Patents by Inventor Pieter J. Mosterman

Pieter J. Mosterman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10430532
    Abstract: A method, performed by a computer device, may include selecting one or more input and output points in an executable graphical model in a modeling application and simulating the executable graphical model over a plurality of time points. The method may further include generating a time domain response plot for the executable graphical model based on the simulating; obtaining matrices of partial derivatives based on the selected one or more input and output points at particular time points of the plurality of time points; generating a frequency domain response plot for the executable graphical model based on the obtained matrices of partial derivatives; and generating a bidomain simulator user interface, the bidomain simulator user interface including the generated time domain response plot and the generated frequency domain response plot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhi Han, Fu Zhang, Murali K. Yeddanapudi, Pieter J. Mosterman
  • Patent number: 10423732
    Abstract: A method, performed by a computer device, may include selecting one or more input and output points in an executable graphical model in a modeling application and simulating the executable graphical model over a plurality of time points. The method may further include generating a time domain response plot for the executable graphical model based on the simulating; obtaining matrices of partial derivatives based on the selected one or more input and output points at particular time points of the plurality of time points; generating a frequency domain response plot for the executable graphical model based on the obtained matrices of partial derivatives; and generating a bidomain simulator user interface, the bidomain simulator user interface including the generated time domain response plot and the generated frequency domain response plot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Fu Zhang, Zhi Han, Murali K. Yeddanapudi, Pieter J. Mosterman
  • Patent number: 10365897
    Abstract: A system and method creates a plurality of different ring components for a referenced model included within a parent model. The ring components include values for one or more model-level, block-level, and signal-level attributes of the referenced model. One or more ring components are selected and assigned to the referenced model in the context of the parent model. During execution of the parent model, information from the selected ring component is accessed and used to control execution of the referenced model. During code generation for the parent model, information from the selected ring component is accessed and used to control the code generation process for the referenced model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Mojdeh Shakeri, Michael D. Tocci, John E. Ciolfi, Ebrahim Mehran Mestchian, Pieter J. Mosterman
  • Patent number: 10360052
    Abstract: A method may include establishing a connection with a physical device, by a device. The method may include receiving information identifying the physical device, by the device. The method may include determining physical device information based on receiving the information identifying the physical device, by the device. The physical device information may be a description of the physical device. The method may include generating a set of model elements based on the physical device information, by the device. The set of model elements may include program code associated with simulating a behavior associated with the physical device. The method may include associating the set of model elements with a device model corresponding to the physical device, by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Justyna Zander, Zijad Galijasevic, Pieter J. Mosterman, David Koh
  • Patent number: 10275227
    Abstract: A method may comprise determining, by executing a first model having first configuration parameters, a first result associated with the first model. The method may comprise determining, by executing a second model having second configuration parameters, a second result associated with the second model. The method may comprise determining, based on the first result, the second result, and equivalency criteria, that the second model is not functionally equivalent to the first model. The equivalency criteria may indicate that the second model is functionally equivalent to the first model when a difference between the second result and the first result satisfies a threshold. The method may comprise modifying a configuration parameter, of the second configuration parameters, to cause the second model to improve toward functional equivalence with the first model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Vompolu, Ivan Garcia, Gareth Thomas, Paul Cox, Ebrahim Mestchian, Pieter J. Mosterman
  • Publication number: 20190095303
    Abstract: Systems and methods evaluate simulation models and measure floating point arithmetic errors in terms of Unit in Last Place (ULP). The simulation model may include model elements that perform numerical computations using Native Floating Point (NFP) arithmetic. The model elements may be arranged to implement a procedure. A data store may include local ULP errors predetermined for the model elements. The systems and methods may retrieve the local ULP errors for the model elements included in the model, and may apply a rules-based analysis to compute an overall ULP error of the simulation model. The systems and methods may present the overall ULP computed for the model. The systems and methods may also present intermediate ULP errors determined for portions of the simulation model. Changes may be made to the model to reduce the overall ULP error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Kiran K. Kintali, Shomit Dutta, E. Mehran Mestchian, Pieter J. Mosterman
  • Patent number: 10235140
