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US 12,135,579 B2Granted
Method of operating a device, device and system
AssigneeBeckhoff Automation GmbH
InventorBirger Evenburg
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Abstract
In a method for operating a device comprising an internal clock generator and an internal clock and being connected to a network, the internal clock is incremented by the internal clock generator. Moreover, the internal clock is synchronized with a network frequency of the network.
Claims13
A method for operating a device, which comprises an internal clock generator and an internal clock and is connected to a network,
- wherein the internal clock is incremented by the internal clock generator, and
- wherein the internal clock is synchronized with a network frequency of the network;
- wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- detecting a measuring value;
- and
- providing the measuring value with a time stamp of the internal clock.
3 more elements
A device comprising:
- an internal clock which is configured to be incremented by an internal clock generator, and
- further comprising a network connection for connecting to a network,
- wherein the device is embodied to synchronize the internal clock with a network frequency of the network;
- and
- wherein the device is embodied to detect a measuring value and to provide the detected measuring value with a time stamp of the internal clock.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.