Patent ID: 7228185

Claim:
A method for controlling or regulating industrial processes ( 1 , 20 ), comprising the following steps: implementing a standard operating system ( 3 ) with a real-time module or a real-time operating system on a hardware platform; operating simultaneously at least two real-time applications ( 7 , 8 ) with characteristic real-time requirements under the real-time module or under the real-time operating system; operating simultaneously with the real-time applications ( 7 , 8 ), at least one non-real-time application ( 5 ); predetermining the real-time requirements of each real-time application ( 7 , 8 ) on the specification of the applicable industrial processes ( 1 ); and allocating to each real-time application ( 7 , 8 ), by means of an allocation module ( 4 ) running on the hardware platform ( 2 ), a maximally available component ( 9 , 10 ) of a maximally available real-time component ( 11 ) of one operating cycle ( 13 ).