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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2000
Marcel Hachmeister, Korntal-Muenchingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for determining the utilization of a computing apparatus is described, especially for the determination of the utilization of a microcomputer having a real-time operating system. In the method, an idle program ( ) is always then called up when no other programs are processed by the control apparatus. According to the invention, the number (ZMESS) of the call-ups of the idle program ( ) or the total duration of the idle program ( ) is determined. This number (ZMESS) is evaluated after a pregiven reference time span (TMAX) is exceeded. The number (ZMESS) of call-ups of the idle program ( ) can be applied as a measure for the utilization of the computing apparatus.