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7277763 Configurable controller  
A configurable controller, comprising a configurable digital unit having a synchronization control module; a plurality of signal acquisition modules connected with said synchronization control...
7272523 Trimming for accurate reference voltage  
A method for trimming reference voltage circuitry includes defining a desired target reference voltage for a set of at least one die. At least two reference voltages are measured for at least two...
7272454 Multiple-input/multiple-output control blocks with non-linear predictive capabilities  
A process controller that may be used to control a process having a set of process outputs effected by a set of process control input signals includes a multiple-input/multiple output controller...
7269466 Optimal operation controller of plant  
The present invention aims to control elements to improve operation efficiency of a plant based on a correlation value of the past accumulated data. According to the invention, an optimal operation...
7263627 System and method having strapping with override functions  
A system and method allow for overriding of a strapping option. A strapping signal places a device (e.g., a processor) in first state or mode (e.g., client or master). An override system places the...
7263475 Method of transferring files and analysis of train operational data  
A method of transferring files between a computer on board a train and a remote station including determining if the remote station is within range of the train and establishing wireless...
7260516 Optimization of a design  
An apparatus, system, and method for optimization. The apparatus, system, and method include a mechanism for ending an optimization when all models within one design tolerance of an optimum model...
7257522 Simulator for automatic vehicle transmission controllers  
A simulator comprising computer-aided design programs for simulating a shift control algorithm stored in an ECU of an automatic transmission having hydraulic clutches. In the simulator, a...
7257454 Dynamically adjusting the distribution for dispatching lot between current and downstream tool by using expertise weighting mechanism  
A system and method that prioritizes product lots for fabrication and dispatching to manufacturing equipment establishes priorities for dispatching product lots based on a criticality factor and...
7257451 Method for creating a linear programming model of an industrial process facility  
A method for creating a linear programming (LP) model of an industrial process facility is disclosed. The model may be used for interactively simulating and/or optimizing the operation of the...
7254453 Secondary process controller for supplementing a primary process controller  
A method and an apparatus for implementing a multi-variate process control system. A workpiece is processed using a primary process control function during a first time period. A secondary process...
7253942 Image projection lighting devices with projection field light intensity uniformity adjustment  
A lighting system is disclosed comprised of a plurality of image projection lighting devices including a first image projection lighting device. The first image projection lighting device is...
7251638 Intelligent robust control system for motorcycle using soft computing optimizer  
A Soft Computing (SC) optimizer for designing a Knowledge Base (KB) to be used in a control system for controlling a motorcycle is described. In one embodiment, a simulation model of the motorcycle...
7251593 Simulation system, method and computer-readable medium for human augmentation devices  
A system, a method and a computer readable medium are provided for simulating a combined musculoskeletal and augmentation device system. The dynamics model of the combined musculoskeletal and...
7251540 Method of analyzing a product  
The present invention includes a system and method configured to analyze a performance of a product. The product has associated process and performance characteristics. The method includes the...
7251536 Control system for plant  
A control system for a plant is disclosed. The control system includes a controller for controlling the plant based on a controlled object model which is obtained by modeling the plant. The...
7251535 Location based diagnostics method and apparatus  
A method and apparatus for use with a component assembly that forms part of an enterprise and at least one processor, the processor programmed to perform at least one diagnostic process on the...
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....
7242993 Automated manufacturing system  
An automated manufacturing system comprises a computer processing system and a plurality of consolidation systems. The computer processing system receives information on product subbatches and...
7242988 Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-factored interface therefore  
The need for a more-readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote...
7239977 Method and system for systematic evaluation of evaluation parameters of technical operational equipment  
A method and system for the systematic evaluation and rating of technical equipment using a data processing device ( 20 ), which works together with at least one data memory ( 21 ) and has an input...
7239043 Power conversion apparatus and methods using an adaptive waveform reference  
A power conversion apparatus, such as a UPS, includes a first waveform reference signal generator circuit operative to generate a first waveform reference signal responsive to an AC bus, and a...
7233882 Method and apparatus for monitoring process transitions  
A method for identifying modes and transitions during plant operation, wherein measured values of process variables are used to evaluate a current state of the process and its sections and...
7231272 System and method for programming and/or operating an automation system with execution-oriented combination logic  
A system and a method for programming and/or operating an automation system has a programming system/method which presents the technological sequence as a chain of steps (or flowchart) but...
7231264 Methods and articles for detecting, verifying, and repairing collinearity in a model or subsets of a model  
Systematic methods to detect, verify, and repair a collinear model are presented. After detecting collinearity in a model or subsets of a model, a directional test is carried out to verify if the...
