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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/36 (2006.01); G06F 13/364 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/364 (2013.01); G06F 13/404 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01);
Abstract
Communication systems and communication control methods are disclosed. In one example, a slave device belonging to a group of devices to which arbitration is applicable sequentially transmits a start bit and a first address including a first bit having a value different from a corresponding first bit of predetermined pattern data. A master device sequentially transmits the start bit and the predetermined pattern data. The master device arbitrates the master device and the first slave device based on the value of the first bit.