Patents Assigned to National Insturments Corporation
  • Patent number: 8782525
    Abstract: Displaying physical signal routing of a system. A diagram of the system may be displayed. The system may include physical components connected via physical connections and logical components implemented on various ones of the physical components. The diagram may include a plurality of icons connected by wires. At least a first subset of the icons may represent logical elements of the system and wires between the first subset of icons may represent logical connections between corresponding logical elements. User input requesting signal routing information of the system may be received. In response, a signal route corresponding to a first logical connection between a first logical element and a second logical element may be visually indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: National Insturments Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew C. Curtis, Jenifer M. Loy, Adam K. Gabbert, Jayson P. Ryckman, Jacob Kornerup, Jeffrey N. Correll, Timothy J. Hayles
  • Patent number: 7594182
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention comprises a system and method for enabling a graphical program to dynamically register one or more events during execution of the graphical program. An event registration node may be displayed in the block diagram of the graphical program. One or more events may be associated with the event registration node. The event registration node may be operable to dynamically register the one or more events during execution of the graphical program. Another embodiment of the invention comprises a system and method for enabling a graphical program to programmatically generate and respond to a user-defined event. The user may desire to define custom, i.e., user-defined, events for use in a graphical program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: National Insturments Corporation
    Inventors: Jason S. King, B. Craig Smith
  • Patent number: 7568178
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods are described in which system simulation techniques are combined with graphical programming techniques in a common environment. For example, various embodiments of the methods comprise displaying a graphical data flow diagram connected to a system diagram, e.g., where the graphical data flow diagram and the system diagram are displayed together in a compound diagram. In the displayed compound diagram, the graphical data flow diagram may be connected to the system diagram, e.g., by a line or wire. In one embodiment the wire may visually indicate that the graphical data flow diagram is executable to produce a value that is provided as an input signal for a simulation performed based on the system diagram. In another embodiment the wire may visually indicate that the graphical data flow diagram receives an output value from the system simulation as input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: National Insturments Corporation
    Inventor: Alain G. Moriat