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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 variables and one or more disturbance variables. The method includes de... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7415393 | Reliability buffering technique applied to a project planning model A reliability buffering technique applies a reliability time buffer to a project planning model having activities. The reliability time buffer is placed before an associated downstream activity to provide a buffered downstream activity. The reliability buffer is pro... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7353409 | System and method to maintain data processing system operation in degraded system cooling condition A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for maintaining operation of the data processing system in the event of a degraded system cooling condition is provided. A first temperature of a processor is identified as equaling or exceeding a proc... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353133 | Temperature-based CPU operation frequency controller of a CPU powered by a CPU power supply to protect against multiple circuit overheating A system for protecting against overheating of a CPU whose operation frequency is changed due to voltage variation of a driving power, includes a CPU temperature sensor to detect the temperature of the CPU, a reference temperature sensor to detect the temperature of... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346403 | Pid parameter adjustment device A PID parameter adjustment device includes: a model storage section (1) for storing an equation model to be controlled; a PID controller storage section (2) for storing a control algorithm; a constraint condition storage section (3) for storing ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7313500 | Method to increase the maximum allowable ambient temperature rating of an electronic device A manufacturer determines a maximum ambient temperature for an electronic device to be manufactured. The device has a data processor equipped with a utilization monitor. A test unit of the device is manufactured and placed under test at the maximum ambient temperatu... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7282966 | Frequency management apparatus, systems, and methods Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to select a microprocessor clock frequency responsive to a desired voltage and/or a desired temperature of operation. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7272454 | Multiple-input/multiple-output control blocks with non-linear predictive capabilities A process controller that may be used to control a process having a set of process outputs effected by a set of process control input signals includes a multiple-input/multiple output controller that uses the process outputs to develop the set of process control inp... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269481 | Method and apparatus for memory bandwidth thermal budgetting An electronic system includes a device and a controller to the device. The controller is adapted to calculate a temperature estimate of the device and to control access to the device in accordance with the calculated temperature estimate. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263567 | Method and apparatus for lowering the die temperature of a microprocessor and maintaining the temperature below the die burn out According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed. The method includes determining whether the temperature of a central processing unit (CPU) exceeds a predetermined threshold. In addition, the method includes generating a first interrupt if the temperature of the ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7242989 | Apparatus and method for batch property estimation A method and apparatus that generates an estimate of a property of a batch process uses a non-parametric model to generate a plurality of rate of reaction estimates associated with the batch process. Each rate of reaction estimate may correspond, for example, to a p... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231266 | Digital control device and program A digital control device for tracking a sine wave according to the present invention has a compensator, a control object and a feedback gain. An input into the compensator is a signal obtained by subtracting a control quantity from a reference value. An input into t... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218974 | Industrial process data acquisition and analysis A method for optimizing an industrial process data is disclosed. The method includes collecting data from a plurality of sensor elements, wherein each sensor element collects data from a portion of the industrial process and verifying the data collected. The method ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218999 | Target value processing unit, temperature controller, control process implementing system, process controlling method, target value processing program, and recording medium A target value processing unit, includes: an input section to which a target value signal showing a target value of a control process is inputted; a target value shaping unit shaping the target value signal inputted to the input section, into a signal form which is ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209013 | Systems and methods for self-calibration A self-calibrating integrated circuit includes a processor having at least one analog function used with the processor; one or more sensors adapted to sense one or more environmental parameters of the at least one analog function; and a solid state memory being conf... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203555 | Predictive regulatory controller Methods and apparatus for adjusting control signal values for use in controlling a plant to conform a system parameter to a set-point are disclosed. To adjust control signal values, a reference trajectory for the set-point is generated based on a set-point tracking ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7184020 | Operation instructing device, operation instructing method, and operation instructing program An operation instructing device is included substantially at the center of a portable apparatus, and has a sensor for detecting motion values of the portable apparatus. A user performs various movements instructed by an instructing unit, while holding the portable a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7117044 | 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 switchin... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110834 | Kiln thermal and combustion control A kiln thermal and combustion control. A predictive model is provided of the dynamics of selected aspects of the operation of the system for modeling the dynamics thereof. The model has at least two discrete models associated therewith that model at least two of the... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103439 | Method and apparatus for initializing tool controllers based on tool event data A method for initializing process controllers based on tool event data includes providing a tool having a process controller adapted to employ a control model to control an operating recipe of the tool; receiving a tool event notification; and initializing the contr... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7092770 | Feedback control method and feedback control device The response process of disturbance recovery control is divided into a follow-up phase, a convergence phase, and a stable phase. A feedback control device includes a first phase switching unit (3) which switches to the follow-up phase, a second phase switchin... