Communication Device, Computer, and Communication Control Method
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising:
- an input part which accepts data;
a transmitter which is operatively coupled to said input part and which transmits the data to an external device; and
a synchronous controller which is operatively coupled to said transmitter and to said input part and which determines the extent to which synchronization signals transmitted by said transmitter are curtailed based upon an input history of the data.
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Abstract
A communication device, a computer, and a communication control method is provided that enables data to be more efficiently transmitted while reducing power consumption. An input device employing a communication device which transmits data comprises an input module that operates a key matrix and a microcomputer as an input part to which external data is input, a transmission module that operates the microcomputer and a transmission circuit having a transmission power level from which data is transmitted to an external unit, and a determination module and a transmission stop module which operate the microcomputer as a synchronous controller that determines on the input history of data from the input part whether or not to reduce the level of a synchronous signal transmitted by the transmission power level.
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23 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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an input part which accepts data;
a transmitter which is operatively coupled to said input part and which transmits the data to an external device; and
a synchronous controller which is operatively coupled to said transmitter and to said input part and which determines the extent to which synchronization signals transmitted by said transmitter are curtailed based upon an input history of the data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Apparatus comprising:
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an input part which accepts data;
a transmitter which is operatively coupled to said input part and which transmits the data to an external device;
a receiver which is operatively coupled to said transmitter and which receives a synchronization signal instruction from the external device; and
a synchronous controller which is operatively coupled to said transmitter and to said receiver and which determines the extent to which synchronization signals transmitted by said transmitter are curtailed based upon the synchronization signal instruction. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A computing system comprising:
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an information processing device; and
an input device which wirelessly transmits data to said information processing device, said input device having an input part to which a user'"'"'s operation is input and which generates operation data corresponding to the operation, a transmitter which transmits the operation data to said information processing device, and a synchronous controller which determines the extent to which synchronization signals transmitted by the transmitter are curtailed based upon an input history of the operation data;
wherein said information processing device includes a receiver which receives the operation data from the transmitter and establishes synchronism with the transmitter in response to receiving the synchronization signals. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A computing system comprising:
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an information processing device; and
an input device which is wirelessly coupled to said information processing device, said input device having an input part to which a user'"'"'s operation is input and which generates operation data corresponding to the operation, a transmitter which transmits the operation data to said information processing device, a first receiver which receives a synchronization signal instruction from said information processing device, and a first synchronous controller which determines the extent to which synchronization signals transmitted by the transmitter are curtailed based upon the synchronization signal instruction;
wherein said information processing device includes a second receiver which wirelessly receives the operation data from the transmitter and establishes synchronism with the transmitter in response to receiving the synchronization signals; and
a second synchronous controller which determines the extent to which synchronization signals transmitted by the transmitter are curtailed based upon an input history of the operation data and which transmits the synchronization signal instruction to the first receiver specifying the extent to which the synchronization signals are reduced. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A communication control method comprising the steps of:
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accepting externally input data;
transmitting the data to an external device, wherein said transmitting step benefits from the transmission of synchronization signals along with the data; and
determining the extent to which the synchronization signals transmitted to the external unit are to be curtailed on the basis of an input history of the data accepted in said accepting step. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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Specification