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7609813 System and method for improved collision detection in an imaging device  
An imaging system that includes a radiation source. An image receptor is located to receive radiation emitted by the radiation source. The imaging system further has a servo system that includes a...
7603188 Servo motor control system  
An electronic cam using a servo motor is controlled such that its motion including its acceleration will be connected between synchronized and non-synchronized control sections. A controlled object...
7603187 Adapative control device, image forming apparatus, and recording medium  
An adaptive control device includes an identifier and a feedforward controller. The identifier estimates an unknown coefficient in a discrete-time transfer function model of a controlled object to...
7583049 Sensorless control systems and methods for permanent magnet rotating machines  
Systems and methods for controlling a rotating electromagnetic machine. The rotating machine, such as a permanent magnet motor or hybrid switched reluctance motor, includes a stator having a...
7548835 Method and system for integrated inertial stabilization mechanism  
The present invention provides a method and system for an innovative design of the automatic stabilization and pointing control of a device based on the MEMS technology, which is small enough and...
7535192 Head positioning control method, head positioning control device and disk apparatus  
A positioning control device executes disturbance observer control having a disturbance suppression function, wherein changes of control characteristics are prevented even if the disturbance...
7519440 Output cam system and method  
A position of a motion control axis is monitored and an output device responsive to the position of the motion control axis is controlled. The controlling further includes latching an electronic...
7509177 Self-calibrating orienting system for a manipulating device  
The invention relates to the control of an orienting/positioning system comprising comprising at least a sensor and an actuator for controlling an orienting and/or positioning action adapted to...
7498759 Semiconductor wafer processing accelerometer  
An end effector of a robot tool that includes accelerometers and methods to sense end effector motion. A semiconductor substrate or similar object may be supported by the end effector. Motion of...
7495409 Method and apparatus for eliminating stall and cogging in multi-phase stepping motors  
The lead or lag relationship between the stator and rotor of a stepper motor is monitored on a continuing basis by an incremental encoder, in feed-back relation, and adjusts the lead or lag to...
7463000 Motor controlling method, motor controlling apparatus, and recording apparatus  
A method of controlling, by an adaptive control method, an electric motor as a drive source of an operating apparatus that operates, based on a driving force produced by the electric motor, under...
7462998 Apparatus and method for generating acceleration profile for controlling object using optimized waveform shaping  
A technique is disclosed for generating an acceleration profile indicative of a time history of an acceleration of a controlled object, to thereby generate at least one of a target velocity profile...
7433762 Methods for controlling multiple actuators  
Methods for controlling at least two actuators are provided. An internal control system sends an input received from the main control system to a first actuator and diverts a portion of the input...
7425810 Disk drive management  
Arrangements and methods for implementing a “spin-down policy” for HDD motors that is “smart”, flexible and admirably achieves an objective of ensuring prolonged motor life as just...
7420348 Drive apparatus  
Optical disc drives designed for reduced power consumption switch the supply voltage in three stages between first, second, and third power supplies. The reduction in power consumption that is...
7417399 Integrated motor device and method of setting and reading driver configuration parameters using driver configuration data embedded in driver control signals  
An integrated motor device with driver circuitry and method of setting and reading configuration parameters of the driver circuitry uses configuration data embedded in driver control signals to set...
7414379 Servo control system  
A servo control system having a proportional (P) or a proportional plus integral (PI) position controller, which output signal represents an input speed reference signal for a speed close loop...
7408313 Low power preamplifier writer architecture  
A circuit is adapted to activate a writer head of a data storage media drive during both the boost periods as well as the steady state periods. The current supplied to the writer head during the...
7397212 DC motor phase estimation with phase-locked loop  
A DC motor phase estimation algorithm that estimates a speed-related harmonic frequency of a DC motor current under dynamic load conditions having known geometry parameters. The algorithm estimates...
7392113 Systems for controlling multiple actuators  
Methods, control systems, and information handling systems for controlling at least two actuators are provided. An internal control system sends an input received from the main control system to a...
7372660 Disc storage system with adaptive PID control  
A disc drive controller circuit for an actuator receives reference data indicating a desired actuator position “θ d ”, error data indicating a difference “e” between the desired actuator...
7345443 Motor control apparatus  
It is an object of the invention to provide a motor control apparatus capable of ensuring a control function even for a large inertia moment ratio. In a motor control apparatus including a...
7342379 Sensorless control systems and methods for permanent magnet rotating machines  
Systems and methods for controlling a rotating electromagnetic machine. The rotating machine, such as a permanent magnet motor or hybrid switched reluctance motor, includes a stator having a...
7328086 Robotic tool coupler rapid-connect bus  
A tool changer comprising a master module and a tool module includes a rapid-connect communication bus between the master and tool modules. A unique tool identification number, along with other...
7319910 Method and device for controlling a movement of a movable machine element of a machine tool or production machine  
A method and device for controlling a movement of a movable machine element of a machine tool or production machine with at least two drive axles are disclosed. At least one mechanical...
