METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DEVELOP IN-VEHICLE EXPERIENCES IN SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTS

• US 20180040256A1
• Filed: 08/05/2016
• Published: 02/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Alvarez, Ignacio, Rumbel, Laura, Jordan, Adam, Montesinos, Carlos
• Granted Patent: US 10,559,217 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/15 Vehicle, aircraft or watercraft design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/20 Design optimisation, verification or simulation optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/05 the view from a vehicle being simulated G09B9/052, G09B9/058 take precedence

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to develop driving simulations. An example apparatus includes a vehicle configuration engine to retrieve first tier environment parameters associated with a simulation type, and generate second tier environment parameters associated with the simulation type, a simulation modifier (SM) source engine to identify a source of SMs, and distinguish respective ones of the source of SMs that are compatible with the simulation type and the second tier environment parameters, and a development environment configuration engine to improve simulation design efficiency by associating simulation events with only the respective ones of the SMs that are compatible with the simulation type.

Claims

1. An apparatus to improve simulation design efficiency, comprising:

a vehicle configuration engine to;

retrieve first tier environment parameters associated with a simulation type; and

generate second tier environment parameters associated with the simulation type;

a simulation modifier (SM) source engine to;

identify a source of SMs; and

distinguish respective ones of the source of SMs that are compatible with the simulation type and the second tier environment parameters; and

a development environment configuration engine to improve simulation design efficiency by associating simulation events with only the respective ones of the SMs that are compatible with the simulation type.

2. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, further including an SM source reference storage to store the source of SMs.

3. The apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein the SM source reference storage stores the source of SMs as at least one of network locations, uniform resource locators, or Git repository locations.

4. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, further including an input/output (I/O) element manager to detect candidate compatible devices in a simulation environment.

5. The apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein the I/O element manager is to generate a configuration user interface for respective ones of the detected candidate compatible devices.

6. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, further including a journey profile manager to generate a journey creation user interface to define simulation events of a simulation associated with the simulation type.

7. The apparatus as defined in claim 6, wherein the journey profile manager is to generate an order of the simulation events to occur during the simulation.

8. The apparatus as defined in claim 6, wherein the development environment configuration engine is to generate an SM customization user interface to facilitate configuration of the respective ones of the SMs that are compatible with the simulation type.

9. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, further including a software development kit (SDK) integrator to install an SDK with one of the SMs that are compatible with the simulation type.

10. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, further including a journey execution engine to register a simulation control device in response to a request for a Wizard Of Oz control request.

11. The apparatus as defined in claim 10, wherein the journey execution engine is to facilitate real-time control over a simulation compatible with the simulation type.

12. A method to improve simulation design efficiency, comprising:

retrieving, by executing an instruction with a processor, first tier environment parameters associated with a simulation type;

generating, by executing an instruction with the processor, second tier environment parameters associated with the simulation type;

identifying, by executing an instruction with the processor, a source of SMs;

distinguishing, by executing an instruction with the processor, respective ones of the source of SMs that are compatible with the simulation type and the second tier environment parameters; and

improving simulation design efficiency by associating, by executing an instruction with the processor, simulation events with only the respective ones of the SMs that are compatible with the simulation type.

13. The method as defined in claim 12, further including storing the source of SMs in an SM source reference storage.

14. The method as defined in claim 13, further including storing the source of SMs as at least one of network locations, uniform resource locators, or Git repository locations.

15. The method as defined in claim 12, further including detecting candidate compatible devices in a simulation environment.

16. The method as defined in claim 15, further including generating a configuration user interface for respective ones of the detected candidate compatible devices.

17. The method as defined in claim 12, further including generating a journey creation user interface to define simulation events of a simulation associated with the simulation type.

18. The method as defined in claim 17, further including generating an order of the simulation events to occur during the simulation.

19. The method as defined in claim 17, further including generating an SM customization user interface to facilitate configuration of the respective ones of the SMs that are compatible with the simulation type.

20. The method as defined in claim 12, further including installing a software development kit (SDK) with one of the SMs that are compatible with the simulation type.

21. The method as defined in claim 12, further including registering a simulation control device in response to a request for a Wizard Of Oz control request.

22. The method as defined in claim 21, further including facilitating real-time control over a simulation compatible with the simulation type.

23. A tangible computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to, at least:

retrieve first tier environment parameters associated with a simulation type;

generate second tier environment parameters associated with the simulation type;

identify a source of SMs;

distinguish respective ones of the source of SMs that are compatible with the simulation type and the second tier environment parameters; and

improve simulation design efficiency by associating simulation events with only the respective ones of the SMs that are compatible with the simulation type.

24. The computer-readable medium as defined in claim 23, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to store the source of SMs in an SM source reference storage.

25. The computer-readable medium defined in claim 24, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to store the source of SMs as at least one of network locations, uniform resource locators, or Git repository locations.

26. The computer-readable medium as defined in claim 23, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to detect candidate compatible devices in a simulation environment.

27. The computer-readable medium as defined in claim 26, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to generate a configuration user interface for respective ones of the detected candidate compatible devices.

28. The computer-readable medium as defined in claim 23, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to generate a journey creation user interface to define simulation events of a simulation associated with the simulation type.

29. The computer-readable medium as defined in claim 28, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to generate an order of the simulation events to occur during the simulation.

30. The computer-readable medium as defined in claim 28, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to generate an SM customization user interface to facilitate configuration of the respective ones of the SMs that are compatible with the simulation type.

31. The computer-readable medium as defined in claim 23, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to install a software development kit (SDK) with one of the SMs that are compatible with the simulation type.

32. The computer-readable medium as defined in claim 23, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to register a simulation control device in response to a request for a Wizard Of Oz control request.

33. The computer-readable medium as defined in claim 32, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to facilitate real-time control over a simulation compatible with the simulation type.