US 12,406,110 B2
Computer-implemented method for low-latency generation and input of sensor data into a control unit or into control unit networks
Matthias Gehrke, Paderborn (DE); Gregor Sievers, Paderborn (DE); Christian Lindemann, Paderborn (DE); Carsten Scharfe, Paderborn (DE); and Christopher Wiegand, Paderborn (DE)
Assigned to DSPACE GMBH, Paderborn (DE)
Filed by dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH, Paderborn (DE)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/394,437.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 120 840.5 (DE), filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0043411 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G05B 17/02 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); G06F 111/10 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/20 (2020.01) [G05B 17/02 (2013.01); G05B 23/0205 (2013.01); G06F 2111/10 (2020.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for testing a controller using a simulator system, comprising:
the simulator system, wherein the simulator system is configured to generate sensor data corresponding to a simulated environment; and
the controller, wherein the controller is configured to obtain the sensor data from the simulator system and to perform control operations in response thereto; and
wherein the simulator system is configured to perform a plurality of sensor data generation cycles, wherein each of the plurality of sensor data generation cycles comprises:
generating respective sensor data corresponding to a respective environmental data set corresponding to a respective point in time;
storing the respective sensor data for a respective waiting time interval configured by the simulator system; and
after the respective waiting time interval, sending the respective sensor data to the controller for further processing;
wherein the plurality of sensor data generation cycles includes a first sensor data generation cycle and a second sensor data generation cycle, wherein the second sensor data generation cycle follows the first sensor data generation cycle, and wherein the simulator system reduces the waiting time interval over the first and second sensor data generation cycles such that the second sensor data generation cycle has a shorter respective waiting time interval than the first sensor data generation cycle.