Abstract: Varying a slicing thickness for 3D modeling may include: receiving 3D modeling data from a user device; slicing the 3D modeling data, in accordance with a first thickness, into multiple cross-sections; calculating a complexity of one or more of the multiple cross-sections; and determining a slicing thickness of the 3D modeling data based on the complexity of the one or more of the multiple cross-sections.

Abstract: A power strip may automatically disconnect a wired connection in response to received weather alert data based on a configuration file including one or more user preference settings. The power strip may include a receiver for a National Weather Service Specific Area Message Encoding system message including an alert type. The power strip may process the message and disconnect a wired connection based on the preference settings. A timer function may also define a time period that the power strip monitors its receiver for weather alert data and automatically disconnects and reconnects the wired connections.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide irrigation systems comprising: a central irrigation controller; a radio module; a control module; and a radio adaptor in communication with the control module; where the control module comprises: a processor, a first communication interface, and one or more valve drivers, where the control module is configured to implement irrigation commands in implementing at least a portion of irrigation programming such that the one or more valve drivers are each configured to control a different irrigation valve in accordance with the irrigation programming; and the radio adapter comprises: a second communication interface communicationally coupled with the first communication interface, and a wireless radio frequency transceiver configured to provide wireless communication with the radio module where the radio adapter is configured to relay information between the radio module and the control module.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing hearing devices comprising an otoplastic individually shaped for a user includes providing input data for each set of input parameters of an algorithm for determining target data for each of a set of target parameters, wherein at least a portion of said input data are individual to said user, and wherein said target parameters are parameters related to the geometrical and/or acoustical properties of a hearing device. The target data is determined by applying the algorithm to the input data. A suitable three-dimensional shape of the otoplastic is designed in dependence of the target data by means of otoplastic modeling software. The otoplastic is manufactured according to the suitable three-dimensional shape. Property data descriptive of properties related to the manufactured otoplastic are obtained using the otoplastic, and the algorithm is amended in dependence of the property data.

Abstract: The invention may be embodied in a system and method for monitoring and controlling feedback control in a manufacturing process, such as an integrated circuit fabrication process. The process control parameters may include translation, rotation, magnification, dose and focus applied by a photolithographic scanner or stepper operating on silicon wafers. Overlay errors are used to compute measured parameters used in the feedback control process. Statistical parameters are computed, normalized and graphed on a common set of axes for at-a-glance comparison of measured parameters and process control parameters to facilitate the detection of problematic parameters. Parameter trends and context relaxation scenarios are also compared graphically. Feedback control parameters, such as EWMA lambdas, may be determined and used as feedback parameters for refining the APC model that computes adjustments to the process control parameters based on the measured parameters.

Abstract: A machining program editing assist apparatus includes a display controller. When a specific portion on a shape display area is designated via an input device, the display controller allows a display candidate specified by the specific portion to be displayed as a designated display target of the shape display area, and allows at least one portion of data being among at least one display candidate of a program data display area and sectioned by a machining process constituting the at least one machining process and corresponding to the designated display target of the shape display area to be displayed as a designated display target of the program data display area on the program data display area in a state in which a beginning of the at least one portion of data is set to a display start position of the program data display area.

Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating demand response with service restoration in an electric distribution system. The electric distribution system may include a plurality of regions, zones, and/or areas including at least an outage area that includes a fault and is not receiving electric current from the electric distribution system and a restoration area that is receiving electric current from the electric distribution system and that may be selectively configured to provide electric current to a selected portion of the outage area. The electric distribution system also includes a plurality of demand responsive loads configured to be selectively isolated from the electric distribution system responsive to a load shed signal. The demand responsive loads may be selectively utilized during service restoration, such as to provide additional excess capacity within the restoration area and/or decrease a magnitude of the electric load applied by the selected portion of the outage area.

Abstract: A method for configuring a manufacturing plant includes generating a set of initial production schedules for manufacturing an entity, determining a set of consistent production schedules given each of the initial production schedules, selecting an instance of the consistent production schedules, generating a schedule for manufacturing instances of the entity, and operating the manufacturing plant using the schedule.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method for controlling a terminal apparatus that is used for an appliance control system for executing a remote operation on a plurality of air conditioners from a car.

Abstract: A method for controlling a wind turbine includes receiving signals representative of oncoming wind speeds approaching at least a portion of a wind turbine, receiving background noise and signals representative of signal-to-noise ratios corresponding to the signals representative of the oncoming wind speeds, determining an availability-and-atmospheric noise in the signals based on one or more of the signal-to-noise ratios, blade positions of blades of the wind turbine, and the yaw position of a nacelle of the wind turbine, determining a wind incoherence noise in the signals due to a change in the oncoming wind speeds while approaching at least the portion of the wind turbine, determining a net measurement noise in the signals based on the background noise, the availability-and-atmospheric noise, and the wind incoherence noise, and controlling the wind turbine based at least on the signals representative of the oncoming wind speeds and the net measurement noise.

