PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15966775
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["714", "011000"]

Abstract:
A redundant computer system utilizing comparison diagnostics and voting techniques includes a plurality of redundant channels. Each pair of the processors receives/obtains process information from I/O modules via dual redundant sensors (DRS). The processors execute an application program, whereby output module is utilized for comparing output data of the two processors. Output module receives output data from neighboring modules, if there is a deviation or other disparity in the output data. Each pair of processors, a voter and an improper sequence detector component disables the output module, if a majority of signals vote that output module fails. In addition, the system uses 2-of-3 voting, the system remains operational in the presence of up two transient or hard failures.

Claim (Index 6):
A redundant control system of  claim 5  wherein:\n said primary and secondary process controllers are identical;\n means in said process controllers for defining said primary status or said secondary status after inserting said process controllers in said backplane and power up; \n said backplane includes a first socket connector located on the left side of said backplane and includes a second socket connector located on the right side of said backplane; \n selected pins of said first socket connector connected to plus terminal of a power supply to form a first identification word, while selected pins of said second socket connector connected to ground terminal of said power supply to form a second identification word; \n a first and a second input port in each of said process controllers, said input port coupled with a plug connector for inserting each process controller either to left side or to right side of said backplane; \n if one said process controller inserted to left side of said backplane it is coupled with a first socket connector, said one process controller reads a first identification word via said first input port and gets said primary status after power up; \n if another process controller inserted to right side of said backplane it is coupled with a second socket connector said another process controller reads a second identification word via said second input port and gets said secondary status after power up; \n said primary status and said secondary status of said process controllers are setting thereby initially after system power up, but can be changed during system operation; \n said first and second interface is a serial peripheral interface (SPI) in said primary and in secondary process controller for transmitting/receiving said self-diagnostic data and status data to said primary and secondary process controller respectively; \n means in said primary and in secondary process controller to switch said SPI from said self-diagnostic to an exchange said status data by using a number of an electronic Single-Pole Double-Throw (SPDT) switches; \n further means in said primary and in secondary process controller for continuously indicate primary or secondary status of said controllers; said primary and secondary process controller can be remove and replace by new healthy process controller if primary or secondary process controller fails; \n status of said new healthy process controller is automatically setting up as new start status after power up, and then automatically changed to secondary status not later than during of one cycle of said control section operation; \n said SPI interfaces for discovering possible faults occurrence in the primary or in the secondary process controller respectively and disabling the primary or secondary process controller when it fails; said SPI interfaces can operate in full Duplex mode.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.67089
- Patent Class: 714.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12316966', '10899667', '11923534', '10758977', '11389349']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.2677558707570988
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.52114043582735
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.293094327264124
- Mean Citation Score: 185.776398
- Max Citation Score: 281.1801
- Similarity Product: 168.16786998807189

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test