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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8145329 | Method and system for combining feedback and feedforward in model predictive control A method and system for combining a feedback control and a feedforward control in a linear MPC to minimize effect of model uncertainty. An externally computed feedforward signal, which is more accurate and reliable, can be utilized in association with the MPC, A ste... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131384 | Design and control of engineering systems utilizing component-level dynamic mathematical model with multiple-input multiple-output estimator A control system comprises an actuator, a control law and a processor. The actuator positions a control surface and the control law controls the actuator. The processor comprises an open loop module, a corrector, a comparator, and an estimator, and generates an outp... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121708 | Control system design method A control system design method and concomitant control system comprising representing a physical apparatus to be controlled as a Hamiltonian system, determining elements of the Hamiltonian system representation which are power generators, power dissipators, and powe... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8095227 | Apparatuses, systems, and methods utilizing adaptive control A method for controlling a process, wherein the process has an input and an output, and including controlling the input to the process; predicting the output of the process based on a first set of operating parameters; predicting the output of the process based on a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090456 | System and method for design and control of engineering systems utilizing component-level dynamic mathematical model A control system comprises a controller for positioning an actuator in a working fluid flow and a model processor for directing the controller as a function of a model feedback. The model processor comprises an output module, a comparator and an estimator. The outpu... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8073556 | System and method for controlling a machine A system for controlling a machine includes a first controller, a second controller, and a comparator. During a first cycle, the first controller generates a control signal to the machine while the second controller generates a predicted parameter signal. During the... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7930045 | Two-stage model predictive control technique A two-stage model predictive control (MPC) controller uses a process model and two separate MPC control modules, including a feedforward MPC control module and a feedback MPC control module, to determine a set of control signals for use in controlling a process. The... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7853338 | 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... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7826909 | Dynamic model predictive control A method of dynamic model predictive control is presented in which both steady state optimization and dynamic moves calculation of the manipulated variables are determined together as part of one optimization solution (211). The method combines steady state o... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818073 | Method for obtaining improved feedforward data, a lithographic apparatus for carrying out the method and a device manufacturing method A method of obtaining improved feedforward data for a feedforward control system to move a component through a setpoint profile is presented. The setpoint profile includes a plurality of target states of the component each to be substantially attained at one of a co... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7783369 | Remote maintenance system A remote maintenance system 1 is provided with a linear motor apparatus 2, a motor driver 3 for controlling a motor of the linear motion apparatus 2, and a user terminal 4. The motor driver 3 includes a memory which stores p... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7693587 | Control of friction at the nanoscale Methods and apparatus are described for control of friction at the nanoscale. A method of controlling frictional dynamics of a plurality of particles using non-Lipschitzian control includes determining an attribute of the plurality of particles; calculating an attri... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7636605 | Magnetic disk device and head-position control method A feedback controller performs a feedback control based on an error between a target position and an actual position of a head. A model controller obtains a control command, a model position to be output as a command for the target position to the feedback controlle... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7546170 | Easily tuned and robust control algorithm for single or multiple variable systems A controller and associated methods. A controller has an input for a controlled variable; a proportional term; an integral term; and a predictive term. The predictive term has an error-predictive subterm including at least a past value of an error; and a command-pre... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7526346 | Nonlinear thermal control of a PEM fuel cell stack A temperature control scheme for a fuel cell stack thermal sub-system in a fuel cell system that uses a non-linear thermal model and disturbance rejection to provide an optimum stack temperature. The thermal sub-system includes a coolant loop directing a cooling flu... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7519439 | Efficient digital processor for feedback control applications A digital processor (2, 102) for use in a digital controller (10) is disclosed. The digital processor (2, 102) includes a coefficient product memory (22) that stores previously calculated products of filter coefficients and each of a set ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7463938 | Control calculation device When there exists an error between a model considered in feed-forward and an actual device, it is configured so as to enable the application of control having feed-forward such as predictive control without problem to reduce a model error. Furthermore, it is configu... