Patents by Inventor Ramamurthy Mani

Ramamurthy Mani 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: 8756046
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for generating code from a graphical model in a graphical modeling environment. The graphical model includes at least one signal having a data size, a data dimensionality, or both that can vary from a first time instance to a second time instance as the model executes. The size and dimensionality of the signal can vary without the use of a graphically rendered connection to convey the size and dimension information to a block associated with the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Darel Allen Linebarger, Haihua Feng, Ramamurthy Mani, Donald Paul Orofino, II
  • Patent number: 8756044
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments allow executable graphical models, such as block diagram models, to be graphically partitioned for execution on concurrent computing resources. Embodiments allow model components to be grouped into subtasks that are affiliated with tasks associated with concurrent computing resources. Tasks and sub graphs can be mapped to concurrent computing resources according to characteristics, such as sample time, solver type, etc. Embodiments further allow mappings to be visually indicated to a user via various display techniques including color, text, icons, shading, grouping of identifiers, etc. Concurrently executing portions of a model allows model results to be obtained faster than can be obtained when models are executed on a single computing resource, such as a single processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramamurthy Mani, Katalin Maria Popovici, Hidayet Tunc Simsek, Benjamin Charles Martin, John Edward Ciolfi
  • Patent number: 8756562
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments allow subgraph execution control within a graphical modeling or graphical programming environment. In an embodiment, a subgraph may be identified as a subset of blocks within a graphical model, or graphical program, or both. A subgraph initiator may explicitly execute the subgraph while maintaining data dependencies within the subgraph. Explicit signatures may be defined for the subgraph initiator and the subgraph either graphically or textually. Execution control may be branched wherein the data dependencies within the subgraph are maintained. Execution control may be joined together wherein the data dependencies within the subgraph are maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Ciolfi, Ramamurthy Mani, Qu Zhang
  • Patent number: 8700368
    Abstract: This invention allows users to build, manipulate, and finally deploy various model configurations with little performance overhead, better syntactic clarity and configuration flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Ciolfi, Yang Guo, Ramamurthy Mani
  • Patent number: 8689236
    Abstract: A system and method may generate executable block diagrams in which at least some of the blocks run in accordance with message-based execution semantics. A message may include an input data payload that does not change over time, and the message may persist for only a determined time interval during execution of block diagram. A message-based execution engine may control execution of message-based blocks in which a source block may generate a message at a particular point in time, the message may be sent to one or more destination blocks triggering execution of those blocks, and the message may be destroyed on or after a determined time interval. Other execution domains, such as a time-based or state-based execution domain, may be provided, and the system may implement a hybrid execution model. A verification engine may provide one or more tools for evaluating and verifying operation of message-based blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidayet Tunc Simsek, Vijaya Raghavan, Ramamurthy Mani
  • Publication number: 20130346941
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments support multi-threaded subgraph execution control within a graphical modeling or graphical programming environment. In an embodiment, a subgraph may be identified as a subset of blocks within a graphical model, or graphical program, or both. A subgraph initiator may explicitly execute the subgraph while maintaining data dependencies within the subgraph. Explicit signatures may be defined for the subgraph initiator and the subgraph either graphically or textually. Execution control may be branched wherein the data dependencies within the subgraph are maintained. Execution control may be joined together wherein the data dependencies within the subgraph are maintained. Exemplary embodiments may allow subgraphs to execute on different threads within a graphical modeling or programming environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: THE MATHWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: John Edward CIOLFI, Ramamurthy MANI, Qu ZHANG
  • Patent number: 8560958
    Abstract: A system and method that includes line connection navigation in a block diagram by highlighting connections through navigable blocks in the diagram, edit-time label propagation along connections and through navigable blocks that can propagate labels through their ports, API to define navigability between block ports, and displaying implied connections between blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Haihua Feng, Ramamurthy Mani, Donald Paul Orofino, II, John Edward Ciolfi
  • Patent number: 8549470
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments support multi-threaded subgraph execution control within a graphical modeling or graphical programming environment. In an embodiment, a subgraph may be identified as a subset of blocks within a graphical model, or graphical program, or both. A subgraph initiator may explicitly execute the subgraph while maintaining data dependencies within the subgraph. Explicit signatures may be defined for the subgraph initiator and the subgraph either graphically or textually. Execution control may be branched wherein the data dependencies within the subgraph are maintained. Execution control may be joined together wherein the data dependencies within the subgraph are maintained. Exemplary embodiments may allow subgraphs to execute on different threads within a graphical modeling or programming environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Ciolfi, Ramamurthy Mani, Qu Zhang
  • Patent number: 8515723
    Abstract: In an embodiment, in a graphical modeling environment, users may create models that can be executed. Within the graphical modeling environment, users may use implicit iterator systems to manage multiple iterations of systems whereby the indexing of input and output signals may be defined by a user and state may be managed for an iteration. The number of iterations taken by the implicit iterator system can adapt to input and output signal dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: John Ciolfi, Ramamurthy Mani, Kai Tuschner
