7811results about "Simultaneous control of multiple variables" patented technology

Electronic device operable by an user for regulating and controlling ambient parameters, such as ambient temperature, comprising a processing unit, a display device for displaying selectable control functions and setting parameters related to a set of desired ambient conditions and a selection / control unit for selecting by the user at least one control function or setting parameter from among a set of displayed control functions or setting parameters. The device comprises an interactive display of a dot matrix type able to display to a user variable indications comprising at least the specific control function associated with each of said selection / control unit according to the specific selection made by the user.

A vehicular user hospitality system is provided for detecting a condition of a user, and for controlling operations of a vehicular devices autonomously in the manner most desired (or estimated to be desired) by the user. A content of an operation of a hospitality operation portion changes in accordance with a content of user biological characteristic information. Service (hospitality) effect for the user using a vehicle can be further optimized in accordance with a mental or physical condition of the user. Specifically, standard reference information about an operation control of a function specified from a function extraction matrix is extracted. A physical or mental condition reflected by separately obtained user biological characteristic information is added to this standard reference information. Accordingly, the operation content of the selected function can be optimized.

Methods and apparatus for controlling the temperature of a seat such as a vehicle seat are disclosed. The apparatus includes an electrical heater disposed in the seat, a cooling unit such as a cooling element and a fan, a detector for detecting the temperature associated with the electrical heater, and a controller for controlling the electrical heater and the cooler based upon the detected temperature and upon the humidity algorithm comprising a predetermined set of calculations of the humidity of air at different temperatures.

An integrated controller for controlling a vapor compression based heating and cooling system. The integrated controller includes modules for independently controlling dry bulb temperature, humidity level, and incorporating a fault detection module therewith. The fault detection module being capable of detecting abnormal refrigerant levels using only temperature sensors on the condenser with thermal expansion valve or evaporator with fixed orifice type of expansion valve.

A system and method allows occupants in various locations to provide indications as to their respective levels of comfort. The indications as to comfort level are provided to a network computer. The network computer is operative to compute overall levels of comfort for each location by using a weighting factor for that location in combination with the indications as to levels of comfort These overall levels of comfort are sent to an HVAC control for further analysis prior to controlling the HVAC system that is to provide conditioned air to the locations. The resulting control of the HVAC system is influenced by the over weighting or under weighting factors used in computing the comfort levels for the locations.

The present invention is directed to a direct-drive fan system and a variable process control system for efficiently managing the operation of fans in a cooling system such a as wet-cooling tower or air-cooled heat exchanger (ACHE), HVAC systems, mechanical towers or chiller systems. The present invention is based on the integration of key features and characteristics such as tower thermal performance, fan speed and airflow, motor torque, fan pitch, fan speed, fan aerodynamic properties, and pump flow. The variable process control system processes feedback signals from multiple locations in order control a high torque, variable speed, permanent magnet motor to drive the fan. Such feedback signals represent certain operating conditions including motor temperature, basin temperature, vibrations, and pump flow rates. Other data processed by the variable process control system in order to control the motor include turbine back pressure set-point, condenser temperature set-point and plant part-load setting. The variable process control system processes this data and the aforesaid feedback signals to optimize the operation of the cooling system in order to prevent disruption of the industrial process and prevent equipment (turbine) failure or trip. The variable process control system alerts the operators for the need to conduct maintenance actions to remedy deficient operating conditions such as condenser fouling. The variable process control system increases cooling for cracking crude and also adjusts the motor RPM, and hence the fan RPM, accordingly during plant part-load conditions in order to save energy.

The present invention relates to a smart agriculture monitoring system based on a Web of Things. The system includes a CPU, connected with a smart sensor, a smart adjusting and controlling device, a real-time image and video monitoring apparatus, a transmission apparatus, an alarm system and a terminal; the CPU is connected with the smart sensor, the smart adjusting and controlling device, the real-time image and video monitoring apparatus, the transmission apparatus, the alarm system and the terminal via the wireless network controlling system; and the smart agriculture monitoring system is powered via a solar energy powering apparatus. The Web of Things agriculture smart detection and control system can greatly increase manufacturing and managing efficiency, save manpower, and can conveniently provide a strong scientific data theoretical support to aspects such as various agricultural fields or researches; and the important function thereof is obvious in the highly automated and intelligentized society.

An apparatus for monitoring and controlling a hydroponic installation which measures various sensors, controls electrical devices, and provides a rich user interface through a standard web browser accessible anywhere on the Internet. Network connectivity allows the operator to manage the system remotely, as well as view recent and historical data through web pages. Digital cameras, of the kind typically used with PCs, provide visual feedback. The apparatus can notify the operator in the case of certain predetermined conditions, using a variety of messaging methods, including email, SMS or MMS page. The operator can remotely initiate control through reply messages. An industry-standard expansion bus provides the ability to attach external devices for additional functionality. Network access can be provided by Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or a nearby cell phone with Bluetooth.

