CPC G05B 19/41815 (2013.01) [G05B 19/4183 (2013.01); G05B 19/41855 (2013.01)] | 5 Claims |
1. A control apparatus included in a distributed control system, comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
synchronize the control apparatus with another control apparatus included in the distributed control system in terms of time;
control to receive information from the another control apparatus;
add synchronization time information to the information and store the resulting information in at least one memory;
set an area of the at least one memory according to a time difference of the information;
select shared data from the information stored in the at least one memory;
calculate a control command for a control target;
store the selected shared data in the at least one memory,
transmit the selected shared data; and
calculate the control command for the control target based on the transmitted shared data,
wherein the time difference of the information is a difference from an acquisition time at which the control apparatus acquires first information regarding the control target from a first sensor and another acquisition time at which the another control apparatus acquires second information regarding the control target from a second sensor.
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