Process array, fabric structure, surface-covering structure and method of transmitting electricity
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Abstract
Disclosed is a processor element including a plurality of power supply interfaces, a plurality of power supply switches, and a fault-testing unit for testing whether a short-circuit to a connected adjacent processor element has occurred at a power supply interface. The respective power supply switch is closed in case no short-circuit has occurred such that electricity can be fed to the respective power supply interface.
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39 Claims
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20. A processor array comprising:
a multiplicity of processor elements, each processor element comprising;
at least one processor;
a plurality of power supply interfaces for transmitting electricity from and to a plurality of processor elements adjacent to the respective processor element;
a plurality of power supply switches, each power supply interface being assigned a power supply switch, with which electricity can be supplied or not supplied to the respective power supply interface as desired;
testing means for sequentially testing whether there is an electrical short-circuit at a power supply interface to a coupled adjacent processor element;
control means for closing the respective power supply switch so that electricity can be supplied to the power supply interface when there is no short-circuit on the power supply interface; and
wherein at least to some extent, only the processor elements that are arranged locally directly adjacent to one another are coupled to one another in order to exchange electronic messages and to transmit electricity. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A fabric structure comprising:
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a processor array having a multiplicity of processor elements, each processor element comprising;
at least one processor;
a plurality of power supply interfaces for transmitting electricity from and to a plurality of processor elements adjacent to the respective processor element;
a plurality of power supply switches, each power supply interface being assigned a power supply switch, with which electricity can be supplied or not supplied to the respective power supply interface as desired;
testing means for sequentially testing whether there is an electrical short-circuit at a power supply interface to a coupled adjacent processor element;
control means for closing the respective power supply switch so that electricity can be supplied to the power supply interface when there is no short-circuit on the power supply interface; and
wherein the processors, sensors, or actuators are arranged in the fabric structure;
electrically conductive filaments that couple the processors to one another;
conductive data transmission filaments that couple the processors to one another; and
electrically nonconductive filaments. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A processor element, comprising:
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at least one processor;
a plurality of power supply interfaces for transmitting electricity from and to a plurality of processor elements adjacent to the respective processor element;
a plurality of power supply switches, each power supply interface being assigned a power supply switch, with which electricity can be supplied or not supplied to the respective power supply interface;
at least one short-circuit testing unit for sequentially testing whether there is an electrical short-circuit at a power supply interface to a coupled adjacent processor element; and
a control unit configured such that the respective power supply switch closes so that electricity can be supplied to the power supply interface when there is no short-circuit on the power supply interface.
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38. A method for transmitting electricity between a multiplicity of processor elements arranged locally adjacent to one another, each processor element comprising:
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at least one processor;
a plurality of power supply interfaces for transmitting electricity from and to a plurality of processor elements adjacent to the respective processor element;
a plurality of power supply switches, each power supply interface being assigned a power supply switch, with which electricity can be supplied or not supplied to the respective power supply interface as desired;
at least to some extent, only the processor elements arranged locally directly adjacent to one another being coupled to one another to exchange electronic messages and to transmit electricity, sensor data and/or actuator data being transmitted in electronic messages between the processor elements;
the method comprising checking at a power supply interface as to whether there is an electric short-circuit to coupled adjacent processor element. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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