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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2014
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Masanobu Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Ohno, Tokyo, JP;
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Musashino-shi, JP;
Abstract
A process control apparatus includes a virtualization unit configured to operate in hardware, first and second operating systems configured to run in the virtualization unit, an application configured to run in the first operating system, and configured to control an industrial process by communicating with field devices, a recording unit configured to record a first information required for restoration of the application and a second information passed between the first operating system and the application, and a restoration unit configured to use a history of the second information to set the second operating system to the same state as the internal state of the first operating system, and configured to use the first information to restore the application running in the first operating system into the second operating system.