US Patent 10310576 Power feeding system and power feed control method

The present invention ensures more secure connections between devices that comply with a USB power delivery standard. In an embodiment, a power feeding system 1 selects one of a plurality of power supply voltages and performs a power feeding operation via a USB interface, and the power feeding system includes: a USB cable 30 including a security controller 38 that holds security information, and a host 10 that is connected to the USB cable 30, includes an authenticator controller 14, the authenticator controller 14 authenticating the USB cable 30 using the security information received from the USB cable 30, receives a voltage selection signal that selects one of the plurality of power supply voltages, and performs a power feeding operation based on the voltage selection signal. The host 10 carries out the power feeding operation based on the voltage selection signal when the authentication has been successfully performed.