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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Satoru Tokui, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710-9 ; 34082552 ;
Abstract
A plurality of series-connected units, e.g., display units, are controlled by serial command data transmitted from a computer. The computer transmits ID setting command data for the respective units in a sequential manner. A controller of each unit takes in an ID code included in a first-received ID setting command data to employ it as an ID code of the associated unit. Based on an instruction signal from the controller indicating that the ID code has been set, subsequently received ID setting command data are transferred to the following unit.