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Multiplex control system

US5095418A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 18, 1991
Grant dateMar 10, 1992
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Expiry dateJan 18, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/32
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multiplex control system has a plurality of control apparatuses, test signal generators provided, respectively, for the control apparatuses for the purpose of internal diagnosis thereof, signal selectors each for selecting a signal to operate a device under control from the signals produced by the control apparatuses, and diagnosis units each for deciding presence or absence of abnormality in the associated signal selector with the aid of the signals inputted to the signal selector and the output signal therefrom.

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