Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bus system permitting parallel access by a master to a plurality of slaves and method of controlling the same
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Application No.: US16900213Application Date: 2020-06-12
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Publication No.: US11354263B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Daisuke Shiraishi , Wataru Ochiai
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-113919 20190619
- Main IPC: G06F13/40
- IPC: G06F13/40 ; G06F13/16 ; G11C11/4096

Abstract:
A bus system comprises a master, a first slave, a second slave, and a bus. The master is configured to be able to issue a second request to the second slave after issuing a first request to the first slave and before receiving a response to the first request. The bus comprises: a determination unit configured to, upon receiving the second request, determine whether to permit a transfer of the second request to the second slave; and a suspending unit configured to suspend the transfer of the second request to the second slave while it is determined by the determination unit that the transfer is not permitted. The determination unit determines whether or not the transfer is permitted based on a notification from the first slave regarding processing of the first request.
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