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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a first terminal that receives a reference voltage, a second terminal that receives a pulse signal, and at least one processor to execute instructions. The instructions are executed to generate a clock signal that has a frequency higher than a frequency of the received pulse signal, count a number of pulses of the clock signal and determine a count value counted during a first cycle that is a cycle of the pulse signal to the second terminal, and, during a period of data transmission, increase or decrease an electric current that flows between the communication apparatus and the external apparatus according to a data value of data to be transmitted to the external apparatus. Data is transmitted to the external apparatus at least once during the first cycle, and data switch timing during the first cycle is based on the count value.