Patent ID: 9128475
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G05B,G06F

Abstract:
1. A control method for executing programs on a plurality of processing units operating in parallel, each processing unit being associated with a respective time signal generator upon expiry of which the control method is carried out on the processing unit associated with the respective expired time signal generator, the control method comprising: selecting a program from a plurality of programs available for execution on the processing unit associated with the respective expired time signal generator; determining a predefined duration of time being provided to the selected program before the control method is accessed again on the associated processing unit; setting the respective expired time signal generator to the predefined duration of time; starting the selected program on the associated processing unit; determining whether an end of the predefined duration of time collides with an end of a different duration of time of the respective time signal generator assigned to a different processing unit; modifying, if a result of the determining is positive, the predefined duration of time by taking into account a periodicity of points in time at which each processing unit is interrupted; and preventing further accesses of the control method to another of the processing units when executing the control method on the processing unit associated with the respective expired time signal generator.