Control system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTaishi Nogami
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Abstract
A control system configured to control a predetermined unit by using a control program running on a general-purpose OS. The control system includes an auxiliary storage device configured to store the general-purpose OS, the control program, and various data items required for the control program to run, and a main storage device on which each of the general-purpose OS and the control program are loaded when they are executed. The entire auxiliary storage device is constituted by a silicon disk, or by a hard disk and the silicon disk.
Claims10
A control system configured to control a predetermined unit by using a control program running on a general-purpose operating system, the control system comprising:
- an auxiliary storage device configured to store the general-purpose operating system, the control program, and various data required for the control program to run;
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- a main storage device on which each of the general-purpose operating system and the control program is loaded when the general-purpose operating system and the control program are executed,
- wherein the auxiliary storage device includes non-volatile solid-state memory.
A control system configured to control a predetermined unit by using a control program running on a general-purpose operating syste, the control system comprising:
- an auxiliary storage device configured to store at least the general-purpose operating system, the control program, and various data required for the control program to run;
- and
- a main storage device on which each of the general-purpose operating system and the control program is loaded when the general-purpose operating system and the control program are executed,
- wherein the auxiliary storage device includes a non-volatile solid-state memory functioning as a protected area and a magnetic-disk device functioning as a non-protected area, and
- wherein at least various function of programs of the general-purpose operating system, where the various function programs are required for the control program to run on the general-purpose operating system, and the control program are stored in the protected area, as protected data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.