18793376. INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD (Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha)
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
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Toshiki Iwai of Sunto Shizuoka JP
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18793376 titled 'INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
Original Abstract Submitted
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a local area network (LAN) interface including a control unit and an abnormality monitoring function for monitoring whether a communication path is abnormal. The control unit is configured to disable the abnormality monitoring function of the LAN interface when it is determined a LAN cable is not connected to the LAN interface and enable the abnormality monitoring function when the LAN cable is determined to be connected to the LAN interface. Certain examples of the information processing apparatus may be a product scanner unit or the like for use in or with point-of-sale terminals.