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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2006
Applicants:
Kazuhiro Koto, Kariya, JP;
Hirokazu Komori, Okazaki, JP;
Tadaharu Nishimura, Oobu, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method, an interrupt is generated to the processing unit every predetermined period. The predetermined period is shorter than a predetermined timeout period. A watchdog signal is changed in response to each of the generated interrupts. The interrupt generation is disabled, upon the last interrupt being generated over an estimated time when the execution of the program is estimated to be completed.