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Method and apparatus for statistical set point bias control
Assignee: Schneider Electric Systems USA Inc
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Filing: 1987-07-13
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Granted: 1989-08-08
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Expires: 2007-07-13
Abstract
Abstract A process controller may incorporate statistical computations of the variance in the controlled variable. Statistical measures may then be used to offset the controller set point to maintain the controlled variable distribution in an acceptable specification zone. The statistical measures may be made automatically and continuously thereby obviating human intervention, while producing high quality, though statistically variable, process output. The statistical measures may be calculated specifically or generated by a weighted integration method.
Inventors
- 👤 Francis G. Shinskey
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 15:49
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05B; G05B21/00; G05B21/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
A method for set point bias control of a process with a controller receiving a set point value to operate on the process producing a measured amount comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a specification limit, (b) offsetting the specification limit in a preferred direction with a bias amount to produce a set point amount, (c) generating a error signal amount from the set point amount and the measured amount, (d) controlling a process according to the error signal amount, (e) measuring a process feature to produce the measured amount, and (f) performing a bias computation on the measured amount to generate the bias amount.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
105 words
A method for set point bias control of a process with a controller receiving a set point value to operate on the process producing a measured amount comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a specification limit, (b) offsetting the specification limit in a preferred direction with a bias amount to produce a set point amount, (c) generating a error signal amount from the set point amount and the measured amount, (d) controlling a process according to the error signal amount, (e) measuring a process feature to produce the measured amount, and (f) performing a bias computation on the measured amount to generate the bias amount.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method in claim 1 wherein generating the set point bias includes performing a statistical measure of the measured amount to produce the set point bias related to the statistical measure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method in claim 2 wherein the statistical measure is a measure of standard deviation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method in claim 3 including the step of scaling the standard deviation to produce the bias.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
136 words
A method for set point bias control of a process with a controller receiving a set point amount to operate on the process producing a measured amount comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a specification limit, (b) offsetting the specification limit in a preferred direction with a bias amount to produce a set point amount, (c) generating a error signal amount as a difference between the set point amount and a measured amount, (d) controlling a process according to the error signal amount, (e) measuring a process feature to produce the measured amount, (f) performing a bias computation on the measured amount to generate the bias amount from a measure of standard deviation of the measured amount to produce the set point bias, and (g) scaling the measure of standard deviation to produce the bias amount.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
136 words
A method for set point bias control of a process with a controller receiving a set point amount to operate on the process producing a measured amount comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a specification limit, (b) offsetting the specification limit in a preferred direction with a bias amount to produce a set point amount, (c) generating a error signal amount as a difference between the set point amount and a measured amount, (d) controlling a process according to the error signal amount, (e) measuring a process feature to produce the measured amount, (f) performing a bias computation on the measured amount to generate the bias amount from a measure of standard deviation of the measured amount to produce the set point bias, and (g) scaling the measure of standard deviation to produce the bias amount.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
131 words
A method for set point bias control of a process with a controller receiving a set point value to operate on the process producing a measured amount comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a specification limit, (b) producing a set point amount from a difference between the specification limit and the measured amount, a duration of the difference, and a first gain while the measured amount is on a preferred side of the specification limit and a second gain while the measured amount is not on the preferred side of the specification limit, (c) generating an error signal amount in response to the set point amount and the measured amount, (d) controlling the process according to the error signal amount, and (e) measuring a process feature to produce the measured amount.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
131 words
A method for set point bias control of a process with a controller receiving a set point value to operate on the process producing a measured amount comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a specification limit, (b) producing a set point amount from a difference between the specification limit and the measured amount, a duration of the difference, and a first gain while the measured amount is on a preferred side of the specification limit and a second gain while the measured amount is not on the preferred side of the specification limit, (c) generating an error signal amount in response to the set point amount and the measured amount, (d) controlling the process according to the error signal amount, and (e) measuring a process feature to produce the measured amount.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
76 words
The method in claim 6 wherein producing the set point amount includes the steps of: (a) integrating the difference between the specification limit and a measured amount, to form an integration result and (b) multiplying the integration result by a first gain while the measured amount is on a preferred side of the specification limit and by a second gain while the measured amount in not on the preferred side to produce the set point amount.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method in claim 7 wherein the second gain is greater than the first gain.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method in claim 7 wherein the second gain is greater than the first gain in ratio to the amount the measured amount on the preferred side of the specification limit is sought to have to the amount of the measured amount not on the preferred side of the specification limit.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
126 words
Process control apparatus for set point bias control of a process having at least one specification limit, comprising: (a) means for determining a measured process value, (b) a process controller responsive to a set point condition and to the measured process value to produce a control signal for controlling the process, (c) means for generating a set point bias, and (d) means for offsetting a specification limit by the set point bias in a preferred direction to produce the set point condition, wherein the set point bias generating means includes means for determining a statistical measure of the measured process value to produce the set point bias in a form related to the statistical measure, and wherein the statistical measure includes an nth degree moment surface.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
126 words
Process control apparatus for set point bias control of a process having at least one specification limit, comprising: (a) means for determining a measured process value, (b) a process controller responsive to a set point condition and to the measured process value to produce a control signal for controlling the process, (c) means for generating a set point bias, and (d) means for offsetting a specification limit by the set point bias in a preferred direction to produce the set point condition, wherein the set point bias generating means includes means for determining a statistical measure of the measured process value to produce the set point bias in a form related to the statistical measure, and wherein the statistical measure includes an nth degree moment surface.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
The device in claim 10 wherein the statistical measure includes an nth degree root of an nth degree moment measure.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
The device in claim 10 wherein the statistical measure includes a standard deviation measure.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The device in claim 12 wherein the standard deviation is scaled to produce the set point bias.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
The device in claim 10 wherein the statistical measure includes a variance value determinable from the measured process value, scaled to produce the bias.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device in claim 10 wherein the statistical measure is scaled to produce the bias.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
171 words
Process control apparatus for set point bias control of a process having at least one specification limit, comprising: (a) means for determining a measured process value, (b) a process controller responsive to a set point value and to the measured process value to produce a control signal for use in effecting a change in the measured process value, (c) means for producing the set point value offset by a bias value from a specification limit on a preferred side of the specification limit, and (d) means for generating a control signal from the set point value and the measured process value, wherein said means for producing the set point value further includes means for producing a bias offsetting the set point value from the specification value such that over a time average, the portion of the measured process value on a preferred side of the specification limit at least equals a desired portion of the total measured amount, and wherein the means for producing the set point value includes an integrator.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
171 words
Process control apparatus for set point bias control of a process having at least one specification limit, comprising: (a) means for determining a measured process value, (b) a process controller responsive to a set point value and to the measured process value to produce a control signal for use in effecting a change in the measured process value, (c) means for producing the set point value offset by a bias value from a specification limit on a preferred side of the specification limit, and (d) means for generating a control signal from the set point value and the measured process value, wherein said means for producing the set point value further includes means for producing a bias offsetting the set point value from the specification value such that over a time average, the portion of the measured process value on a preferred side of the specification limit at least equals a desired portion of the total measured amount, and wherein the means for producing the set point value includes an integrator.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
55 words
The process control apparatus of claim 16 wherein the integrator includes a two-state gain function having a first gain factor applied when the measured process value is on a preferred side of the specification limit and a second gain factor applied when the measured process value is on the unpreferred side of the specification limit.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
51 words
The process control apparatus of claim 17 wherein the first and second gain factors are in proportion to the size of the measured process value desired on the preferred side of the specification limit to the size of the measured process value desired on the unpreferred side of the specification limit.
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