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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7412430 | Determining the quality of computer software Techniques are described for determining the quality of software using fuzzy logic. The techniques include using linguistic variables to translate a numeric value of a quality attribute into a linguistic value of a quality attribute. The linguistic values of multipl... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7369490 | Method and apparatus for call event processing in a multiple processor call processing system Techniques for determining the eagerness of a call processing unit within a multiple processor call processing system to accept a new call or call upgrade, as well as call admission control and other call event processing, as well as systemwide load balancing throug... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7346592 | Method and an apparatus for predicting intake manifold pressure of an internal-combustion engine A method and an apparatus for predicting intake manifold pressure are presented, to compensate for a large lag or a large time delay without producing an overshot or discontinuous behaviors of a predicted value. The method comprises the step of obtaining a differenc... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7305274 | System and method for drawing and manufacturing bent pipes Novel systems and methods of using a bent-tube object in a drawing file include entering a custom bent-tube object in a drawing file, and using the bent tube object to generate bender driver data. In a particular method, the step of entering the custom bent-tube obj... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7246039 | Fault diagnosis system A fault diagnosis system for diagnosing faults in complex equipment. The system includes means for storing a set of diagnostic signatures which relates a set of known faults which may occur in the equipment to respective fault symptoms which are deemed indicative of... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7003366 | Diagnostic system and operating method for the same An operating method for a fault detection of a semiconductor process and a diagnostic system for fault detection in a semiconductor process are described. By using the method and the diagnostic system, the real-time process parameters collected during the process is... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6917925 | Convergent actor critic-based fuzzy reinforcement learning apparatus and method A system is controlled by an actor-critic based fuzzy reinforcement learning algorithm that provides instructions to a processor of the system for applying actor-critic based fuzzy reinforcement learning. The system includes a database of fuzzy-logic rules for mappi... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6898585 | Fuzzy logic method for adaptively evaluating the validity of sensor data Machine operators rely on intuition and experience to evaluate vehicle performance. As we increasingly turn to automation, it is important to automatically evaluate sensor data and system performance. Fuzzy logic allows us to take advantage of domain knowledge to ev... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6763337 | Weighted wedge defuzzification for conceptual system design evaluation A method, and a system applying the method, for an exact and computationally efficient solution for defuzzification uses linear and non-linear weighted wedge approaches. Fuzzy numbers are used to represent parameters in a number of applications, including design dep... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6675154 | Method and system for the quantum mechanical representation and processing of fuzzy information The present invention provides a method and system for representing fuzzy information, and performing fuzzy logic and control operations on that information, using a quantum system. According to one embodiment fuzzy logic and control operations are perfor... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6640216 | Human resource knowledge modeling and delivery system A knowledge modeling and delivery system combines pre-configured, parameterized models of human resource knowledge with organization-specific and employee-specific data. It delivers personalized answers to employee and manager questions about benefit plan... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6633783 | Fuzzy logic based control Because of the enormous number of neurons and reflex pathways involved in the control of human motion, a comprehensive identification of the structure of the feedback control circuitry is a formidable experimental task. A theoretical approach based on a c... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6578017 | Method to aid object detection in images by incorporating contextual information The invention uses fuzzy logic and/or probability distributions to automatically calculate and display the effects of contextual information on the confidence that an object in an image is an object of interest. The goal is to assist in determining the lo... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6505183 | Human resource knowledge modeling and delivery system A knowledge modeling and delivery system combines pre-configured, parameterized models of human resource knowledge with organization-specific and employee-specific data. It delivers personalized answers to employee and manager questions about benefit plan... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6424736 | Fuzzy logic technique to determine search time and probability of detection for targets of interest in background scenes A method of determining the visibility of a target in a background uses search time as the output. A set of images of the target in the background is made, and selected input variables in each image are measured. The input variables relate to target size,... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6330553 | Autonomic system for updating fuzzy neural network and control system using the fuzzy neural network An autonomic system for updating a fuzzy neural network includes a process of calculating an estimated value based on fuzzy inference by using a neural network structure, wherein a parameter to be adjusted or identified by fuzzy inference and outputted fr... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6301570 | Programmable fuzzy analog processor The analog processor of this invention is programmable and capable of storing the processing coefficients in analog form. It comprises a storage section having at least one output, plural outputs in most cases, and being adapted to respectively generate p... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6256617 | Fuzzy logic electronic processor A processor operating in a fizzy logic's mode and including a fuzzyfication unit receiving a plurality of input variables on its input and being adapted to compute a membership value of such variables in a membership function, a processing unit connected ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6205439 | Optimization of simulation run-times based on fuzzy-controlled input values An adaptive run-time controller is used to adjust the run-time of a fabrication and assembly process simulation model based on inputs generated by outside forces. The run-time controller utilizes fuzzy logic to evaluate the outside forces against existing... