Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
700067000 | Plural variables | 15 |
20080243273 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A LIQUID DIFFUSION APPLIANCE - A method and system of controlling operation of a diffusion appliance to treat the atmosphere within an enclosed space. The appliance may be programmed to operate according to a control scheme specifying a flow rate of liquid to a diffusion means and a periodic operation of the diffusion means. Control schemes may be associated with different volumes of spaces to be treated by the appliance. Anti-fatigue schemes may provide variation of the flow rate or periodic operation of the appliance. Initiation controls schemes may be used to start treatment of the space before the appliance is programmed to operate according to one of the control schemes. | 10-02-2008 |
20090024231 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OVER UNRELIABLE NETWORKS - A method and system may operate to receive a first data from a sensor of a controlled device via a wireless network at a first time, transmit the first data to a controller system, receive a second data from the sensor of the controlled device via the wireless network at a second time, transmit the second data to the controller system, determine that a third data has not been received prior to a predetermined time period, or that the third data has been received prior to the predetermined time period and the third data is outside of a determined range of values, calculate a fourth data based on the first data and the second data, and transmit the fourth data to the controller system at a third time. | 01-22-2009 |
20100100201 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING VARIABLE PARAMETERS - A method for monitoring a processing machine includes selecting a number of variable parameters from all of the parameters of the processing machine by a selecting module; setting an updating frequency of the selected variable parameters by an updating module according to the number of the selected variable parameters; converting the selected variable parameters into desired formats by a communicating module; gathering values of the selected variable parameters according to the updating frequency by a central processing unit; and determining whether all of the values of the selected variable parameters are gathered; if the gathers of all of the selected variable parameters values has completed, processing the gathered values by a value processing module. | 04-22-2010 |
20130090748 | REMOTE DISCONNECT SWITCH ASSEMBLY - Described herein are embodiments of a remote disconnect switch assembly. In one embodiment, the remote disconnect switch assembly comprises: an actuator; a shuttle that is operably moved by the actuator; one or more disconnect switches that are opened or closed by movement of the shuttle; one or more sensors; a communication interface; and a processor, wherein the processor is operably connected with the actuator, the one or more sensors and the communication interface, and wherein the processor is configured to: communicate with one or more other computing devices over a network using the communication interface; receive signals from the one or more sensors; and cause the actuator to operate in accordance with the signals received from the one or more sensors or the communications with the one or more other computing devices. | 04-11-2013 |
20130173027 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALTERING AN OPERATING WINDOW OF A DEVICE - According to an aspect of the disclosure, a controller configured to detect a current operating window associated with a network device disposed at a site, detect a location of a mobile device associated with a site and alter the current operating window of the network device in response to the detected location. Correspondingly, a method includes detecting a current operating window associated with a network device disposed at a site, detecting a location of a mobile device associated with the site and altering the current operating window of the network device in response to the detected location. | 07-04-2013 |
20140074259 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTOMATION DEVICE - A method for operating an automation device having a CPU module for processing a control program and a source module that is connected via a bus and is intended to supply sink modules of the automation device with electrical energy, wherein variables that are available to the automation device and which influence the operation of the automation device are recorded so as to make it possible to relieve the load on the CPU module when preprocessing the influencing variables. | 03-13-2014 |
20140163702 | CROSS-FEEDBACK-CONTROLLED HYSTERON SYNTHESIZED HYSTERESIS NETWORKS FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING, CONTROLLERS, MUSIC, AND COMPUTER SIMULATIONS IN PHYSICS, ENGINEERING, AND ECONOMICS - A method for synthesis of an advanced hysteresis function of a plurality of inputs providing cross-feedback-controlled hysteron synthesized hysteresis networks for signal processing, controllers, music, and computer simulations in physics, engineering, and economics is described. The method includes receiving and processing of a plurality of input signals with at least two parameterized multivariable nonlinearities, each parameterized multivariable nonlinearity serving as a parameterized hysteron, to produce at least one associated output signal. The output signals are processed by controller functions, each controller function comprising memory and producing at least one control signal responsive to at least one of the output signals and for controlling an associated parameterized hysteron. The resulting system provides a hysteretic response to at least one of the plurality of input signals, and can be used in the modeling and nonlinear control of systems involving networks of gears, electrical transformers, economic processes, or other networked hysteretic elements. | 06-12-2014 |