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7085615 | Dynamic on-line optimization of production processes A process is modeled by a dynamic model, handling time dependent relations between manipulated variables of different process sections (10A–D) and measured process output variables. Suggested input trajectories for manipulated variables for a subsequent tim... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7062665 | Control of voltage regulator thermal condition A system and method for automatically adjusting microprocessor activity following thermal stress of a voltage regulator is disclosed. A thermal monitoring circuit determines whether the voltage regulator has exceeded a predetermined temperature. The thermal monitori... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057366 | Method for estimating load inertia and a system for controlling motor speed using inverse model A method for estimating load inertia and system for controlling motor speed using inverse model are provided, suitable for an alternating current (AC) servo module. An inverse system is connected to an actual system to inversely deduce a substantial torque output, w... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048438 | Solid state temperature measuring device and method A method and system for automated temperature measurement is described. The system includes a programmable logic controller, a temperature measurement diode, an analog-to-digital converter coupled to the diode and the programmable logic controller, a current source ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050883 | Off-line feed rate scheduling for reduction of machining time and enhancement of machining accuracy in CNC machining An off-line feed rate scheduling method of a CNC machining process includes selecting a constraint variable and inputting a reference value related to the constraint variable; estimating a cutting configuration where a maximum constraint variable value (CVV) occurs ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7039475 | System and method of adaptive control of processes with varying dynamics The present invention provides a method for controlling nonlinear process control problems. This method involves first utilizing modeling tools to identify variable inputs and controlled variables associated with the process, wherein at least one variable input is a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7023286 | Systems and methods for self-calibration A self-calibrating integrated circuit includes a processor having at least one analog function used with the processor; one or more sensors adapted to sense one or more environmental parameters of the at least one analog function; and a solid state memory being conf... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014902 | Optical disc and method for manufacturing the same An optical disc is includes a recording layer, a reflective layer, and a protective layer provided, in that order, on one surface of a light-transmissive substrate and a hard coating layer having a thickness in the range of 1 to 5 μm on the other surface of the sub... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6993396 | System for determining the health of process control feedback loops according to performance assessment criteria A method for calculating the health of a process control loop based on multiple key assessments of the loop's performance. The method uses the concepts of baselines and thresholds. The typical calculation of loop health is the average of the Percent Towards Threshol... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6968240 | Method for controlling process parameters to achieve constant process conditions A method for controlling process parameters to achieve constant process conditions, including studying the actual data and reference data independent of time and applying them one on top of the other so that, in the case of optimum match, a 45° straight line is ach... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6961627 | Control system A control system that constantly and accurately controls a control variable so that it remains within an allowable range is provided. The control system in accordance with the present invention estimates a steady-state deviation d in a controlled object as a steady-... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959219 | Control apparatus having a limit cycle auto-tuning function A control apparatus includes a manipulated variable output unit, calculation unit, first lower limit setting unit, first upper limit setting unit, second lower limit setting unit, second upper limit setting unit, and controlling element. The manipulated variable out... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6957153 | Method of controlling production of a gaseous product A method of controlling production of a gaseous product produced by one or more production plants such as an air separation plant, having a control system to vary production of the gaseous product. The gaseous product is consumed by a customer in accordance with a v... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6944508 | Adaptive value generating apparatus, adaptive procedure control program, and adaptive value generating program The present invention is directed to generate an adaptive value in a short time. An adaptive value generating program has an adaptive procedure control program and a DOE tool. The DOE tool is a general statistical processing tool. The adaptive value procedure genera... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6937910 | Method and a system for evaluating whether a signal is suitable for feed-forward control A method for evaluating whether a measurable disturbance on a process controlled by a feedback controller is suitable for feed-forward control. The disturbance is measured. The controller output signal due to the disturbance is measured. A first reference signal cor... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6924710 | Voltage ID based frequency control for clock generating circuit An apparatus and method are provided for operating a processor core. This may include a first circuit to operate at a frequency that is dependent on a power supply voltage. A frequency control circuit may be provided to control a frequency of the first circuit by di... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6917839 | Surveillance system and method having an operating mode partitioned fault classification model A system and method which partitions a parameter estimation model, a fault detection model, and a fault classification model for a process surveillance scheme into two or more coordinated submodels together providing improved diagnostic decision making for at least ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6909938 | Method of and apparatus for synchronous control A method of and apparatus for synchronous control of a leading element and a follower element in which synchronism is started smoothly and a mechanical shock at the start of synchronism is reduced. When the follower element is started to move to be synchronized with... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6901300 | Adaptation of advanced process control blocks in response to variable process delay An advanced control block that implements multiple-input/multiple-output control, such as model predictive control, within a process control system uses a compensation block or algorithm and a single control model based on a single process model to provide advanced ... | 05/31/2005 |
