488 results about "Control system" patented technology

A load control system for a building having a lighting load, a window, and a heating and cooling system comprises a lighting control device for controlling the amount of power delivered to the lighting load, a daylight control device, such as a motorized window treatment, for adjusting the amount of natural light to be admitted through a window, and a temperature control device for controlling a setpoint temperature of the heating and cooling system to thus control a present temperature in the building. The load control system may also comprise a controllable electrical receptacle for turning on and off a plug-in electrical load connected thereto. The lighting control device, the daylight control device, the temperature control device, and the controllable receptacle are controlled so as to decrease a total power consumption of the load control system in response to a received demand response command.

An earpiece includes an earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the earpiece housing, a gesture based interface operatively connected to the processor and configured to detect changes in an energy field associated with user gestures, and at least one sensor operatively connected to the processor for determining positioning of the ear piece. The processor is configured to interpret the changes in the energy field to determine the user gestures. The processor is configured to activate the ear piece based on the positioning of the ear piece.

A method by which a freeze-drying process may be developed from a single freeze-drying experiment. The method uses in-process manometric temperature measurement (MTM) data to optimize the primary drying conditions. Manometric temperature measurement is a procedure by which the product temperature at the sublimation interface and the resistance of the previously dried product to vapor flow may be determined. The inventive method can be used in an inventive freeze-drying system. The system comprises a freeze-dryer, a measurement system including hardware and software necessary for generation of MTM data and a control system including hardware and software for interpretation of the generated MTM data and control of the freeze-dryer. The measurement system and control system may be combined into a single device. The inventive freeze-drying system utilizes a microprocessor and software to define conditions for the freezing and secondary drying stages and to define chamber pressure and “target product temperature” for the primary drying stage based on MTM data and operator input data, thereby providing a near optimized freeze-drying process.

A method of operation of a storage control system includes: determining a bit error rate of a page; calculating a slope based on the bit error rate; and adjusting a threshold voltage for the page based on the slope for reading a memory device.

The present device is a stimulating wearable item that provides safety and entertainment benefits to the wearer. The device includes a wearable item, preferably a backpack, a stimulus control system, and at least one stimulus means. The stimulus control system includes a controller, a motion sensor and at least one power source. Each stimulus means is electrically connected to the stimulus control system. When the controller detects movement of the wearable item through the motion sensor, the stimulus control system activates the at least one stimulus means. The at least one stimulus means includes different stimulus means, such as a noise means, a vibration means, or an illumination means. The stimulating wearable item uses multiple stimulating means to increase the profile of the wearer and is enjoyable to wear to encourage frequent use. The device also allows for easy changing of the stimulus means as desired.

A method is provided for a control system. The method may include obtaining data records associated one or more input variables and one or more output parameters, and selecting one or more input parameters from the one or more input variables. The method may also include generating a computational model indicative of interrelationships between the one or more input parameters and the one or more output parameters based on the data records, and determining desired respective statistical distributions of the one or more input parameters of the computational model.

A control system for a work machine, having an articulated joint and a work implement with at least one axis of rotation, has a first lever with a first longitudinal axis. A twist angle of the first lever about the first longitudinal axis is related to an articulation speed of the work machine. The control system also has a second lever having a second longitudinal axis. A twist angle of the second lever about the second longitudinal axis is related to a rotation speed of the work implement about the at least one axis of rotation. A plurality of operator control devices are disposed on the first and second levers.

Systems and corresponding computer-implemented methods for context-based rule evaluation in an electronic data storage system are described. A request to perform an operation with respect to a resource is received from a client device, with the request including various attributes associated with the client device. At least one set of rules applicable to the operation is identified. The rules can be formed from a combination of primitives arranged to dynamically evaluate attributes associated with the resource and attributes associated with the client device. Based on the evaluation of the rule set(s), an action is identified to be performed with respect to the resource.

The invention discloses a transformer substation switch box operation mobile robot, a working method and a system, and belongs to the field of the mobile robots. The transformer substation switch box operation mobile robot comprises a robot body, a mobile platform, a mechanical arm, a two-dimension code scanner, a power supply management system, a motion control system and a visual sensing system, wherein the mobile platform is arranged at the lower part of the robot body, and is a crawler-type mobile platform; the power supply management system and the motion control system are arranged in the robot body; the mechanical arm is mounted above the robot body; the visual sensing system is mounted above the tail end of the mechanical arm; and the two-dimension code scanner is arranged under the robot body. The transformer substation switch box operation mobile robot has the characteristics of high precision, stability in operation, safety, reliability, etc., can realize the effect of artificial intelligence operation, and can replace humans to realize the effect of standard operation.

