CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20120185876A1
• Filed: 10/07/2010
• Published: 07/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Abe, Takenori, Karo, Takeshi
• Application Number:
  US13/498,438
• Publication Number:
  US 20120185876A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/313
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/545 where tasks reside in different layers, e.g. user- and kernel-space

Abstract

An intermediate processing layer including AP input and output processing sections and conformed to the input and output of the application side and PF input and output processing sections and conformed to the input and output of the platform side is provided between an application layer and a platform layer, and the processing sections are conformed based on an externally set definition table in which input and output of each application program and platform program are defined.

Claims

1-8. -8. (canceled)

9. A control device including:

a first program execution section for executing one or more application program;

a second program execution section for executing a platform program to control an operation of one or more hardware resource in accordance with data from the application program or to transmit data of the hardware resource to the application program; and

an intermediate processing execution section for executing input and output processing while conforming data to each other between the first program execution section and the second program execution section, the control device comprising

a table in which input and output data is defined while being associated with a plurality of different application programs and platform programs,

wherein

the intermediate processing execution section comprises;

a first processing section for converting input and output data based on the table, and executing the data input and output processing with the first program execution section; and

a second processing section for converting input and output data based on the table, and executing the data input and output processing with the second program execution section.

10. The control device according to claim 9, further comprising

a rewriting acceptance section for accepting rewriting of the table.

11. The control device according to claim 9, wherein

the table includes a first table which defines the number of pieces, type or format of input and output data for each of the different application programs;

and

the first processing section

refers to the first table for the application program being executed by the first program execution section,

takes out data outputted from the first program execution section, based on the first table,

converts the data based on the first table, and

inputs the converted data to the first program execution section.

12. The control device according to claim 9, wherein

the table includes a second table which defines the number of pieces, type or format of input and output data for each platform program that differs depending on the hardware resource to be controlled, or a combination thereof:

and

the second processing section

refers to the second table for the platform program being executed by the second program execution section, and

converts the data based on the second table at the time of data input and output with the second program execution section.

13. The control device according to claim 9, wherein

the input and output data is classified according to the data kind;

in the table, the input and output data is grouped according to the classification; and

the first processing section inputs the input and output data to the first program execution section group by group.

14. The control device according to claim 9, wherein

the hardware resource contains a memory, a sensor or an actuator.

15. The control device according to claim 9, wherein

the control device is a vehicular device.

16. The control device according to claim 11, further comprising

a setting acceptance section for accepting valid/invalid setting for each input and output data in the first table,

wherein

the first processing section converts, of the input and output data for the application program being executed, data that is set as invalid to a predetermined invalid value, and inputs and outputs the invalid value after the conversion.

17. The control device according to claim 11, wherein

in the input and output data in the first table, whether the data is valid or invalid is defined for each specification of the control device or for each destination.

18. The control device according to claim 11, wherein

the first program execution section outputs driving request data that contains information that the object of driving is the N-th object to the intermediate processing execution section;

the intermediate processing execution section accepts the driving request data, and supplies the data to the first processing section together with the specified information that the object is the N-th object;

the first processing section identifies the application program that outputted the driving request data, and identifies, from the first table, the definition information of the N-th input and output data associated with the identified application program, and notifies the second processing section of the driving request data based on the definition information; and

the second processing section calls the second program execution section in order to transmit the notified data, in a form based on the definition information.

19. The control device according to claims 11, wherein

the first program execution section outputs an information acquisition request to the intermediate processing execution section with a specification of the N-th data;

the intermediate processing execution section accepts the information acquisition request, and supplies the request to the first processing section;

the first processing section identifies the application program that outputted the information acquisition request, and identifies, from the first table, the definition information of the N-th data associated with the identified application program, and notifies the second processing section of acquisition of the N-th data;

the second processing section calls the second program execution section in order to acquire input data including the N-th data, in a form based on the definition information, and transmits, of the acquired input data, only the N-th data to the first processing section; and

the first processing section returns the N-th data to the first program execution section.

20. The control device according to claim 13, wherein

the group is grouped for each specification of the control device or for each destination.

