Abstract: A control system and a control method are provided. A control device in the control system includes a computation processing unit related to control of a control target, a collection unit that executes a process of collecting data associated with the control target, and a monitoring processing unit that executes a process of monitoring a state of the control target and includes a feature quantity generation unit that executes a process for generating a feature quantity from the collected data, and a detection unit that executes a for detecting an abnormality occurring in the control target using the generated feature quantity and an abnormality detection parameter suitable for detection of an abnormality occurring in the control target that is set based on a result of machine learning. An information processing device executes emulation of the monitoring process using the data associated with the control target from the control device.

Abstract: A method controls the electric charging of a group of vehicles. A central control system can communicate with the respective vehicles of the group and with a server of the network operator. In each case a charging time window, a departure time and a setpoint state of charge of the vehicle-side energy store at the departure time are defined in advance for one or more specific vehicles. In addition, a cost value for the charging time window is predefined in accordance with a cost function which specifies a cost level as a function of the charging process according to the charging time window. The central control system transmits a modified charging time window to a respective specific vehicle of at least some of the specific vehicles, after which the charging process is carried out according to the modified charging time window by fulfilling the charging time criterion with an unchanged departure time and setpoint state of charge.

Abstract: A system includes a mounting plate having a plurality of reference members, an inspection system having a profiler device, and an additive manufacturing machine operatively coupled with the inspection system. A computer device scans the mounting plate with the profiler device to obtain position and orientation of the reference members and position and top surface profile data of any parts located on the mounting plate. A transmitting step transmits reference member position and orientation and part position and top surface profile data to the additive manufacturing machine. A detecting step detects mounting plate orientation and position inside the additive manufacturing machine. A combining step combines mounting plate orientation/position inside of the additive manufacturing machine and part position and top surface profile data to calculate a build path program for the additive manufacturing machine. A performing step performs a build process using the build path program to repair the parts.

Abstract: A method includes repeatedly identifying one or more values for one or more model parameters of at least one model associated with a process. The one or more values for the one or more model parameters are identified using data associated with the process. The method also includes clustering the values of the one or more model parameters into one or more clusters. The method further includes identifying one or more additional values for the one or more model parameters using additional data associated with the process. In addition, the method includes detecting a mismatch between the at least one model and the process in response to determining that at least some of the one or more additional values fall outside of the one or more clusters. The values could be clustered using a support vector machine.

Abstract: A plant operation apparatus according to an embodiment operates a multi-shaft combined-cycle power plant including at least a plurality of gas turbines as a plurality of devices to be operated. The plant operation apparatus includes an interactive processing unit and a display unit. The interactive processing unit can display on the display unit an activation setting screen on which activation sequence in an activation operation of the gas turbines and number of gas turbines to be in an operating state after the activation operation can be selected, and/or a shutdown setting screen on which shutdown sequence in a shutdown operation of the gas turbines and number of gas turbines to be in an operating state after the shutdown operation can be selected.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a window controller that includes a command-voltage generator that generates a command voltage signal, and a pulse-width-modulated-signal generator that generates a pulse-width-modulated signal based on the command voltage signal. The pulse-width-modulated signal drives an optically-switchable device. The pulse-width-modulated signal comprises a first power component having a first duty cycle and a second power component having a second duty cycle. The first component delivers a first pulse during each active portion of the first duty cycle, and the second component delivers a second pulse during each active portion of the second duty cycle. The first pulses are applied to a first conductive layer and the second pulses are applied to a second conductive layer. The relative durations of the active portions and the relative durations of the first and second pulses are adjusted to result in a change in an effective DC voltage applied across the optically-switchable device.

Abstract: A system for managing and tracking plant management at a site is provided. The system includes a device management server and a plant management device communicatively connected to the device management server via a network. The plant management device is configured to: receive a plant management task order including task instructions for performing a plant management task and automatically perform the plant management task according to the task instructions; send a task receipt notification to the device management server, the task receipt notification including task beneficiary data; and transmit task performance data to the device management server, the task performance data logged during performance of the plant management task.

Abstract: An energy planning system that proposes an appropriate energy plan for a home includes: a sensor that senses a state of an energy facility in a home; a predictor that predicts a future lifestyle of a resident of the home; and a proposer that determines information about an energy plan for the home based on a result of the sensing by the sensor and the lifestyle predicted by the predictor, and outputs the information.

Abstract: A data center infrastructure monitoring system and method that includes a plurality of geographically distributed data centers, each data center comprising a plurality of physical infrastructure assets. A data center gateway system communicatively coupled to one or more data centers of the plurality of data centers is configured to receive a request from a customer of a data center of the plurality of data centers to display a real-time power path that shows a current flow of power through a plurality of assets of the data center, determine a subset of the plurality of assets of the data center that provide power to equipment of the customer of the data center, and output, for display, a graphical depiction of the real-time power path between the subset of the plurality of assets of the data center that provide power to equipment of the customer in the data center.

