Patents by Inventor Stefan MERTEN

Stefan MERTEN 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).

  • Flexible allocation of I/O channels of a hardware component
    Patent number: 9811361
    Abstract: A method for generating software for a hardware component of a measuring, control, or regulating system having a processor, an FPGA, and a plurality of I/O channels. The I/O channels are connected to the FPGA and the FPGA is connected to the processor via a communications interface. The method includes the steps of selecting a first subset of the I/O channels for operation by the FPGA, generating a first application for execution in the FPGA, selecting a second subset of the I/O channels for operation by the processor, and generating a second application for execution on the processor. The step of generating a first application comprises generating code for connecting the second subset of I/O channels to the communications interface. The invention relates in addition to a method for operating a hardware component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Merten, Marc Schlenger, Holger Ross, Frank Mertens
  • FLEXIBLE ALLOCATION OF I/O CHANNELS OF A HARDWARE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20140324408
    Abstract: A method for generating software for a hardware component of a measuring, control, or regulating system having a processor, an FPGA, and a plurality of I/O channels. The I/O channels are connected to the FPGA and the FPGA is connected to the processor via a communications interface. The method includes the steps of selecting a first subset of the I/O channels for operation by the FPGA, generating a first application for execution in the FPGA, selecting a second subset of the I/O channels for operation by the processor, and generating a second application for execution on the processor. The step of generating a first application comprises generating code for connecting the second subset of I/O channels to the communications interface. The invention relates in addition to a method for operating a hardware component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: dSpace digital signal processing and control engineering GmgH
    Inventors: Stefan MERTEN, Marc SCHLENGER, Holger ROSS, Frank MERTENS