Method and device for stopping vehicle at predetermined position

Claim 1

A method for controlling a controllable subject to adapt the behavior of the subject to an optimum condition as to a predetermined control purpose, comprising: a first step of specifying a value of at least a first signal representing a current status of said subject; a second step of predicting, by using said specified value of said first signal, values of a parameter for evaluating a condition of said control purpose according to a predetermined formula, said values being those values which would be obtained, respectively, as a result of control operations under a plurality of different control instructions, if applied to said subject, respectively; a third step of converting each of said values of the parameter to at least one fuzzy value determined according to at least one of membership functions with respect to preselected performance indices relating to said control purpose, each of said membership functions defining a relationship between the fuzzy value and the value of the parameter; and fourth step of determining one control instruction to be applied to said subject among said different control instructions based on the fuzzy values of said parameter.

Claim 2

A method for controlling a controllable subject to adapt the behavior of the subject to an optimum condition as to a predetermined control purpose, comprising: a first step of specifying a value of at least a first signal representing a current status of said subject; a second step of predicting, by using said specified value of said first signal, values of a parameter for evaluating a condition of said control purpose according to a predetermined formula, said values being those values which would be obtained, respectively, as a result of control operations under a plurality of different control instructions, if applied to said subject, respectively; a third step of converting each of said values of the parameter to at least one fuzzy value determined according to at least one of membership functions with respect to preselected performance indices relating to said control purpose, each of said membership functions defining a relationship between the fuzzy value and the value of the parameter; and fourth step of determining one control instruction to be applied to said subject among said different control instructions based on the fuzzy values of said parameter.

Claim 5

A method for controlling a controllable subject to adapt the behavior of the subject to an optimum condition as to a predetermined control purpose, comprising: a first step of specifying a value of least at first signal representing a current status of said subject; a second step of predicting, by using said specified value of said first signal, values of a parameter for evaluating a condition of said control purpose according to a predetermined formula, said values being those values which would be obtained, respectively, as a result of control operations under a plurality of different control instructions, if applied to said subject, respectively; a third step of converting each of said values of the parameter to at least one fuzzy value determined according to at least one of membership functions with respect to preselected performance indices relating to said control purpose, each of said membership functions defining relationship between the fuzzy value and the value of the parameter; and fourth step of determining whether a control instruction applied to said subject at present should be changed or not by evaluating the fuzzy values of said parameter.

Claim 6

A method for controlling a controllable subject to adapt the behavior of the subject to an optimum condition as to a predetermined control purpose, comprising: a first step of specifying a value of least at first signal representing a current status of said subject; a second step of predicting, by using said specified value of said first signal, values of a parameter for evaluating a condition of said control purpose according to a predetermined formula, said values being those values which would be obtained, respectively, as a result of control operations under a plurality of different control instructions, if applied to said subject, respectively; a third step of converting each of said values of the parameter to at least one fuzzy value determined according to at least one of membership functions with respect to preselected performance indices relating to said control purpose, each of said membership functions defining relationship between the fuzzy value and the value of the parameter; and fourth step of determining whether a control instruction applied to said subject at present should be changed or not by evaluating the fuzzy values of said parameter.

Claim 7

A method for determining a control instruction for controlling a controllable subject in an optimum condition on the basis of a set of fuzzy reasoning control rules and membership functions, each of said control rules having a first part and a second part, said first part designating a relationship between a control instruction and at least one performance index relating to a predetermined control purpose of said controllable subject operated under said control instruction, said second part indicating a control instruction to be executed, each of said membership functions defining a relationship between a fuzzy value of one of said performance indices and a predicted value of a parameter for evaluating a condition of said control purpose, said method comprising: a step of predicting, by using at least one value representing a current status of said controllable subject, values of said parameter obtained under a plurality of different control instructions; a step of converting said predicted values of sad parameters to fuzzy values relating to at least one of said membership functions; and a step of determining one control instruction to be applied to said controllable subject among said different control instructions by evaluating said converted fuzzy values on the basis of said control rules.

