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Method for determining a desired system configuration

Assignee: Honeywell Inc
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Filing: 1990-09-26
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2010-09-26
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Abstract

Abstract A method implemented by a computer control system is devised in which each input condition to which the system must respond is defined and a priority value assigned thereto. Desired system resource conditions called attributes herein corresponding to each input are determined. System resource states or attributes for all combinations of control element states are determined. An optimum configuration for the discrete control elements is established for a set of input conditions by comparing the system resource condition for each control element configuration with the system resource condition desired for all the input conditions. A score for each input condition is determined based on the priority of the input condition and the number of resource conditions for the input condition which match the resource conditions for a control elements configuration, and the optimum control configuration is the configuration which produces the highest cumulative score for all input conditions.

Inventors

  • 👤 Gerald B. Kelley

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 13:13
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05D; G05D1/00; G05D1/0055; G05D1/0077; G05B; G05B13/00; G05B13/02; G05B13/0265

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 110 words
A method for determining a configuration for a plurality of discrete control elements which match system resource functions to desired system functions for a plurality of input conditions, characterized by the steps: a) determining system resource functions for each configuration of said control elements; b) determining system resource functions desired for each input condition; c) assigning a priority weight to each system input function; d) comparing system resource functions for each configuration with desired system resource functions for each input condition; and e) establishing a score for each configuration based upon the numnber of matched system resource functions and the weighting factor for the input condition when a match occurs.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 110 words
A method for determining a configuration for a plurality of discrete control elements which match system resource functions to desired system functions for a plurality of input conditions, characterized by the steps: a) determining system resource functions for each configuration of said control elements; b) determining system resource functions desired for each input condition; c) assigning a priority weight to each system input function; d) comparing system resource functions for each configuration with desired system resource functions for each input condition; and e) establishing a score for each configuration based upon the numnber of matched system resource functions and the weighting factor for the input condition when a match occurs.
Claim 3
Independent Claim 96 words
A method for determining a configuration for a plurality of discrete control elements which match system resource functions to desired system functions for a plurality of input conditions, characterized by the steps: a) determining system resource functions for each configuration of said control elements; b) determining system resource functions desired for each input condition; c) comparing system resource functions for each configuration with desired system resource functions for each input condition; and d) establishing a score for each configuration based upon the number of matched system resource functions for the input condition when a match occurs.
Claim 4
Independent Claim 96 words
A method for determining a configuration for a plurality of discrete control elements which match system resource functions to desired system functions for a plurality of input conditions, characterized by the steps: a) determining system resource functions for each configuration of said control elements; b) determining system resource functions desired for each input condition; c) comparing system resource functions for each configuration with desired system resource functions for each input condition; and d) establishing a score for each configuration based upon the number of matched system resource functions for the input condition when a match occurs.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 22 words
A method according to claim 1, characterized by the step: f) determining the control element configuration which has the highest established score.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 48 words
A method according to claim 3, characterized by the steps: g) determining whether or not said highest score control element configuration is achievable; and h) selecting the next highest score of control element configuration in the event the control element configuration with the highest score is not achievable.

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