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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1996
Tomoyuki Hanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiya Hamabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control system includes a first device having an infrared ray signal receiving portion and an infrared ray signal transmission portion, and is capable of performing a predetermined operation in accordance with an infrared ray signal received by the infrared ray signal receiving portion and outputting a predetermined infrared ray signal from the infrared ray signal transmission portion, and a second device having an infrared ray signal receiving portion to which the infrared ray signal outputted from the infrared ray signal transmission portion of the first device is applied through an optical cable, and for performing a predetermined operation in accordance with the infrared ray signal received by the infrared ray signal receiving portion thereof. A connecting device includes a cable connecting portion to which one end of an optical cable is connected; a semipermeable member for reflecting an optical signal outputted from the cable connecting portion and for transmitting therethrough an optical signal outputted from an external device; and a fixing member for fixing the cable connection portion and the semipermeable member to a predetermined device so that the optical signal reflected by or transmitted through the semipermeable member is incident on an infrared ray signal receiving portion of the predetermined device.