21. A control method in which a processor of a computer executes one or more application program, executes a platform program to control an operation of a hardware resource in response to a request from the application program, and further, executes an intermediate processing program to perform input and output processing while converting input and output data between the application program and the platform program so as to conform to each other, thereby controlling the hardware resources, the method comprising the steps of:

the computer storing, in a memory, a table that is externally settable and in which input and output data is defined while being associated with application programs and platform programs; and

the processor

converting the input and output data so as to conform to the application program based on the table by the intermediate processing program, and

converting the input and output data so as to conform to the platform program based on the table by the intermediate processing program.

22. A control method in which a processor of a computer executes one or more application program, executes a platform program to control an operation of a hardware resource in response to a request from the application program, and further, executes an intermediate processing program to perform input and output processing while converting input and output data between the application program and the platform program so as to conform to each other, thereby controlling the hardware resource, the method comprising the steps of:

the computer storing, in a memory, a table that is externally settable and in which input and output data is defined while being associated with application programs and platform programs; and

the processor functioning as a first processing section for converting the input and output data so as to conform to the application program and as a second processing section for converting the input and output data so as to conform to the platform program, based on the table by the intermediate processing program;

the processor outputting driving request data that contains information that the object is the N-th object to the intermediate processing program by the application program;

the processor accepting the driving request data, and supplying the data to the first processing section together with the information that the object is the N-th object, by the intermediate processing program;

the first processing section identifying the application program that outputted the driving request data, identifying, from the table, the definition information of the N-th input and output data associated with the identified application program, and notifying the second processing section of the driving request data based on the definition information; and

the second processing section calling the platform program in order to transmit the notified driving request data, in a form based on the definition information.

23. The control method according to claim 22, wherein

the processor outputs an information acquisition request to the intermediate processing program with a specification of the N-th data;

the processor accepts the information acquisition request and supplies the request to the first processing section by the intermediate processing program;

the first processing section identifies the application program that outputted the information acquisition request, and identifies, from the table, the definition information of the N-th data associated with the identified application program, and notifies the second processing portion of acquisition of the N-th data;

the second processing section calls the platform program in order to acquire input data including the N-th data, in a form based on the definition information, and transmits, of the acquired input data, only the N-th data to the first processing section; and

the first processing section returns the N-th data to the first program execution section.

24. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program to cause a computer to execute data input and output between one or more application program and a platform program to control an operation of a hardware resource in response to a request from the application program, in accordance with each program, the computer program comprise the steps of

causing the computer to convert input and output data so as to conform to the application program based on a table in which input and output data is defined while being associated with different application programs, and

causing the computer to convert the input and output data so as to conform to the platform program based on a table in which input and output data is defined while being associated with different platform programs.

25. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program to cause a computer to execute data input and output between one or more application program and a platform program to control an operation of a hardware resource in response to a request from the application program, in accordance with each program, the computer program comprise the steps of

causing the computer to function as a first processing section for converting the input and output data so as to conform to the application program based on first table in which input and output data is defined while being associated with different application programs, and

causing the computer to function as a second processing section for converting the input and output data so as to conform to platform program based on second table in which input and output data is defined while being associated with different platform programs,

the first processing section accepting driving request data that contains information that the object of driving is the N-th object, identifying the application program that outputted the driving request data, identifying, from the first table, the definition information of the N-th input and output data associated with the identified application program, and notifying the second processing section of the driving request data based on the definition information;

and

the second processing section calling platform program in order to transmit the notified driving request data, in a form based on the second table.

26. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program to cause a computer to execute data input and output between one or more application program and a platform program to control an operation of a hardware resource in response to a request from the application program, in accordance with each program, the computer program comprise the steps of

causing the computer to function as a first processing section for converting the input and output data so as to conform to the application program based on first table in which input and output data is defined while being associated with different application programs, and

causing the computer to function as a second processing section for converting the input and output data so as to conform to platform program based on second table in which input and output data is defined while being associated with different platform programs,

the first processing section accepting an information acquisition request with a specification of the N-th data, identifying the application program that outputted the information acquisition request, identifying, from the first table, the definition information of the N-th input and output data associated with the identified application program, and notifying the second processing section of the driving request data based on the definition information;

the second processing section calling platform program in order to transmit the notified in order to acquire input data including the N-th data, in a form based on the definition information, and transmitting, of the acquired input data, only the N-th data to the first processing section; and

the first processing section returning the N-th data to the application program.