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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
May. 25, 2018
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Koshisaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroo Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
To perform communication more definitely and efficiently. In a case of transferring a communication initiative in accordance with a request by a secondary master, a master determines whether or not the secondary master that has performed the request has a group management capability. Then, when it is determined that the secondary master has no group management capability, the master instructs all communication devices connected to a bus to reset a group address, and when it is determined that the secondary master has the group management capability, the master transfers the communication initiative in a state in which the group address is set. The present technology is, for example, applicable to a bus IF.