Multitasking industrial controller
US5636124A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 8, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P90/80
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A multitasking industrial controller for real-time control of machinery and the like permits the use of both periodic and event driven tasks by establishing a hierarchy of both task types in the form of priorities that resolve conflicts between events of the same and different types. The unpredictability of the event driven tasks on scheduling of tasks is addressed by watchdog time values assigned to each task which confirm timely execution of the task in practice despite the risk of preemption by other tasks. Flexible software definition of event driven tasks is made possible by delegating the detection of the events to input/output modules executing independently of the processor executing the operating system.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.