EMBEDDED COMPUTING SYSTEM USER INTERFACE EMULATED ON A SEPARATE COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20100251233A1
• Filed: 03/25/2009
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Geary, Bernard T., Majewski, Joseph Steven
• Application Number:
  US12/411,080
• Publication Number:
  US 20100251233A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors

Abstract

A system for standalone usage of an embedded computing system user interface on a separate heterogeneous computing device. The system may run the same binary software image as the embedded computing device on a PC platform. Because it is virtually the same exact software image as that which is on the device, the PC-hosted version effectively has full fidelity with the device version. Its user interface is virtually identical in appearance and has full navigation and a richer subset of functionality than would be possible with a simulator. Also, it is not necessary to maintain separate simulation and device software since both environments may use the same binary image.

Claims

1. A system having an embedded computing system interface on a separate computing device, comprising:

a first operating system;

an emulator hosted by the first operating system and for emulating a second operating system of a building automation system; and

wherein an application program is in the second operating system.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a file system of the device operating system.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the file system is mapped by the emulator for use in an application program of the first operating system.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the file system comprises application files.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the file system can be run directly on the first operating system.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein images of the second operating system are available on a display of the first operating system.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein:

the second operating system comprises a user interface; and

the user interface can be modified on the first operating system.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein:

the user interface comprises screens for a user; and

the screens are presentable on a display of the first operating system.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the user interface can be customized with the first operating system.

10. A method for using a computing system interface on another computing system, comprising:

providing a first operating system having a first application program and a file system;

providing a second operating system;

placing an emulator into the second operating system, for providing an emulated first operating system; and

placing a second application program into the emulated first operating system; and

wherein;

the first and second application programs are in the same code; and

the first operating system of for a building control system.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising connecting the second operating system to the file system of the first operating system.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

placing a copy of the file system into the second operating system; and

connecting the copy of the file system to the second application program.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the copy of the file system is mapped for use by the second application program.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein:

the first operating system comprises a user interface; and

the user interface can be modified by the second operating system via the second application program and the file system.

15. A mechanism using a computing system interface on another computing system, comprising:

a first operating system having a first application program and a file system;

a second operating system;

an emulator situated in the second operating system, for providing an emulated first operating system; and

a second application program situated in the emulated first operating system; and

wherein the first operating system is for a building automation system.

16. The mechanism of claim 15, wherein the second operating system is connected to the file system of the first operating system.

17. The mechanism of claim 15, further comprising:

a copy of the file system placed in the second operating system; and

wherein the copy of the file system is connected to the second application program.

18. The mechanism of claim 15, wherein the first and second application programs are in the same code.

19. The mechanism of claim 17, wherein the copy of the file system is mapped for use by the second application program.

20. The mechanism of claim 19, wherein:

the first operating system comprises a user interface; and

the user interface can be modified by the second operating system via the second application program and the file system.