Patents by Inventor Michael L. Hales

Michael L. Hales 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 system for controlling setpoints of manipulated variables for process optimization under constraint of process-limiting variables
    Publication number: 20030028267
    Abstract: A system, method, and article of manufacture suitable for determining setpoints of the control variables to optimize the process while taking into account the process-limiting variables in applications where responses are highly non-linear. In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises determining an actual rate of change of a performance limiting process parameter; calculating a predicted rate of change for the performance limiting process parameter for a predetermined future time interval; and adjusting a setpoint for the control variables to optimize the process while taking into account the performance limiting process parameter using the actual rate of change and the predicted rate of change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Michael L. Hales, Randy A. Ynchausti, Lynn B. Hales, Kenneth S. Gritton