Abstract: Power systems are disclosed. The power system may include a turbine component of a gas turbine system, and a computing device(s) in communication with the power plant. The computing device(s) may be configured to control the power plant system by performing various processes including defining a turbine inlet temperature range for a combustion gas flowing through the turbine component of the gas turbine system. The turbine inlet temperature range may be based on a desired operational load for the power plant system. The processes performed by the computing device(s) may also include determining fuel and maintenance cost ranges based on the turbine inlet temperature range, calculating a desired turbine inlet temperature range for the combustion gas based on the determined fuel and maintenance cost range, and adjusting an actual turbine inlet temperature of the combustion gas to be within the calculated, desired turbine inlet temperature range.

Abstract: A flow rate of a gas supplied into a processing vessel of a substrate processing apparatus is controlled according to a set flow rate of a first flow rate controller. The gas is also supplied into a second flow rate controller. When an output flow rate of the first flow rate controller is in a steady state, a first pressure measurement value of a first pressure gauge and a second pressure measurement value of a second pressure gauge of the second flow rate controller are obtained. A difference absolute value between the first pressure measurement value and a reference pressure value and a difference absolute value between the second pressure measurement value and a reference pressure value are calculated, and then, an average value of the difference absolute values is calculated. The difference absolute values and the average value are respectively compared with a first to third threshold value.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for optimizing power output of a wind farm. The method includes determining baseline loading condition(s) for wind turbines of the wind farm and defining a baseline threshold value for the load sensors. Another step includes identifying at least one wind turbine having at least one load sensor operating below the baseline threshold value. An upgrade is then provided to the identified wind turbine. In response to the upgrade, the method includes determining whether the load sensor of the identified wind turbine continues to operate below the baseline threshold value. The method also includes classifying an additional load sensor(s) of an additional wind turbine with respect to the load sensor of the identified wind turbine to determine whether to provide the additional wind turbine with the upgrade.

Abstract: An equivalent variable pitch differential control method and apparatus. The method includes: acquire a first control parameter and a second control parameter respectively by means of a static energy deviation PI control method; acquire an equivalent differential third control parameter using a dynamic energy deviation; and by taking a wind wheel measurement rotating speed and a wind wheel reference rotating speed as inputs, a proportion integration differentiation controller controls a wind generating set according to the first control parameter, the second control parameter, and the third control parameter, thereby making a wind wheel rotating speed follow the wind wheel reference rotating speed. A wind generating set is controlled in real time by combining first and second control parameters and an equivalent differential third control parameter to serve as parameter values of the proportion integration differentiation controller.

Abstract: A control device includes a diagnosis-information output circuit constituted by a condition monitoring circuit, a condition determining circuit, a condition-controlling-signal monitoring circuit, an output-information generating circuit that generates diagnosis information indicating a condition of the control device, and a condition controlling circuit that changes a signal in the control device in response to a signal for controlling the control device.

Abstract: A control system for adjusting total air flow or oxygen in flue gas for a fossil fired power generating or steam generating unit, that includes a plurality of sensors that supply data to a tunable controller adapted to sense total air flow and/or oxygen flow; with the sensors also supplying data relating to carbon monoxide (CO) and/or combustibles and/or loss of ignition (LOI) and/or carbon in ash (CIA), and where the tunable controller can set a desired target or target range for at least one of CO, combustibles, CIA, or LOI and adjust the total air flow and/or O2 via direct control or bias signals. The system can respond to discrete events, analog events and/or thresholds.

Abstract: A valve control device for controlling a drive device that drives a valve includes: an operation amount calculation unit that calculates an operation amount of the drive device at predetermined sampling intervals based on a control deviation between a target value of an opening degree of the valve and an actually measured value of an opening degree of the valve; a state determination unit that determines whether the valve is in a steady or transient state; and a first correction unit that outputs, if the state determination unit determines the valve is in the steady state, a predetermined first correction value corresponding to a sign of the control deviation to correct the operation amount calculated by the operation amount calculation unit with the first correction value.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention produce and define a relationship between local voltage and power measurements at a node of an electrical network and system conditions on a remote branch of the network. These local measurements are used to determine an optimal voltage set point at the node that, if realized by a reactive power resource, would affect the flow of reactive power or line current at one or more particular remote branches of the power system in a manner captured by the derived relationship. The change in reactive power required to obtain this voltage set point is also calculated based on local measurements.

Abstract: A system and method of determining a limit fault in an HVAC unit the HVAC unit in electrical communication with an HVAC system controller, by operating the system controller to determine whether an interruption duration of time exceeds an interruption limit, operating the system controller to determine whether a cycle duration of time is less than or equal to a first cycle limit, wherein the cycle duration of time is indicative of an amount of time between consecutive interruptions of power, and generating an alert signal if the interruption duration of time of the consecutive interruptions of power exceeds the interruption limit and the cycle duration of time is less than or equal to the first cycle limit.

Abstract: In order to make it possible to diagnose an operation state of a fluidic device despite reducing the size of the fluidic device, a relay is configured to include a first port connected with the fluidic device and a second port connected with a user information processor, and receive fluid-related data from the fluidic device via the first port and transmit the data to the user information processor via the second port, or receive the data from the user information processor via the second port and transmit the data to the fluidic device via the first port. In addition, the relay includes a third port that is connected with a diagnostic apparatus adapted to diagnose the operation state of the fluidic device, receive diagnostic data from the fluidic device via the first port, and transmit the diagnostic data to the diagnostic apparatus via the third port.