Patent ID: 6345212
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
A computer-implemented system for supporting control operations in a numerically controlled system, comprising:a real-time module for performing numeric control operations through the use of a servomechanism, said servomechanism associated with the numerically controlled system; a p-code runtime engine receptive of interpreted program instructions for performing computational operations independent from the control of said servo mechanism; a messager module communicating with said real-time module and said runtime engine to implement a pointer architecture that facilitate communication between said real-time module and said runtime engine; a shared memory accessible to said real-time module, said runtime engine, and said messager module, said messager module defining a common shared memory location in said shared memory; and said real-time module and said runtime engine communicating through said shared memory using said pointer architecture to point from said real-time module and said runtime engine to said common shared memory location, thereby supporting control operations on the numerically controlled system.