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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. 10, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1994
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disclosure is made on an apparatus which is capable of predicting and controlling the operation of a system which can realize its operation by controlling in parallel a plurality of individual processing elements. Information about the specifications for the system is input in a graphic language, and a state of control and a control sequence for each of the processing elements forming the system are originated and stored on the basis of the graphic language so that operation state diagram such as a tree structure chart for control information about the system can be processed on the above state of control and the control sequence. A transition to a state can be displayed and outputted by assigning a specific state of control, and a state in which the system can be brought to a deadlock can be detected. Furthermore, each of the processing elements can be controlled by determining starting conditions and completed conditions for the operation on the basis of the state of control, the control sequence, and the graphic language stored.
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