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System for monitoring states of components of same kind incorporated into information processing apparatus

  • US 5,966,511 A
  • Filed: 10/17/1997
  • Issued: 10/12/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A state monitoring system, comprising:

  • a plurality of objects of the same kind monitored by the state monitoring system, each object outputting a monitor signal indicating a current state of the object as operative or malfunctioning;

    a consolidating unit receiving the corresponding monitor signals output by said plurality of objects and consolidating the received monitor signals and producing notification signal outputs indicating corresponding states of operability or malfunctioning of an individual object and of said plurality of objects, a number of notification signal outputs being less than a number of the plurality of objects; and

    at least two monitors simultaneously and in parallel receiving the notification signal outputs of the consolidating unit and determining the current state of a plurality of states of the plurality of objects, the plurality of states of the plurality of objects being a smaller number than the plurality of objects.

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