Apparatus connection interface, apparatus control system and method of controlling apparatus control system
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKenji Takano
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Abstract
An apparatus connection interface remarkably reduces the processing load of the controller. The apparatus connection interface includes a pair of connectors including a first connector and a second connector having respective signal transmission terminals for connecting a plurality of apparatus to be controlled in series to form an annular signal transmission line so as to circulate and transmit a condition confirming signal for confirming the condition of the apparatus to be controlled and, at the same time, circulate and transmit a condition notifying signal for notifying the condition of the individual apparatus to be controlled by way of the formed signal transmission line.
Claims15
An apparatus connection interface comprising
- a pair of connectors including a first connector and a second connector having respective signal transmission terminals for connecting a plurality of apparatus to be controlled in series to form an annular signal transmission line so as to circulate and transmit a condition confirming signal for confirming the condition of the apparatus to be controlled and, at the same time, circulate and transmit a condition notifying signal for notifying the condition of the individual apparatus to be controlled by way of the formed signal transmission line.
An apparatus control system comprising:
- a plurality of apparatus to be controlled;
- and
- a plurality of apparatus connection interfaces, each having a pair of connectors including a first connector and a second connector having respective signal transmission terminals, and each used for connecting the plurality of apparatus to be controlled in series, wherein
- the plurality of apparatus to be controlled being adapted to form an annular signal transmission line so as to circulate and transmit a condition confirming signal for confirming the condition of the apparatus to be controlled and, at the same time, circulate and transmit a condition notifying signal for notifying the condition of the individual apparatus to be controlled by way of the signal transmission line formed at the time of being connected in series by way of the apparatus connection interfaces.
A control method of controlling a control system for controlling apparatus, wherein:
- the control system having a plurality of apparatus to be controlled and a plurality of apparatus connection interfaces, each having a pair of connectors including a first connector and a second connector having respective signal transmission terminals, and each used for connecting the plurality of apparatus to be controlled in series;
- and
- the method includes
- a step of forming an annular signal transmission line by means of the signal transmission terminals of the first and second connectors at the time of connecting in series the plurality of apparatus to be controlled by way of the plurality of apparatus connection interfaces,
- a step of circulating and transmitting a condition confirming signal for confirming the condition of the apparatus to be controlled by way of the formed signal transmission line, and
- a step of circulating and transmitting a condition notifying signal for notifying the condition of the individual apparatus to be controlled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.