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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING DEVICE RESOURCES BETWEEN ROBOT SOFTWARE COMPONENTS

  • US 20140114475A1
  • Filed: 06/17/2013
  • Published: 04/24/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for sharing device resources between robot software user components, the apparatus comprising:

  • a callback module of a robot software user component configured to receive data forwarded from a device set to be shared between the robot software user components;

    a device service surrogate configured to have a connection with a framework to forward data to the device or forward data received through the callback module to a user program of the user components;

    a device service surrogate manager configured to manage the device service surrogate of each of the user components;

    a device channel configured to have a connection with the device to receive data therefrom and transmit data thereto; and

    a device channel manager configured to manage the device channel and connect the device channel and the device service surrogate.

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