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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Markus Breitfelder, Regensburg, DE;
Peter Fischer, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Günther Horsak, Meckenbeuren, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/942 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/942 ;
Abstract
An electronic control device for integration into mechanical systems is described and provided with an operating program hierarchically broken down into a plurality of program levels. Some of the program levels are non-reprogrammable and some are reprogrammable. In this manner the flexibility of the electronic control device is greatly enhanced.