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Determining an execution time of an application program

US10901794B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Rene Ermler · Erlangen, DE
Cornelia Krebs · Haselbach, DE
Jörg Neidig · Nuremberg, DE
Gustavo Arturo Quiros Araya · Princeton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 12, 2017
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 12, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3452
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a control unit of an automation system for determining the execution time of a user program, including a first time-determining unit, wherein the first time-determining unit determines the execution time for the control unit and/or another control unit in a first operating mode, wherein at least one boundary condition is taken into account in the determination of the execution time, and wherein statistical data about the running time of commands of the user program of the control unit or of a linear representation of the real time of the control unit are taken into account in the determination of the execution time. A corresponding method and to a computer program product is also provided.

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