Patent ID: 11924811
Assignee: FORT ROBOTICS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  B | IPC B  G  H

Claim 9:
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
by the first microcontroller:
accessing fourth safety state information representing a fourth safety state of the input device;
generating a second payload comprising the fourth safety state information;
generating a fifth error detecting code value based on the second payload;
generating a third data packet comprising the second payload and the fifth error detecting code value; and
transmitting the third data packet to the second microcontroller; and

by the second microcontroller:
in response to receiving the third data packet, accessing the fourth safety state information in the second payload;
accessing fifth safety state information representing a fifth safety state of the input device at a third time succeeding the second time;
in response to detecting a difference between the fourth safety state information and the fifth safety state information, accessing sixth safety state information representing a sixth safety state of the input device at a fourth time succeeding the third time, a duration spanning the third time to the fourth time equaling the threshold duration; and
in response to detecting a difference between the fourth safety state information and the sixth safety state information, transmitting a message to the sink device to enter a fault state.