Patents by Inventor William A. G. Gough, Jr.

William A. G. Gough, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for adaptive control
    Patent number: 5335164
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for adaptive control which does not require a predetermined model of the process to be controlled. The method comprises the steps of 1) setting an initial state vector; 2) setting an initial parameter vector; 3) setting an initial prediction parameter gain; 4) set the initial covariance matrix; 5) performing a state update 6) estimating the model error; 7) updating the parameter vector, 8) updating the co-variance matrix, and 9) updating the controller output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Universal Dynamics Limited
    Inventors: William A. G. Gough, Jr., David L. Lyon