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6577908 Adaptive feedback/feedforward PID controller  
A system and method for adaptively designing self-tuning controllers, specifically PID controllers for process control systems. The method is based on a model-parameter interpolation, according to...
6571135 Control unit for controlling a system with several coupled variables  
For controlling multivariable systems, a control unit for controlling a system with several coupled control variables. The control unit includes controllers ( 10, 11 ) having associated control...
6560585 Procedure for controlling a complex dynamic process  
A procedure for controlling a complex dynamic process. According to the procedure, information is periodically acquired and values of recorded quantities are generated. The condition and the...
6501998 Method for controlling a time-lagged process with compensation, and a controlling device for carrying out said method  
A method is described for the closed-loop control of a time-delayed process having compensation, in particular for temperature control. After a setpoint value step-change, the manipulated variable...
6499022 Method and apparatus for optimization of servo parameter values in a data storage device  
A genetic process is used to tune servo parameter values in a disk drive. An initial population of individuals is generated each including a value for each of a plurality of servo parameters....
6496749 Semiconductor producing apparatus and temperature control method therefor  
A semiconductor producing apparatus is capable of quickly and accurately changing a controlled variable to a target value to thereby make the controlled variable quickly follow the target value....
6480750 Controlling system and method for operating a controlling system  
A controlling system having a controller which acts on a controlled system as a function of a manipulated variable and a number of controller parameters is intended to provide a given control...
6445962 Auto-tuning in a distributed process control environment  
An auto-tuner for use in tuning a control element in a process control network having distributed control functions includes a first tuning element located in the field device in which the control...
6424873 Systems and methods for limiting integral calculation components in PID controllers  
A control apparatus is disclosed that comprises a primary proportional, integral, differential (“PID”) controller capable of receiving a first setpoint and a first process variable and...
6408228 Hybrid finite state machine environmental system controller  
The present invention provides a sequencing control strategy for environmental system controllers that takes better advantage of the capabilities of the system elements to enhance performance and...
6378672 Active vibration isolation device and its control method  
A hybrid active vibration isolation device has an intermediate plate inserted between a vibration damping subject and a setting surface on which the vibration damping subject is set, and laminated...
6353766 Method for generating control parameters from a response signal of a controlled system and system for adaptive setting of a PID controller  
Setting parameters of a PID controller are obtained by feeding a step signal or another input signal to an assigned controlled system. The response signal emitted by the controlled system is...
6343235 PID controller with protection of the integrator against saturation upon a rapid change of the reference variable  
A PID controller has a parallel arrangement of a P-element, an I-element, and a D-element coupled to a first summation point for adding their respective output signals, a summation signal produced...
6330484 Method and apparatus for fuzzy logic control with automatic tuning  
A system and method for automatically tuning a fuzzy logic process controller is presented. A process under control is automatically assessed to determined process control characteristics...
6317637 System and method for maintaining output continuity of PID controllers in response to changes in controller parameters  
A PID control system and method which maintains continuity of the control output in spite of changes in controller parameters. The controller parameters include a proportional gain, an integral...
6314327 Method for predicting future function values utilizing derivative samples  
A system and method for calculating a future function value, such as velocity, for an object, from derivative values, such as acceleration, includes a sensor, such as an accelerometer, coupled to...
6308106 Feed-forward controller with delayed command input  
A system controller for a controllable system having an inherent time delay includes a delay module that receives a command input and provides a first output signal delayed in time from the command...
6278902 Robot control method and robot control system  
A DSP of a servo control circuit obtains a movement value of a servomotor for each axis for each position-speed feedback processing cycle in accordance with a move command value for each axis...
6266580 Control apparatus and method of control system having dead time  
A deviation between a target value of a quantity of state and an actual value of the quantity of state that is caused to follow the target value or a time-integral of the deviation is filtered....
6226557 Method for the closed-loop control of a controlled system, in particular of an internal combustion engine  
A method for the closed-loop control of a nonlinear controlled system in which a state variable of the controlled system is determined and an actuating value is determined using a control method...
6181976 Adept data processor implementing function similation with inverse deviation variation weighting  
A coefficient generator, data processing system and method of data reduction in correspondence with multiple-term parametric relationships, and particularly provides for data reduction in...
6153998 Method of controlling a two-degree-of-freedom control system  
There is provided a method of controlling a two-degree-of-freedom control system for controlling a controlled object. The method includes the steps of generating a first signal for feedforward...
RE36926 Welding control using fuzzy logic analysis of video imaged puddle dimensions  
A welding system includes an imaging system that takes frame by frame pictures of a weld puddle. The imaging system is located in the weld torch. From the images puddle length and width are...
6131076 Self tuning system for industrial surveillance  
A method and system for automatically establishing operational parameters of a statistical surveillance system. The method and system performs a frequency domain transition on time dependent data,...
6081751 System and method for closed loop autotuning of PID controllers  
A system and method for automatically tuning a PID controller resident within a PID control loop. The PID control loop includes a PID controller and a process. The process supplies a process...
