Self-organizing rolling mill system importing neighbor constraint ranges
April 12, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesIndustrial control systems Job scheduling system Nonferrous extrusion process control system Method and apparatus for discrete activity resourse allocation through cardinality constraint generation System, utilized in scheduling, or the like, for satisfying constraints by allowing relaxation of constraints Method and apparatus for resource constraint scheduling Rapid product realization process Apparatus for operating a multiple-stand mill train Method for creating a direct hot charge rolling production schedule at a steel plant Strategy driven planning system and method of operation InventorsApplicationNo. 290455 filed on 04/12/1999US Classes:714/798, Error detection for synchronization control700/100, Job scheduling700/103Constraints or rulesExaminersPrimary: Ton, DavidAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 011/00AbstractA rolling mill system uses a number of autonomous control units, each associated with one piece of equipment of the rolling mill system. The autonomious control units include data indicating not only their constraints of operation, but also reflecting the constraints of operation of machines to which they are attached and with which they share common operating parameters. An autonomous control unit associated with a machine having operating parameters in common with another machine of the rolling mill system adopts the intersection of the ranges of the machine constraints of the two machines. Machine constraints are preserved to the extent possible as ranges, so as to permit flexibility in selecting and seeking goals by the individual autonomous control units.Field of SearchCharacter generatingAllocating resources or scheduling for an administrative function Operations research Including use of sensor responsive to information carried by removable auxiliary record (e.g., recording disk, tape, or card) Including plural sensors or sensor responsive to comparison between plural conditions Assembling to base an electrical component, e.g., capacitor, etc. Job scheduling Constraints or rules Having fuse element Error detection for synchronization control | |
