1179 results about "System dynamics" patented technology

There is presented a reliable technique for measuring condition change in nonlinear data such as brain waves. The nonlinear data is filtered and discretized into windowed data sets. The system dynamics within each data set is represented by a sequence of connected phase-space points, and for each data set a distribution function is derived. New metrics are introduced that evaluate the distance between distribution functions. The metrics are properly renormalized to provide robust and sensitive relative measures of condition change. As an example, these measures can be used on EEG data, to provide timely discrimination between normal, preseizure, seizure, and post-seizure states in epileptic patients. Apparatus utilizing hardware or software to perform the method and provide an indicative output is also disclosed.

Control system for devices such as an audio reproduction system, an actuator device, an electromechanical device and a telephony device. The system includes control circuitry which receives an input signal and a signal indicative of a position of a portion of the controlled apparatus. The control circuit provides an output signal to the controlled apparatus to affect an operation of the controlled apparatus. The output signal provides control of the apparatus to compensate for one or more of: motor factor; spring factor; back electromotive force; and impedance of a coil in a driver of the controlled apparatus. The signal indicative of position is derived by one or more position indicator techniques such as an infrared LED and PIN diode combination, position dependent capacitance of one portion of the controlled apparatus with respect to another portion of the controlled apparatus, and impedance of a coil in the controlled apparatus. The control circuitry is configurable to control transconductance and/or transduction of the system being controlled. A technique is disclosed to detect and measure a cant of a voice coil transducer, the technique including measuring a capacitance between one portion of the voice coil transducer with respect to another portion of the voice coil transducer over a range of movement of the voice coil during operation.

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An inertial (“INS”)/GPS receiver includes an INS sub-system which incorporates, into a modified Kalman filter, GPS observables and/or other observables that span previous and current times. The INS filter utilizes the observables to update position information relating to both the current and the previous times, and to propagate the current position, velocity and attitude related information. The GPS observable may be delta phase measurements, and the other observables may be, for example, wheel pick-offs (or counts of wheel revolutions) that are used to calculate along track differences, and so forth. The inclusion of the measurements in the filter together with the current and the previous position related information essentially eliminates the effect of system dynamics from the system model. A position difference can thus be formed that is directly observable by the phase difference or along track difference measured between the previous and current time epochs. Further, the delta phase measurements can be incorporated in the INS filter without having to maintain GPS carrier ambiguity states. The INS sub-system and the GPS sub-system share GPS and INS position and covariance information. The receiver time tags the INS and any other non-GPS measurement data with GPS time, and then uses the INS and GPS filters to produce INS and GPS position information that is synchronized in time. The GPS/INS receiver utilizes GPS position and associated covariance information and the GPS and/or other observables in the updating of the INS filter. The INS filter, in turn, provides updated system error information that is used to propagate inertial current position, velocity and attitude information. Further, the receiver utilizes the inertial position, velocity and covariance information in the GPS filters to speed up GPS satellite signal re-acquisition and associated ambiguity resolution operations

A path planning device includes: an initial position and posture path acquiring unit which acquires an initial position and posture path including a plurality of nodes connecting present position and posture of a control target to target position and posture and which configures a rigid body corresponding to the control target in each node in the position and posture path; an interference detector which detects interference with the control target by an obstruction; an external force calculator which calculates an external force for each rigid body; and a multi rigid body system dynamics simulation unit which performs a multi rigid body system dynamics simulation on a plurality of equations of rigid body motion and which acquires positions and postures of the control target at times corresponding to the nodes in the position and posture path.

Dynamic channel estimation thresholds allow for determining optimal threshold values for channel estimation in a layered-modulation wireless communication system. A channel estimation threshold can be used to remove or otherwise filter out channel estimate components that may be significantly influenced by noise. The channel estimation threshold value can be used to generate a refined channel estimate that is used in decoding multiple layers of a layered modulation signal. The channel estimation threshold value can be varied based on the performance of the various signal layer decoders. The adaptive channel estimation threshold provides for decoding a base layer based on an optimal threshold value for the base layer; determining an error rate associated with decoding the base layer; and using an optimal threshold value for an enhancement layer in a channel estimation algorithm if the error rate is lower than a predetermined level.

The invention relates to a virtual ecological simulation system used in three dimensional online which is generated in virtual environment by using WebGis (World-wide-Web) and GTC-LOD (Level of Detail) technology. On the basis of using WebGis's powerful space data process and space analysis ability, a living three dimensional ecological environment mould is created by using virtual reality technology to attract browsers watching, and meanwhile the system can act as a monitor action such as ecological system dynamic investigation, ecological program and resource reasonable utilization etc. Another, after colligating GRC-LOD technology, large scale ecological system scene three dimensional real time online scan can be realized, which not only provides convenience to intercommunion and travel but also assists the government to carry out macroeconomic control and programming decision in order to create a new virtual reality system in which human and the nature can harmoniously develop.

