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Military vehicle having cooperative control network with distributed I/O interfacing

  • US 20020065594A1
  • Filed: 08/10/2001
  • Published: 05/30/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control method for a military vehicle having a plurality of input devices and a plurality of output devices, comprising:

  • (A) determining desired output states of a first subset of said plurality of output devices based on I/O status information stored in an I/O status table, said determining step being performed by an interface module that comprises said I/O status table, said interface module being coupled to a first subset of said plurality of input devices and said first subset of said plurality of output devices, said interface module being further coupled to a plurality of additional interface modules by way of a communication network, said plurality of additional interface modules being coupled to a second subset of said plurality of input devices and a second subset of said plurality of output devices, said I/O status information stored in said I/O status table including input status information pertaining to input states of said first subset of said plurality of input devices and input status information pertaining to input states of said second subset of said plurality of input devices;

    (B) controlling said first subset of said plurality of output devices in accordance with said desired output states, said controlling step being performed by said interface module; and

    (C) maintaining said I/O status table, said maintaining step being performed by said interface module, said maintaining step including (1) acquiring said input status information pertaining to said input states of said first subset of said plurality of input devices, (2) storing said input status information pertaining to said input states of said first subset of said plurality of input devices in said I/O status table, (3) acquiring, from said plurality of additional interface modules by way of said communication network, said input status information pertaining to said input states of said second subset of said plurality of input devices, and (4) storing said input status information pertaining to said input states of said second subset of said plurality of input devices.

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