The inventive thermostat provides for sensing the temperature and humidity within the space, and responsively controlling the operation of an air conditioning compressor and blower to maintain the desired temperature and humidity. In a first mode, the thermostat operates the compressor at maximum capacity and the blower at less than maximum capacity to provide dehumidification when the humidity level is above a set point. In a second mode, the thermostat operates the compressor and blower at maximum capacity to provide full cooling capacity when the sensed temperature is more than a predetermined amount above the desired temperature setting. The thermostat is also configured to automatically switch from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation.

A method and controller for controlling the operation of a zoned climate control system including a primary heat source, a secondary heat source, a cooling unit, and a humidifier unit. The controller is configured to receive both heating demand signals and cooling demand signals from a plurality of zone thermostats positioned throughout the residence. Upon receiving a heating demand signal, the controller operates the primary heat source to provide heat to the zone issuing the heating demand signal. The controller determines whether the primary heat source satisfies the heating demand signal within a maximum heating period. If the heating demand is not satisfied within this period, the controller activates the secondary heat source to supplement the heat being supplied by the primary heat source.

A system and process for gas homogenization is disclosed. This has application in the areas of generation of gas and its conversion to electricity in downstream applications. The homogenization system minimizes variance in the gas characteristics (composition, flow, pressure, temperature), thereby rendering a steady stream of gas of consistent quality to the downstream machinery. This homogenization system can be adjusted to optimize the output gas stream for specific end-applications, or to optimize the output gas stream for different input feedstocks. This ensures that overall conversion efficiencies are maximised while keeping the process cost-effective. Such a uniform, steady output gas stream has a wide range of applications in the broad areas of generation of electricity (e.g. using internal combustion engines and combustion turbine engines), chemical synthesis (e.g. of compounds such as ethanol, methanol, hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons), fuel-cell technologies and in polygeneration processes (processes that result in co-production of electricity and synthetic fuels).

The present invention provides, in at least one embodiment, a module device, system, and method for controlling or modifying a cargo's microenvironment in a reefer during transit. The system remotely gathers, controls and modifies reefer parameters during transit. Additionally, the system remotely gathers, controls and modifies cargo parameters in a microenvironment surrounding or within the cargo.

The invention discloses a space environmental temperature and humidity control method and a control device thereby. In the method, a controller controls the operation of an actuating mechanism used for adjusting temperature and humidity according to temperature and humidity monitoring results so as to control the temperature and humidity of air; according to the required temperature and relative humidity of a target space, a set air dew-point temperature value of a mixed air section is set in advance in a storage; the controller compares a monitored air dew-point temperature monitored value of the mixed air section, which is monitored by a dew-point temperature sensor, with the set air dew-point temperature value of the mixed air section, which is set in advance, and judges whether the actuating mechanism is used to cool the air to lower the humidity or not; and after the adjustment decision is made, a temperature control procedure starts. Since the monitoring adjustment decision making step of the air dew-point temperature value of the mixed air section is repeated according to a set cycle in the running process of an air conditioning unit, the method can carry out necessary control of lowering humidity, raising or reducing temperature as required. The invention not only can greatly save energy, but also can stabilize a control system and realize high-accuracy control by using the control system, the temperature control and the humidity control of which are not interfered.

The present invention provides a control method of an electronic expansion valve, the electronic expansion valve is provided in a refrigerant circulation loop of equipment, the circulation loop is also provided with an evaporator, characterized in that the control method includes following steps: S10: starting the electronic expansion valve to process initialization, setting the opening of the electronic expansion valve in a predetermined initial value; S20: after starting the predetermined time, determining the real superheat / subcooling of the electronic expansion valve according to the difference between the outlet temperature and the inlet temperature of the evaporator; S30: comparing the object superheat / subcooling with the real superheat / subcooling, determining the optimal opening range of the electronic expansion valve; S40: adjusting the opening of the electronic expansion valve to the optimal opening range. The invention realizes the automatic control of refrigerant volume and throttle degree of equipment, and capable of adapting the working condition to control automatically, so as to protect the optimal state in the system operation ,ensuring credibility and safety operation.

The invention provides a four-point leveling method of a platform. The method comprises the following steps that: legs extend out to touch a ground, rough regulation is performed in a large dip angle range, the legs stretch to a predetermined height, and fine regulation is carried out in a small dip angle range. The invention also provides a four-point leveling system of a platform, and the system comprises locking sleeve hydraulic legs (7)-(10), legs in-position inductors (19)-(22), a display and control combiner (30), a leveling controller (31), a hydraulic valve set (32), a pressure detection group (33) and a horizontal angle sensor (34). The system is simple in structure and control logic, the risk of side overturning in a control process is avoided, and the frequency of leveling is reduced.

