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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1993
Shigeo Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriko Kotabe, Chiba, JP;
Koichi Sugiyama, Kanagwa, JP;
Makoto Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Katsuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Osakabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Kusagaya, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An audio visual control apparatus for communication between a master device and a slave device comprises a master AV center, at least one slave device, a digital control bus line and a transmitter. The master AV center has at least a display device and a communication processor. A minimum of one slave device is provided, having a communication processor connected to the master AV center via the digital control bus line between the two communication processors. The transmitter transmits one command and/or data in a single packet from the master AV center to the slave device and vice versa through the digital control bus line.