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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:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2010
Applicant:
Jan Richter, Lüneburg, DE;
Inventor:
Jan Richter, Lüneburg, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and device offering a software diversity of the cited type for floating-point arithmetic, which is applicable in a realtime environment, wherein the method and a device for high-performance validation of the calculation use floating-point numbers of any accuracy within the context of functional safety in accordance with International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standard 61508. The method utilizes a specific form of software diversity and has effects on both the runtime environment and the engineering environment.