Control and/or data transmission system
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorArno Martin FAST
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Abstract
A control and/or data transmission system for performing complex and elaborate calculations, includes at least one external data processing device directly connected to the control device. The outsourced calculations are performed by the external data processing device using a software module based on a trained artificial neural network. The results are then transmitted directly to the control device without any detours. For this purpose, the external data processing device is connected to the control device via a direct connection, i.e. a point-to-point connection. The AI-based software module preferably processes audio and/or video signals as input signals, which are transmitted from an external input device to the control device and from there to the external data processing device.
Claims13
A control and/or data transmission system comprising:
- a control device having:
- a memory device in which a control program is stored, and
- a control unit connected to the memory device and configured to execute the control program,
- a first external input device connectable to the control device, the first external input device being configured to transmit audio and/or video signals to the control device, the control device being configured to receive audio and/or video signals from the first external input device, and
- a first external data processing device having a control unit and a memory device connected to the control unit, in which a first software module based on a trained artificial neural network is stored, the first software module being configured to process input signals containing audio and/or video signals,
- wherein the first external data processing device and the control device can be connected to one another by means of a first direct connection, wherein the control unit of the control device is configured to cause the control device to send the audio and/or video signals received from the first external input device to the first external data processing device using a communication protocol, wherein the communication protocol includes a protocol for continuous transmission of audio and/or video signals,
- wherein the first external data processing device is configured to receive the audio and/or video signals sent from the control device according to the communication protocol,
- wherein the control unit of the first external data processing device is configured to process the audio and/or video signals received from the control device into output signals by executing the first software module and to cause the first external data processing device to transmit the output signals to the control device, and
- wherein the control device is configured to receive the output signals sent by the first external data processing device and to transfer them to the control program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.