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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
Gerhard Heinemann, Erlangen, DE;
Gerhard Heinemann, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Abstract
A controller, in particular a drive controller, includes a first functional block for at least one permanently installed controller function and a second functional block for at least one dynamically loadable controller function. The second functional block can be dynamically loaded and/or dynamically overwritten as well as started and/or executed while the controller is operating, without affecting the operation of the controller. During the operation of the controller, an additional function that is only temporarily required, can be loaded as needed, or an already loaded, but only temporarily required additional function can be dynamically loaded or overwritten by another temporarily required additional function.