Fault-tolerant system architecture for the control of a physical system, in particular a machine or a motor vehicle
US10324797B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/82
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fault-tolerant distributed real-time computer system for controlling a physical system, in particular a machine or a motor vehicle, wherein the components of the computer system have access to a global time of known precision, and wherein the node computers and intelligent sensors and the intelligent actuators exchange time-triggered messages and event-triggered messages periodically via the distributor units, and wherein the functions of the user software are contained in real-time software components—RTSC—and the periodic time-triggered data transfer between the RTSC is specified by a time-triggered data flow diagram, and wherein the assignment of the RTSC to a TTVM of a node computer and specific parameters of the TTVM are contained in active local allocation plans for each RTSC, and wherein the time plans for the time-triggered communication in this distributor unit are contained in active local allocation plans for each distributor unit, and wherein a global allocation plan consists of the totality of the local allocation plans, which are adapted to one another, of all RTSC and all distributor units of the user software, and wherein a monitor component periodically receives …
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