Patent ID: 9117034
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G05B,G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A data processing apparatus, comprising: a plurality of computation devices connected to each other by a communication path; and a control device that controls the plurality of computation devices, wherein each of the computation devices includes: the control device outputs the control data to a respective control section of the computation devices, wherein the computation devices include a detection section that detects for a defect at a location within the computation devices, respectively; and the control device controls a control section of a computation device among the plurality of computation devices, detected by the detection section to be defective such that the switching section corresponding to a terminal related to a location where the defect is detected is switched to the upper layer non-use state, the communication section includes a plurality of interface sections that correspond to the terminals and that are employed to transfer data to and from a corresponding terminal via a corresponding internal path; the detection section detects for a corresponding defect in the plurality of interface sections of the terminals; and the control device controls the control section of the computation device detected by the detection section such that the switching section corresponding to the terminal related to an interface section where the defect has been detected is switched to the upper layer non-use state.