peripheral device connected to an electronic device via an interface cable for exchanging first data with the electronic device via the interface cable based on a general interface standard, the peripheral device comprising:

a radio communication section configured to perform radio communication with an outside and exchange second data relating to the radio communication with the electronic device via the interface cable based on the general interface standard.

2. The peripheral device according to claim 1, further comprising a main unit configured to implement a predetermined function by exchanging the first data with the electronic device.

3. The peripheral device according to claim 2, wherein,

said peripheral device is a mouse for operating a personal computer, and

the first data includes operation data for operating the personal computer, the operation data being generated by said main unit when the mouse is manipulated.

4. The peripheral device according to claim 2, wherein,

said peripheral device is a remote control for operating a music player, and

the first data includes operation data for operating the music player, the operation data being generated by said main unit when the remote control is manipulated.

5. The peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein,

the radio communication performed by said radio communication section is reception of a broadcasting radio wave transmitted from a broadcast station,

said radio communication section includes a reception section configured to demodulate the received broadcasting radio wave to obtain reception data, and the second data includes the reception data.

6. The peripheral device according to claim 5, wherein the broadcasting radio wave is a broadcasting radio wave of one-segment broadcasting in terrestrial digital broadcasting.

7. The peripheral device according to claim 5, wherein the reception data includes either or both of image data and audio data.

8. The peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein the radio communication performed by said radio communication section is radio communication for implementing one of a wireless LAN, a wireless PAN, a wireless MAN, and a wireless WAN.

9. The peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein an antenna configured to perform either or both of reception and transmission of a radio wave when said radio communication section performs the radio communication with the outside is contained within said peripheral device or incorporated in the interface cable.

10. The peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein the general interface standard is either a USB standard or an IEEE 1394 standard.

11. The peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein the general interface standard is an interface standard for a PC card.

12. The peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein the general interface standard is an interface standard for a memory card.