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8185218 |
Control apparatus, control method, and engine control unit
A control apparatus which is capable of ensuring both high-level stability and accuracy of control, even when controlling a controlled object having extremal characteristics or a controlled object...
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8180519 |
Cooperative vehicle diagnostics
Embodiments described herein comprise a system and method for corroborative vehicle diagnostic. The corroborative vehicle diagnostic system allows a vehicle to detect a fault indicator experienced...
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8170696 |
Process control simulator and process control simulating method
This invention provides a process control simulator configured to efficiently debug a plant control system. A computer stores simulated data generated by a model executing part to a time-series...
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8160728 |
Methods of determining complete sensor requirements for autonomous mobility
A method of determining complete sensor requirements for autonomous mobility of an autonomous system includes computing a time variation of each behavior of a set of behaviors of the autonomous...
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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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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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8135556 |
Methods and systems for off-line control for simulation of coupled hybrid dynamic systems
Systems and methods are provided for controlling the simulation of a coupled hybrid dynamic system. A physical test rig configured to drive the physical structure component of the system and to...
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8135481 |
Process plant monitoring based on multivariate statistical analysis and on-line process simulation
Disclosed are systems and methods for on-line monitoring of operation of a process in connection with process measurements indicative of the operation of the process. In some cases, the operation...
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8131384 |
Design and control of engineering systems utilizing component-level dynamic mathematical model with multiple-input multiple-output estimator
A control system comprises an actuator, a control law and a processor. The actuator positions a control surface and the control law controls the actuator. The processor comprises an open loop...
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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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8116938 |
Vehicle state estimating apparatus, suspension control apparatus and suspension system
A first observer gain of an actual damping force estimating observer 21 calculates a dynamic characteristic compensating signal, and a second observer gain of an actual vehicle model state amount...
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8112163 |
Embedded dynamic alarm control system
A system and method of modeling, prediction, optimization and controlling an embedded alarm control having a plurality of independently controlled, manipulated variables, at least one controlled...
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8099180 |
State and parameter estimator having integral and differential components for electrical energy accumulators
A device is described for ascertaining state variables and/or parameters of a mathematical energy accumulator model, in particular a battery model, that describes the electrical properties of the...
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8090456 |
System and method for design and control of engineering systems utilizing component-level dynamic mathematical model
A control system comprises a controller for positioning an actuator in a working fluid flow and a model processor for directing the controller as a function of a model feedback. The model processor...
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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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8073556 |
System and method for controlling a machine
A system for controlling a machine includes a first controller, a second controller, and a comparator. During a first cycle, the first controller generates a control signal to the machine while the...
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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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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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8046089 |
Apparatus and method for model predictive control (MPC) of a nonlinear process
A method includes obtaining a nonlinear process model modeling a nonlinear process to be controlled. The method also includes obtaining an objective function defining how the process is controlled....
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8041447 |
Numerical controller having workpiece setting error compensation means
A numerical controller controlling a 5-axis machine tool compensates setting error that arises when a workpiece is set on the table. Error in the three linear axes and the two rotation axes are...
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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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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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8014880 |
On-line multivariate analysis in a distributed process control system
A method and system for monitoring a process in a process plant includes collecting data from a process control system within the process plant, where the data is representative of a normal...
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8000855 |
Accumulated error time monitoring diagnostic control system
A diagnostic system includes N dedicated diagnostic modules that each correspond with a respective one of multiple control systems. The N dedicated diagnostic modules each generate status signals...
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8000816 |
Process control system and method for operating a system of this type
The invention relates to a process control system having measuring devices and actuators. All of the measuring devices and actuators process information and exchange data amongst themselves. All...
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7991487 |
Method, computer, and recording medium storing a program for computing engine design variables
For a plurality of combinations of a plurality of operating states included in an operating range of an engine and for a plurality of combinations of a plurality of objective variables, a system,...
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7979380 |
Dynamically updated predictive model
Data of at least one of past values and present values of a system is consolidated from a plurality of sources. Virtual data of future values of the system is generated by applying the acquired...