20150073569 | DATA SETTING DEVICE - In one aspect of the present invention, data to be written is divided into a plurality of pieces of divided data of a maximum size or less to calculate an offset of each piece of divided data, a frame issuing an instruction to a PLC to write a predetermined terminal code in a head address of a data area is transmitted, a frame issuing an instruction to the PLC to write the divided data at a position of the corresponding offset from the head address of the data area with respect to the divided data except a head divided data is transmitted, and a frame issuing an instruction to the PLC to write the head divided data in the head address of the data area is transmitted. | 03-12-2015 |
20160077499 | Controller Capable of Achieving Multi-Variable Controls Through Single-Variable Control Unit - A controller includes a control unit, at least one DOF (Dynamic Offshoot Factor) unit, and a compensation unit. The control unit produces an output signal for a process according to a measured signal and a reference signal, so that the measured signal can be changed to approach the reference signal. The DOF unit receives a selection signal corresponding to a variable of the process that affects the measured signal or is affected by the control unit. Also, the DOF unit produces a DOF signal according to short-time and long-time average values of the selection signal. The compensation unit incorporates the DOF signal into one of the measured signal, the reference signal, and the output signal to obtain a compensation signal being sent back to the control unit, instead of the measured signal, the reference signal or the output signal, to facilitate controlling the process. | 03-17-2016 |
700068000 | Ratio | 1 |
20090299502 | Mechanical System with an Active Materials-Based Actuator - A mechanical system selectively imparts a prescribed motion to an output load using two or more actuators, including at least one having an active material element. The output load can be a locking member when the system is a vehicle transmission, a shuttle car of a linear system, or another device. A controller determines a total motive force required for imparting the prescribed motion, and selectively commands a combination of the actuators to provide the total motive force, apportioning the total motive force between the various actuators to optimize the performance of the system. An algorithm determines which combination of the actuators is the most suitable in moving the output load, and continuously modified this combination as needed as the output load is moved. The other actuator or actuators are then selectively energized as needed to provide the total motive force depending on this suitability determination. | 12-03-2009 |
700069000 | Positional (e.g., velocity, acceleration) | 5 |
20080243274 | Control Method and Controller for a Mechanohydraulic System - The invention relates to a control method for a mechanical-hydraulic system having a degree of freedom per hydraulic actuator which is embodied as a control path, and a measuring sensor which is used to measure the pressure p | 10-02-2008 |
20090138103 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISK PROTECTION METHOD - An electronic apparatus includes a body, a triaxial acceleration sensor which is built in the body and includes a long axis and a short axis, a disk device built in the body, a calculation unit that calculates a value on a basis of an acceleration value which is detected by the triaxial acceleration sensor and is output in a direction perpendicular to the long axis and to the short axis, a setting unit that sets a threshold in a state of the body in which a plane formed by the long axis and the short axis is approximately parallel to a direction of action of gravitational acceleration, and a controller that starts protection of the disk device on a basis of a result of comparison between the value calculated by the calculation unit and the threshold. | 05-28-2009 |
700070000 | Positional with nonpositional | 3 |
20090240350 | Control Device Including a Ball that Stores Data - A device for controlling movement of an object relative to an environment is disclosed. The device may include a ball configured to store data for determining at least an orientation of the object relative to the environment. The data may pertain to a plurality of possible orientations of the object. The device may also include a speed control unit configured to determine at least a speed of the object relative to the environment. | 09-24-2009 |
20100030348 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED CONTROL OF MACHINE OPERATIONS - A method and system for a machine tool system are provided. The system includes a spindle, one or more sensor devices configured to determine a value of an operating parameter of the system, and a software application embedded within a control program of the machine tool system. The software application includes a process controller integration module configured to receive the determined operating parameter value from the sensor device, compare the operating parameter value to a predetermined allowable range, and generate one or more alerts using the comparison. The software application also includes a GUI interface module configured to display the alerts in at least one of a graphical and a textual form on a display of the machine tool system. The GUI interface module is further configured to communicate user inputs to the process controller integration module and receive information for user displays from the process controller integration module. | 02-04-2010 |
20160378083 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SENSOR UNIT, SENSOR CONTROL SYSTEM, AND SENSOR CONTROL METHOD - A portable electronic device includes: a sensor unit configured to measure a condition of a user and/or an environment where the user is located; an action pattern storage unit configured to store therein an action pattern; and a control unit configured to control the sensor unit, wherein the control unit controls, with reference to the action pattern storage unit, an operation state of the sensor unit such that the operation state is adapted to an action state of the user. | 12-29-2016 |