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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2012
Yuji Hara, Machida, JP;
Hisashi Ishikawa, Urayasu, JP;
Yuji Hara, Machida, JP;
Hisashi Ishikawa, Urayasu, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a plurality of communication units connected to one another in a ring shape by a bus, each of the plurality of communication units being connected to one of processing units, each of which executes a predetermined process, and transmitting data processed by the one of the processing units to the bus as a packet, the information processing apparatus transferring data between the processing units and processing the data in a predetermined order. Among the plurality of communication units, in at least one communication unit, a packet including a value indicative of suspension of the process is generated when the connected processing unit has suspended a process, and information showing whether or not the generation unit has generated the packet including the value indicative of suspension of the process is stored.