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7440807 | Control system provided with virtual power monitor and thereby provided with function of evaluating and analyzing stability of object to be controlled A system configuration can evaluate the stability of an output from a user's control system including all effects of unknown dynamic characteristics and disturbances and can guarantee the stability of the output from the user's control system irrespective of the unk... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432681 | Scanner system A scanner system includes a servo control unit. A rotation angle of a rotating shaft supporting a mirror is detected, and an error of the detected value with respect to a commanded value is integrated by an integral compensator so that the detected value is able to ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421303 | Parallel LCP solver and system incorporating same A Linear Complementarity Problem (LCP) solver is characterized by multiple execution units operating in parallel to implement a competent computational method adapted to resolve physics-based LCPs in real-time. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415311 | System and method for adaptive control of uncertain nonlinear processes A computer system for controlling a nonlinear physical process. The computer system comprises a linear controller and a neural network. The linear controller receives a command signal for control of the nonlinear physical process and a measured output signal from th... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7386355 | Close loop control system and method of the same A close loop control system includes a controlled system having a controlled variable and a control variable, a first detecting unit, a second detecting unit, and a feedback control unit. The first and the second detecting units detect the controlled system to outpu... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7366575 | Wafer polishing control Methods of controlling polishing of wafers are disclosed. In one aspect, a method may include measuring one or more pre-polish thicknesses of one or more layers of a wafer. The one or more layers may then be polished. Then a post-polish thickness of a layer of the w... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7359762 | Measurement and alignment device including a display system A graphical user interface communicatively coupled with a non-contact measurement and alignment device enables user control over and display of the readings from the non-contact measurement and alignment device. In operation with a power tool, the graphical user int... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355364 | Motor and controller inversion: commanding torque to position-controlled robots Systems and methods are presented that cancel the dynamics of a motor and a joint controller in the presence of communication time delays, measurement noise, and controller parameter uncertainties inherent in a robot system. A cancellation system includes feedback o... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349745 | Lead-lag input filter arrangement with adjustable initial conditions for electro-pneumatic control loops Systems and methods for urging a valve plug off a seat of a control valve and toward a set point in the absence of significant delay. Adjustable, user-selected input parameters to the input of a lead-lag filter in communication with the input of a control loop facil... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7317953 | Adaptive multivariable process controller using model switching and attribute interpolation An adaptive multivariable process control system includes a multivariable process controller, such as a model predictive controller, having a multivariable process model characterized as a set of two or more single-input, single-output (SISO) models and an adaptatio... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7305297 | Controller for controlling a plant The present invention provides a controller for controlling a modeled plant robustly against disturbance. The controller comprises an estimator and a control unit. The estimator estimates disturbance applied to the plant. The control unit determines an input to the ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7283226 | Measurement system cluster Systems and methods are disclosed for measuring semiconductor wafers in a fabrication process using one or more of a plurality of measurement systems. A measurement system cluster is provided having a plurality of such measurement systems, along with a system for tr... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275374 | Coordinated multivariable control of fuel and air in engines Methods and systems for controlling a diesel engine using a combined fuel and air-side controller are disclosed. An illustrative method may include the steps of providing a combined fuel and air-side controller adapted to coordinate both the fuel and air-side contro... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277777 | Method and system for real time reporting of boiler adjustment using emission sensor data mapping A method to adjust a boiler having a flue gas duct including: sensing flue gas emissions in the gas duct with a plurality of emission sensors arranged in an array; generating a multidimensional graphical depiction of the flue gas emissions by plotting sensor data ca... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7266416 | Process control system The disclosed process control system makes use of Optimal control (OC) and model predictive control (MPC) techniques for selection of the Expert Systems (ES) targets values U. The ES target values U are selected to minimize the performance criterion J. A mathematica... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260463 | Plant control system A plant control system provides an enhanced capability of compensation for disturbance that abruptly changes. A controller includes a disturbance predictor for calculating a predicted value of disturbance on the basis of a drag force of a release spring and an assis... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254458 | Systems and methods for metrology recipe and model generation Systems and methodologies are disclosed for generating setup information for use measuring process parameters associated with semiconductor devices. A system comprises an off-line measurement instrument to measure an unpatterned wafer and a setup information generat... | 08/07/2007 |
