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US 7,742,903 B2Granted
Variants in graphical modeling environments
AssigneeThe MathWorks, Inc.
InventorsJohn Ciolfi, Yang Guo, Ramamurthy Mani
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Abstract
This invention allows users to build, manipulate, and finally deploy various model configurations with little performance overhead, better syntactic clarity and configuration flexibility.
Claims33
A computer-implemented method for compiling a block diagram model in a block diagram modeling environment, the method comprising:
- providing the block diagram model which includes:
- an element having multiple implementations,
- a first variant configuration of the element representing a first implementation of a portion of the block diagram model, the first implementation containing a first set of zero or more intermediate model blocks, and
- a second variant configuration of the element representing a second implementation of the portion of the block diagram model, the second implementation containing a second set of zero or more intermediate model blocks, the second set of intermediate model blocks being different from the first set of intermediate model blocks;
- and
- selecting the first variant configuration of the element to:
- activate the first implementation, and
- swap out the second implementation making the second implementation inactive;
- compiling the block diagram model to execute the block diagram model using the first implementation and not using the second implementation.
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A computer-implemented method for saving a block diagram model in a block diagram modeling environment, the method comprising:
- providing the block diagram model which includes:
- an element having multiple implementations,
- a first variant configuration of the element representing a first implementation of a portion of the block diagram model, the first implementation containing a first set of zero or more intermediate model blocks, and
- a second variant configuration of the element representing a second implementation of the portion of the block diagram model, the second implementation containing a second set of zero or more intermediate model blocks, the second set of intermediate model blocks being different from the first set of intermediate model blocks;
- and
- selecting the first variant configuration of the element to:
- activate the first implementation, and
- swap out the second implementation making the second implementation inactive;
- compiling the block diagram model to execute the block diagram model using the first implementation and not using the second implementation;
- and
- saving the block diagram model into a saved model with the first configuration variant, and excluding the second configuration variant from the saved model.
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A computer-implemented method for generating code for a block diagram model in a block diagram modeling environment, the method comprising:
- providing the block diagram model which includes:
- an element having multiple implementations,
- a first variant configuration of the element representing a first implementation of a portion of the block diagram model, the first implementation containing a first set of zero or more intermediate model blocks, and
- a second variant configuration of the element representing a second implementation of the portion of the block diagram model, the second implementation containing a second set of zero or more intermediate model blocks, the second set of intermediate model blocks being different from the first set of intermediate model blocks;
- and
- selecting the first variant configuration of the element to:
- activate the first implementation, and
- swap out the second implementation making the second implementation inactive;
- compiling the block diagram model to execute the block diagram model using the first implementation and not using the second implementation;
- and
- generating code for the block diagram model using the first configuration variant, the code for the block diagram model including code for the first configuration variant.
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A computer-implemented method for loading a block diagram model in a block diagram modeling environment, the method comprising:
- providing the block diagram model which includes:
- an element having multiple implementations,
- a first variant configuration of the element representing a first implementation of a portion of the block diagram model, the first implementation containing a first set of zero or more intermediate model blocks, and
- a second variant configuration of the element representing a second implementation of the portion of the block diagram model, the second implementation containing a second set of zero or more intermediate model blocks, the second set of intermediate model blocks being different from the first set of intermediate model blocks;
- and
- selecting the first variant configuration of the element to:
- activate the first implementation, and
- swap out the second implementation making the second implementation inactive;
- compiling the block diagram model to execute the block diagram model using the first implementation and not using the second implementation;
- and
- loading the block diagram model with the first configuration variant, the loading excluding the second configuration variant and the second set of intermediate model elements.
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A system comprising:
- a central processing unit configured to:
- provide the block diagram model in a block diagram modeling environment which includes:
- an element having multiple implementations,
- a first variant configuration of the element representing a first implementation of a portion of the block diagram model, the first implementation containing a first set of zero or more intermediate model blocks, and
- a second variant configuration of the element representing a second implementation of the portion of the block diagram model, the second implementation containing a second set of zero or more intermediate model blocks, the second set of intermediate model blocks being different from the first set of intermediate model blocks;
- and
- select the first variant configuration of the element to:
- activate the first implementation, and
- swap out the second implementation making the second implementation inactive;
- compile the block diagram model to execute the block diagram model using the first implementation and not using the second implementation.
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A computer-implemented method for compiling a block diagram model in a modeling environment, the method comprising:
- providing the block diagram model which includes:
- a library containing an element having multiple implementations,
- a first variant configuration of the element representing a first implementation of a portion of the block diagram model, the first implementation containing a first set of zero or more intermediate model blocks, and
- a second variant configuration of the element representing a second implementation of the portion of the block diagram model, the second implementation containing a second set of zero or more intermediate model blocks, the second set of intermediate model blocks being different from the first set of intermediate model blocks;
- and
- selecting the first variant configuration of the element to:
- activate the first implementation, and
- swap out the second implementation making the second implementation inactive;
- compiling the block diagram model to execute the block diagram model using the first implementation and not using the second implementation.
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A computing device storage storing instructions executed in a computer for compiling a block diagram model in a block diagram modeling environment, the instructions comprising one or more instructions for:
- providing the block diagram model which includes:
- an element having multiple implementations,
- a first variant configuration of the element representing a first implementation of a portion of the block diagram model, the first implementation containing a first set of zero or more intermediate model blocks, and
- a second variant configuration of the element representing a second implementation of the portion of the block diagram model, the second implementation containing a second set of zero or more intermediate model blocks, the second set of intermediate model blocks being different from the first set of intermediate model blocks;
- and
- selecting the first variant configuration of the element to:
- activate the first implementation, and
- swap out the second implementation making the second implementation inactive;
- compiling the block diagram model to execute the block diagram model using the first implementation and not using the second implementation.
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