7316382 Controlling electromotive actuators  
The invention relates to an electromotive actuator and a corresponding circuit in order to replace a pneumatical actuator system in a simple manner by an electric system.
7295907 Recovery of calibrated center steering position after loss of battery power  
The steering angle of a vehicle is monitored using position sensors of an electric motor of an electric power assisted steering (EPAS) system. A position of the electric motor corresponding to the...
7292000 Angular velocity measuring device and leg-moving robot  
An angular velocity measuring device ( 1 ) includes a first sensor ( 2 ) (vibration gyro) and a second sensor ( 3 ) (gas rate gyro). The detection output of the first sensor ( 2 ) is inputted to a...
RE39906 Gyro-stabilized platforms for force-feedback applications  
Force feedback in large, immersive environments is provided by device which a gyro- stabilization to generate a fixed point of leverage for the requisite forces and/or torques. In one embodiment,...
7245101 System and method for monitoring and control  
The invention provides for the monitoring and control of a system, such as a linear electro-mechanical transducer, e.g. a linear electric motor, particularly when driven in a reciprocating manner....
7239104 Position-dependent friction compensation for steering systems  
A method is for compensating for a rotor angle deviation of a motor, which may be used as an actuator, e.g., as a servo actuator, in a steering system. The rotor angle deviation is compensated for...
7218974 Industrial process data acquisition and analysis  
A method for optimizing an industrial process data is disclosed. The method includes collecting data from a plurality of sensor elements, wherein each sensor element collects data from a portion of...
7208898 Near time-optimal jerk trajectory for positioning a control object  
Method and apparatus for control object manipulation from an initial position to a final position. A jerk control profile describes a near time-optimal jerk trajectory for the control object and...
7200520 Device and method for monitoring an electric power station  
The invention concerns a method and a corresponding device for monitoring a technical installation. The invention is characterized in that a dynamic model of at least one system of the technical...
7190140 Sliding mode controller position control device  
A position control device for causing a position of a control system, including a servomotor and a moving body driven by the servomotor, to track a command value. The position control device...
7187148 Controller  
Disclosed is a controller for restraining vibration of a driven element driven by a servomotor. The driven element driven by the servomotor is provided with acceleration detecting means. A...
7181294 Vibration control device  
A control device for controlling the motion of a movable part in a machine while suppressing vibration generated in the movable part. The control device includes a state-variable estimating section...
7170249 Electrical phase compensation in BEMF spindle motor control  
A method and apparatus for compensating for the asymmetrical phases of a spindle motor in a disc drive are provided. With the apparatus and method, compensation values are learned by sampling speed...
7157878 Transient compensation voltage estimation for feedforward sinusoidal brushless motor control  
A method for controlling a voltage mode controlled electric machine comprising: receiving a torque value representative of a desired torque; obtaining a speed value indicative of a rotational...
7145304 Rotating storage media control loops having adaptive feed forward insertion of signals including harmonics  
An adaptive feed forward controller inserts signals into control loops of an optical disc player and/or recorder at a frequency of the rotation of the disc and one or more harmonics thereof, while...
7136740 Machine tool control apparatus  
The invention aims to reduce an error occurring due to the mounting condition of an acceleration sensor. In the case of a two-axis sensor, an angle θ is calculated from outputs (x′, y′) that...
7136719 Method for the computer-assisted regulating of a plurality of serially coupled machines, regulating device and machine arrangement  
A method for stabilizing machine processes in which the machines are regulated by a machine regulation matrix selected from a plurality of machine regulation matrixes using a detected machine...
7135830 System and method for identifying operational parameters of a motor  
A system and method for establishing estimated values of electrical parameters of a motor. The electrical parameters may be established from stator resistance data and motor data obtained at a...
7109670 Motor drive with velocity-second compensation  
An apparatus for use with a signal generator and a motor controller includes a velocity compensator, an adjustor, and a velocity regulator. The signal generator provides a reference velocity...
7096076 Output cam system and method  
In accordance with a first preferred embodiment, a control method comprises monitoring a position of a motion control axis and controlling an output device responsive to the position of the motion...
7092770 Feedback control method and feedback control device  
The response process of disturbance recovery control is divided into a follow-up phase, a convergence phase, and a stable phase. A feedback control device includes a first phase switching unit ( 3...
7076322 System and method for satisfying move constraints when performing a motion control sequence  
A system and method for specifying and satisfying move constraints when performing a motion control sequence. One or more motion control operations may be included in a sequence in response to user...
7068002 Motor control device  
A motor control device comprises: a current limiter 115 for limiting a current-instruction signal Ir for a motor 18 and for turning a limiting signal L from off to on when the...
7057366 Method for estimating load inertia and a system for controlling motor speed using inverse model  
A method for estimating load inertia and system for controlling motor speed using inverse model are provided, suitable for an alternating current (AC) servo module. An inverse system is connected...
7053579 Device and method of controlling operation of robot apparatus  
A device of controlling an operation of a robot apparatus having at least a plurality of movable units includes a driver driving the movable units, a determiner determining states of the movable...