The invention relates to an uncalibration machine vision-based intelligent navigation control system and an uncalibration machine vision-based intelligent navigation control method, and belongs to the technical field of automation and detection. In order to overcome the disadvantage that whether a technical effect is good or bad depends on uncalibration parameters in a conventional scheme, in vision system-based mobile robot real-time obstacle avoidance and a navigation control method in the technical scheme of the invention, an image is automatically acquired and analyzed for the purpose of realizing the control of a mobile robot platform; the image is processed rapidly from image feedback information obtained directly by utilizing the principal of machine vision; and feedback information is given in a time as short as possible for participating in the generation of a control decision so as to form the position closed-loop control of an end effector of the mobile robot. The scheme improves the adaptability and the work efficiency of a robot, effectively maintains the speed and the precision in an image processing process, enhances the robustness and the stability of a robot control system, and reduces cost input and energy consumption in an implementation process of the technical scheme.

The invention provides a control method and system of a compressor electric heating band in an air conditioner, wherein the control method comprises the following steps of: detecting the air exhaust temperature of a compressor or the outdoor environment temperature of the air conditioner when the air conditioner is at the standby condition, and comparing the detection temperature value and the setting value, and controlling the starting and closing of the compressor electric heating band under the standby condition according to the compared result. The control system comprises a first sensor, a second sensor, a first control module, a comparison module and a relay, wherein the first sensor detects the outdoor environment temperature; the second sensor detects the compressor air exhaust temperature; the first control module enables the first or the second sensor to operate in the standby state of the compressor, and is respectively connected with the first sensor and the second sensor electrically; the comparison module is used for comparing the detection value and the setting of the first or the second sensor, and is electrically connected with signal output ends of the first sensor and the second sensor; and the relay controls the starting and closing of the electric heating band, an input end of the relay is electrically connected with a signal output end of the comparison module, and an output end of the relay is electrically connected with the electric heating band. According to the invention, the standby power consumption of the air conditioner can be lowered.

The invention discloses a one-card control system and a one-card control method of a mobile phone Bluetooth swiping card. The control system comprises a one-card control center, an elevator management module, a mobile phone Bluetooth card reader, an input and output module; the elevator management module is in communication connection with the mobile phone Bluetooth card reader; a card number transmitted from the mobile phone Bluetooth card reader is processed in real time to judge whether the received card number is effective, and the input and output module carries out corresponding output according to permission control registered by the card number, or floor permission information stored on the mobile phone card of a user is directly read, and the input and output module carries out corresponding output according to the control of the permission information. The third-party linkage communication interface of the elevator management module or the one-card control center is respectively connected with an intercommunication access control system and a parking lot management system through TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) for linkage so as to realize seamless integration among systems. A mobile phone Bluetooth function is used for replacing a control method for starting an elevator by using a traditional card, so that the problem that the control for the elevator is not flexible through passive RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and active RFID originally is solved; meanwhile, the third-party linkage communication interface or the one-card control center achieves linkage with intercommunication access control, parking lots or other third parties to realize integrated application of multiple systems, so that the degree of automation is further improved.

The present invention pertains to a device and method to measure thermo-optical, preferably thermophoretic, characteristics of particles in a solution. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a sample probe comprising marked particles in a solution; (b) providing a temperature control system for creating a temperature gradient within said sample probe by contact heating, electrical heating and/or cooling; (c) detecting the marked particles at a first time; (d) creating a temperature gradient within the sample probe by means of the temperature control system; (e) detecting the marked particles in the sample probe at a, preferably predetermined, second time and/or at a predetermined location within the temperature gradient, and (f) characterizing the particles based on said two detections.

The invention provides a ground station control system for a universal unmanned aerial vehicle. The ground station control system adopts a modular design and specifically comprises a navigation display module, a flight path managing and task planning module, au unmanned aerial vehicle instrument and state display module, a flying simulating module, a wireless monitoring and visual simulating module and human-computer interaction equipment. The ground station control system for the universal unmanned aerial vehicle, provided by the invention, has the characteristics of being complete in functions, simple to operate and convenient to carry and is wide in portability and universality.

The invention discloses a computer interlocking system DS 6-11, which comprises the following parts: control platform subsystem, interlocking subsystem, input subsystem, output subsystem, monitor subsystem and network communication subsystem to connect each subsystem, wherein the system possesses high reliable industrial control computer and imbedded CPU control system, which applies network communication technique to constitute the distribution-typed control system. The invention realizes self-detecting function for output and input circuit, which reinforces the interference-proof and stability property greatly.

A vehicle control system including a vehicle and a vehicle controller for receiving information regarding the vehicle and its environment and vehicle control input via a vehicle control, applying control logic predefined for the vehicle control input and the information to determine an aspect of the vehicle to control and how to control the aspect, and sending a control directive to at least one vehicle subsystem to carry out the determined control of the aspect, where when the vehicle is in a first operational state the controller allows the vehicle control input to control the vehicle subsystem directly related to the vehicle control input without modification by the controller, and where when the vehicle is in a second operational state the controller uses the vehicle control input to determine a vehicle objective and sends the control directive to any of the vehicle subsystems in order to achieve the vehicle objective.