Dynamic thresholds statistically derived are used to define normal conditions at a specific site in an electric power distribution system. High and low and/or caution and alarm thresholds for various parameters are generated as multiples of the standard deviation of the long-term average of measured values calculated from samples gathered over repetitive intervals, such as ten minutes. Weekly averages are used until sufficient data has been gathered to maintain a running one year average.

Method, computer program, system and apparatus for operating system dynamic event management and task scheduling using function calls. Method, computer program product, and system for non-preemptively scheduling tasks in a computer system. Scheduler and scheduling method that schedules tasks that are broken into a number of short actions, without preempting the actions as they are executed and without assigning a priority to tasks. Invention decreases the overhead as compared to existing methods and systems.

A new feedback linearization approach to advanced control of single-unit and multi-unit HVAC systems is described. In accordance with the approach of the invention, this new nonlinear control includes a model-based feedback linearization part to compensate for the nonlinearity in the system dynamics. Therefore, the evaporating temperature and superheat values can be controlled by linear PI control designs to achieve desired system performance and reliability. The main advantages of the new nonlinear control approach include (1) better performance even with large model errors, (2) being able to adapt to indoor unit turn on/off operation, (3) much smaller PI control gains compared to that of current feedback PI controls, (4) much easier design procedures since there is no need for tuning the PI control gains over wide range operation.

Methods and systems for efficient and effective distribution of system management messages between customer and service provider sites are provided. Customer sites each recognize characteristics of the content of messages distributed by the system and receive only messages relevant to the customer site. System dynamic changes are adapted to such as inter-site communication link interruption or congestion and providing seamless automated information technologies operations during these system dynamic changes. Automated management services are only postponed until such communication link can be restored. Two illustrative embodiments are provided. In one embodiment, system management resides at the service provider site with local system management backup at the customer site. In a second embodiment, system management resides at both the service provider site and customer site.

The invention discloses an equipment integration system reliability analysis method based on a dynamic fault tree, and belongs to the field of reliability evaluation of equipment integration systems. The method comprises the following steps: (1) equipment integration system fault data processing; (2) equipment integration system dynamic fault tree modeling based on an ontology model; (3) reliability evaluation according to a dynamic fault tree model, to be specific, A, carrying out module division on the dynamic fault tree; B, converting the dynamic fault tree into a Markov chain; C, solving the fault rate of a dynamic sub-tree based on a Markov process; D, calculating the system reliability according to overall structure functions. The equipment integration system reliability analysis method has the benefits that the effects of identifying key parts of the equipment integration system and quantifying the degree of reliability of the equipment integration system are achieved, and the dynamic fault characteristics of the equipment integration system can be adapted.

The invention discloses a multi-system dynamic PPP resolving method based on robust self-adaption Kalman smoothing. The method includes the steps that receiving machine outline coordinates and receiving machine clock bias of all systems are solved through selecting-weight-iteration pseudo-range single-point positioning, and accordingly all positioning error correction values are calculated according to an error correction model in combination with the satellite precise ephemeris and satellite precise clock bias; strict data quality control is conducted on observation data. Due to the fact that dynamic PPP accuracy is easily affected by undetected small cycle slips or the gross error and the like, an observation equation weight matrix is adjusted according to the observation value residual vectors, and the undetected small cycle slips or the gross error and other influence factors are removed; self-adaption factors are determined according to the state predictive information, and thus the influence on parameter estimation of the predictive information is controlled. By means of the method, when multi-system dynamic PPP is conducted through a single receiving machine, the feature that the number of multi-system satellites is increased greatly, on the basis that the stability of the satellite structure is guaranteed, the influence of the gross error is weaken effectively, the dynamic noise abnormity in dynamic positioning is improved, and finally the high-precision and high-stability multi-system dynamic PPP result is achieved.

The invention discloses a method for achieving system dynamic expansion in a shared-nothing database cluster, which includes the following steps: adding and detecting newly added data nodes and verifying connectivity of the newly added data nodes; initializing the newly added data nodes and synchronizing metadata information into the newly added data nodes; redistributing related tuples of a data table and distributed on the newly added data nodes in data nodes and the newly added data nodes, and leading operation on the data table in the redistributing process to be synchronous in the data nodes and the newly added data nodes; and modifying cluster configuration files in a cluster manager. The method solves the problem of difficulty in dynamic expansion of the shared-nothing database cluster, and greatly reduces influence on and loss of user service logic during expansion of the cluster. By means of the method, on-line expansion can be achieved, so that high expandability of a system can be ensured, and high availability of the system can further be ensured.

Dynamic posterior stabilization systems and methods of stabilizing vertebrae are described. A dynamic posterior stabilization system may include bone fasteners and a dampener system. The bone fasteners may be secured to the vertebrae, and the dampener system may be attached to the bone fasteners. The dampener system may include a first dampener set and a second dampener set positioned on an elongated member. The first dampener set may be compressed and provides resistance to movement of the first bone fastener towards the second bone fastener. The second dampener set may be compressed and provide resistance to movement of the first bone fastener away from the second bone fastener.

