Class 700/34 - Variable

Subclass of Class 700 - Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
Definition: Subject matter where the constraints or limits are adjustable.
No. of applications: 23
Last issue date: 04/05/2012

Application No.	Application Title	Issue Date
20120083903	MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL WITH VARIABLE TRAJECTORY SHARING One or more techniques are provided for the sharing of variable trajectories between multiple controllers in a control system. In general, the present technique is based upon the sharing of predicted desired variable trajectories between multiple controllers requiring a...	04/05/2012
20110284464	METHOD OF SETTING A TIME-VARYING PARAMETER IN A BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS A medical apparatus comprises a control system allowing storage of a number of shaping profiles. Each shaping profile is stored as a plurality of pairs, including a shaping profile reference value and a time interval value. The reference value is represented as fraction...	11/24/2011
20110238254	SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH AN ASSISTANCE-CONTROLLER FOR ASSISTING AN OPERATOR OF THE SYSTEM, CONTROL-OPERATION ASSISTING DEVICE, CONTROL-OPERATION ASSISTING METHOD, DRIVING-OPERATION ASSISTING DEVICE, AND DRIVING-OPERATION ASSISTING METHOD A target-travel-path generating circuit calculates a target travel path along which the controlled object can travel in the future from the current controlled object position, an ideal-control-signal calculating circuit calculates a control profile Ŝ to travel along th...	09/29/2011
20110060425	CONTROLLER WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED ON SELECTION FROM EPISODIC MEMORY AND CORRESPONDING METHODS A controller and corresponding method for operating a machine maintains a historical database including at least one sequence of parameters relating to the operating environment, corresponding actions taken, and corresponding outcomes of operation of the machine. The co...	03/10/2011
20100198370	ASYMMETRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY SAVINGS IN BUILDINGS A method for controlling a controlled variable of a building zone to minimize an error between the controlled variable and a setpoint includes receiving an input at a first interface regarding the controlled variable from a sensor provided in the building. The method fu...	08/05/2010
20100106328	EXTREMUM SEEKING CONTROL WITH RESET CONTROL An extremum seeking control method optimizes a control process for a plant such as an air handling unit. The method compensates for abrupt changes in the operation of the plant by resetting the extremum seeking control strategy in response to a detection of the abrupt c...	04/29/2010
20100063603	Adapting Move Constraints for Position Based Moves in a Trajectory Generator Adapting move constraints for position based moves in a trajectory generator. Specification of a trajectory may be received. The specification may include a geometry of the trajectory, where the geometry specifies a desired trajectory length. A plurality of constraints ...	03/11/2010
20090228291	Method and system for identifying conflicting constraints in mixed integer programs The present invention relates to methods and systems for generating solutions to global optimization problems. In one aspect, the invention allows for determining whether models of optimization problems are infeasible. In another aspect, the invention allows for identif...	09/10/2009
20090054999	Nonelinear system observation and control An observation system configured to observe one or more initially unknown state variables of an observed system includes an input interface configured to receive a system input, and a processing module coupled to the input interface. The processing module is configured ...	02/26/2009
20090006901	Control Systems and Method Using a Shared Component Actuator In one embodiment, a control system supports an unlimited number of feedback control loops all sharing control of a component. A component performance rate or “speed” is used as a common metric for negotiating control of the component. Each control loop continuously...	01/01/2009
20080269920	EXTERNAL AMBIENT NOISE MONITORING TO ADAPT CONTROL OF INTERNAL SYSTEM NOISE SOURCES An arrangement for controlling a system generated noise level such that the same is adapted to an actual ambient noise level of the system environment. Internal noise generators will thus not run at a needlessly lowered rate than actually needed. For instance, by permit...	10/30/2008
20080103611	Method for Optimizing Operational Parameters on Wind Farms A method for optimization of operating parameters of a wind energy installation defines an upper and a lower interval limit value for a parameter to be optimized. The method includes carrying out a cycle with alternate operations of the wind energy installation with the...	05/01/2008
20080077257	Model predictive controller solution analysis process The solution from a multivariable predictive controller (MPC) is analyzed and described by providing quantitative input to operators regarding the effect of changing controller limits on the MPC controller solution. This information allows a rapid operator response to c...	03/27/2008
20080071395	MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL WITH STOCHASTIC OUTPUT LIMIT HANDLING Cautious Model Predictive Control controllers and methods for stochastically handling output limits used in the optimization of control systems are disclosed. An illustrative method can include the steps of providing one or more modeled parameters and process variables ...	03/20/2008
20080065239	Influencing Device for Control Apparatus The invention concerns an adjustment device for adjusting at least one control device with at least one control device microcontroller and with at least one control device debug interface, where the adjustment device comprises at least one programmable unit, at least on...	03/13/2008
20070213851	STREAMING KERNEL SELECTION FOR RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR In one embodiment, a subset of a set of streaming kernels of an application is selected for implementation on a reconfigurable processor. The streaming kernels are selected by first forming a stream flow graph of the application by parsing a program of instructions of t...	09/13/2007
20070050053	Adaptive multivariable MPC controller A method is disclosed for developing and using a high-speed adaptive multivariable controller by removing the dynamics of the PID controllers from a Model Predictive Controller that was developed using identification testing of a process. The resulting multivariable con...	03/01/2007
20070010901	Constraint-based solution method, constraint-based solver and constraint-based solution system The purpose is to solve target problems in short calculation time certainly without describing algorithms that are data procedures on computers. As the solution method, because it is configured so that, when the initial values or variation values, which are used for con...	01/11/2007
20060167570	Process for rapidly controlling a process variable without overshoot using a time domain polynomial feedback controller A method for controlling a process variable as it approaches a predetermined value (setpoint) so that the setpoint is not exceeded. The method employs a time domain polynomial equation in a feedback configuration and utilizes a controller that acts as an On/Off controll...	07/27/2006
20060122714	Nonlinear system observation and control An observation system configured to observe at least one known state variable of an observed system includes a plurality of filters that are configured to receive a system input, and generate the at least one unknown state variable. Generating the unknown state variable...	06/08/2006
20050149210	Methods to support process quality and maintenance during control of an industrial process such as welding A number of methods to support process quality and maintenance during control of an industrial process such as welding are provided. The methods provide, among other things: automatic process limit programming based on runtime data; user-initiated process limit programm...	07/07/2005
20050143846	Alternative energy system control method and apparatus A multivariable control system provides regulation for a plurality of control variables of interest based on selecting a particular one of the variables for regulation relative to a corresponding setpoint, while continuing to monitor the other variables and switching re...	06/30/2005
20050107895	Process control In a control system for controlling a plant system or process (22), a model based problem is formulated and an explicit control solution is constructed off-line such that a parametric profile (24) techniques (26). As a result the system can operate ...	05/19/2005

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