Communication module, communication system, and communication method

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PATENT NO 12219086
APP PUB NO 20230021036A1
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17784716

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A communication module includes a plurality of communication interfaces that support a plurality of different types of communication interface standards to implement a general-purpose communication module that enables data communication not depending on types of equipment. A plurality of programs to be executed in the communication module include a first app to be executed on an OS (Operating System) and one or a plurality of second apps to be executed on the OS. Each of one or more second apps is an app that performs communication in accordance with one or more types of communication protocol on one or more communication interface standards and is an app that can be arbitrarily installed and arbitrarily uninstalled. The first app is an app as middleware between the OS and the one or the plurality of second apps.

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  • HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujioka, Takayoshi Tokyo, JP 10 65
Kohiyama, Tomohisa Tokyo, JP 37 979
Tobisawa, Naoya Tokyo, JP 2 0

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