Information processing with failure detection, apparatus and method

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first processor configured to perform a first process on sensor information, which is obtained from a sensor, thereby to generate first information;

a second processor configured to perform a second process, which is different from the first process, on the first information, thereby to generate second information; and

a third processor configured to perform a third process corresponding to at least a part of the second process, on the first information, thereby to generate third information, and configured to obtain the second information and to output the second information and the third information, wherein

said first processor is configured to apply additional information to first information on which the third process is to be performed on the third processor, out of the first information,

said second processor is configured to perform the second process on the first information with the additional information applied, thereby to generate the second information, and is configured to perform a process corresponding to a part of the second process, on the first information with the additional information applied, thereby to generate fourth information, and

said third processor is configured to perform the process corresponding to the part of the second process, as the third process, on the first information with the additional information applied, thereby to generate the third information, and is configured to obtain the fourth information in addition to the second information and to output the second information, the fourth information, and the third information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said third processor is configured to obtain only the first information with the additional information applied, from said first processor.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said third processor is configured to request said first processor to apply the additional information, via said second processor, on condition that the third process for the first information with the additional information applied is ended.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said third processor is configured to request said first processor to apply the additional information, via said second processor, on condition that the third process for the first information with the additional information applied is ended.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said third processor is configured to perform the second process, as the third process, on the first information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

said second processor

is configured to perform a first partial process of the second process on each of a plurality of the first information that are temporally continuous, thereby to generate a plurality of first partial information that are continuous respectively in association with the plurality of first information that are continuous, and

is configured to perform a second partial process of the second process, which is different from the first partial process, on a plurality of first partial information that are continuous and that are a part of the plurality of first partial information that are continuous, thereby to generate second partial information, and

said third processor

is configured to perform the first partial process of the second process, as a part of the third process, on the first information with the additional information applied, thereby to generate third partial information as a part of the third information,

is configured to obtain the plurality of first partial information and to output first partial information corresponding to the first information with the additional information applied, out of the plurality of first partial information, and the third partial information,

is configured to perform the second partial process of the second process, as another part of the third process, on a plurality of first partial information excluding the first partial information corresponding to the first information with the additional information applied, out of the plurality of first partial information that are continuous and that are the part, thereby to generate fourth partial information as another part of the third information, and

is configured to obtain the second partial information and to output the second partial information and the fourth partial information.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

said second processor

is configured to perform a first partial process of the second process on each of a plurality of the first information that are temporally continuous, thereby to generate a plurality of first partial information that are continuous respectively in association with the plurality of first information that are continuous, and

is configured to perform a second partial process of the second process, which is different from the first partial process, on a plurality of first partial information that are continuous and that are a part of the plurality of first partial information that are continuous, thereby to generate second partial information, and

said third processor

is configured to obtain the plurality of first partial information that are continuous and that are the part, and to perform the second partial process of the second process as a part of the third process, thereby to generate fifth partial information as a part of the third information, and

is configured to obtain the second partial information and to output the second partial information and the fifth partial information, and

said second processor is configured to output the plurality of first partial information that are continuous and that are the part, to said third processor if it is requested from said third processor.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said third processor is configured to obtain the first information via said second processor.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said second processor is configured to apply additional information to second information, which is generated by performing the second process on first information on which the third process is to be performed by said third processor, out of the first information.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said second processor is configured to divide first information that is to be outputted to said third processor, into a plurality of sixth partial information and to output the plurality of sixth partial information to said third processor.

11. An information processing method in an information processing apparatus including a first processor, a second processor, and a third processor, said information processing method comprising:

a process, by the first processor, of performing a first process on sensor information, which is obtained from a sensor, thereby to generate first information;

a process, by the second processor, of performing a second process, which is different from the first process, on the first information, thereby to generate second information;

a process, by the third processor, of performing a third process corresponding to at least a part of the second process, on the first information, thereby to generate third information; and

a process, by the third processor, of obtaining the second information and of outputting the second information and the third information, wherein

the first processor is configured to apply additional information to first information on which the third process is to be performed on the third processor, out of the first information,

the second processor is configured to perform the second process on the first information with the additional information applied, thereby to generate the second information, and is configured to perform a process corresponding to a part of the second process, on the first information with the additional information applied, thereby to generate fourth information, and

the third processor is configured to perform the process corresponding to the part of the second process, as the third process, on the first information with the additional information applied, thereby to generate the third information, and is configured to obtain the fourth information in addition to the second information and to output the second information, the fourth information, and the third information.

12. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first processor configured to obtain sensor information from a sensor;

a second processor;

a third processor;

a first signal path for signal transmission via said first processor, said second processor, and said third processor; and

a second signal path for signal transmission not via said second processor but via said first processor and said third processor, wherein

said third processor (i) is configured to obtain a signal processed by said second processor through said first signal path, and (ii) is configured to obtain a signal processed by said first processor through said second signal path and to simulate at least a part of a process on said second processor.