State information communications system and method
First Claim
1. A state information communications method for sending data from a first terminal unit to a second terminal unit and vice versa, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) sending a control command from said first terminal unit to said second terminal unit for controlling a device provided in said second terminal unit;
(b) producing a transient state code when said device is in a transient state changing from one fixed state to another fixed state;
(c) sending an information request command, after a first predetermined time from the sending of said control command, from said first terminal unit to said second terminal unit for requesting the present state of said device;
(d) replying to said information request command by sending said transient state code from said second terminal unit to said first terminal unit;
(e) generating, in response to said control command, a time information indicative of a time length necessary to change from one fixed state to another fixed state; and
(f) resending said information request command after said time length determined by said time information when said second terminal unit produces said transient state code in reply to the first one of said information request command.
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Abstract
A state information communications system includes a bus and first and second terminal units of TV set and VCR connected to the bus. The first terminal unit includes control command generator for generating a control command, an information request command generator for generating an information request command, a first communications control for sending the control command and the information request command to the bus, and for receiving information data directed to the first terminal unit. The second terminal unit includes a second communications control for receiving control command and the information request command from the bus, a terminal device having tape deck which operates in response to the control command, a state code generator for generating a fixed state code when the tape deck is in a fixed state and a transient state code when tape deck is in a transient state changing from one fixed state to another fixed state. The first terminal unit is informed, when the second terminal unit produces the transient state code in reply to the information request command, that the second terminal unit is in a transient state for carrying out a state change from a previous state to a state required by the control command.
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7 Claims
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1. A state information communications method for sending data from a first terminal unit to a second terminal unit and vice versa, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) sending a control command from said first terminal unit to said second terminal unit for controlling a device provided in said second terminal unit; (b) producing a transient state code when said device is in a transient state changing from one fixed state to another fixed state; (c) sending an information request command, after a first predetermined time from the sending of said control command, from said first terminal unit to said second terminal unit for requesting the present state of said device; (d) replying to said information request command by sending said transient state code from said second terminal unit to said first terminal unit; (e) generating, in response to said control command, a time information indicative of a time length necessary to change from one fixed state to another fixed state; and (f) resending said information request command after said time length determined by said time information when said second terminal unit produces said transient state code in reply to the first one of said information request command.
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2. A state information communications system comprising:
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a bus means; a first terminal unit connected to said bus means, said first terminal unit comprising; control command generating means for generating a control command; information request command generating means for generating an information request command; first communications control means for sending said control command and said information request command to said bus means, and for receiving information data directed to said first terminal unit through said bus means; a second terminal unit connected to said bus means, said second terminal unit comprising; second communications control means for receiving said control command and said information request command from said bus means; terminal device means having an electrically operating device which operates in response to said control command; state code generating means for generating a fixed state code when said device is in a fixed state and a transient state code when said device is in a transient state changing from one fixed stated to another fixed state; first memory means for storing said state code produced from said state code generating means; a presumptive time generator for generating a presumptive time information indicative of a time length necessary to change from one fixed state to another fixed state; second memory means for storing said generated presumptive time information; information control means, operative in response to said information request command, for fetching said state code stored in said first memory means and said presumptive time information stored in said second memory means; and said second communications control means, operative in response to said information request command, for sending the fetched state code and the presumptive time information through said bus means to said first terminal unit; said first terminal unit further for resending said information request command after a predetermined time determined by said presumptive time information when said second terminal unit produces said transient state code in reply to the first one of said information request command. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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