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Controller and process monitoring method including monitoring of process execution sequence

  • US 9,690,269 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2012
  • Issued: 06/27/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A controller comprising:

  • an execution unit that executes a plurality of processes for controlling an operation of a device;

    a monitoring unit that monitors an execution sequence of the processes executed by the execution unit;

    an error handling unit; and

    a storage unit that stores execution sequence information regarding multiple series based on identification information assigned to the processes,wherein the execution unit comprises an output unit that outputs the identification information assigned to the processes to be executed, andwherein the monitoring unit comprises;

    a specifying unit that obtains the execution sequence information regarding the multiple series from the storage unit and specifies, for each series, the identification information of the processes to be executed by the execution unit, based on the execution sequence information regarding the multiple series stored in the storage unit;

    a determination unit that determines whether or not the identification information output from the output unit matches the identification information specified for each series by the specifying unit, and outputs the matched identification information to the specifying unit if there is a match; and

    a notifying unit that notifies the error handling unit if it is determined by the determination unit that there is no match.

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