US5847659A
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Electronic wiring system using automatic cyclic, communication means
Assignee: Step Technica Co Ltd
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Filing: 1997-01-02
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Granted: 1998-12-08
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Expires: 2017-01-02
Abstract
Abstract An electronic wiring system using automatic cyclic communication means in which having a center apparatus including a "state machine capable of controlling the receiving-and-transmitting of data by driving associated circuits without recourse to communication control programs, and a memory to store data; and a plurality of terminal devices connected to the center apparatus via a digital communication line. Each terminal device is connected to an associated object to be controlled by the center apparatus, and has no microcomputer associated therewith. The terminal device is capable of self addressability. Each data bit group in the memory of the center apparatus is structurally same as the data bit group in the I/O port of the terminal device.
Inventors
- 👤 Tomihiro Mugitani
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 08:28
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/28; H04L12/2803; H04L12/2838; H04L12/40; H04L12/403
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
In electronic wiring system using automatic cyclic communication means comprising: a center apparatus comprising a state machine capable of controlling the receiving and-transmitting of data by driving associated circuits without recourse to communication control programs, and a memory to store data: and a plurality of terminal devices connected to said center apparatus via a digital communication line, each terminal device being capable of self-addressability, each data bit group of the memory of the center apparatus being structurally same as the data bit group of the I/P ports of each terminal device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
91 words
In electronic wiring system using automatic cyclic communication means comprising: a center apparatus comprising a state machine capable of controlling the receiving and-transmitting of data by driving associated circuits without recourse to communication control programs, and a memory to store data: and a plurality of terminal devices connected to said center apparatus via a digital communication line, each terminal device being capable of self-addressability, each data bit group of the memory of the center apparatus being structurally same as the data bit group of the I/P ports of each terminal device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
An electronic wiring system using automatic cyclic communication means according to claim 1 wherein each data bit group of the memory of the center apparatus is located in a divisional storage area allotted to each of the terminal devices.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
An electronic wiring system using automatic cyclic communication means according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the memory of the center apparatus comprises registers individually driven for transmitting and receiving signals.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
An electronic wiring system using automatic cyclic communication means according to claim 1 or 2 wherein each data bit group stored in an associated storage area allotted to each terminal device is composed in a field of receiving/transmitting unit, thereby permitting the receiving/transmitting of data in each field unit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
An electronic wiring system using automatic cyclic communication means according to claim 4 wherein each field unit is consisted of start pattern, destination address, originating address, data to be transferred and checking codes.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
An electronic wiring system using automatic cyclic communication means according to claim 4 wherein the memory of the center apparatus is a dual-port RAM, or is equivalent thereto.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
An electronic wiring system using automatic cyclic communication means according to claim 1 wherein the center apparatus comprises one or more IC chips.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
81 words
An electronic wiring system using automatic cyclic communication means according to claim 1 wherein the "state machine" comprises at least a transmitting-and-receiving circuit, a sequencer to control data which are being transferred or received by the transmitting-and-receiving circuit and an arbiter circuit to control the reading of the data to be transmitted by the transmitting-and-receiving circuit from the memory of the center apparatus and the wiring of the data received by the transmitting-and-receiving circuit into the memory of the center apparatus.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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