Industrial Control System in Automation Technology with Independently Operating Modules
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsAlexander Breitenbach, Michael Langfinger
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Abstract
A control system in industrial automation technology includes hardware having at least one processor and at least one storage device, in which applications to be executed by the control system are stored. The control system is configured such that at least two and preferably a plurality of mutually isolated execution environments are provided and/or configured. At least two, and preferably a plurality, of independently executable and/or operating functional modules are included, each of which can be executed and/or operate, in particular exclusively, in an isolated execution environment. The functional modules are characteristic of functions of the control system.
Claims14
A control system in industrial automation technology, comprising:
- hardware including at least one processor and at least one storage device in which applications to be executed by the control system are stored;
- a plurality of mutually isolated execution environments;
- and
- a plurality independently executable and/or operating functional modules each of which is executed and/or operated in an isolated execution environment of the plurality of mutually isolated execution environments,
- wherein the functional modules of the plurality of functional modules are characteristic of functions of the control system.
A method in industrial automation technology for operating a control system having hardware including at least one processor and at least one storage device, in which applications to be executed by the control system are stored, the method comprising:
- executing at least one application of the applications in an isolated execution environment as a functional module;
- executing at least one central module in another isolated execution environment;
- and
- implementing at least one security measure for the functional module with the at least one central module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.