AI-Generated Virtual Hardware Interfaces for Dynamic Testing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current industry solutions for software development require manual transformation and synchronization of hardware interfaces, leading to increased risks of desynchronization due to missed or misunderstood design changes.

Innovation Solution

Automatically generate virtual hardware interfaces using artificial intelligence, with a second AI generating scripts to validate and verify the interfaces, allowing concurrent development with software and reducing the need for manual synchronization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual transformation and synchronization of hardware interfaces is used, then developers can control the virtual hardware components, but the risk of desynchronization increases due to missed or misunderstood design changes

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesynchronization reliabilityVSAvoidmanual synchronization complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically generates virtual hardware interfaces by extracting information from hardware design documents without requiring manual intervention. The AI model processes the documents, identifies hardware interface definitions, and generates corresponding virtual interfaces autonomously, eliminating the need for manual transformation and synchronization operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical processes of transforming and synchronizing hardware interfaces with an automated AI-based system. The AI model analyzes hardware design documents and automatically generates virtual hardware interfaces, substituting the manual mechanical work with intelligent automated processing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Manufacturing precision

If virtual hardware interfaces are manually transformed, then developers can create accurate representations, but the development time increases due to manual synchronization requirements

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevirtual interface accuracyVSAvoiddevelopment time

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary extraction and generation of virtual hardware interfaces during the hardware design phase itself, rather than waiting for manual synchronization later. The AI model processes hardware design documents and generates virtual interfaces in advance, enabling concurrent development and eliminating subsequent manual synchronization time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The automated AI system performs the virtual interface generation task independently without requiring developer intervention. The model extracts information from hardware design documents and creates accurate virtual interfaces autonomously, eliminating the time-consuming manual transformation process while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If hardware specifications change during development, then the hardware can be optimized, but the virtual hardware components become out of sync requiring manual updates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehardware specification flexibilityVSAvoiddevelopment efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system establishes a feedback loop where changes in hardware design documents automatically trigger regeneration of the virtual hardware interfaces. When hardware specifications are updated, the AI model processes the new documents and generates updated virtual interfaces, ensuring continuous synchronization without manual intervention and maintaining development efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The virtual hardware interface generation system is dynamic and adapts automatically to changes in hardware specifications. The AI model continuously processes updated hardware design documents and regenerates virtual interfaces in real-time, enabling the system to adapt to specification changes while maintaining high development efficiency through automation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250315288A1Dynamic Testing with Digital Engineering Virtual Interface Synchronization using Machine Learning

Publication Date: 2025.10.09 SCI APPL INT CORP

AI summary

A digital engineering ecosystem may use artificial intelligence to generate a virtual hardware interface to emulate a hardware interface described in one or more hardware specifications. The virtual hardware interface may receive executable code configured to execute on the hardware interface. The virtual hardware interface may execute the received executable code, and, after being successfully executed, the execution of the executable code may be logged.