The invention is directed to an x-ray flux management device that adaptively attenuates an x-ray beam to limit the incident flux reaching a subject and radiographic detectors in potentially high-flux areas while not affecting the incident flux and detector measurements in low-flux regions. While the invention is particularly well-suited for CT, the invention is also applicable with other x-ray imaging systems. In addition to reducing the required detector system dynamic range, the present invention provides an added advantage of reducing radiation dose.

This invention discloses a dual-feed AC-DC-AC converter control structure for wind power generation, and the rotor exciting magnetic converter using the fuzzy PI adaptive control strategy of current inner loop. When the generator no-load networking, the current inner loop uses the conventional PI regulator, and after networking, as to three modes, sub-synchronization, synchronization, super-synchronous, it uses fuzzy adaptive PI control. The network-side converter uses SPWM control strategy which fixed switching frequency and combining electric network electromotive front-feed. In the invention, both converting processes use four-quadrant operation PWM converters based on full-controlled devices, so it can not only improve the system dynamic response, reduce wastage and impact, achieve the two-way electric transmission, but also it can achieve wind power generation network side unit power factor sinusoidal current networking power generation operating.

The invention discloses a rope-driven parallel robot motion control method in consideration of elasticity effect and compensation, and relates to a robot. The method comprises the steps of constructing a system dynamic equation for rope pull optimization and controller design; optimizing rope pull distribution according to an expected moving platform motion track based on the system dynamic equation and a constraint condition by adopting a rope pull dynamic optimization model taking maximum rigidity weight as a target function, and calculating the deformation; analyzing a moving platform pose error caused by elastic deformation of a pull rope via kinematic forward analysis according to the actual rope length and the deformation; acquiring the actual motion state of a visual measurement moving platform, and taking the deviation between the actual motion state and the expected motion state as a control quantity; designing a controller; and calculating a control drive torque instruction according to the designed controller, and finally controlling the motion track of the moving platform and the pull of the rope, thereby meeting the requirement of the working condition.

Systems and method for modeling system dynamics, including extracting features representative of a temporal evolution of a dynamical system, further including deriving one or more vector trajectories by performing sliding window segmentation of one or more time series; applying a linear test to determine whether the one or more vector trajectories are linear or nonlinear; and performing linear or nonlinear subspace decomposition on the vector trajectory based on the linear test. The system and method may generate a system evolution model from the extracted features of the dynamical system and determine a fitness score of the system evolution model.

A free space optical switch that uses both an open loop control mode and a closed loop control mode. The open loop control mode is used to transition to a state where at least some light is sensed at a destination port. A closed loop control mode is then used, whereby a series of controlled dither signals are adjusted for system dynamics. Modifying the dither signals in this matter allows moving actuators at a rate that is much closer to the natural frequency of the underlying system, and hence speeds up the system convergence process. Variable modulation amplitudes may be employed on the dither signals to maximize convergence speed. In particular, changes in the dither signal can be made in accordance with the change in amplitude as a function of a gradient along a parabola that models the optical system response. According to still further aspects, the dither signals may be compensated for a desired and selectable attenuation level of output optical power.

Dynamic posterior stabilization systems and methods of stabilizing vertebrae are described. A dynamic posterior stabilization system may include a first bone fastener configured to couple to a first vertebra, a second bone fastener configured to couple to a second vertebra, and a dampener system attached to the first bone fastener and the second bone fastener. The dampener system may include a first dampener set and a second dampener set. Compression of the first dampener set provides resistance to movement of the first bone fastener towards the second bone fastener. Compression of the first dampener set and the second dampener set provides resistance to movement of the first bone fastener away from the second bone fastener.

Fuel control dynamic health assessment systems and methods related to monitoring fuel flow control are provided. In one embodiment, a method for controlling a system having an engine, includes determining a predicted valve position of a valve, the valve being operable to control fuel flow to a fuel pump that pumps fuel to a common fuel rail of the engine, determining an actual valve position, determining an error between the predicted valve position and the actual valve position, and setting a degradation condition in response to the error.

The invention relates to the technical field of synchronous phasor measurement of an electric system, in particular to a synchronous phasor measurement method with filtered-out attenuation direct current components. The synchronous phasor measurement method includes the steps of based on a traditional DFT algorithm, respectively calculating real parts and imaginary parts of three continuous data window fundamental components with a composite trapezoidal rule and a linear interpolation method, then calculating error estimation values of the real parts and the imaginary parts, correcting the original real parts and the original imaginary parts through the obtained error estimation values, and filtering out influences of the attenuation direct current components in the electric system on the synchronous phasor measurement method. The method has the high synchronous phasor measuring accuracy and the high noise resistance under the electric system static condition and the electric system dynamic condition, the influences caused by the attenuation direct current components in the electric system are filtered out, and the measuring accuracy of the synchronous phasor measurement method when the electric system fails is improved.