Altera Corporation

Tesla, Inc.

Tesla Motors, Inc.

Dp Technologies, Inc.

Altera Corporaton

Michael Fairman

Jeffrey Orion Pritchard

Bryan H Hoyer

Tim Allen

Kerry S Veenstra

Roy Goldman

Brennan Boblett

Timothy Allen

Nalinichandra Penke

Andy Louie Lee

Keith Duwel

Chris Lane

Mario E Guzman

Evan Small

Kevin Hsieh

Philippe Richard Kahn

Arthur Kinsolving

Mark Andrew Christensen

David Arthur Van Brink

David Van Brink

Janet Barber

Peter William Spaulding

A method for controlling application windows is provided for use with a graphical user interface (GUI) display which is divided into at least first and second application windows. Various software applications may be launched in the first and second application windows. In order to switch locations of the software applications launched in the first and second application windows the user selects a swap window button, for example by tapping or clicking on a swap window icon on the GUI display.

Method of selecting an application target window in a user interface

A vehicular interface system for providing application-based access to a plurality of vehicular subsystems is disclosed. The vehicular interface system includes a display for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI). A taskbar is displayed in a first portion of the GUI, the taskbar including a plurality of icons, each of icons representing a corresponding application. A plurality of windows is displayed in a second portion of the GUI. When determining that a user-selected icon is being dragged from an initial location on the taskbar, a semi-transparent overlay, corresponding to the application to be launched, is displayed on a window of the GUI as the selected icon is being dragged within the window. When determining that the selected icon is released within a selected window, the corresponding application is launched in the selected window. In general, the application provides control options or monitoring information relating to a subsystem of a vehicle.

Vehicular interface system for launching an application

A method of launching a software program or application is provided for use with a graphical user interface (GUI) display. One portion of the GUI display includes a taskbar while a second portion is divided into a plurality of windows. To launch one of the programs/applications represented by the icons within the taskbar, the user first selects the icon representing the icon to be launched. Once an icon is selected, a visual cue is displayed, where the visual cue includes a plurality of mini-windows representing the plurality of display windows. When the user drags the selected icon into one of the mini-windows and then releases the icon, the selected program/application is launched in the window that corresponds to the selected mini-window.

Method of launching an application and selecting the application target window

A method of launching a software program or application is provided for use with a graphical user interface (GUI) display. One portion of the GUI display includes a taskbar while a second portion is divided into a plurality of windows. To launch one of the programs/applications represented by the icons within the taskbar, the user first selects the icon representing the icon to be launched. When the user drags the selected icon into one of the windows and then releases the icon, the selected program/application is launched in the selected window.

A system and a method are provided for configuring the touch-sensitive area and/or the tap duration associated with a plurality of touch-sensitive soft buttons of a vehicle user interface in response to varying vehicle conditions. In particular, as a monitored vehicle condition deteriorates, the system controller coupled to the vehicle user interface expands the touch-sensitive region and/or increases the tap duration of the touch-sensitive soft buttons, thereby improving the user's ability to successfully interact with the interface. Vehicle conditions that may be monitored and used to configure the touch-sensitive area and/or tap duration include passenger cabin vibration levels, vehicle speed, turn radius, lateral force levels, precipitation levels and external ambient temperature.

Adaptive soft buttons for a vehicle user interface

Techniques and mechanisms provide design information in a scalable representation. A design includes multiple master components and slave components. The master components and slave components include ports allowing interconnection. Techniques and mechanisms are described for selectively providing a subset of the interconnections between the master components and the slave components.

Providing component connection information

A method or apparatus to provide an improved headset. The headset includes at least one sensor. The headset further includes a configuration logic to configure the headset based on the position of the headset on the user's head.

Headset

Techniques and mechanisms provide numerous representations and/or control of component interconnections in a digital design. For example, aspects of the invention provide a connection panel where connections can be presented in different modes. The different modes can run concurrently with each other or separately from each other. The different modes can also be manually or automatically selected to switch from one mode to another mode. For instance, the modes can be manually selected using an on-screen button or automatically selected by examining the location of the mouse pointer on the connection panel. Based on the different modes, component interconnections can be easily and efficiently handled and presented. Further, components can be automatically organized to minimize the number of crossing interconnects between them and/or maximize the amount of interconnection information presented.

Tool with graphical interconnect matrix

Methods and apparatus are provided for implementing parameterizable processor cores and peripherals on a programmable chip. An input interface such as a wizard allows selection and parameterization of processor cores, peripherals, as well as other modules. The logic description for implementing the modules on a programmable chip can be dynamically generated, allowing extensive parameterization of various modules. Dynamic generation also allows the delivery of device driver logic onto a programmable chip. The logic description can include information for configuring a dynamically generated bus module to allow connectivity between the modules as well as connectivity with other on-chip and off-chip components. The logic description, possibly comprising HDL files, can then be automatically synthesized and provided to tools for downloading the logic description onto a programmable chip.

Methods and apparatus for implementing parameterizable processors and peripherals

Design tool with graphical interconnect matrix

Techniques and mechanisms provide various representations and/or the ability to control component interconnections in an electronic design. For example, virtual representations, which may be combined with physical representations, of actual hardware connections between components of an electronic design are provided. A virtual port is generally mapped to a hidden physical port, which corresponds to an actual hardware port of a particular component. The virtual port may be mapped to multiple hidden physical ports or mapped to a single hidden physical port shared by another virtual port. The mapping may also take into account various constraints (e.g., functionalities supported by the components selected for connection; burst data transfers; prefetchable memory reads; etc.) to allow for efficient control and/or presentation of interconnection information. Based on the mappings, components can be automatically connected. As such, the creation and understanding of an electronic design is made easier and clearer to the user.

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Santa Cruz, CA, United States of America

Michael Fairman