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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christian Lenz Cesar, Shrub Oak, NY (US);
Assignee:
Intermac IP Corp., Everett, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 1/900 ; G05B 2/302 ; G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 1/900 ; G05B 2/302 ; G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A master entity is capable of broadcasting commands to a plurality of three-state-selection machine slaves. Transitions from one state to another are effected on instruction from commands in a sequence of commands broadcast from the master. Slaves move to another state when they satisfy a primitive condition specified in the command. By moving slaves among the three sets, a desired subset of slaves can be isolated in one of the sets. This desired subset of slaves then can be moved to one of the states that is unaffected by commands that cause the selection of other desirable subsets of slaves.