Fault tolerant control system

Details Fault tolerant control system Fault tolerant control system

2007-05-16

2010-11-23

Puente, Emerson C (Department: 2113)

Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery

Data processing system error or fault handling

Reliability and availability

C714S001000, C714S038110

Reexamination Certificate

active

07840832

ABSTRACT:
A fault tolerant data processing system for controlling a real time process. The system is tolerant to systematic faults in its software. The system includes a data processor unit with a program memory and a data memory and input and output units where program software residing in the program memory can be executed on the data processor unit. The system includes a normal-mode software program residing in the program memory, and a backup-mode software program also residing in the program memory arranged to perform the same or similar function of the normal mode software program but being differently implemented than the normal-mode software program, and where a trigger signal received by the data processor unit can switch execution control such that the normal-mode software program stops executing and the backup-mode software program starts executing.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4141066 (1979-02-01), Keiles
patent: 4590549 (1986-05-01), Burrage et al.
patent: 4890284 (1989-12-01), Murphy et al.
patent: 5600808 (1997-02-01), Kasukawa
patent: 5617425 (1997-04-01), Anderson
patent: 6154850 (2000-11-01), Idleman et al.
patent: WO-02/073505 (2002-09-01), None
European Search Report—Nov. 21, 2006.
Hecht et al; A Distributed Fault Tolerant Architurecture for Nuclear Reactor and Other Critical Process Control Applications; IEEE; 1991; pp. 462-469.
S. Murugesan; Dependable Software Through Fault Tolerance; IEEE; 1989; pp. 391-399.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Fault tolerant control system does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Fault tolerant control system, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Fault tolerant control system will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4218499