Method for creating prototype and apparatus therefor

• US 10,146,197 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2016
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Studio XID Korea, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Studio XID Korea, Inc.
• Inventors: Kim, Soo, Song, Jae Won
• Primary Examiner(s): St Leger, Geoffrey R
• Application Number:
  US15/380,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20170300020A1
• Time in Patent Office: 719 Days
• Field of Search: 717106
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2111/02 CAD in a network environment, e.g. collaborative CAD or distributed simulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/20 Design optimisation, verification or simulation optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/333 Design for testability [DFT], e.g. scan chain or built-in self-test [BIST]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs

Abstract

Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for creating a prototype. The methods include at least: receiving a generated prototype, sensing a trigger on the received prototype, generating a message comprising an identifier for identifying an external terminal according to the sensing of the trigger, determining, when a first message and a second message of a plurality of generated messages are generated sequentially before an expiry of a preset message transmission time, the second message representing a transmission message, providing to a bridge application matched to the identifier, the generated message, after the expiry of the preset message transmission time, generating a control command based on the generated message, using the bridge application, and transmitting the generated control command to the external terminal, wherein the control command includes a command for enabling the external terminal to output a preset response in response to the control command.

Claims

1. A method for creating a prototype, comprising:

receiving, by a prototyping terminal, inputs of setting a trigger of a prototype and a response of an external terminal according to the trigger;

generating, by the prototyping terminal, a prototype based on the inputs of setting;

receiving, by an execution terminal, the generated prototype;

sensing, by the execution terminal, the trigger on the received prototype;

generating, by the execution terminal, a message comprising an identifier for identifying the external terminal according to the sensing of the trigger; and

determining, by the execution terminal, when a first message and a second message of a plurality of generated messages are generated sequentially before an expiry of a preset message transmission time, the second message representing a transmission message;

providing, by the execution terminal, to a bridge application of pre-stored bridge applications, which is matched to the identifier, the generated message, after the expiry of the preset message transmission time;

generating, by the execution terminal, a control command based on the generated message, using the bridge application;

transmitting, by the execution terminal, the generated control command to the external terminal,

wherein the control command comprises a command for enabling the external terminal to output a preset response in response to the control command.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensing the trigger on the received prototype comprises receiving, from a user of the execution terminal, a user input for an object on a display of the execution terminal, and sensing the trigger of the received prototype in response to the user input.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving inputs of setting comprises setting, as the trigger, receiving the user input on the execution terminal, and setting, as the response, the preset response is output on the external terminal.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving inputs of setting comprises receiving a reference attribute of the object, receiving a numerical value range including a start value and an end value of the reference attribute, setting, as the trigger, changing a numerical value of the reference attribute within the numerical value range, and when the numerical value changes by the user input, setting, as the response, outputting the preset response from the external terminal on the basis of the change in the numerical value in response to the control command.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating a message comprises determining whether a preset message transmission time has elapsed, and

wherein the transmitting the generated control command to the external terminal comprises deferring a transmission of the control command until the preset message transmission time elapses when the preset message transmission time has not elapsed.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating a message comprises transmitting, by the execution terminal, the generated message to the prototyping terminal, and when the message transmitted from the execution terminal is received, displaying, by the prototyping terminal, the received message through a display of the prototyping terminal.

7. A method for creating a prototype, comprising:

setting, in a prototyping terminal, a trigger input of an external terminal as a trigger of a prototype;

setting, in the prototyping terminal, a response of an execution terminal according to the trigger;

generating, by the prototyping terminal, a prototype based on the setting of the trigger and the response;

receiving, by the execution terminal, the generated prototype;

receiving, by the execution terminal, a trigger input from the external terminal;

generating, by the execution terminal, a message comprising an identifier for identifying the external terminal based on the received trigger input, using a bridge application;

determining, by the execution terminal, when a first message and a second message of a plurality of generated messages, are generated sequentially before an expiry of a preset message receiving time, the second message representing a receiving message;

receiving, by the execution terminal, the generated message, from a bridge application which generated the second message, after the expiry of the preset message receiving time;

sensing, by the execution terminal, the trigger, in response to the receiving the generated message;

outputting, by the execution terminal, a preset response when the trigger is sensed.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the trigger input comprises state information of the external terminal, and

the setting a response comprises setting, as the response, displaying an object matched to the sensed trigger on a display of the execution terminal according to the state information.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the generating, by the execution terminal, a message comprising an identifier for identifying the external terminal based on the received trigger input, using a bridge application comprises generating the message including an identifier of the external terminal and a numerical value based on the received trigger input, and sensing the trigger on the basis of the message, and

