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Control device for a system, and method for operating the control device

  • US 7,536,241 B2
  • Filed: 10/05/1998
  • Issued: 05/19/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A control device for controlling a system, comprising:

  • a plurality of activatable modules, each of the activatable modules having a respective corresponding priority value;

    a scheduler activating the activatable modules as a function of the respective corresponding priority value of each of the activatable modules to provide activated modules, the activated modules generating data by analyzing states of the system; and

    a priority manager continuously modifying the respective corresponding priority value of each of at least one of the activatable modules individually to one of increase and decrease the respective corresponding priority value relative to the priority value of another of the activatable modules,wherein the priority manager modifies the respective corresponding priority value of a particular module of the activatable modules as a function of a time period in which the particular module is one of activated and deactivated.

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