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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2019
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Mitsuhiro Yoneda, Tenri, JP;
Shigenori Sawada, Takatsuki, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A communication system according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a communication system in which a plurality of communication devices are connected to a network. The plurality of communication devices include a time master including a master clock that manages time of the communication system and a plurality of time slaves each of which includes a slave clock time-synchronized with the master clock. Each of the plurality of time slaves includes a synchronization unit that performs time synchronization with another communication device connected adjacent to a master side on the network and a communication unit that notifies the time master of time synchronization information indicating time synchronization accuracy of the own device obtained by the synchronization unit.