State control system for a distributed processing system
US5276875A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 10, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/32561
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A state control system designed to work in a sequence of processing operations divided into a plurality of states, with jobs specified for performance in each of the states, and to make a transition to the next state on condition that all the jobs have been completed in each state. The state control system comprises a state control section for rewriting a current state on condition that the jobs in the current state have been completed. According to the state control system, the corpulence of only modules which perform control over the jobs and give instructions to the remote units can be prevented. Further, the state control system can make it relatively easy to equalize the sizes of the individual modules, with a reduction in the concentration of the processing operations in some particular modules and also an increase in the independence of the individual modules through establishment of clearly defined roles for the individual modules.
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