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7403826 Method and system for torque/force control of hydraulic actuators  
A combined scheme of identification and torque control is provided for rotary hydraulic actuators. The composite controller consists of a dynamic feedback linearizing inner loop cascaded with a...
7401013 Method to optimize test data  
A method for optimizing data gathering, is provided wherein the method comprising the steps of designing a first system test comprising two or more maneuvers, compiling a one or more data variable...
7400933 SISO model predictive controller  
A method of predictive control for a single input, single output (SISO) system, including modeling the SISO system with model factors, detecting output from the SISO system, estimating a filtered...
7398164 Sensor network system, base station, and method to forward measured data  
The object of the invention is to facilitate the entry of a sensor node and the adoption of a protocol in the existing sensor network system effectively utilizing limited resources of...
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...
7392159 Method and apparatus of capacity learning for computer systems and applications  
The present invention provides a method of determining a metric of capacity in computing systems and computer applications. Capacity in this sense refers to the ability of computer systems and...
7389151 Systems and methods for multi-level optimizing control systems for boilers  
Systems and methods for multi-level optimization of emission levels and efficiency for a boiler system that includes creating both boiler-level models and burner-level models and receiving a...
7383240 Operationalizing a goal  
Operationalizing a goal includes receiving the goal and execution rules associated with the goal, where one or more execution rules correspond to an execution system operable to initiate execution...
7381303 System and method for controlling a thermo-mechanical wood pulp refiner  
Thermomechanical pulp is an important process for producing fibrous mass used in papermaking. A two-level control strategy that stabilizes and optimizes the refining process has been developed. The...
7376633 Configurational density process and structure  
A computer program product is described for solving the traveling salesman problem in polynomial time. The probability distribution of the space of all paths is modeled in a configurational density...
7376472 Integrated model predictive control and optimization within a process control system  
An integrated optimization and control technique integrates an optimization procedure, such as a linear or quadratic programming optimization procedure, with advanced control, such as model...
7376471 System and method for exploiting a good starting guess for binding constraints in quadratic programming with an infeasible and inconsistent starting guess for the solution  
The present invention provides an algorithm that does not relax the problem at the very onset, even if x f is infeasible. Instead, it solves the EQP with the initial guess for the active set...
7375035 Host and ancillary tool interface methodology for distributed processing  
A host and ancillary tool interface methodology for distributed processing is described. The host tool manages a process, except for the generation of a product used in the process. To generate the...
7373222 Decentralized energy demand management  
A decentralized load management and control system and method are provided herein. A plurality of loads in a system are associated with a multitude of respective networked load controllers. If...
7373213 Management system and apparatus, method therefor, and device manufacturing method  
A management apparatus which manages a parameter for an industrial device acquires AGA measurement results obtained by operating the industrial device with an operation job parameter value and...
7369903 Method of and system for controlling an ambient light and lighting unit  
The invention relates to the on-line analysis of meta-data that is received together with a video signal. This analysis results in an adaptation of the lighting surrounding the presentation device...
7363380 Method for optimizing a link schedule  
A method for improving a link schedule used in a communications network is disclosed. While the method applies generally to networks that operate on a scheduled communications basis, it is...
7359759 Method and system for virtual metrology in semiconductor manufacturing  
Provided are a method and a system for virtual metrology in semiconductor manufacturing. Process data and metrology data are received. Prediction data is generated based on the process data and...
7356371 Adaptive sensor model  
The invention provides a method of predicting output values of a physical system from a set of measured inputs of the system using an adaptive model. At each time when a prediction is made, the...
7349765 System and method for managing utility consumption  
A system, method, and apparatus are disclosed for managing utility consumption. An embodiment is disclosed for reducing peak demand for a utility by staggering requests for that utility. Another...
7349760 System and method for sensing and controlling the concentration of a chemical agent in a solution  
A system for measuring and controlling the concentration of a chemical agent in a solution has a reaction cell for receiving a sample, a titrant dropper for releasing one or more drops of titrant...
7349745 Lead-lag input filter arrangement with adjustable initial conditions for electro-pneumatic control loops  
Systems and methods for urging a valve plug off a seat of a control valve and toward a set point in the absence of significant delay. Adjustable, user-selected input parameters to the input of a...
7346403 Pid parameter adjustment device  
A PID parameter adjustment device includes: a model storage section ( 1 ) for storing an equation model to be controlled; a PID controller storage section ( 2 ) for storing a control algorithm; a...
7346402 Technique for an integrated and automated model generation and controller tuning process  
A method, apparatus and computer program product for performing integrated model generation and controller tuning is presented. The method, apparatus, and computer program product acquires data...
