Patents by Inventor Ralf Münzenberger

Ralf Münzenberger 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: 9092263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for an automatic synthesis of distributed embedded systems, wherein the tasks to be processed by the system are mapped to a hardware structure having a plurality of processing units such that predefined time limits of the tasks are met, comprising the steps of (a) assigning the tasks to the plurality of processing steps, with the following substeps: (aa) assigning a task to a processing unit; (bb) determining the outgoing event densities; (cc) comparing the output density towards the next task with a predefined threshold and assigning the next task to the same processing unit if the event density is below the threshold or assigning the next task to any other processing unit if the event density is smaller than the threshold; (dd) repeating steps (aa) to (cc) until all tasks are assigned to the processing units; (b) checking whether the costs of the given task assignment to the processing units satisfy a predefined solution criterion; (c) repeating
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: INCHRON, GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Dörfel, Ralf Münzenberger
  • Patent number: 8543369
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-assisted method and data processing system for simulating an embedded system, wherein a plurality of hardware components, respectively provided with a software, are connected via a data exchange network for data exchange, wherein in a simulation program every component is simulated as a processing unit managing an amount of processes, wherein with the simulation program, a start time is dynamically assigned to every processing unit, wherein the processing units are successively sorted dynamically according to their start times, wherein the processing unit with the next start time is respectively selected via a scheduler, wherein, due to the selection of a processing unit, the respective active process is simulated by execution of a program code derived from a corresponding basic block graph and as a result of the simulation, the time required for the execution and/or information about the effected function is/are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Inchron, GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Dörfel, Ralf Münzenberger
  • Publication number: 20130007756
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for an automatic synthesis of distributed embedded systems, wherein the tasks to be processed by the system are mapped to a hardware structure having a plurality of processing units such that predefined time limits of the tasks are met, comprising the steps of (a) assigning the tasks to the plurality of processing steps, with the following substeps: (aa) assigning a task to a processing unit; (bb) determining the outgoing event densities; (cc) comparing the output density towards the next task with a predefined threshold and assigning the next task to the same processing unit if the event density is below the threshold or assigning the next task to any other processing unit if the event density is smaller than the threshold; (dd) repeating steps (aa) to (cc) until all tasks are assigned to the processing units; (b) checking whether the costs of the given task assignment to the processing units satisfy a predefined solution criterion; (c) repeating
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: INCHRON GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Dörfel, Ralf Münzenberger
  • Publication number: 20120029899
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-assisted method and data processing system for simulating an embedded system, wherein a plurality of hardware components, respectively provided with a software, are connected via a data exchange network for data exchange, wherein in a simulation program every component is simulated as a processing unit managing an amount of processes, wherein with the simulation program, a start time is dynamically assigned to every processing unit, wherein the processing units are successively sorted dynamically according to their start times, wherein the processing unit with the next start time is respectively selected via a scheduler, wherein, due to the selection of a processing unit, the respective active process is simulated by execution of a program code derived from a corresponding basic block graph and as a result of the simulation, the time required for the execution and/or information about the effected function is/are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Inchron GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Dörfel, Ralf Münzenberger
  • Publication number: 20090112568
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating a simulation program which can be executed on a computer for the purpose of simulating the function and execution time of a program which is provided to be executed on a target computer, the method comprising the following steps of: a) providing a source code of the program, b) producing an optimized intermediate representation of the program's source code, c) determining execution times on the basis of the optimized intermediate representation of the program's source code, d) generating an object code, which can be executed on a host computer, on the basis of the optimized intermediate representation of the source code and then e) combining the execution times, the object code and a prescribed simulation library using a linker, such that a simulation program which can be executed on the host computer is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: Inchron GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Doerfel, Christian Lederer, Ralf Muenzenberger
  • Patent number: 7085198
    Abstract: A method for producing a computer-assisted real-time system that includes at least one processing unit. Data exchange between the processing unit and the environment or one or more additional processing units is synchronous or asynchronous. At least one real clock is allocated to the processing unit to correlate data exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg
    Inventors: Ralf Münzenberger, Frank Slomka, Matthias Dörfel, Oliver Bringmann