wherein the setting a trigger input of an external terminal as a trigger of a prototype comprises receiving, by the prototyping terminal, a reference attribute of an object matched to the sensed trigger, receiving a numerical value range including a start value and an end value of the reference attribute, and setting, as the trigger, the identifier of the external terminal and an identification of the numerical value.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the setting a response comprises setting, as the response, changing a display state of an object displayed on a display of the execution terminal, based on a numerical value in the message, in correspondence to changing an execution value of the reference attribute within the numerical value range, and

wherein the outputting a response comprises changing, by the execution terminal, the display state of the object according to the preset response.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the generating, by the execution terminal, a message comprising an identifier for identifying the external terminal based on the received trigger input, using a bridge application comprises generating, by the execution terminal, a message on the basis of the received trigger input, transmitting, by the execution terminal, the generated message to the prototyping terminal, and when the message transmitted from the execution terminal is received, displaying, by the prototyping terminal, the received message through a display of the prototyping terminal.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the displaying, by the prototyping terminal, the received message through a display of the prototyping terminal comprises recording, by the prototyping terminal, the received message, and

wherein the sensing, by the execution terminal, the trigger in response to the receiving the generated message comprises receiving, by the execution terminal, the recorded message from the prototyping terminal, and sensing the trigger as the recorded message is received.

13. A method for creating a prototype, comprising:

setting, in a prototyping terminal, a trigger input of a first external terminal as a trigger of a prototype;

setting, in the prototyping terminal, a response of a second external terminal according to the trigger;

generating, by the prototyping terminal, a prototype based on the setting of trigger and the response;

receiving, by an execution terminal, the generated prototype;

receiving, by the execution terminal, a trigger input from the first external terminal;

generating, by the execution terminal, a first message comprising an identifier for identifying the first external terminal based on the received trigger input, using a first bridge application of a plurality of bridge applications pre-stored on the execution terminal;

receiving, by the execution terminal, the generated first message, from the first bridge application;

sensing, by the execution terminal, the trigger, in response to the receiving the generated first message;

according to the sensing of the trigger, generating, by the execution terminal, a second message comprising a second identifier for identifying the second external terminal;

providing, by the execution terminal, to a second bridge application which is matched to the second identifier, the generated second message;

generating, by the execution terminal, using the second bridge application, a control command based on the generated second message; and

transmitting, by the execution terminal, the generated control command to the second external terminal,

wherein the control command comprises a command for enabling the second external terminal to output a preset response in response to the control command.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the trigger input comprises state information of the first external terminal,

and the setting a response comprises setting, as the response, outputting, by the second external terminal, the preset response based on the state information.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the generated first message further comprises a numerical value.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the setting a trigger input of a first external terminal as a trigger of a prototype comprises setting, as the trigger, identifying an identifier of the first external terminal and a numerical value based on the trigger input,

wherein the setting a response of a second external terminal comprises receiving, by the prototyping terminal, a numerical value range related to the response of the second external terminal, and setting, as the response, outputting the response of the second external terminal based on a response execution value of the second external terminal within the numerical value range, and

wherein the response execution value is determined based on the numerical value.

17. A prototype execution terminal comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory which loads a computer program executed by the processors; and

a storage which stores the computer program, a prototype received from a prototyping terminal, and a bridge application,

wherein the computer program comprises;

an operation for sensing a trigger of the prototype;

an operation for generating a message comprising an identifier for identifying an external terminal when the trigger is sensed;

an operation for determining, when a first message and a second message of a plurality of generated messages are generated sequentially before an expiry of a preset message transmission time, the second message representing a transmission message;

an operation for providing, to a bridge application of pre-stored bridge applications, which is matched to the identifier, the generated message, after the expiry of the preset message transmission time;

an operation for generating a control command based on the generated message, using the bridge application; and

an operation for transmitting the control command to an external terminal matched to the bridge application,

wherein the control command includes a command for enabling the external terminal to output a preset response.

18. A prototype execution terminal comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory which loads a computer program executed by the processors;

a storage which stores the computer program, a prototype received from a prototyping terminal, and a bridge application; and

a display which displays an object,

wherein the computer program comprises;

an operation of receiving a trigger input from an external terminal;

an operation of generating a message comprising an identifier for identifying the external terminal by using the bridge application on the basis of the trigger input;

an operation of determining, when a first message and a second message of a plurality of generated messages are generated sequentially before an expiry of a preset message transmission time, the second message representing a transmission message;

an operation of receiving the generated message, from a bridge application which generated the second message, after the expiry of the preset message transmission time;

an operation of sensing the trigger of the prototype, in response to the receiving the generated message;

an operation of generating a control command corresponding to the sensed trigger, when the trigger is sensed; and

an operation of changing a display state of the object according to the control command.