The invention discloses an intelligent pushing type drug discharging device, a drug dispensing control system and a drug managing and dispensing method. The intelligent pushing type drug discharging device is used for the intelligent drug dispensing control system and comprises a drug groove used for containing drug and a pushing device used for pushing the drug out of the drug groove. When drug discharging is needed, the pushing device pushes the drug towards the direction of a drug discharging outlet, and the moving length of the pushing device is equal to the length occupied by the drug to be discharged in the drug groove. When drug discharging is not needed, the pushing device does not form pushing force large enough to enable the drug to be pushed out of the drug groove. The intelligent pushing type drug discharging device can be placed at a small angle even zero angle, and is smaller in occupied space and capable of greatly improving the utility rate of space. According to the intelligent pushing type drug discharging device, the foundation of drug discharging counting is reliable, drug stock information can be updated in real time, drug validity date management can be conducted in real time, and maintaining cost is low. Preferably, the pushing device comprises a motor and a pushing component, the middle of the drug groove is hollow to form a channel, and the motor drives a pushing block on the pushing component to make linear reciprocating motion in the channel.

The invention provides a four-directional shuttle vehicle control system based on road right tokens. The four-directional shuttle vehicle control system comprises a WCS, a communication module, a shuttle vehicle locating module and a vehicle-mounted control module, wherein the communication module, the shuttle vehicle locating module and the vehicle-mounted control module are arranged on a four-directional shuttle vehicle. The communication module is connected with the WCS in a wireless mode, receives a shuttle vehicle task message and outputs the shuttle vehicle task message to the vehicle-mounted control module. The vehicle-mounted control module controls the shuttle vehicle to complete a series of actions according to the task message. The shuttle locating module determines the coordinate information of the position of the shuttle vehicle by reading address labels on a storage rack or the number of photoelectric signs on a pallet station and outputs the coordinate information to the vehicle-mounted control module. The vehicle-mounted control module feeds back the coordinate information of the four-directional shuttle vehicle, the state information of the shuttle vehicle and task schedule information to the WCS through the communication module. By the adoption of the four-directional shuttle vehicle control system based on the road right tokens, the carrying efficiency of the shuttle vehicle and the throughput rate of a storage system can be remarkably improved by optimizing a route plan, vehicle dispatch and traffic control.

A motor network control system is provided which is capable of reducing the wiring length of a power cable and in which upon replacement of a motor or an inverter of a specific motor unit, no adverse influence is exerted on the other motor units. A power cable 7 and a communication cable 8 connecting between a plurality of motor units 30a-30c, each of which includes a motor 4, an inverter 5 and a communication part 6, extend successively from a power supply 1 and a network control computer 2, respectively, to the respective motor units 30a-30c in such a manner that the motor units are connected with each other in a cascade manner from a preceding one to a following one. In addition, each of the motor units includes a connection board 11 on which an inverter 5 and a communication part 6 are installed. The power cable 7 and the communication cable 8 are connected with the respective inverters and the respective communication parts through connection terminal blocks, respectively, each of which includes a cable connector for connecting the cables from a preceding motor unit and the cables to a following motor with each other, and a terminal block fixture for detachably fixing the associated connection terminal block to the associated inverter or the associated communication part.

The invention discloses a control method of a multi-axis motion card control system, and relates to the technical field of mechanical automatic control. The method includes the following steps that a user sends instructions to a DSP in a motion control card through an upper computer; a instruction communication module in the DSP regularly scans an FIFO buffer region and a DPRAM buffer region in an FPGA; when reading the instructions, an instruction analysis module preferentially reads instructions in an emergency instruction circular queue, if emergency instructions need to be executed, the emergency instructions are firstly read, and if no instructions exist in an emergency instruction cache, instructions in an ordinary instruction circular queue are read; after the instructions are taken out from the circular queue, the instructions are analyzed; a speed planning module and an interpolation module calculate speed values of axes according to motion types and parameters. By the adoption of the method, operation efficiency of the system and data processing efficiency are improved, and high efficiency of operation of the system and data continuity are effectively guaranteed.

A control system controls adaptively an operation of a vapor compression system. The control system includes a memory for storing a mapping relationship between control inputs of the vapor compression system, and a processor for executing a supervisory controller and an optimization controller. The supervisory controller controls the operation of the vapor compression system using a set of control inputs selected according to the mapping relationship. The optimization controller modifies the mapping relationship in response to the operation of the vapor compression system.

A DRAM and memory controller are coupled during driver training to reduce mismatches. The impedances of the system are controlled through a termination at the controller to yield improvements in timing margins. The coupling of the components on a shared electrical bus through adjustment of the termination values during training removes known offset issues.