Patent · US Active

Graphical specification and constraint language for developing programs for hardware implementation and use

US9436438B2 · kind B2 · utility

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28Claims

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Assignee

National Instruments Corporation · US

Inventors

Kaushik Ravindran · Berkeley, US
Jacob Kornerup · Austin, US
Rhishikesh Limaye · Berkeley, US
Guang Yang · Sunnyvale, US
Guoqiang Wang · Shandong, CN
Jeffrey N. Correll · Cedar Park, US
Arkadeb Ghosal · Vacaville, US
Sadia B. Malik · Austin, US
Charles E. Crain, II · Austin, US
Michael J. Trimborn · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 29, 2014
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 29, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2119/18
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

System and method for specifying and implementing programs. A graphical program is created in a graphical specification and constraint language that allows specification of a model of computation and explicit declaration of constraints in response to user input. The graphical program includes a specified model of computation, a plurality of interconnected functional blocks that visually indicate functionality of the graphical program in accordance with the specified model of computation, and specifications or constraints for the graphical program or at least one of the functional blocks in the graphical program. The specified model of computation and specifications or constraints are useable to analyze the graphical program or generate a program or simulation.

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