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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1999
Hideki Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Youichi Toriumi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Horie, Tokyo, JP;
Keniti Ookubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kuninori Shino, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides an optical communication apparatus to communicate a data signal. The optical communication apparatus is capable of firmly carrying out optical communication using an optical transmission media. The optical transmission media may be connected between a first optical communication apparatus and a second optical communication apparatus. Upon a detector detecting an incoincidence between an electric signal outputted from a light receiving element and a test signal, a controller may control a parameter of a light emitting power control signal to increase an intensity of an optical signal outputted from a light emitting element. Upon the detector detecting a coincidence therebetween, the controller may set a current value of a parameter of the light emitting power control signal as a parameter upon a selector selecting the data signal.