Abstract: A system and method for defining a cause and effect matrix (CEM) within a process control system for a process plant, including accessing a cause and effect matrix (CEM) having a set of causes and a set of effects, wherein each of the set of causes represents a condition within the process plant and each of the set of effects represents an effect to be performed within the process plant. The system and method further includes, for each of the set of effects: (i) identifying a subset of the set of causes according to a corresponding set of the cause-effect pairs corresponding to the effect of the set of effects, (ii) defining the subset of the set of causes as a single-dimension matrix, and (iii) automatically calculating a numerical representation for the single-dimension matrix. The system and method further includes configuring a set of function blocks for the process control system according to the set of numerical representations.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for building comfort control are described herein. One system includes computing device for building comfort control, comprising: a memory, and a processor configured to execute instructions to: receive feedback from a plurality of users on a comfort level for an area of a building, generate a comfort model for each of the plurality of users based on the feedback, and adjust a number of settings of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit for the area based on the comfort model for users among the plurality of users who are currently in the area.

Abstract: A control system for optimising emergency multi-storey building stairwell evacuation, the system includes an occupant tracking subsystem configured to monitor the locations of building occupants within a building as the occupants move between floors of the building so as to be able to continuously calculate the number of occupants on each floor of the building at any time, such that, during an emergency. The control system is configured and able to, using an access door controller subsystem: control the closing of a plurality of access doors of a stairwell; and control the successive opening of certain access doors of certain floors of the stairwell in accordance with an evacuation plan. Wherein the evacuation plan is dynamically configured in accordance with the calculated number of occupants on each floor of the building.

Abstract: The three-dimensional printing apparatus includes a tank, a platform, a lighting module, a control unit, a photosensitizer coating unit, and an exposure and development unit. The tank is filled with a liquid forming material, and the platform is movably disposed above the tank. The lighting module is used for providing light projecting toward the liquid forming material. The control unit coupled to the platform and the lighting module is configured to control the platform to move along a first direction, such that at least one layer object of a three-dimensional object is cured on the platform by layer. The photosensitizer coating unit is coupled to the control unit and configured to form at least one photosensitizer film on the layer object. The exposure and development unit is coupled to the control unit and configured to expose the photosensitizer film by exposing and developing to color the three-dimensional object.

Abstract: In the present invention: a plurality of meshes are defined on an object surface; the luminance of the object surface when the object surface is viewed from a viewpoint position is calculated for each of the plurality of meshes on the basis of data concerning a processed shape, a surface roughness curve, the viewpoint position, the direction, angle distribution, and intensity of incident light onto the object surface, and a reflectance and scattering characteristics for each wavelength on the object surface; the shape of the object surface is displayed on the basis of the luminances; and data concerning at least the object shape or the surface roughness curve is corrected so as to obtain a desired appearance of the object surface.

Abstract: In some examples, a system comprises a first component; a second component configured to receive signals from the first component via one or more wires; and a controller. In at least some examples, the controller is coupled to the one or more wires and is trained with a classification model to distinguish between signals indicating arc events and signals not indicating arc events. In at least some example, the controller is further configured to: receive the signals; extract features that are at least partially related to the received signals; classify the extracted features using the classification model; determine an occurrence of the arc event based on the classification; and provide an output signal indicating an arc event.

Abstract: A system and method for additive manufacturing of otherwise thermosetting polymers, such as PAI, is disclosed. The system includes fast-curing hardware that facilitates curing each deposited layer before a successive layer is deposited. This reduces the time to provide a finished part from weeks to hours.

Abstract: In a production support system, process knowledge information is updated using machine learning on the basis of implementable process information, and implementable process information is output as a production plan of a product. Accordingly, production can be carried out considering factors, such as restart cost of facilities used in each of processes, for which skilled experience and knowledge are required with respect to the production of the product, and therefore the product can be produced effectively with low cost. Further, even when limitation conditions such as production capacity or quantity of a product exist for each of processes, suitable production can be carried out that satisfies these limitation conditions.

Abstract: A processing unit for measuring and controlling a rotary-driven tool, wherein the processing unit is connectable to a light barrier arrangement, which comprises a light-transmitting unit and a light-receiving unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to receive from the light-receiving unit signals that are at least approximately proportional to shading generated by the rotary-driven tool and/or at least one cutting edge of the rotary-driven tool at a first measuring position. The processing unit is further configured to evaluate the signals received and to transmit control signals to the light barrier arrangement, wherein the evaluation of the signals received by the processing unit comprises the following steps: determination of an interference signal component and/or a useful signal component of the received signal; and provision of information about the useful signal component, the interference signal component and/or the received signal for forwarding to a numerical controller of a machine tool.

Abstract: In an appliance control system, a receiver receives, from a terminal device used by a first user, an instruction for remotely controlling an appliance installed in a home. A determiner determines whether a second user is present in a location in which an appliance-to-be-instructed is installed. When it is determined that the second user is not present in a location in which the appliance-to-be-instructed is installed, an appliance controller controls the appliance on the basis of the instruction. On the other hand, when it is determined that the second user is present in the location in which the appliance-to-be-instructed is installed, the appliance controller does not control the appliance.

Abstract: A management server is provided. The management server includes a communication interface unit configured to receive user environment information from a plurality of wearable apparatuses located in a preset space, an analyzer configured to analyze an environment state of the preset space based on a plurality of pieces of the received user environment information regarding the plurality of wearable apparatuses and determines an operation state of a common device located in the preset space according to the analyzed environment state, and a controller configured to control the communication interface unit so as to operate the common device according to the determined operation state.