    Abstract: A device may receive a model generated via a technical computing environment, where the model included a state chart with one or more variables. The device may receive a selection of a particular variable from the state chart, and may provide, for display and based on the selection, a user interface for defining attributes associated with the particular variable. The device may receive, via the user interface, one or more user-defined attributes for the particular variable, where at least one of the one or more user-defined attributes is defined independently of a reference to the particular variable. The device may apply the one or more user-defined attributes in the model and the state chart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinath Avadhanula, Pieter J. Mosterman, Ebrahim Mestchian
  • Publication number: 20190026404
    Abstract: According to some possible implementations, a method may include determining one or more inputs to a model of a system and one or more outputs from the model. The method may include identifying a continuous portion of the model to be discretized. The method may include discretizing the continuous portion of the model, using at least one of a continuous linear representation for the model or a frequency response associated with the continuous linear representation, to generate a discrete linear representation for the continuous portion of the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Suat GUMUSSOY, Pieter J. MOSTERMAN, Ahmet OZDEMIR
  • Patent number: 10181059
    Abstract: Methods, mediums and systems are provided to enable a user to build and edit a UML model for a system containing one or more physical component, which includes the across variable and/or the through variable of the components. A UML model may include classifiers, such as classes, interfaces, datatypes, signals, components, nodes, use cases and subsystems, that describes the structural and behavioral features of the system. A UML model may include at least one of the classifiers that is described using the across variables and/or the through variables of the system. For example, the interface of a component in a UML model may be described using the across variables and/or the through variables of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan E. Brewton, Jean-Yves Brunel, Alan Moore, Pieter J. Mosterman
  • Publication number: 20180349539
    Abstract: A model including a first co-simulation component and a second co-simulation component is analyzed. During execution of the model, the first co-simulation component outputs data to the second co-simulation component via a connection. The connection is declared as a continuous-time rate connection for input of the data into the second co-simulation component. Based on analyzing the model, the connection is identified as a discrete-continuous sample time connection based on data being communicated from the first co-simulation component to the second co-simulation component via the connection at a discrete-time rate when the model is executed in a co-simulation manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Tao CHENG, Pieter J. MOSTERMAN, Haihua FENG, Fu ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10116500
    Abstract: A device generates a block for a model associated with a system, and the system is associated with middleware. The block subscribes to information generated by the middleware based on communication between the middleware and the system. The device receives subscriber configuration information for configuring the block, and creates, based on the subscriber configuration information, a signal that converts the information generated by the middleware into a format compatible with the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Xianchao Long, Justyna Zander, David Koh, Gautam K. Vallabha, Pieter J. Mosterman
  • Patent number: 10055203
    Abstract: A method of receiving a state chart that includes two or more state blocks, and an implicit event command in a graphical portion of the state chart. One of the state blocks includes textual code understood by a textual engine of a technical computing environment (TCE). The implicit event command is not understood by a graphical engine of the TCE. The method further transforms the implicit event command into a form that is understood by the graphical engine, and initiates execution of the state chart. During execution of the state chart, the transformed implicit event command is parsed by a computing device to identify an event associated with a first state block, and a command. When the event occurs during execution of the state chart, the command initiates execution of another state block, the second state block being initiated without an explicit event command being provided therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinath Avadhanula, Pieter J. Mosterman, Ebrahim Mestchian
  • Patent number: 9934004
    Abstract: A computer readable medium including executable instructions that when executed perform a method for validating an optimization in generated code using an executable constraints document is provided. The medium can include instructions for relating an assumption to the optimization during code generation. The medium can include instructions for generating the executable constraints document during the code generation, the executable constraints document including information about the relating; and the medium can include instructions for executing the constraints document when the validating is performed, the validating including performing an operation based on a validation result produced by the validating, where the operation includes displaying the validation result to a user, storing the validation result, sending the validation result to a destination, or modifying the generated code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Aravind Pillarisetti, Peter S. Szpak, Jesung Kim, Xiaocang Lin, Pieter J. Mosterman
  • Patent number: 9846575