The invention discloses a miniature closed type intelligent adjustment system of plant cultivation environmental factors which comprises a cultivation box body and intelligent control structures. A plurality of interlayers used for plant cultivation are arrange inside the cultivation box body. The intelligent control structures comprise a human-computer interface, an industrial control board and collection executing mechanisms. Users send operational orders to the industrial control board through the human-computer interface. The collection executing mechanisms comprise a collection mechanism and an executing mechanism. The collection mechanism comprises a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration sensor and an illumination sensor. The executing mechanism comprises a compressor, a heater, a fan, a supplementary lighting device, a CO2 producer and a nutrient solution automatic cycle replenishing device. An output end of the collection mechanism is connected with an input end of the industrial control board, and an output end of the industrial control board is respectively connected with the human-computer interface and the executing mechanism. The miniature closed type intelligent adjustment system of plant cultivation environmental factors integrates automatic supplementary lighting function, temperature and humidity automatic adjustment function and CO2 concentration and nutrient solution automatic cycle replenishing function through automatic control and sensor technology, and a need of household vegetable cultivation can be met.

The invention relates to new type numerically controlled machine tool magnetic suspension feeding system. It includes engine base, two guide rails, linear motor stator part, four pairs of differential action suspension electromagnets, two pairs guide electromagnets, linear motor mover part, optical grating measuring system, and support device. The control system of the invention adopts clearance control system between DSP main controller suspension electromagnet, guide electromagnet, and the guide rail, and linear motor servo control system. Thus the invention can eliminate platen no touch support and guide, remove frictional wear, increase feed speed and positioning accuracy, supply enough bearing capacity and thrust, can be used in practical processing.

Methods and apparatus for controlling the temperature of a seat such as a vehicle seat are disclosed. The apparatus includes an electrical heater disposed in the seat, a cooling unit such as a cooling element and a fan, a detector for detecting the temperature associated with the electrical heater, and a controller for controlling the electrical heater and the cooler based upon the detected temperature and upon the humidity algorithm comprising a predetermined set of calculations of the humidity of air at different temperatures.

The present invention describes a drive system for an aircraft involving one or more nose wheel motors. Data regarding the nose wheel rotation is used to control the ground travel of the aircraft, to predict potential problems, to provide more precise control over the aircraft, and to improve aircraft safety.

A control system and method for controlling both temperature and humidity in an air conditioning system having a variable-speed compressor and a variable-speed indoor blower. In one embodiment, the control system includes: (1) a temperature control loop in which a target speed of the compressor is determined based on sensed and setpoint temperatures and (2) a humidity control loop, located in the temperature control loop, in which a target speed of the indoor blower is determined based on sensed and setpoint humidities, the target speed of the compressor employable to control the compressor and the target speed of the indoor blower employable to control the indoor blower of the air conditioning system.

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a customizable bio-manufacturing system which includes a manufacturing space having a first air handling system for providing supply air and a second air handling system for handling exhaust air, the supply air system being optionally provided with at least one of filtration, heating, cooling and or humidity control and a plurality of portable modules provided within the manufacturing space. At least one module having an interior capable of being interconnected with another module interior and each module's interior includes one or more components to perform at least one specific task of a biological, chemical, and / or pharmaceutical manufacturing process. At least one module includes an on-board environmental control system for controlling an environment within the module and a connection means for interconnecting the module interior with another module interior. The system also includes a central controller operating to at least perform one or more of operation and information collection for the operation of at least one of the system and one or more modules.

The invention relates to an automatic control system for intelligent and efficient greenhouse agricultural production, which comprises a central processing module, and a detection module, a keyboard input module, a display module, a communication module and an execution module which are connected with the central processing module, wherein the detection model comprises a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an illumination sensor, a carbon dioxide concentration sensor, an oxygen concentration sensor and a settling pond water yield sensor, which are arranged in a shed, and a wind speed sensor, a rain and snow sensor, a shed-outside temperature sensor and a shed-outside humidity sensor, which are arranged outside the shed; the execution module comprises a cooling unit, a warming unit, a ventilating unit, a light filling unit and a deep-well pump; and the communication module is connected with an upper computer away from the shed by a communication cable. By the automatic control system, the growth environment in the shed can be detected in real time, moisture, other nutrients and the growth environment required by plants are supplied and controlled intelligently, so that animals and the plants can grow quickly with high efficiency and nutrition in ideal environment, the labor cost is reduced, and the output efficiency is improved.

