Patent ID: 11960434
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A communication method comprising:
adding identification information to data blocks including a serial signal group conforming to a serial peripheral interface (SPI) transmitted from a master in synchronization with a clock, the identification information identifying the data blocks, and transmitting the data blocks to a communication partner device within one frame period of a predetermined communication protocol, or transmitting the data blocks to the communication partner device in a plurality of frame periods; and
sequentially storing, in a storage unit, a predetermined number of the data blocks transmitted from the master and then reading an other data block transmitted from a slave via the communication partner device in response to storing the predetermined number of the data blocks from the master, to transmit the other data block to the master, the predetermined number being one or more.