Patent · US Expired

Control of equipment and of communication with plural units of equipment

US5488454A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 14, 1994
Grant dateJan 30, 1996
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Expiry dateSep 14, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1658
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An equipment control unit is composed of equipment control means for controlling the operation of an equipment, communication control means for controlling the transmission and reception of data to and from an external device, and transfer means for transferring the data between the equipment control means and the communication control means.

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