Abstract: An adaptive process control system selectively controls vibrations in a given medium in real time. Unwanted vibrations present at a point being monitored in a given medium are sensed, and the system generates an appropriate offsetting vibration that is applied to the medium at a convenient location, which may be remote from the monitored point. The system includes a vibration sensor, such as one or more accelerometers, that sense both input and output vibrations present within the medium; at least one vibration generator, such as an electromagnetic shaker, that generates appropriate offsetting vibrations that are applied to the medium at one or more appropriate locations; and a neural network controller that controls the vibration generator(s) so as to force the sensed vibration at the monitored point(s) to a desired level. The adaptive vibration cancellation provided by the invention takes place in real time, and without the need to process time-consuming complex mathematical algorithms.

Abstract: An adaptive process control system selectively controls vibrations in a given medium in real time. Unwanted vibrations present at a point being monitored in a given medium are sensed, and the system generates an appropriate offsetting vibration that is applied to the medium at a convenient location, which may be remote from the monitored point. The system includes a vibration sensor, such as one or more accelerometers, that sense both input and output vibrations present within the medium; at least one vibration generator, such as an electromagnetic shaker, that generates appropriate offsetting vibrations that are applied to the medium at one or more appropriate locations; and a neural network controller that controls the vibration generator(s) so as to force the sensed vibration at the monitored point(s) to a desired level. The adaptive vibration cancellation provided by the invention takes place in real time, and without the need to process time-consuming complex mathematical algorithms.

Abstract: A system and method for data communications using a multiplicity of modulators, each of which accept a data input signal and modulate an optical carrier generated by a single optical energy source and propagated along a fiber optic waveguide. The carrier is modulated by the use of a doped polymer contained in the modulators and maintained in contact with the fiber optic waveguide.