The invention discloses a submarine AGV movement transferring robot. An AGV body comprises an AGV driving assembly, a vehicle body framework, an auxiliary wheel, a control system module, a back panel and an operation panel. The AGV driving assembly is arranged on the lower middle portion of the vehicle body framework, the motor polarization and chain transmission mode is adopted in the AGV driving assembly, driving wheels are down to the ground, the two sides of the driving wheels are respectively provided with a magnetic navigation sensor, an RFID card reader for detecting ground magnetic card road signs is arranged right below the AGV body, the two bottoms in front of the AGV body are respectively provided with two suspended auxiliary wheels, a safety collision avoidance strip and an infrared obstacle avoidance detection module, and an automatic lifting hauling mechanism and the magnetic navigation sensors are installed on the vehicle body framework. The submarine AGV movement transferring robot has the advantages of being safe, reliable, low in cost, high in integration of internal functional modules, capable of meeting various using requirements and high in universality.

A thermostat may include one or more temperature sensors that provide temperature sensor measurements, a humidity sensor that provides humidity sensor measurements, an occupancy sensing system that may be used to characterize an occupancy status of an enclosure in which the thermostat is installed from among a plurality of possible occupancy statuses including an occupied state and an away state; and a processing system. The processing system may be configured to activate a cooling function of an HVAC system to reduce a humidity level in the enclosure based on a first set of conditions when the occupancy status is in the occupied state, or based on a second set of conditions when the occupancy status is in the away state.

The invention relates to an environmental control system, in particular to a house microclimate control system for a biological fermentation hog house, which comprises a lower computer subsystem and an upper computer monitoring subsystem. The lower computer subsystem comprises an input device, a detection unit, a master control unit, a display unit, an executive drive unit and an executive unit. The system is mainly functionally capable of automatically acquiring environment factors, such as interior air temperature, interior air humidity, interior ammonia concentration of the hog house, temperature of padding of a biological fermentation bed, exterior air temperature and exterior humidity of the hog house, and the like, capable of starting and stopping ventilation operation, water curtain cooling operation and interior sprinkling operation to effectively regulate house temperature and ammonia concentration according to physiological comfort of hogs, and capable of intelligently sprinkling to effectively regulate humidity of the biological fermentation bed according to physiological comfort of the hogs and the humidity of the biological fermentation bed.

The invention relates to a data fusion system and method of a differential GPS and an inertial navigation in an intelligent vehicle. The data fusion method of the differential GPS and the inertial navigation in the intelligent vehicle includes utilizing the differential GPS arranged at the top of the vehicle to obtain information provided by a space satellite and utilizing an upper computer which is to perform data fusion to extract GPS data according to the NEMA-0183 protocol to obtain information such as heading, speed and position; utilizing an inertial navigation system arranged in the middle of the inside of the vehicle body to collect data of a heading changing rate and x-axis and y-axis accelerations during vehicle operating, and transmitting the data to the upper computer which is to perform data fusion to obtain a heading angle and the speed and the displacement of the x-axis and the y-axis; and through algorithm integration, finally obtaining accurate navigational positioning information and utilizing the inertial system to provide RI (Related Information) under the condition that the GPS signals are lost. Besides, the method further includes displaying the navigational positioning data in a map and transmitting the packed data to a planning decision-making upper computer through an LAN (Local Area Network) created through a router, and controlling the intelligent vehicle according to analyzed information and actual travelling conditions.

The invention discloses a device which can automatically control temperature and humidity, as well as the method thereof. The device of the invention comprises an air conditioner, a damping machine, a dehumidifying machine, a ventilation system, a constant temperature lamp, a constant humidity lamp, a display and a printer, as well as a central control system which is connected with the air conditioner, the damping machine, the dehumidifying machine, the ventilation system, the constant temperature lamp, the constant humidity lamp, the display and the printer. The method of the invention comprises the following steps: the indoor temperature and the indoor humidity which need to be controlled are determined and the maximum and the minimum of the temperature and the maximum and the minimum of the humidity are set according to the needs, and the indoor and the outdoor temperature and the indoor and the outdoor humidity are measured; whether the ventilation system, the air conditioner, the damping machine and the dehumidifying starts or set under the constant temperature or constant humidity state is judged according to the indoor temperature and the indoor humidity which need to be controlled as well as the difference between the maximum and the minimum of the temperature and the maximum and the minimum of the humidity which are set and the indoor and the outdoor temperature and the indoor and the outdoor humidity; the ventilation system, the air conditioner, the damping machine and the dehumidifying are started or set under the constant temperature or constant humidity state according to the judgment of the result.

The invention relates to a control method of alternative pressure of side guides of a hot strip mill coiler, the driving side and the operating side of the side guides are alternatively controlled by adopting a position model and a pressure model, and the technical scheme of controlling by the prior position model only is changed. The invention greatly reduces the pressure oscillation at two sides of the side guides because of alternative pressure control, obviously reduces the convolute movement defect, can adapt to the coiling of various thick and thin specifications of band steel, and can lead the pressure at two sides of the side guides to keep consistently balance, thereby ensuring the symmetry of the abrasion of the two side guides.