6078843 Neural network including input normalization for use in a closed loop control system  
An apparatus and method for controlling a process using a neural network which operates as part of a closed loop control system. The state of the control system is defined by one or more process...
6055459 Method for preventing windup in PID controllers employing nonlinear gain  
A method of preventing windup in a PID controller when using a nonlinear gain parameter is disclosed that is used in the PID controller of a process control system. The PID controller is arranged...
6041264 Deadband control assistant eliminating offset from setpoint  
A deadband control assistant, operating as part of a control system, eliminates oscillation of a controlled process output around a desired setpoint. The deadband control defines a deadband range,...
6025688 Alignment apparatus  
An apparatus for moving a stage, supported by a base, to a target position. The apparatus includes a motor for driving the stage in X and Y directions, a laser interferometer for measuring a...
6016763 Submersible unit and diving position control method therefor  
A submersible unit having thrusters for changing a diving position based on a total work quantity, which is the sum of a first work quantity and a second work quantity. A proportional controller...
5988849 Device and process for controlling the movement of an object  
In the movement of objects, especially benches or robot arms, on a programmed path, the object must be moved into a new position as fast and as smoothly as possible. To this end, the control device...
5971579 Unit and method for determining gains a of PID controller using a genetic algorithm  
A unit and a method for determining gains of a PID (Proportion, Integral, Differential) controller using a genetic algorithm. A genetic algorithm tuning unit decodes an output value from an object...
5974434 Method and apparatus for automatically tuning the parameters of a feedback control system  
A new technique for adjusting the parameters of a feedback controller. A linear feedback controller includes proportional, integral and derivative (PID) controllers but is not limited to them. The...
5875109 Adaptive flow controller for use with a flow control system  
An adaptive airflow control system for positioning damper systems or controlling air units utilized in an environment control system is provided. The system is based on a fixed-gain,...
5867384 Feedback controller  
A closed loop feedback control system that operates to maintain a process variable at or near a process variable setpoint. The system includes a setpoint regulator that adjusts the value of a...
5822740 Adaptive fuzzy controller that modifies membership functions  
A direct adaptive fuzzy controller having an adaptation mechanism that modifies the locations of output membership functions to improve performance of the fuzzy controller. The controller has a...
5819845 Temperature control method for a heating/cooling system  
A temperature control method and apparatus therefor controls an air temperature in a room by determining an error temperature between a set temperature and an actual room temperature. An auxiliary...
5813587 Laminating machine register-length and web tension controller  
A cascaded loop controller is used to control register or repeat lengths and web tension on laminating machines where the inner control loop utilizes register-length sensors near the unwind end of...
5799869 Off-road heating control  
Apparatus for heating and cooling an enclosed operator space in an off-road vehicle controlling evaporator fan speed, compressor clutch and condenser fan operation, and having sensors for detecting...
5798941 Surge prevention control system for dynamic compressors  
A surge prevention control system for use with a dynamic compressor provides a multiple module controller for operating an anti-surge valve to bypass flow around the dynamic compressor. The...
5796608 Self controllable regulator device  
A self tuning control system and a method for tuning such a system. The system has a controller formed by a PI controller and a proportional control unit with a mixing point therebetween to which...
5764017 Servo loop compensation technique exhibiting improved bandwith  
A servo control system is presented that provides improved bandwidth. The improved bandwidth is achieved by dividing the differential portion of the servo control system into two components. One of...
5758047 Method of process controller optimization in a multivariable predictive controller  
In a process control system, having a controller for providing robust control of a process, the controller utilizes a predetermined range control procedure the results being a control solution. The...
5748467 Method of adapting and applying control parameters in non-linear process controllers  
A non-linear process controller drives a process variable to be substantially equivalent to a set point based on the expected load disturbances within the process and on a measurement of the actual...
5745362 Digital PID control apparatus  
In the digital PID (P:proportional, I:integral, D:derivative) control apparatus of the present invention, in which a deviation is obtained from a controlling amount of an object to be controlled,...
5742503 Use of saturation relay feedback in PID controller tuning  
A method and an apparatus are provided for autotuning a parameter of a PID controller which is employed in a transfer function. The method includes steps of (a) providing a first specific value for...
5726880 Method of and apparatus for controlling a process  
The present invention relates to a method of controlling an output variable of a process having long dead times and delay times, for example for controlling the interior temperature of an absorber...
5706193 Control system, especially for a non-linear process varying in time  
A control system, especially for a non-linear process varying in time, includes a first controller, in particular a linear PID controller, which is able to be switched over via a switching input...
5691896 Field based process control system with auto-tuning  
A process control system controls a process through a control output signal based on a set point and a measured process variable. The process control system includes a control circuit having a set...
5625552 Closed loop neural network automatic tuner  
A closed loop neural network based autotuner develops optimized proportional, integral and/or derivative parameters based on the outputs of other elements in the loop. Adjustments are initiated by...
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