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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Watanabe, Tochigi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a system, a plurality of controlled devices, including a first controlled device and a second controlled device, and a main control device configured to control the plurality of controlled devices are connected via a network. The main control device includes a communicator configured to transmit and receive a data frame including a plurality of data areas via the network in a predetermined cycle, and a setter configured to set a structure of the data frame. The setter has a function of setting the same data area in the data frame as a data area in which the first controlled device should write data and a data area from which the second controlled device should read data.
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