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5912815 Local relaxation method for estimating optical flow  
A local relaxation method for estimating optical flow using a Poisson equation is provided. The local relaxation method includes the steps of a) determining the Poisson equation in a linear matrix...
5911125 CNC acceleration-deceleration control apparatus and method  
Program storage means (1) is stored with a command program (1a) for driving and controlling a servomotor (4) that drives a belt conveyor (2). Acceleration-deceleration control means (7) detects the...
5886895 Plant utility optimizing method and an optimizing system  
For calculating optimum operation parameters of a BTG plant including a plurality of boilers having a linear input/output characteristic between an incoming fuel and steam output and a plurality of...
5880966 Apparatus using scoring advisors having outputs combined on a back plane for evaluating designs  
Apparatus for evaluating a design includes a memory for storing data representing a current design for the device; a host processor connected to the memory and having a change input for receiving...
5841652 Adaptive-predictive control and optimization system  
An Adaptive-Predictive Control and Optimization System enables a designer to construct a control and optimization scheme using graphical operators to represent adaptive-predictive controllers and...
5838561 Automatic control loop monitoring and diagnostics  
A method of diagnosing a malfunction of a process control system which includes at least one closed loop control loop comprising measuring a histogram of tracking error of the control loop,...
5798918 Performance-temperature optimization by modulating the switching factor of a circuit  
A system and method for modulating the switching factor of a circuit to control heating and which does not require modulation of the circuit's clock frequency. The switching factor refers to the...
5745652 Adaptive resource allocation using neural networks  
In a system comprising a plurality of resources for performing useful work, a resource allocation controller function, which is customized to the particular system's available resources and...
5663879 Method and apparatus for smooth control of a vehicle with automatic recovery for interference  
In order to provide smooth control a vehicle control method includes concatenating like-kind direction arrows in a configuration space. In addition, a stopping criterion is used to change a control...
5659468 Process for monitoring and/or detecting changes under load of the operating state of an electrical power machine  
A method and apparatus for monitoring and ascertaining respective changes in an operating condition of an electrically operated engine that occur due to stress. Operating parameters are measured to...
5619656 System for uninterruptively displaying only relevant and non-redundant alert message of the highest severity for specific condition associated with group of computers being managed  
The system and method of this invention automatically manages a group of computers by automatically gathering data, storing the data, analyzing the stored data to identify specified conditions, and...
5582847 Optimizing pellet mill controller  
A controller for controlling a pellet mill, used to extrude milled ingredients through a die into more manageable and economical pellets, keys particular control parameters to a library of pellet...
5581459 Plant operation support system  
When amounts of operation control variables and/or operation state evaluation variables of a plant are calculated through a multilayered neural network based on data indicating a plant state, and...
5539633 Temperature control method and apparatus  
Power demand is monitored and temperature control effected in response. If monitored power demand is below a predetermined power demand limit, a selected desired temperature setpoint is used as the...
5532922 Non-linear control system for a single input single output process  
A control system and method for providing a nonlinear response for a single input-single output system. A system output is measured and compared against a predetermined set point. An error signal...
5486998 Process stabilizing process controller  
A process controller is disclosed for controlling a process. The process controller includes a process supervisor for accessing process control data clusters from a library. Each data cluster...
5486996 Parameterized neurocontrollers  
A controller based on a neural network whose output is responsive to input signals that represent user or designer defined control system parameters which may include process parameters, control...
5473533 Method and apparatus for efficient phase and frequency coherence locking optimized for digital systems  
Phase and frequency locking of a controlled signal to a reference signal is obtained in a digital phase locked loop using efficient computational procedures which are carried out rapidly with...
5473532 Intelligent machining system  
An intelligent machining system employs a neural network for calculating machining conditions on the basis of attribute data or a workpiece and a grinding machine. The system comprises a reference...
5465204 Heuristic control system employing expert system, neural network and training pattern generating and controlling system  
A heuristic control system and method for use with a computer-aided design, capable of learning complicated control and achieving an optimizing task with a fewer number of iteration. The heuristic...
5457626 Bimodal liquid chromatography pump employing artificial intelligence logic feedback control  
Flowrate in a precision pump used for liquid chromatography employs a digital control system incorporating artificial intelligence. The pump system operates in a default flow mode, wherein...
5448681 Intelligent controller with neural network and reinforcement learning  
A plant controller using reinforcement learning for controlling a plant includes action and critic networks with enhanced learning for generating a plant control signal. Learning is enhanced within...
5444644 Auto-configured instrumentation interface  
An instrumentation interface circuit controlled by a microprocessor of a data acquisition system enables identification of the type of input/output devices that are connected to its inputs through...
5442510 Control system for tracking nonlinear systems  
A control system for tracking the operation of a nonlinear system has two parts: a tracking subsystem and a controlling subsystem. The tracking subsystem generates a parametric signal and the...
5428527 Method and device for the consideration of varying volume and flow in the control of a continuous flow process  
The control method is directed to a quality characteristic of the process material, typically to its outlet concentration. In control of the actuator which is a part of feedforward or feedback...
