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| 8041436 | Scaling and parameterizing a controller Controller scaling and parameterization are described. Techniques that can be improved by employing the scaling and parameterization include, but are not limited to, controller design, tuning and optimization. The scaling and parameterization methods described here ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036762 | Adaptive compensation in digital power controllers Complex filters may be used to achieve compensation of a plant, corresponding for example to a power regulator or point-of-load (POL) regulator. Digital filter coefficients may be mapped to analogous poles and zeros, or they may be mapped to values of the quality fa... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7925362 | Autotuning method using integral of relay feedback response for extracting process information An autotuning method using an integral of a relay feedback response is disclosed, which obtains an ultimate data and frequency model of a process with greatly removing effects of harmonics by using integral of a relay feedback signal. The autotuning method using an ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920929 | On-demand auto-tuner for a plant control system A method to automatically tune control systems, the method comprising selecting a target loop transfer function for at least one plant subsystem in response to an input excitation, selecting at least one fit-error criterion for a plant subsystem transfer function, a... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7865254 | Modeling of control systems with open-loop representations and factorization of components A method of manipulating a block diagram model with a plurality of graphical modeling components by defining an open loop anywhere on the block diagram model is provided. Graphical modeling components in series with the open loop may be automatically recognized and ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7630779 | Self compensating closed loop adaptive control system An adaptive control system is described. The system includes a control having a plurality of control parameters, the control parameters providing for control of an associated plant. The control parameters are tuned using a prediction error filter, the prediction err... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7620462 | Robust digital controller and its designing device A robust digital controller is equipped with a high degree of approximation and is able to incorporate a novel two-degree-of-freedom robust digital control system without substantially considering the magnitude of the control inputs and there is provided its designi... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7603186 | Adaptive response time closed loop control algorithm A system and method for controlling a flow of a fluid using an adaptive closed-loop-control algorithm is described. One embodiment includes a method for receiving a set point indicator and/or a sensor indicator generated by a sensor. A response time of a closed-loop... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7418301 | Method and apparatus for approximating gains in dynamic and steady-state processes for prediction, control, and optimization A method and apparatus for controlling a non-linear mill. A linear controller is provided having a linear gain k that is operable to receive inputs representing measured variables of the plant and predict on an output of the linear controller predicted control value... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7400933 | SISO model predictive controller A method of predictive control for a single input, single output (SISO) system, including modeling the SISO system with model factors, detecting output from the SISO system, estimating a filtered disturbance from the output, determining a steady state target state f... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395125 | Method and controller for the adaptive control of at least one component of a technical plant The invention relates to a method in which at least one component of a technical plant is controlled by means of a PI controller. The actual value of the regulating parameter is continuously determined during operation of the plant and the amplification factor of th... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7380564 | System and method for a mass flow controller A system and method for controlling a mass flow controller to have a constant control loop gain under a variety of different types of fluids and operating conditions, and for configuring the mass flow controller for operation with a fluid and/or operating conditions... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7362257 | Wideband interference cancellation using DSP algorithms A method and system is provided for detecting and characterizing pulsed threat radar emitters through heavy in-band interference. System includes an advanced digital signal processing method provides spatial and temporal interference cancellation, super-resolution d... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363094 | Multivariable controller design method for multiple input/outputs systems with multiple input/output constraints A method for dynamically controlling a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) system having multiple input and output constraints, the method comprising. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes configuring a MIMO tracking controller to implement closed loop ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355752 | Two-dimensional calibration architectures for color devices A color output device is generally driven by at least three independent control signals for control of its response. A desired response in device independent color space is normally obtained by employing a cascade consisting of a characterization transform and calib... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7346402 | Technique for an integrated and automated model generation and controller tuning process A method, apparatus and computer program product for performing integrated model generation and controller tuning is presented. The method, apparatus, and computer program product acquires data regarding the system. The data is then analyzed and preprocessed to prov... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346401 | Systems and methods for providing constrained optimization using adaptive regulatory control Systems and methods are provided for optimizing the performance and/or allocation of constrained resources in a dynamic computing environment using adaptive regulatory control methods. For example, systems and methods for providing constrained optimization in a dyna... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337021 | Robust spacecraft controller and method for designing same A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for designing a robust controller. The method comprises the steps of determining a plant model G of the system dynamics; bounding system dynamics unmodeled by the plant model G of the system dynamic... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336935 | Dynamic power control circuit of wireless communication device The present invention is to provide a dynamic power control circuit for a wireless communication device, which comprises a power detector, a comparator, a low pass filter and an adder disposed between a radio frequency auto-gain control circuit and an antenna thereo... