Patent ID: 8346090
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G08C

Abstract:
1. An infrared communication system configured to perform an infrared communication between a movable object having a connection port and a supply facility for supplying fluid to the movable object through a feed pipe connectable with the connection port, the infrared communication system comprising: a movable-object-side infrared communication device provided to the movable object; and a supply-facility-side infrared communication device provided to the feed pipe of the supply facility and configured to be located in a position in which the supply-facility-side infrared communication device is capable of communicating with the movable-object-side infrared communication device via an infrared communication when a feed connector of the feed pipe is connected with the connection port, wherein a rotation phase of the feed connector of the feed pipe is variable around an axial direction when the feed pipe is connected with the connection port, at least one of the movable-object-side infrared communication device and the supply-facility-side infrared communication device includes a plurality of infrared communication elements, at least one of the plurality of infrared communication elements is in a communicable position in which the at least one of the plurality of infrared communication elements is capable of performing the infrared communication, regardless of the rotation phase, at least one of the movable-object-side infrared communication device and the supply-facility-side infrared communication device includes: