Blackboard-centric layered software architecture
US6574653B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N5/043
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer software architecture for an embedded computer system. The architecture includes a hierarchy of software object classes. One classification includes a common information blackboard object. Data is written to the blackboard object by processes in a protected manner, and is otherwise globally readable by all processes. A run-time executive is provided to schedule and coordinate processes. Processes register with the run-time executive at start-up. One process can know the existence and generation of data by another process. The architecture is layered in increasing levels of system abstraction. In one embodiment, the embedded system is an airborne fuel gauging subsystem.
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