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328075 | Method of automatic adjustment of the control parameters of a magnetic suspension system In adjustment of the control parameters of a magnetic suspension system, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for adjusting the control parameters to optimum values automatically by employing the iterative feedback tuning method, without incr... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327294 | Gain compensation based on a first gain factor and a second gain factor with time-varying compensation An automatic gain control circuit has a gain determination circuit (B2) which determines a first gain factor (g), and a first gain controller (B3) which controls an amplitude of an input signal (S1) with the first gain factor (g) to supply a gai... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321801 | Automatic gain adjustment device and automatic gain adjustment method An automatic gain adjustment device and method capable of accurately adjusting a gain with a simple structure. In an automatic gain adjustment method of a feedback control system that uses a phase difference between an output signal obtained from a controlled object... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7291999 | System and method for diagnosing a controller in a limited rotation motor system A method of analyzing a limited rotation motor system is disclosed. The method includes the step of providing a motor control frequency domain signal that is representative of a frequency domain representation of the motor control signal responsive to a first digita... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289858 | Lithographic motion control system and method A lithographic apparatus comprising a control system, such as a motion control system, is presented. The control system includes an actuator for moving a moveable part, a feed-forward path from a setpoint input of the control system to the actuator, a feed-back loop... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286960 | Systems and methods for monitoring fouling and slagging in heat transfer devices in coal fired power plants A system for isolating effects of one or more process parameters on performance of a heat transfer device is provided. The system includes an efficiency correction unit that is adapted to receive data from the heat transfer device. The data is representative of one ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280899 | S-type smooth command generating method and means thereof An S-type smooth command generating method and the means thereof are provided to process the motion commands smoothly, thereby generating continuous velocity commands and position commands. The provided method not only improves the motor's ability of acceleration/de... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277764 | Adaptive output feedback apparatuses and methods capable of controlling a non-minimum phase system The invention comprises apparatuses and methods for providing the capability to stabilize and control a non-minimum phase, nonlinear plant with unmodeled dynamics and/or parametric uncertainty through the use of adaptive output feedback. A disclosed apparatus can co... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275062 | Automatic linkage of process event data to a data historian A configuration system for a process plant includes a routine that automatically provides an indication of the relationships between units and sub-elements of the units, such as equipment and control modules, present within a process plant to a data historian. The d... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272531 | Aggregation of asset use indices within a process plant A method of monitoring an entity within a process plant wherein the entity includes a plurality of lower level entities, includes acquiring a plurality of use indices, acquiring a plurality of weighting values, and creating an aggregate use index from a combination ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7262978 | Voltage conversion apparatus, voltage conversion method, and computer-readable recording medium with program recorded thereon to allow computer to execute voltage conversion control A control device receives an output voltage of a voltage-up converter from a voltage sensor, and calculates a feedback preliminary voltage control value determined by the difference between a voltage control value and the output voltage. The control device corrects ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260812 | Method and apparatus for expediting convergence in model-based OPC One embodiment of the invention provides a system that expedites or stabilizes convergence in a model-based optical proximity correction (OPC) process. During operation, the system receives a layout for an integrated circuit. Next, the system dissects shapes in the ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254453 | Secondary process controller for supplementing a primary process controller A method and an apparatus for implementing a multi-variate process control system. A workpiece is processed using a primary process control function during a first time period. A secondary process control function is performed during at least a portion of the first ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248014 | Motor control system A motor control system capable of securing stability and rapidity of motion even in a machine where the stability varies in accordance with a position of a driven member. The driven member and a motor for driving the driven member are operatively connected through a... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231931 | System and method for a mass flow controller A system and method for controlling a mass flow controller to have a constant control loop gain under a variety of different types of fluids and operating conditions, and for configuring the mass flow controller for operation with a fluid and/or operating conditions... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7221988 | Creation and display of indices within a process plant A process control system uses an asset utilization expert to collect data or information pertaining to the assets of a process plant from various sources or functional areas of the plant including, for example, the process control functional areas, the maintenance f... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218995 | Device and method for workpiece calibration The invention relates to a device and a method for determination of location information of a workpiece. To enable rapid calibration of a relative position of the workpiece (1) in relation to a tool provided for processing said workpiece, it is proposed that ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7216006 | Control system for a plant including a slide mode controller A control system for a plant is provided. This control system can control the plant more stably, when the model parameters of the controlled object model which are obtained by modeling the plant, which is a controlled object, are identified and the sliding mode cont... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7200449 | Control system for plant and air-fuel ratio control system for internal combustion engine A control system for a plant, having an identifier and a controller. The identifier identifies model parameters of a controlled object model which is obtained by modeling the plant. The controller calculates a control input to the plant so that an output from the pl... | 04/03/2007 |