  • Patent number: 8386222
    Abstract: This invention allows users to build, manipulate, and finally deploy various model configurations with little performance overhead, better syntactic clarity and configuration flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Ciolfi, Yang Guo, Ramamurthy Mani
  • Patent number: 8286129
    Abstract: A programming element is provided that defines model attributes in response to mode change events in a graphical modeling environment. Such definition may involve any signal attribute such as dimensions, data types, complexity and sample times. Events that trigger definition of model attributes may be explicit signaling events generated by other elements, elements within the block diagram programming environment, and elements external from the environment. Implicit events may also trigger definition of model attributes, such as a change of attribute in an input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramamurthy Mani, Dong Jia, Haihua Feng, Alongkrit Chutinan, Qu Zhang, Vijay Raghavan
  • Patent number: 8234098
    Abstract: An integrated system for modeling, simulating and analyzing chemical and biochemical reactions includes a modeling environment for constructing a model of a chemical or biochemical reaction. The system also includes a simulation engine accepting as input the constructed model of the chemical or biochemical reaction and generating as output an expected result. An analysis environment communicates with the simulation engine and displays the expected result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricardo E. Paxson, Joseph F. Hicklin, Ramamurthy Mani
  • Publication number: 20120131545
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for generating code from a graphical model in a graphical modeling environment. The graphical model includes at least one signal having a data size, a data dimensionality, or both that can vary from a first time instance to a second time instance as the model executes. The size and dimensionality of the signal can vary without the use of a graphically rendered connection to convey the size and dimension information to a block associated with the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: THE MATHWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Darel Allen LINEBARGER, Haihua FENG, Ramamurthy MANI, Donald Paul OROFINO, II
  • Patent number: 8135570
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for generating code from a graphical model in a graphical modeling environment. The graphical model includes at least one signal having a data size, a data dimensionality, or both that can vary from a first time instance to a second time instance as the model executes. The size and dimensionality of the signal can vary without the use of a graphically rendered connection to convey the size and dimension information to a block associated with the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Darel Allen Linebarger, Haihua Feng, Ramamurthy Mani, Donald Paul Orofino, II
  • Publication number: 20110296435
    Abstract: A system and method may generate executable block diagrams in which at least some of the blocks run in accordance with message-based execution semantics. A message may include an input data payload that does not change over time, and the message may persist for only a determined time interval during execution of block diagram. A message-based execution engine may control execution of message-based blocks in which a source block may generate a message at a particular point in time, the message may be sent to one or more destination blocks triggering execution of those blocks, and the message may be destroyed on or after a determined time interval. Other execution domains, such as a time-based or state-based execution domain, may be provided, and the system may implement a hybrid execution model. A verification engine may provide one or more tools for evaluating and verifying operation of message-based blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: THE MATHWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Hidayet Tunc Simsek, Vijay Raghavan, Ramamurthy Mani
  • Patent number: 7996194
    Abstract: A modeling process includes providing blocks, each of the blocks representing functional entities that operate on input signal values, output signal values from the blocks, grouping the output signal values as an ordered set in a multiplexer as a first composite signal and outputting the first composite signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Mojdeh Shakeri, Marc Ullman, Ramamurthy Mani
  • Patent number: 7975235
    Abstract: A system and method that includes line connection navigation in a block diagram by highlighting connections through navigable blocks in the diagram, edit-time label propagation along connections and through navigable blocks that can propagate labels through their ports, API to define navigability between block ports, and displaying implied connections between blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Haihua Feng, Ramamurthy Mani, John Ciolfi, Donald Paul Orofino, II
  • Patent number: 7974825
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for generating code from a graphical model in a graphical modeling environment. The graphical model includes at least one signal having a data size, a data dimensionality, or both that can vary from a first time instance to a second time instance as the model executes. The size and dimensionality of the signal can vary without the use of a graphically rendered connection to convey the size and dimension information to a block associated with the signal. The generated code includes the attributes of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Darel Allen Linebarger, Haihua Feng, Ramamurthy Mani, Donald Paul Orofino, II
  • Publication number: 20110137632
    Abstract: An integrated system for modeling, simulating and analyzing chemical and biochemical reactions includes a modeling environment for constructing a model of a chemical or biochemical reaction. The system also includes a simulation engine accepting as input said constructed model of the chemical or biochemical reaction and generating as output an expected result. An analysis environment communicates with the simulation engine and displays the expected result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: THE MATHWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Ricardo E. PAXSON, Joseph F. HICKLIN, Ramamurthy MANI
  • Patent number: 7949504
    Abstract: A method includes in a system determining a constraint for constraining operation of a portion of a block diagram model, determining if the portion of the block diagram model violates the constraint, and providing a user information based on the violating of the first constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Paul Orofino, II, Michael James Longfritz, Ramamurthy Mani, Darel Allen Linebarger