7346401 Systems and methods for providing constrained optimization using adaptive regulatory control  
Systems and methods are provided for optimizing the performance and/or allocation of constrained resources in a dynamic computing environment using adaptive regulatory control methods. For example,...
7343605 System and method for communicating between software applications, particularly MES (manufacturing execution system) applications  
Applications to be connected, particularly MES (manufacturing execution system) applications, as well as the communications mechanisms are depicted in the object model of the framework (IF; IF...
7343212 Item substitution in the manufacture of products  
A method for item substitution in a manufacturing process includes receiving an order for manufacture of a product and generating a first electronic bill of material for the product. The first...
7337458 Content recommendation device with user feedback  
A content recommendation device is provided, including a selection engine selects content items from a content item pool and generates a selection list including the selected content items, wherein...
7337022 Constraint and limit feasibility handling in a process control system optimizer  
An optimization technique for use in driving a process plant controller, such as a model predictive controller, uses an organized, systematic but computationally simple method of relaxing or...
7337021 Robust spacecraft controller and method for designing same  
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for designing a robust controller. The method comprises the steps of determining a plant model G of the system dynamics; bounding...
7334145 Predictive processor speed governor  
A processor-based system accessing a performance profile for a program executing on a predetermined data set, executing the program on the predetermined data set, and governing processor speed in a...
7333880 Aggregation of distributed energy resources  
A method and system for controlling distributed energy resources is provided. Notification of an upcoming regional power distribution event is received and a distributed energy resource affected by...
7328075 Method of automatic adjustment of the control parameters of a magnetic suspension system  
In adjustment of the control parameters of a magnetic suspension system, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for adjusting the control parameters to optimum values...
7328074 Real-time quadratic programming for control of dynamical systems  
Real-time control of a dynamical system is provided by determining control variables that get as close as possible to producing a desired response. Additional consideration of physical limitations...
7319943 Optimum design method, and apparatus, and program for the same  
In an optimum design method comprising a first solution determining step of solving an optimization problem of a first evaluation function for a state variable vector with a design variable vector...
7319909 Position control device, measuring device and machining device  
In a quadruple loop position control device ( 1 ) including: a drive controller ( 5 ) having a current control loop that controls motor current (I) and a motor speed control loop that controls a...
7317960 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...
7317953 Adaptive multivariable process controller using model switching and attribute interpolation  
An adaptive multivariable process control system includes a multivariable process controller, such as a model predictive controller, having a multivariable process model characterized as a set of...
7313859 Method for optimizing placement order by placement apparatuses that place electronic components on circuit board  
An optimization apparatus capable of efficiently placing an electronic component. An optimization unit ( 203 ) determines a first assignment to the placement apparatus and calculates a first...
7313452 Substrate transfer controlling apparatus and substrate transferring method  
A substrate transfer controlling apparatus can easily maximize throughput of a substrate processing apparatus such as a semiconductor fabrication apparatus, and can satisfy a demand for immediacy...
7313447 Temporary expanding integrated monitoring network  
A system for monitoring an industrial process and taking action based on the results of process monitoring. Actions taken may include process control, paging, voicemail, and input for e-enterprise...
7308326 Methods of optimizing stochastic processing parameters in crop harvesting machines  
A precision farming method including a stochastic parameter , which is continuously optimized to adjust the model to the latest prevailing working conditions. Such parameter may be considered to...
7308322 Motorized system integrated control and diagnostics using vibration, pressure, temperature, speed, and/or current analysis  
Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling, diagnosing and prognosing the health of a motorized system. The systems may comprise a diagnostics system, a prognostic system and a controller,...
7302362 System and method for efficient and collective adjustment of sensor reporting ranges for long-lived queries  
A system and method for providing energy-efficient support of continuous aggregate queries in a sensor network by efficiently orchestrating the collection and transmission of data gathered by a...
7295949 Energy efficient achievement of integrated circuit performance goals  
A system and method for meeting performance goals in an electronic system in an energy efficient manner. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise operating an electrical circuit at a...
7283272 System and method for controlling a remote printer  
A printer connected to a network prints documents transmitted as portions of E-mail messages sent to the printer from computer systems through a print server. The printing process is controlled by...
7277777 Method and system for real time reporting of boiler adjustment using emission sensor data mapping  
A method to adjust a boiler having a flue gas duct including: sensing flue gas emissions in the gas duct with a plurality of emission sensors arranged in an array; generating a multidimensional...
7277764 Adaptive output feedback apparatuses and methods capable of controlling a non-minimum phase system  
The invention comprises apparatuses and methods for providing the capability to stabilize and control a non-minimum phase, nonlinear plant with unmodeled dynamics and/or parametric uncertainty...
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...
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