Sensor / Data Fusion Design Pattern and Implementation as a Toolbox in Matlab / Simulink ( SDFTool )

System level tools are becoming more popular for designing different applications. In these tools, application designers describe their designs at high level using the powerful modeling environment such as MATLAB/Simulink. In this paper, SDFTool is presented as a design pattern and implemented as an add-on toolbox to address this issue. The three major functionalities offered by this view are: integration of a domainspecific modeling technique for rapid and accurate system design, modularity which means that the new components can be easily added, reusability and easiness of use which are the most important aims of design patterns.