System of Automated Creation of a Software Interface

• US 20080255823A1
• Filed: 04/04/2008
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Continental Automotive France (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Continental Automotive France (Continental AG)
• Inventors: Grant, Mark
• Application Number:
  US12/062,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20080255823A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/23
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

A system of automated creation of a software interface between an operator and electronic device functional cores arranged in a target platform. The system includes a designing module comprising a designing window, wherein there are arranged interface visual elements corresponding to control members of the platform and a state machine wherein elements are functionally connected; a validation module for testing whether data issued from the designing module match the properties of the functional cores; and a simulation module of the target platform comprising a translation unit converting data issued from the validation module and transmitting them to a managing member of the target platform in order to simulate said functional cores by means of the control members.

Claims

1. A system of automated creation of a software interface between an operator and electronic device functional cores arranged in a target platform, the system comprising:

a designing module comprising a designing window, wherein there are arranged interface visual elements corresponding to control members of the platform and a state machine wherein interface visual elements are functionally connected;

a validation module for testing whether data issued from the designing module match the properties of the functional cores; and

a simulation module of the target platform comprising a translation unit converting data issued from the validation module and transmitting them to a managing member of the target platform in order to simulate said functional cores by means of the control members.

2. A system of automated creation of a software interface according to claim 1, comprising a simulation module of a software device platform arranged for simulating data as issued from the validation module without being connected with the electronic device functional cores.

3. A system of automated creation of a software interface according to claim 2, wherein the interlace is simulated by means of a computer connected with the simulation module of a software device platform.

4. A system of automated creation of a software Interface according to claim 3, wherein data issued from the electronic device functional cores are displayed on a computer monitor.

5. A system of automated creation of a software interface according to claim 1, wherein the interface visual elements have attributes corresponding to the properties of the electronic device functional cores.

6. A system of automated creation of a software interface according to claim 1, wherein the state machine comprises blocks representing the various possible states of the interface, the blocks being connected by links representing transition means between the various states.

7. A system of automated creation of a software interface according to claim 1, wherein the translation unit could be parameterized depending on the electronic device functional cores.

8. A system of automated creation of a software interface according to claim 2, wherein the interface visual elements have attributes corresponding to the properties of the electronic device functional cores.

9. A system of automated creation of a software interface according to claim 3, wherein the interface visual elements have attributes corresponding to the properties of the electronic device functional cores.

10. A system of automated creation of a software interface according to claim 4, wherein the interface visual elements have attributes corresponding to the properties of the electronic device functional cores.