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Title:
ELECTRIC APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/090274
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is an electric apparatus or the like, which has excellent convenience and operates by switching an operation mode according to the type of a communication device of a connection destination. This electric apparatus (6) includes: a superimposition signal transmission unit (63) which transmits, to a communication device (input unit 4), a superimposition signal obtained by superimposing a data signal on an operation signal; an operation mode switching unit (62) which switches between a normal operation mode in which the transmission of the superimposition signal is performed and a low consumption current mode in which the transmission of the superimposition signal is not transmitted; and a current detection mode (61) which detects a current value supplied from the communication device, wherein the operation mode switching unit switches the low consumption current mode to the normal operation mode when the current detection unit detects a current equal to or greater than a prescribed threshold in the low consumption current mode.

Inventors:
KATAOKA NOBUO (JP)
MIZUTANI SEIJI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2019/036840
Publication Date:
May 07, 2020
Filing Date:
September 19, 2019
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Assignee:
OMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO (JP)
International Classes:
G08C15/00; H04L25/49; H04Q9/00
Foreign References:
JP2018151915A2018-09-27
JP2014099677A2014-05-29
JP2010148062A2010-07-01
Other References:
"IO-Link Interface and System Specification", IO-LINK COMMUNITY, July 2013 (2013-07-01), pages 32,37
See also references of EP 3876212A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MURAKAMI, Takashi (JP)
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