Communication device, communication system, communication method, and surgical system
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorToshihisa HYAKUDAI
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Abstract
Communication devices, communication systems and communication methods that implement transmission lane information are disclosed. In one example, circuitry is configured to receive transmission lane information from each of a plurality of reception lanes and to generate physical lane correspondence information based on the received transmission lane information, wherein the transmission lane information identifies a plurality of transmission lanes of a device that transmitted the transmission lane information. The physical lane correspondence information indicates a correspondence relationship between the plurality of transmission lanes and the plurality of reception lanes.
Claims22
A communication device comprising:
- circuitry configured to generate transmission lane information that identifies a plurality of transmission lanes, and to output the transmission lane information to each of the plurality of transmission lanes.
3 The communication device of claim 2, wherein the circuitry is configured to:
- receive data that is to be transmitted,
- for each predetermined portion of the data, generate a transmission frame that includes a lane identifier and the respective portion of the data, and
- direct each of the transmission frames to one of the plurality of transmission lanes based on the lane identifier of the respective transmission frame.
The communication device of claim 3,
- wherein the circuitry receives the data from a plurality of information sources, and
- each of the transmission frames further includes a logical lane number that is assigned based on which one of the plurality of information sources supplied the portion of the data that is included in the respective transmission frame.
A communication device comprising:
- circuitry configured to receive transmission lane information via each of a plurality of reception lanes and to generate physical lane correspondence information based on the received transmission lane information,
- wherein the transmission lane information identifies a plurality of transmission lanes of a device that transmitted the transmission lane information, and
- the physical lane correspondence information indicates a correspondence relationship between the plurality of transmission lanes and the plurality of reception lanes.
A communication system comprising:
- a first communication device that includes circuitry configured to generate transmission lane information that identifies a plurality of transmission lanes, and to output the transmission lane information to each of the plurality of transmission lanes;
- a second communication device that includes circuitry configured to receive the transmission lane information via each of a plurality of reception lanes and to generate physical lane correspondence information based on the transmission lane information;
- and
- a connector coupling the plurality of transmission lanes of the first communication device with the plurality of reception lanes of the second communication device,
- wherein the physical lane correspondence information indicates a correspondence relationship between the plurality of transmission lanes of the first communication device and the plurality of reception lanes of the second communication device.
A surgical system, comprising:
- a surgical imaging device configured to output an image signal;
- a first communication device that includes circuitry configured to generate transmission lane information that identifies a plurality of transmission lanes, and to output the transmission lane information to each of the plurality of transmission lanes;
- a second communication device that includes circuitry configured to receive the transmission lane information via each of a plurality of reception lanes and to generate physical lane correspondence information based on the transmission lane information;
- and
- a cable coupling the plurality of transmission lanes of the first communication device with the plurality of reception lanes of the second communication device,
- wherein the physical lane correspondence information indicates a correspondence relationship between the plurality of transmission lanes of the first communication device and the plurality of reception lanes of the second communication device, and
- one of the first communication device and the second communication device is included in the surgical imaging device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.