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Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023

Filed:

May. 24, 2019
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroshi Morita, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuaki Toba, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuo Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Masanari Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); H04L 5/04 (2006.01); H04L 25/49 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4247 (2013.01); G06F 13/4004 (2013.01); G06F 13/4072 (2013.01); H04L 5/04 (2013.01); H04L 25/4917 (2013.01);
Abstract

To enable preferable signal transmission between a plurality of daisy-chained devices at low cost. A transmission device generates a plurality of signals having different voltage levels and outputs the signals to a communication line at different timings. For example, the plurality of signals having different voltage levels is generated by a plurality of drivers or one driver. A receiving side can immediately determine whether or not it is information to be passed to the subsequent stage on the basis of only a difference in voltage level without logically analyzing contents of a signal, and cost of components such as a memory, verification cost, or the like are unnecessary so that the cost can be reduced.


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