Patent ID: 7558483

Claim:
A bus bridging circuit comprising: a first bus transferring a voltage level; a first optical bus-bridging device connected to said first bus; a controller electrically connected to said first bus; a second bus transferring a voltage level; a second optical bus-bridging device connected to said second bus; an actuator that is electrically connected with the first bus and controlled by said controller; a third bus that transmits a light signal, and which is connected with said first optical bus-bridging device and said second optical bus-bridging device; and an input device that is electrically connected with said second bus, and sends controller data for the controller via the third bus; a sensor that is electrically connected to said second bus which sends controller data for the controller via the third bus; wherein said first optical bus-bridging device and second optical bus-bridging device transmits the light signal through said third bus when a state of said first bus is matched to a state of said second bus; said bus bridging circuit has an automatic mode and a manual mode; in the automatic mode, said actuator is controlled by command signals that are sent by said controller; in the manual mode, said actuator is controlled by command signals that are sent by said input device, said automatic mode is controlled according to controller data from said sensor, and the priority of command signals that are sent by said input device is higher than the priority of command signals that are sent by said controller.