Claim 8

A method for determining a control instruction for controlling a controllable subject in an optimum condition on the basis of a set of fuzzy reasoning control rules and membership functions, each of said control rules having a first part and a second part, said first part designating a relationship between a control instruction and at least one performance index relating to a predetermined control purpose of said controllable subject operated under said control instruction, said second part indicating a control instruction to be executed, each of said membership functions defining a relationship between a fuzzy value of one of said performance indices and a predicted value of a parameter for evaluating a condition of said control purpose, said method comprising: a step of predicting, by using at least one value representing a current status of said controllable subject, values of said parameter obtained under a plurality of different control instructions; a step of converting said predicted values of sad parameters to fuzzy values relating to at least one of said membership functions; and a step of determining one control instruction to be applied to said controllable subject among said different control instructions by evaluating said converted fuzzy values on the basis of said control rules.

Claim 9

A system for determining a control instruction to control a controllable subject in an optimum condition as to a predetermined control purpose, comprising: means for storing a set of predetermined control rules, each of said control instructions comprising an if part and a then part, said if part designating an evaluation of at least one performance index relating to a control purpose of said controllable subject in combination with a control instruction which has an effect on a value of said performance index, said then part designating an execution of said control instruction; means for predicting, by using at least one value representing a current status of said controllable subject, values of at least one parameter for evaluating a condition of said control purpose obtained under a plurality of different control instructions; means for converting said predicted values of said parameters to fuzzy values relating to at least one of a plurality of membership functions, wherein each of said membership functions defines a relationship between a fuzzy value of one of said performance indices and a predicted value of said parameter for evaluating a condition of said control purpose; and means for evaluating said converted fuzzy values by using a set of said control rules stored in said storing means to determine a control instruction defined in said then part of a control rule which shows the best satisfaction as to said if part among the set of control rules, whereby said determined control instruction is applied to said controllable subject.

Claim 10

A system for determining a control instruction to control a controllable subject in an optimum condition as to a predetermined control purpose, comprising: means for storing a set of predetermined control rules, each of said control instructions comprising an if part and a then part, said if part designating an evaluation of at least one performance index relating to a control purpose of said controllable subject in combination with a control instruction which has an effect on a value of said performance index, said then part designating an execution of said control instruction; means for predicting, by using at least one value representing a current status of said controllable subject, values of at least one parameter for evaluating a condition of said control purpose obtained under a plurality of different control instructions; means for converting said predicted values of said parameters to fuzzy values relating to at least one of a plurality of membership functions, wherein each of said membership functions defines a relationship between a fuzzy value of one of said performance indices and a predicted value of said parameter for evaluating a condition of said control purpose; and means for evaluating said converted fuzzy values by using a set of said control rules stored in said storing means to determine a control instruction defined in said then part of a control rule which shows the best satisfaction as to said if part among the set of control rules, whereby said determined control instruction is applied to said controllable subject.

Claim 11

A system for determining a control instruction to be applied to a controllable subject by fuzzy reasoning, comprising: means for storing a set of predetermined control rules, each of said control instructions comprising an if part and a then part, said if part including a statement for designating an evaluation of at least one performance index relating to a control purpose of said controllable subject in combination with a control instruction which has an effect on a value of said performance index, said then part including a statement for designating an execution of said control instruction defined in said if part; means for predicting, by using at least one value representing a current status of said controllable subject and a plurality of different control instructions, values of at least one parameter for evaluating a condition of a control purpose of said controllable subject; and means for converting said predicted values of said parameters to fuzzy values relating to performance indices defined in said control rules by using at least one membership function which defines a relationship between a fuzzy value of one of said performance indices and a predicted value of said parameter for evaluating a condition of said control purpose; and means for determining a control instruction to be executed by evaluating said converted fuzzy values by fuzzy reasoning on the basis of said if part of said control rules stored in said storing means.

Claim 12

A system for determining a control instruction to be applied to a controllable subject by fuzzy reasoning, comprising: means for storing a set of predetermined control rules, each of said control instructions comprising an if part and a then part, said if part including a statement for designating an evaluation of at least one performance index relating to a control purpose of said controllable subject in combination with a control instruction which has an effect on a value of said performance index, said then part including a statement for designating an execution of said control instruction defined in said if part; means for predicting, by using at least one value representing a current status of said controllable subject and a plurality of different control instructions, values of at least one parameter for evaluating a condition of a control purpose of said controllable subject; and means for converting said predicted values of said parameters to fuzzy values relating to performance indices defined in said control rules by using at least one membership function which defines a relationship between a fuzzy value of one of said performance indices and a predicted value of said parameter for evaluating a condition of said control purpose; and means for determining a control instruction to be executed by evaluating said converted fuzzy values by fuzzy reasoning on the basis of said if part of said control rules stored in said storing means.