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5940814 | Defuzzification strategy and parameter learning process A multi-mode oriented polynomial transformation based defuzzification strategy uses a Kalman filter in a parameter leaning procedure defuzzification application where two or more distinct possibility peaks exist in its membership function distribution.... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5918221 | Fuzzy analog processor with temperature compensation The analog processor can carry out processings independently of the operating temperature and process parameters, in a reliable manner and at high performance levels using fairly simple circuitry. To achieve this independence, the processor is basically i... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5852708 | Simplified architecture for defuzzification integrated circuit (IC) processor including circuits for estimating effective areas without overlapping errors A digital defuzzification processor implemented as integrated circuits (ICs). The defuzzification IC processor includes an input port for receiving a plurality of input values and a corresponding set of specific weight and an effective area for each of th... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5826251 | System of controlling or monitoring processes or industrial plants employing a dual-line fuzzy unit A dual-line system of controlling or monitoring processes or industrial plants employing a dual-line fuzzy unit is presented in which due allowance can be made for both positive and negative rules. These are rules issuing "positive recommendations" and "w... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5822496 | Fuzzy operation and defuzzification network apparatus A fuzzy operation apparatus which can supply various fuzzy operators by combining basic operators provided by hardware with microprograms, performs fuzzy operations in parallel by connecting a plurality of fuzzy operation portions using a network, and per... | 10/13/1998 |
| 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 fuzzy rule base that has a different or unique output members... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5790756 | Analog fuzzy logic controller for posterior alteration of fuzzy rules The analog fuzzy logic controller includes a fuzzification circuit by which the position and the shape of the membership functions associated with the linguistic input variables may be adjusted in an analog manner from outside. The output signals correspo... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5787235 | Fuzzy logic-based evidence fusion tool for network analysis A fuzzy-logic-based evidence fusion tool for predicting function levels of a switch in a telecommunications network. Confidence factors related to the geographical location and to the physical characteristics of the switch are acquired and mapped into fuz... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5778149 | Defuzzification device for a high-resolution fuzzy logic controller A defuzzification device in which, depending on selection signals (FA1, FA2) and aggregated regulation weights (γ), either in a maximum process a first/last maximum value at which an associated aggregated regulation weight is a maximum is selected as the... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5767785 | Method and apparatus for selecting a batch of pending messages for a next transmission A radio frequency manager (12) for choosing a selective call protocol among a plurality of selective call protocols comprises a memory (13) for storing historical data on messages previously sent, the historical data comprising for each protocol an airtim... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5751908 | Fuzzy logic output defuzzification A microcontroller-based fuzzy logic processing module for generating control signal values in response to variable input signal values in accordance with constraints imposed by propositions or "rules" stored in memory in a standardized format. Each rule c... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5737493 | Instruction set for evaluating fuzzy logic rules A circuit (14) to evaluate a plurality of fuzzy logic rules as executable instructions in a data processor (310). A first instruction retrieves a fuzzy input value from memory (32) and stores it in an accumulator (58). A second instruction retrieves a sec... | 04/07/1998 |
| 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 refrigerator, and also relates to an apparatus for carryin... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5724483 | Fuzzy logic electronic controller and associated method for setting up memories thereof A fuzzy logic electronic controller whereby predetermined membership functions μ(x) of logic (X) variables are subjected to so-called inference operations configured essentially as IF-THE rules with at least one front preposition and at least one rear im... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5606646 | Recurrent neural network-based fuzzy logic system A recurrent, neural network-based fuzzy logic system includes neurons in a rule base layer which each have a recurrent architecture with an output-to-input feedback path including a time delay element and a neural weight. Further included is a neural netw... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5579439 | Fuzzy logic design generator using a neural network to generate fuzzy logic rules and membership functions for use in intelligent systems A fuzzy logic design generator for providing a fuzzy logic design for an intelligent controller in a plant control system includes an artificial neural network for generating fuzzy logic rules and membership functions data. These fuzzy logic rules and mem... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5561739 | Defuzzifier curcuit A defuzzifier circuit which is used to obtain a manipulated variable for controlling an actuator by using fuzzy information appearing over a plurality of lines. The defuzzifier circuit can share the membership function with a plurality of converting mecha... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5546501 | Defuzzification system for shifting and scaling centroid values In a defuzzification system having fuzzy singletons in the consequent, an inference block (1) in each rule includes a device (2) for calculating the maximum value of each fuzzy singleton, devices (3 and 4) for performing weighted and simple additions to e... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5446827 | Bias impression for defuzzifying apparatus A defuzzifying apparatus, for a fuzzy inference machine in which the consequent of a fuzzy inference is represented by a fuzzy set or a singleton, comprises a bias impression unit that adds an arbitrary-largeness bias value to each inference output grade,... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5317674 | Center-of-gravity determining circuit for pulse generation A center-of-gravity determining circuit for pulse generation which is used to obtain a manipulated variable for, for example, a fuel injection device, by using the result of fuzzy reasoning. The result of fuzzy reasoning is obtained in the form of a pulse... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5228111 | Fuzzy signal defuzzifier using charged coupled devices A fuzzy computer includes a defuzzifier composed of charge coupled devices which intake and transfer a set of fuzzy data elements in parallel. Pairs of positive and negative gate electrodes are located transversely to the charge coupled devices. The gate ... | 07/13/1993 |
