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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Pilz Gmbh & Co. KG, Ostfildern, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Pilz GmbH & Co. KG, Ostfildern, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 13/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/0425 (2013.01); G06F 13/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automation system for monitoring a safety-critical process includes a platform, a fail-safe peripheral module, and a safe runtime environment. The platform executes user programs. The user programs include a first user program and a second user program, which together implement a safety function. The second user program is diversitary with respect to the first user program. The fail-safe peripheral module couples the user programs with the safety-critical process. The safe runtime environment is implemented on the platform independently of the user programs and provides the user programs with safe resources independent of the platform.