Patent ID: 9733842
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A first detection device in a system including plurality of detection devices connected to a master host device, the first detection device comprising: a detection circuit that performs a detection process based on a signal from a physical quantity transducer and outputs detected data; an interface unit in communication with the master host device; a memory storing (i) a data transmission order of the first detection device relative to respective data transmission orders of the plurality of detection devices connected to the master host device and (ii) a separate address; and a processing unit that compares the separate address with an address designated by the master host device, wherein, in a case where the master host device designates an individual address and issues a read command, the interface unit transmits the detected data to the master host device only when the processing unit determines that the individual address designated by the master host device matches the separate address, and wherein, in a case where the master host device designates a common address and issues a read command, the interface unit transmits the detected data to the master host device according to the data transmission order relative to the respective data transmission orders of the plurality of detection devices connected to the master host device.