US 10,181,059 B1Granted

Modeling a physical component interface in a unified modeling language model

AssigneeThe MathWorks, Inc.

InventorsNathan E. Brewton, Jean-Yves Brunel, Alan Moore, Pieter J. Mosterman

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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.

Claims32

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

defining, in a software architecture modeling environment used for designing a software architecture, across and through variables of a system based on user input,
the software architecture modeling environment using at least one of Unified Modeling Language (UML), SysML, or Advanced Architecture Description Language (AADL) to model the software architecture, and
the defining the across and through variables being performed by a computing device;
generating, in the software architecture modeling environment, a model of a system,
the model including a first element representing a first physical component included in the system and a second element representing a second physical component included in the system,
the model including at least one of a class, an object that is an instance of the class, or a link that is an instance of an association, and
the generating the model being performed by the computing device;
creating, in the software architecture modeling environment, a first physical component interface and a second physical component interface between the first element and the second element based on the across and through variables,
the first physical component interface and the second physical component interface specifying continuous time connections, between the first element and the second element, associated with the across and through variables, and
the creating the first physical component interface and the second physical component interface being performed by the computing device;
associating, in the software architecture modeling environment, the first physical component interface with the first element in the model,
the associating the first physical component interface being performed by the computing device;
associating, in the software architecture modeling environment, the second physical component interface with the second element in the model,
the associating the second physical component interface being performed by the computing device;
importing the model into a graphical programming environment,
the importing the model being performed by the computing device;
and
executing, in the graphical programming environment, the model,
the graphical programming environment enabling a behavior to be generated for the first element and the second element, of the model generated in the software architecture modeling environment, using the across and through variables associated with terminals based on the first physical component interface and the second physical component interface, and
the executing the model being performed by the computing device.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
define, in a software architecture modeling environment used for designing a software architecture, across and through variables of a system based on user input,
the software architecture modeling environment using at least one of Unified Modeling Language (UML), SysML, or Advanced Architecture Description Language (AADL) to model the software architecture;
generate a model of a system in the software architecture modeling environment,
the model including at least one of a class, an object that is an instance of the class, or a link that is an instance of an association;
connect a first element of the model and a second element of the model,
the first element representing a first physical component of the system and the second element representing a second physical component of the system;
create, in the software architecture modeling environment, a first physical component interface and a second physical component interface between the first element and the second element based on the across and through variables,
the first physical component interface and the second physical component interface specifying continuous time connections, between the first element and the second element, associated with the across and through variables;
associate, in the software architecture modeling environment, the first physical component interface with the first element in the model;
associate, in the software architecture modeling environment, the second physical component interface with the second element in the model;
import the model into a graphical programming environment;
and
execute, in the graphical programming environment, the model,
the graphical programming environment enabling a behavior to be generated for the first element and the second element, of the model generated in the software architecture modeling environment, using the across and through variables associated with terminals based on the first physical component interface and the second physical component interface.

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A system comprising:

a processor to:
define, in a software architecture modeling environment used for designing a software architecture, across and through variables of a system based on user input,
the software architecture modeling environment using at least one of Unified Modeling Language (UML), SysML, or Advanced Architecture Description Language (AADL) to model the software architecture;
generate a model of a system in the software architecture modeling environment,
the model including at least one of a class, an object that is an instance of the class, or a link that is an instance of an association;
connect a first element of the model and a second element of the model,
the first element representing a first physical component included in the system and the second element representing a second physical component included in the system;
create, in the software architecture modeling environment, a first physical component interface and a second physical component interface between the first element and the second element based on the across and through variables,
the first physical component interface and the second physical component interface specifying continuous time connections, between the first element and the second element, associated with the across and through variables;
associate, in the software architecture modeling environment, the first physical component interface with the first element in the model;
associate, in the software architecture modeling environment, the second physical component interface with the second element in the model;
import the model into a graphical programming environment and execute, in the graphical programming environment, the model,
the graphical programming environment enabling a behavior to be generated for the first element and the second element, of the model generated in the software architecture modeling environment, using the across and through variables associated with terminals based on the first physical component interface and the second physical component interface.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
obtain information regarding a model of a system generated in a software architecture modeling environment used for designing a software architecture,
the information indicating across and through variables of the system defined based on user input,
the model including a first element representing a first physical component of the system, a second element representing a second physical component of the system, and physical component interfaces between the first element and the second element created based on the across and through variables,
the physical component interfaces specifying continuous time connections, between the first element and the second element, based on the across and through variables in the software architecture modeling environment,
the model including at least one of a class, an object that is an instance of the class, or a link that is an instance of an association, and
the software architecture modeling environment using at least one Unified Modeling Language (UML), SysML, or Advanced Architecture Description Language (AADL) to model the software architecture;
generate a graphical model, of the system, in a graphical programming environment,
the graphical model being generated based on the information regarding the model,
the graphical model including a first graphical model element representing the first physical component, a second graphical model element representing the second physical component, and a third graphical model element representing the physical component interfaces between the first element and the second element, and
the graphical programming environment enabling a behavior to be generated for the first element and the second element, of the model generated in the software architecture modeling environment, using terminals associated with the across and through variables based on the physical component interfaces;
and
execute the graphical model in the graphical programming environment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.