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8185216 |
Plant controlling device and method, thermal power plant, and its control method
A controlling device that includes a model that predicts the value of a measured signal obtained when an operation signal is given to a thermal power generation plant, a function that learns a...
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8185259 |
Fuzzy logic-based control method for helicopters carrying suspended loads
The fuzzy logic-based control method for helicopters carrying suspended loads utilizes a controller based on fuzzy logic membership distributions of sets of load swing angles. The anti-swing...
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8185217 |
Robust adaptive model predictive controller with tuning to compensate for model mismatch
An MPC adaptation and tuning technique integrates feedback control performance better than methods commonly used today in MPC type controllers, resulting in an MPC adaptation/tuning technique that...
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8185255 |
Robust control effector allocation
Method and apparatus is disclosed which allocates the execution of a commanded vehicle maneuver among the vehicle's control effectors capable of affecting such maneuver, with consideration given to...
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8159358 |
Apparatus and method for storage tank hatch monitoring in an inventory management system
A method includes receiving information associated with a level of material in a tank, where the tank has a hatch. The method also includes determining whether the level of material in the tank...
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8155764 |
Multivariable model predictive control for coalbed gas production
A multivariable model predictive controller (MPC) for controlling a coalbed methane (CBM) production process. The MPC includes input ports for receiving a plurality of measurement signals including...
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8146850 |
Inferential pulverized fuel flow sensing and manipulation within a coal mill
The subject mater herein relates to coal mills and, more particularly, inferential pulverized fuel flow sensing and manipulation within a coal mill. Various embodiments provide systems, methods,...
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8145337 |
Methodology to enable wafer result prediction of semiconductor wafer batch processing equipment
A method to enable wafer result prediction from a batch processing tool, includes collecting manufacturing data from a batch of wafers processed in batch in the batch processing tool, to form a...
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8145358 |
Method and system for detecting abnormal operation of a level regulatory control loop
A system facilitates detecting an abnormal operation associated with a level regulatory control loop in a process plant. A model for modeling at least a portion of the level regulatory control loop...
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8145334 |
Methods and systems for active diagnosis through logic-based planning
A control systems and methods are presented for controlling a production system, in which a model-based planner includes a formulation, such as a SAT formulation representing possible actions in...
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8131383 |
Method and system for rapid modeling and verification of excitation systems for synchronous generators
A system for collecting frequency response data from a generator system including: applying a perturbing signal to a signal input of an exciter system for a synchronous generator; collecting data...
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8126575 |
Universal model predictive controller
A method for building robust model predictive controller universally applicable is presented based on the innate process characteristics independent of the method of control actuation. The method...
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8121817 |
Abnormal event detection using principal component analysis
Process control system for detecting abnormal events in a process having one or more independent variables and one or more dependent variables. The system includes a device for measuring values of...
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8116517 |
Action analysis apparatus
An action analysis apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires moving image data including a series of frame image data obtained by imaging a human body, a unit that detects at least one...
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8116901 |
Method and device for controlling a motion sequence of a machine element
For controlling a motion sequence of a machine element, with which the control of the motion sequence of the machine element is carried out based on a functional relationship between a master shaft...
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8108057 |
Control system with input averaging and hold control input
A control system for a plant is provided. A feedback control input is calculated so that a controlled output of the plant coincides with a target value. The feedback control input is averaged to...
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8108074 |
Apparatus and method for optimizing operation of sugar dryers
A method includes determining how to adjust one or more manipulated variables using at least one model. The one or more manipulated variables are associated with a sugar dryer. The method also...
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8095227 |
Apparatuses, systems, and methods utilizing adaptive control
A method for controlling a process, wherein the process has an input and an output, and including controlling the input to the process; predicting the output of the process based on a first set of...
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8090464 |
Method and system for enhancing the yield in semiconductor manufacturing
Roughly described, a manufacturing process is enhanced by using TCAD and TCAD-derived models. A TCAD simulation model of the process is developed, which predicts, in dependence upon a plurality of...
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8090454 |
System and method of optimization for vending platforms
In accordance with an exemplary and non-limiting embodiment of the disclosure, a computer readable medium is encoded with instructions for directing a processor to receive at least one model...
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8090455 |
Motion control servo loop apparatus
A motion control servo loop apparatus, comprising: a feed-forward control module, and a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control loop and a compensation adder. The feed-forward control module...
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8086338 |
Component mounting apparatus, service providing device and servicing method
A service providing method for monitoring a mounting tact of a component mounting apparatus includes collecting, from the service receiver, mounting tact information including a mounting tact...
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8086329 |
Method of actuator control
The present invention is related to a method of controlling a device having a calibration process. The calibration process has a partial calibration routine and a calibration routine. A detector...
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8078429 |
Diagnosis agent for remote plant diagnosis
The present invention discloses a plant diagnostic system for diagnosing a problem with the plant. The plant diagnostic system can include an agent-based plant diagnostic network that has an...
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8078322 |
Method and arrangement for the online regulation of a batch process in a bioreactor
The invention relates to the online regulation of a batch process in a bioreactor. According to the invention, spectra of the actual charge in the bioreactor are recorded at successive points...
