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Method and Apparatus for a Task Priority Processing System

  • US 20120083971A1
  • Filed: 09/27/2011
  • Published: 04/05/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system used in a vehicle, comprising:

  • multiple processors located on-board the vehicle and adapted to run real-time vehicle applications;

    a communication system configured to couple the multiple processors together over multiple communication links;

    a device manager for automatically detecting and adding at least one new device to the on-board multiprocessor system;

    a data manager that identifies data generated by the new device and identifies at least one other device in the multiprocessor system that can input or output the identified data;

    a dynamic configuration system run on at least two of the multiple on-board processors, comprising;

    a configuration manager configured to;

    operate on the multiple processors,store critical information about the application running on the multiple processors,automatically detect application failure,responsive to detecting application failure, initiate a reconfiguration process,download from memory the stored critical data associated with the failed application,initiate a reboot operation for the failed application.

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