Patent ID: 9438363
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G05B,H04J,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A communication device comprising: a first communication unit that communicates with another communication device; a second communication unit that communicates with a synchronous target; n (n is an integer of 2 or more) counters that count a predetermined period of time; a counter control unit that, upon receiving a synchronous packet input with a predetermined cycle from the first communication unit, causes the counters to count a cycle that is n times as long as the predetermined cycle and controls the counters such that counts of the counters are cleared at different timings; and a synchronous-pulse output unit that outputs a synchronous pulse to the synchronous target through the second communication unit when there is a counter whose count value after being cleared becomes equal to a synchronous-pulse output value.