5424962 Method and system for projecting steady state conditions of a product from transient monotonic or cyclic data  
The steady state condition of a subject product is projected using transient data developed through actual or simulated tests or operations. The transient data represent the monotonic or cyclic...
5418711 Open loop control apparatus and associated method for cutting sheet material  
An expert system containing a built-in application knowledge is used with a controllable cutting system to automatically seek an optimal feed rate during cutting in response to various of a number...
5404298 Chaos feedback system  
A chaos feedback system including a chaotic system capable of analyzing whether an input signal is obtained from a noise or from a meaningful information by analyzing qualitative features of the...
5394322 Self-tuning controller that extracts process model characteristics  
An apparatus and method for process control that extracts information from a process for developing a model of the process that is used to design system control. The apparatus includes means for...
5384698 Structured multiple-input multiple-output rate-optimal controller  
A way of controlling a plant with multiple inputs and multiple outputs but allowing an operator to direct the control as if each controlled variable had a direct connection to operator controlled...
5367449 Artificial intelligence system  
An artificial intelligence system which utilizes a unique technique for storing data, analyzing data, and reducing the complexity of data is disclosed. The technique involves identifying "world"...
5347447 Adaptive control system and method thereof  
The basic state feedback gain is derived and selected by the on-line identification based on the on-line input/output data of a controlled object, and at the same time, the sensitivity of the state...
5315501 Power tool compensator for torque overshoot  
A system and method for compensating for torque overshoot in a rotary power tool wherein the tool is shut off at an adjusted set point value of torque which is below the target value of torque by...
5289367 Numerical control apparatus using fuzzy control  
A numerical control apparatus for adaptively controlling a servo apparatus, wherein a load current (Ln) and a velocity (Vn) of a spindle motor (74) are used as a fuzzy input. In response to the...
5282129 Control basic building block (CBBB)  
A method of synthesizing a control system which provides for ideal properties of zero error in both transient and steady state with respect to both input command and external disturbance in an...
5267141 Machining unit application control apparatus and method employing data from several different operations  
In an application control apparatus or method for a machining unit such as an electric discharge machine, a plurality of methods of realizing desirable machining states such as those on machining...
5257206 Statistical process control for air separation process  
Statistical process control system for an air-separation plant using off-line and on-line computer means to define control chart limits, trend thresholds and dynamic models for use with on-line...
5220496 Automatic adjusting apparatus for equipment  
An automatic adjusting apparatus for adjusting equipment which comprises an adjustment state detecting section and a processing section. The detecting section detects an adjustment state of the...
5218526 Optimization of process/property/compositional parameters  
The process parameters of a variety of industrial processes and/or the properties and characteristic formulation of a given composition are optimized by means of a succession of hypercubes of 2 k ...
5196997 Method and apparatus for quality measure driven process control  
A process controller determines the quality of a process based on input signals derived from a measured parameter value. A processor generates the input signals using a function of the parameter...
5115391 Kalman filter-based optimizer and method and optimizing  
Making use of the conceptual and computational similarities between the Karmarkar method and the Kalman filter a controller system is capable of handling the observer function, the minimum time...
5050062 Temperature controlled fluid system  
A temperature controlled fluid system includes hot and cold fluid supply connections and hot and cold fluid valves for controlling the flow of the hot and cold fluids into the system. Each valve...
4931938 Microcomputer controlled faucet  
A faucet supplies water at a computer controlled temperture. Hot and cold water valves are connected to hot and cold water supplies. A mixing connection is attached between the valves for mixing...
4825353 Control of reactants in chemical engineering systems  
The invention provides an arrangement of controlling reactants in a chemical engineering system comprising feeding to a background electronic logic control circuit analysis signals with respect to...
4685050 Method of tightening threaded fasteners  
The invention is directed to a method for tightening threaded fasteners by means of a controlled fastener-driving tool. The tightening of the fasteners is controlled by the elastic limit thereof....
4669058 Integral control of a dependent variable in a system having at least two independent variables which influence the dependent variable  
A method and apparatus for integral control of a dependent variable in a system having at least two independent variables which influence the dependent variable is disclosed. A difference signal...
4641265 System for controlling the proportion of leaf vein in tobacco raw material treating process  
A new system for controlling the proportion of leaf vein in a tobacco raw material treating process is provided. In general, the process involves feeding a raw leaf tobacco to a humidity controller...
4616328 Apparatus for the determination of the technical parameters of machines particularly agricultural machines, based on probable use  
Apparatus for the prediction of performance parameters of a proposed machine, in particular, an agricultural machine, includes a keyboard for entry of data in accordance with a set of input...
4609855 Adaptive servomotor control  
A servomotor controller provides high speed servomotor positioning be means of an on line adaptive state-feedback control algorithm. Servomotor position and velocity are the feedback states and...
4535402 Digital control method  
A digital control method for controlling a relative rotational phase angle pθ or the like in a fuel injection pump of an automobile. Decision is made of whether two successive deviations Er...
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