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8068923 |
System for optimizing power generating unit
A method and apparatus for optimizing the operation of a single or multiple power generating units using advanced optimization, modeling, and control techniques. In one embodiment, a plurality of...
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8065022 |
Methods and systems for neural network modeling of turbine components
Embodiments of the invention can include methods and systems for controlling clearances in a turbine. In one embodiment, a method can include applying at least one operating parameter as an input...
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8065060 |
Coordinated joint motion control system with position error correction
Disclosed are an articulated hydraulic machine supporting, control system and control method for same. The articulated hydraulic machine has an end effector for performing useful work. The control...
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8060350 |
Method of performing computational aeroelastic analyses
Computational aeroelastic analyses typically use a mathematical model for the structural modes of a flexible structure and a nonlinear aerodynamic model that can generate a plurality of unsteady...
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8057679 |
Dialysis system having trending and alert generation
A peritoneal dialysis system includes: an automated peritoneal dialysis (“APD”) machine configured to remove ultrafiltrate (“UF”) from a patient and record how much UF has been removed; and a logic...
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8055372 |
Processing system, processing method, and computer program
The present invention provides a processing system, a processing method and a program, which can readily control a gas flow rate. A vertical-type heating apparatus 1 includes a plurality of gas...
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8055365 |
Method for configuring gas supply for electronics fabrication facilities
A system for supplying a reagent to multiple tools in an electronics fabrication facility is configured using a demand probability distribution. In specific examples the reagent is a...
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8050779 |
Model structure parameter decision method, parameter decision device, control device, and temperature adjustment device
To easily decide parameters of a model structure of a controlled object suitable for non-interference control. Parameters K and T of a model structure (A structure) comprising a plurality of inputs...
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8051310 |
Method for reducing power consumption of processor
A method for reducing power consumption of a processor is disclosed comprising steps of applying time-frequency transformation to a plurality of load values of the processor to obtain the feature...
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8046734 |
Workflow decision management with heuristics
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for workflow decision management. Embodiments typically include maintaining a device state history; identifying a device usage pattern...
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8036863 |
Method for customizing a bearing bore
A method for customizing a bearing bore in a housing so that the bearing assembly will transmit load in a desired manner over a predetermined range of operating temperatures.
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8036758 |
System and method for continuous supply chain control and optimization using stochastic calculus of variations approach
A system includes a first controller configured to monitor processes associated with a process facility and to generate control data for optimizing the process facility. The system also includes a...
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8036761 |
Simulation hardware apparatus comprising vehicle model
A simulation apparatus is composed of an integrated plant model process unit 1, virtual ECUs 50A to 50C that simulate other controllers, and a simulation management unit 2 that manages the...
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8036760 |
Method and apparatus for intelligent control and monitoring in a process control system
A controller includes a control module to control operation of a process in response to control data, a plug-in module coupled to the control module as a non-layered, integrated extension thereof,...
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8036759 |
Online modular parameterization and successive linear programming for improving manufacturing plant operations
Methods and systems for substantially optimizing plant operations within a manufacturing environment. The method can include separating the manufacturing environment into two or more individual...
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8032235 |
Model predictive control system and method for reduction of steady state error
A technique is disclosed for reducing an error in a controlled variable via model predictive control. A predicted error in the controlled variable is determined for a forward-looking control...
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8019446 |
Control loop for regulating a combustion process
In a control loop for regulating a combustion process in a plant (e.g., a power-generating plant, a waste incineration plant or a cement works) having a controlled system for converting material by...
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8019485 |
System and method for controlling the performance of a power generating system
A method and system for energy management in a power system. Target performance standards are calculated and used to measure performance and to comply with regulatory performance standards. The...
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8005575 |
Methods and apparatus for model predictive control in a real time controller
Methods and apparatus for controlling load on a machine are provided. The method includes determining a maximum value of a process variable using a predictive model of the machine while holding a...
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7996095 |
Method and arrangement for controlling a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus
In a method, system, and a computer-readable medium being a data structure for remote control of an MR scanner for execution of a corresponding measurement, all method steps for controlling or for...
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7991488 |
Apparatus and method for use in computational fluid dynamics
An apparatus includes a parallel computation unit including an input port and an output port and a one-dimensional computational fluid dynamics model. The input port is configured to sample at a...
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7991602 |
Agent simulation development environment
The subject invention relates to integrating agents, control logic, and simulations in order to simulate and validate a control strategy for a physical system. The systems and methods integrate...
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7987006 |
Automatic generation of PID parameters for a scanning probe microscope
Linear PID controllers have a transfer function that resembles the frequency response of a notch filter. The PID parameters, KP, KI, and KD (proportional, integral, and derivative gains,...
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7987005 |
System, method and program for dynamic control and optimization of a process having manipulated and controlled variables
A system, method and computer program are provided for controlling and optimizing the operation of a process having a plurality of independently controlled, manipulated variables and at least one...
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7987075 |
Apparatus and method to develop multi-core microcomputer-based systems
A method and apparatus for developing multicore microcomputer-based systems. A dual core controller model having at least one parameter is simulated and, similarly, a plant model having at least...
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