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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2010
Paul Eyermann, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Michael Labouliere, Doylestown, PA (US);
Robert Schwarz, Princeton, NJ (US);
Markus Walter, Bamberg, DE;
Kai Weinert, Leisnig, DE;
Paul Eyermann, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Michael LaBouliere, Doylestown, PA (US);
Robert Schwarz, Princeton, NJ (US);
Markus Walter, Bamberg, DE;
Kai Weinert, Leisnig, DE;
Siemens Aktiegesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for enabling an oscillating crystal available in a system to be used to generate a software-realized time function, and an apparatus for implementing the method, without requiring additional hardware components, wherein a periodic interrupt signal is generated by the system-internal real-time clock, a table entry with a reference to a routine in an intra-system table is accessed upon receipt of the periodic interrupt signal and a counter is formed by the routine.