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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Tsuboi, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A synchronous control apparatus includes an internal clock, a plurality of internal routes that are internal routes through which a synchronization packet passes as a part of a communication route and a transmission or reception time of the synchronization packet is acquired from the internal clock, and are internal routes provided in such a manner as to correspond to communication routes of a plurality of systems that are independent of each other, a synchronous control unit configured to synchronize the internal clock using the synchronization packet, a detection unit configured to detect abnormality of the communication route, a route control unit configured to, in a case where abnormality of the communication route has been detected, connect an internal route of a system in which abnormality has been detected to an internal route of a normal system.