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7970482 |
Method and system for process control
A method and system for process control using a model predictive controller. The control system can have one or more control devices operably coupled to a processing system for controlling a...
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7970483 |
Methods and apparatus for improving operation of an electronic device manufacturing system
In one aspect of the invention, a method for the improved operation of an electronic device manufacturing system is provided. The method includes providing information to an interface coupled to an...
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7970491 |
Robot localization system
A robot localization system is provided. The robot localization includes a robot, which moves within a predetermined space and performs predetermined tasks, and a docking station corresponding to a...
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7930045 |
Two-stage model predictive control technique
A two-stage model predictive control (MPC) controller uses a process model and two separate MPC control modules, including a feedforward MPC control module and a feedback MPC control module, to...
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7925369 |
Method and apparatus for optimizing models for extracting dose and focus from critical dimension
A method includes defining a reference model of a system having a plurality of terms for modeling data associated with the system. A reference fit error metric is generated for the reference model....
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7912561 |
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...
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7908072 |
Systems and methods for using a combustion dynamics tuning algorithm with a multi-can combustor
Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for using a combustion dynamics tuning algorithm with a multi-can combustor. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for...
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7908090 |
Signatures for human aging
Age and related conditions are assessed with a gene expression test that determines the expression levels of a panel of genetic markers. Each age signature contains expression information for genes...
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7899773 |
Event detection and method and system
An event detection method is disclosed. At least one most adaptable life cycle model is generated according to at least one historical event data, at least one nutrition growing function, and at...
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7890197 |
Dual model approach for boiler section cleanliness calculation
A method of controlling soot blowers near a heat exchange section includes generating models of both the ideal clean operating condition of the section and the dirty operating condition. The...
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7885717 |
Fast control law optimization
A computer-implemented method to optimize control laws (CLaws) includes inserting a unit delay downstream of at least one gain in a system model to define an extended system model and linearizing...
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7881916 |
Precision shape sensing of elastically deformable materials
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for sensing and determining the shapes of deformable materials, shaped by a plurality of actuators, using sparse sensor network topologies. The...
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7881872 |
Methods of analyzing multi-channel profiles
The present invention provides methods for analyzing multi-channel profiles. In the method of the invention, systematic cross-profile (cross-experiment) errors among a plurality of multi-channel...
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7866403 |
Work string controller
Well bore servicing equipment is provided. The well bore servicing equipment comprises a first manipulator to grip a well bore work string, to raise the work string, and to lower the work string....
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7865649 |
Module for reproducing a transmitter signal
The invention relates to a module for reproducing a transmitter signal (xactE). A control device (1) is coupled to a driving device (4a) for controlling a machine while being coupled to the module...
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7860584 |
Method, computer, and recording medium storing a program for computing an optimal solution to engine design variables
A method, computer, and recording medium storing a program are provided which, based on local optimal solutions, more efficiently calculate an optimal global optimal solution in a global operating...
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7856281 |
On-line adaptive model predictive control in a process control system
A method of creating and using an adaptive DMC type or other MPC controller includes using a model switching technique to periodically determine a process model, such as a parameterized process...
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7856280 |
Process control and optimization technique using immunological concepts
An integrated optimization and control technique performs process control and optimization using stochastic optimization similar to that used in biological immune systems during on-line operation...
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7853357 |
Robot behavior control based on current and predictive internal, external condition and states with levels of activations
In a robot device, an action selecting/control system includes a plurality of elementary action modules each of which outputs an action when selected. An activation level calculation unit...
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7848831 |
Real-time operating optimized method of multi-input and multi-output continuous manufacturing procedure
A real-time operating optimized method of multi-input and multi-output continuous manufacture procedure includes steps as follows: first, using plurality of pivotal operation conditions in the...
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7844350 |
Testing of control strategies in a control system controlling a process control plant
Test cases to test control strategies of a control process are specified in input files. The instructions in the input files are automatically read by a block tester, which interfaces with the...
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