    Abstract: A device may receive installation software for installing a technical computing environment to be executed by a hardware platform, and may receive platform information associated with the hardware platform. The device may generate code for the technical computing environment based on the installation software and the platform information, and may generate, based on the code, one or more binary files or bitstream files for installing the technical computing environment on the hardware platform. The device may utilize the one or more binary files or bitstream files to install the technical computing environment on the hardware platform and for execution by the hardware platform. The technical computing environment may be customized for the hardware platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Justyna Zander, Pieter J. Mosterman
  • Patent number: 9729843
    Abstract: A device receives a video file with technical computing environment information, and the video file displays interaction with a technical computing environment. The device plays the video file, and receives the technical computing environment information from the video file when the video file is playing. The device provides the technical computing device information to a local technical computing environment associated with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Pieter J. Mosterman, Matthew J. Simoneau, Edward W. Gulley, Jay R. Torgerson, Andrew C. Grace
  • Patent number: 9710750
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a technique for analyzing a model, either statically or dynamically, to check the model for one or more specified patterns with respect to accessing a data store associated with the model. The patterns may include, for example, writing to a data store prior to reading the data store, reading the data store prior to writing the data store, writing to the data store multiple times prior to reading the data store, reading the data store multiple times before writing the data store, etc. The model may be an executable graphical model that is generated in a graphical modeling environment. A result may be generated based on the analyzing. The result may be output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Englehart, Pieter J. Mosterman
  • Patent number: 9672389
    Abstract: A computing device may receive a request to create a link between a control mechanism of a human machine interface and an attribute of a model. The model, when executed, may simulate behavior of a system. The human machine interface may correspond to a physical object. The request may include information identifying the attribute and information identifying the control mechanism. The computing device may create a link between the control mechanism and the attribute based on receiving the request. The computing device may further observe the control mechanism in a spatial environment and detect that the control mechanism has changed based on observing the control mechanism. The computing device may modify a value, associated with the attribute, based on detecting that the control mechanism has changed and based on the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Pieter J. Mosterman, Peter S. Szpak, Jay R. Torgerson, Daniel F. Higgins, Paul F. Kinnucan
  • Patent number: 9626162
    Abstract: A mechanism for constructing a software-based instrument panel or front panel in which the components correspond directly with sections of code in a textual language program is disclosed. The textual language program relates to how the panel updates and operates in a continuous fashion. Icons representing panel components are selected from a component library window displayed to a user. The act of dragging the icon representing the components into the Graphical Panel Layout Window automatically causes the corresponding code to be added to the textual language program and displayed to the user in a Program Dialog Window. The present invention displays both a Graphical Panel Layout Window showing the components in the instrument panel and a Program Dialog Window showing the lines of code for the textual language program controlling the operation of the components in the instrument panel. A library containing I/O dialog devices is also presented and displayed to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Grace, Pieter J. Mosterman
  • Patent number: 9607113
    Abstract: A device may include a processor and a memory. The processor may receive a request to link a model element, of a model, and a spatial element. The model, when executed, simulates behavior of a system, and the spatial element is a physical object or an object that is rendered for display in two or more dimensions. The processor may further receive information identifying the model element, receive information identifying the spatial element, and create a link between the identified model element and the identified spatial element based on the received request. The link may allow at least one of the model element to be identified based on identification of the spatial element, or the spatial element to be identified based on identification of the model element. The memory may store the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Ciolfi, Pieter J. Mosterman, Jay R. Torgerson, Daniel F. Higgins, Paul F. Kinnucan
  • Patent number: 9594854
    Abstract: A device may receive information specifying a physical time delay of a computational node of a first computational graph. The first computational graph may include a group of computational nodes that are connected in a particular manner, and may represent at least a portion of a dynamic system. The device may further add an abstract node to a second computational graph based on the received information. The abstract node may correspond to the computational node and may implement the physical time delay when the second computational graph is executed. The second computational graph may include a group of abstract nodes that are connected in the particular manner. The device may also execute the second computational graph, and may obtain one or more behavioral characteristics of the at least the portion of the dynamic system based on executing the second computational graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald P. Orofino, Pieter J. Mosterman, David Koh