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

Claim 14:
15. A communication system comprising:
a first communication device and a second communication device that transmit and receive a packet according to a predetermined communication protocol, wherein
the first communication device includes:
a first communication unit that adds 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 that transmits the data blocks to a second communication device within one frame period of the predetermined communication protocol, or that transmits the data blocks to the second communication device in a plurality of frame periods; and
a first storage unit that sequentially stores a predetermined number of the data blocks transmitted from the master and then stores other data blocks transmitted from a slave via the second communication device in response to the predetermined number of data blocks from the master, the predetermined number being one or more, and

the second communication device includes a second communication unit that transmits the other data blocks transmitted from the slave in response to the predetermined number of the data blocks transmitted from the first communication unit to the first communication device within at least one frame period.