Control system, control apparatus, control method and computer readable medium
AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsYuri Kishita, Kazuhito Fujita
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Abstract
With utilizing a function of a selection unit 105 in an application layer 101, a microprocessor receives operation requests from a plurality of applications 103, 104, selects a load as a controlled object corresponding to each of the received operation requests, selects an operational pattern to be performed by the selected load, and gives information about the selected load and the selected operational pattern to an output driver unit 106. The microprocessor creates a control signal and makes an input/output driver 107 implementing physical signal input/output in a platform layer 102 output the created control signal to the load represented by the information given by the function of the single output driver unit 106.
Claims17
A control system, comprising:
- a plurality of controlled object devices;
- and
- a control apparatus connected to the plurality of controlled object devices, wherein
- the control apparatus comprises:
- a microprocessor that performs a plurality of processes based on a plurality of application programs;
- a selection unit that identifies an controlled object device corresponding to a process performed by the microprocessor and selects an operation of the identified controlled object device;
- and
- an output unit that creates and outputs a control signal for performing the operation selected by the selection unit, to the identified controlled object device, wherein
- the identified controlled object device performs the operation corresponding to the control signal outputted by the output unit;
- and
- the output unit creates a control signal per operations of the controlled object devices, on the basis of single program code.
A control apparatus that outputs a control signal for controlling an operation performed by a plurality of controlled object devices connected thereto, comprising:
- a microprocessor that performs a plurality of processes based on a plurality of application programs;
- a selection unit that selects an operation corresponding to a process performed by the microprocessor;
- and
- an output unit that creates and outputs a control signal for performing the operation selected by the selection unit, wherein the output unit creates a control signal per operations of the controlled object device, on the basis of single program code.
A control method for controlling operations of plural devices with using a microprocessor having a plurality of application programs, comprising steps of:
- performing processes based on an application program;
- receiving an operation request generated through performing the processes;
- identifying a device corresponding to the received operation request;
- selecting an operation, based on the received operation request, corresponding to the identified device;
- creating a control signal for performing the selected operation;
- outputting the created control signal to the identified device;
- and
- controlling an operation of the identified device through making the identified device perform an operation based on the outputted control signal, wherein
- a control signal per the plural devices is created on the basis of single program code.
A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable program for controlling operations of plural devices based on a plurality of application programs, wherein
- the computer program when executed causes a computer system to execute steps of:
- performing processes based on an application program;
- receiving an operation request generated through performing the processes;
- identifying a device corresponding to the received operation request;
- selecting an operation, based on the received operation request, corresponding to the identified device;
- creating a control signal for performing the selected operation;
- outputting the created control signal to the identified device;
- and
- controlling an operation of the identified device through making the identified device perform an operation based on the outputted control signal, wherein
- a control signal per the plural devices is created on the basis of single program code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.