US 12,452,808 B2
Node apparatus, system, method of controlling the node apparatus, method of controlling the system, method of manufacturing products, and recording medium
Kento Watanabe, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/161,201.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-021819 (JP), filed on Feb. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0262623 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 56/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 56/001 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A node apparatus configured to be connected with a sensor comprising:
a communication portion configured to communicate with a gateway apparatus; and
a control portion,
wherein the control portion is configured to execute
a first task in which the control portion transmits data obtained from the sensor, to the gateway apparatus by using the communication portion, and
a second task in which the control portion transmits information on synchronization with the gateway apparatus, to the gateway apparatus by using the communication portion at a timing different from a timing at which the control portion executes the first task.