7228204 Fan unit for forced air cooling, motherboard formed wiring for operating fan unit, and electronic equipment to be fan-cooled  
The present invention relates to a fan unit used for forced air cooling, a motherboard with predetermined wiring formed as a wiring pattern, disposed on the rear face of an equipment, and an...
7225248 Integrated automation system with publisher interface  
An enterprise server for communication between data centers, control centers and remote devices, including server software, a server interface to receive client request. a configurable protocol...
7219087 Soft computing optimizer of intelligent control system structures  
The present invention involves a Soft Computing (SC) optimizer for designing a Knowledge Base (KB) to be used in a control system for controlling a plant such as, for example, an internal...
7218999 Target value processing unit, temperature controller, control process implementing system, process controlling method, target value processing program, and recording medium  
A target value processing unit, includes: an input section to which a target value signal showing a target value of a control process is inputted; a target value shaping unit shaping the target...
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...
7218973 Adaptive control system having hedge unit and related apparatus and methods  
The invention includes an adaptive control system used to control a plant. The adaptive control system includes a hedge unit that receives at least one control signal and a plant state signal. The...
7216004 Method and system for optimization of general problems  
Embodiments of the disclosed invention include optimization methods and systems that receive a mathematical description of a system, in symbolic form, that includes decision variables of various...
7209793 Automated closed loop step testing of process units  
A multivariable process controller controls a chemical, polymer or other physical process. Slow tuning and over-conservative controlled variable values are employed during step testing. While all...
7203555 Predictive regulatory controller  
Methods and apparatus for adjusting control signal values for use in controlling a plant to conform a system parameter to a set-point are disclosed. To adjust control signal values, a reference...
7203554 Model predictive controller with life extending control  
An MPC Control system provides a life extending control that includes life-extending goals in the performance index of the MPC controller and limits in the inequality equations. The MPC controller...
7200495 Method and apparatus for analyzing spatial and temporal processes of interaction  
Devices and techniques for estimating the concentration of one or more agents in a fluid environment employ a plurality of measurements of a sensor attribute that changes in response to an agent....
7200449 Control system for plant and air-fuel ratio control system for internal combustion engine  
A control system for a plant, having an identifier and a controller. The identifier identifies model parameters of a controlled object model which is obtained by modeling the plant. The controller...
RE39534 Method and apparatus to calibrate a semi-empirical process simulator  
A method and apparatus for calibrating a semi-empirical process simulator used to determine process values in a plasma process for creating a desired surface profile on a process substrate includes...
7197418 Online specification of a system which compares determined devices and installed devices  
A system and method for online configuration of a measurement device for a measurement system. The user accesses a server with a client computer over a network and specifies a desired measurement...
7194318 Integrated optimization and control using modular model predictive controller  
A modular formulation of model predictive controller is proposed by this invention ( 400 ). The modular formulation offers a robust model predictive controller with unified method of tuning....
7194317 Fast plant test for model-based control  
A method and apparatus for designing perturbation signals to excite a number of input variables of a system, in order to test that system for the purpose of obtaining models for the synthesis of a...
7191087 Sensor controller  
A sensor controller is disclosed which transmits large-capacity data such as waveform data and image data within a short time (in rapid cycles, for example) and makes possible various collaborative...
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...
7189318 Tuning electrodes used in a reactor for electrochemically processing a microelectronic workpiece  
A facility for selecting and refining electrical parameters for processing a microelectronic workpiece in a processing chamber is described. The facility initially configures the electrical...
7184847 Method and system for controlling a process in a plant  
A method and system are disclosed for controlling a process by establishing a control factor for a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller used to control a parameter of a process...
7181736 Method and system for controlling the improving of a program layout  
A method and system for improving the working set of a program image. The working set (WS) improvement system of the present invention employs a two-phase technique for improving the working set....
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...
7177710 System and method for adaptive control of uncertain nonlinear processes  
A computer system for controlling a nonlinear physical process. The computer system comprises a linear controller and a neural network. The linear controller receives a command signal for control...
7171278 Optimized planer feeder system and method  
An apparatus for optimizing orientation of a workpiece in a planermill for feeding of the workpiece into a planer includes an infeed to the planer, a workpiece turner for selectively turning the...
7158841 Active DC output control and method for controlling targeted applications  
A feedback control-loop system that employs an active DC output control circuit is disclosed which compares an input parameter measurement against a target specification associated with the input...