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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:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/00 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for time-staggered generation of identifying signals by programmable automation components (AK , AK ) with a system time recorder (SZ). A user (A) or an automation component (AK , AK ) or a user program (AP) can register a time-staggered identifying signal (K) with an event manager (EV). The event manager (EV) controls a system time counter (SZ) and signals waiting events (E -E ) back to the user (A) or the automation component (AK , AK ) or the user program (AP). The event (E -E ) is thereby enabled and an identifying signal (K) is generated.