Innovision Research & Technology Plc

Andrew W White

Marc Adrian Borrett

Data communication apparatus comprises a master unit ( ) and at least one physically separate, passive slave unit ( ). The master unit ( ) has a first part ( ) of an inductive communication system, and a processor ( ) connected to the first part of the inductive communication system. The slave unit has a second part ( ) of the inductive communication system, a data store ( ), and a modulator ( ) responsive to data from the data store and connected to the second part ( ) of the inductive communication system. The first and second parts of the inductive communication system ( ) are constructed so that when the slave unit ( ) is brought into proximity with the master unit ( ), power is inductively coupled from the master unit to the slave unit via the inductive communication system. The modulator ( ) in the slave unit ( ) is thereby activated to cause data from the store ( ) to be inductively communicated from the slave unit ( ) to the master unit ( ) via the inductive communication system. The processor ( ) is responsive to the data supplied to the master unit ( ).

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