Method for creating prototype and apparatus therefor

• US 10,775,754 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2018
• Issued: 09/15/2020
• 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:
  US16/173,938
• Publication Number:
  US 20190064759A1
• Time in Patent Office: 687 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 inputs of setting a trigger of a prototype and a response of an external terminal according to the trigger, generating a prototype based on the inputs of setting, receiving the generated prototype, sensing the trigger on the received prototype, generating a message comprising an identifier for identifying the external terminal according to the sensing of the trigger, generating a control command based on the message, using a bridge application of pre-stored bridge applications, which is matched to the identifier, and transmitting the generated control command to the external terminal. The control command comprises a command for enabling the external terminal to output a preset response in response to the control command.

Claims

1. A method for testing a prototype of an application, comprising:

executing, by an execution terminal, a prototype of an application, the application being capable of interacting with a plurality of external terminals using a plurality of pre-stored bridge applications, the execution terminal being concurrently connected to the plurality of external terminals, the prototype associated with a trigger and a response of at least one of the plurality of external terminals corresponding to the trigger;

sensing, by the execution terminal, a first trigger associated with the prototype;

determining, by the execution terminal, a first external terminal, among the plurality of external terminals, corresponding to the sensed first trigger;

determining, by the execution terminal, a first response of the first external terminal corresponding to the sensed first trigger;

generating, by the execution terminal, a message comprising an identifier of the first external terminal and the first response corresponding to the sensed first trigger;

generating, by the execution terminal, a control command based on the message, using a bridge application among the plurality of pre-stored bridge applications, which is matched to the identifier; and

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

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

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first external terminal is a device which cannot be directly controlled by the execution terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first external terminal is an IoT (Internet of Things) device capable of communicating with the execution terminal through a network.

4. The method of claim 1, between the executing the prototype and the sensing the first trigger, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the bridge application on the execution terminal, the first trigger from a second external terminal among the plurality of external terminals.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the receiving the first trigger from the second external terminal comprises receiving a state information of the second external terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, between the sensing the first trigger and the generating the message, the method further comprises displaying, by the execution terminal, an object matched to the state information on the display of the execution terminal.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the second external terminal is a car and the receiving the first trigger from the second external terminal comprises receiving a door state information of the car.

8. The method of claim 7, between the sensing the first trigger and the generating the message, the method further comprises displaying, by the execution terminal, an image matched to the door state information on the display of the execution terminal.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the second external terminal is an image analyzing device which tracks a movement of a person and the receiving the first trigger from the second external terminal comprises receiving an image signal on the movement of the person.

10. The method of claim 9, between the sensing the first trigger and the generating the message, the method further comprises displaying, by the execution terminal, a graphical representation in which an avatar moves on a map according to the image signal on the display of the execution terminal.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensing the first trigger comprises receiving a touch gesture at a display of the execution terminal.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the sensing the first trigger comprises receiving a tap input on the display of the execution terminal.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first external terminal is a lamp and the control command enables the lamp to be turned on.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the first external terminal is a lamp and the control command enables the lamp to be turned off.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the sensing the first trigger comprises receiving a drag of an object displayed on the display of the execution terminal.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first external terminal is a lamp and the control command controls brightness of the lamp according to the degree of the drag of the object.

17. The method of claim 1, between the generating the message and the generating the control command, the method further comprises:

transmitting, by the execution terminal, the message to a prototyping terminal; and

recording, by the prototyping terminal, the message.

18. The method of claim 1, before executing the prototype of the application, the method further comprising:

receiving, by a prototyping terminal, inputs of setting the trigger and the response of the at least one of the plurality of external terminals corresponding to the trigger;

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

receiving, by the execution terminal, the prototype of the application.

19. An application 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 of an application received from a prototyping terminal, and a plurality of bridge applications, the application being capable of interacting with a plurality of external terminals using the plurality of bridge applications, the prototype being associated with a trigger and a response of at least one of the plurality of external terminals corresponding to the trigger,

wherein the application prototype execution terminal is concurrently connected to the plurality of external terminals, and

wherein the computer program comprises;

an operation for sensing a first trigger associated with the prototype;

an operation for determining a first external terminal, among the plurality of external terminals, corresponding to the sensed first trigger;

an operation for determining a first response of the first external terminal corresponding to the sensed first trigger;

an operation for generating a message comprising an identifier of the first external terminal and the first response corresponding to the sensed trigger when the first trigger is sensed;

an operation for generating a control command based on the message, using a bridge application among the plurality of bridge applications, which is matched to the identifier; and

an operation for transmitting the generated control command to the external terminal,

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