Patent · US Expired

Method of providing real time machine control system particularly suited for a postage meter mailing machine

US6226559A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 1995
Grant dateMay 1, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 14, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/2671
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The mailing machine includes a microcontroller system for executing machine control algorithms during each control cycle and user interface algorithms. Each control cycle is divided into first discrete time intervals sufficient to allow completion of the respective control algorithms, and a second time interval for execution of user interface algorithm and, if required, completion of the user interface algorithm during subsequent control cycles.

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