Patents by Inventor Prabhakar Pagilla

Prabhakar Pagilla 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 for adaptive guiding of webs
    Patent number: 8554354
    Abstract: A method of adaptive guiding of a web on a roller is disclosed. The method includes computing an output of a reference model, reading an output of a sensor that indicates a web position, determining a difference between the output of the reference model and the output of the sensor, and updating a set off controller parameters for the roller based on the difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Board of Regents For Oklahoma State University
    Inventors: Prabhakar Pagilla, Aravind Seshadri, MD M. Haque, Ken Hopcus
  • Method and apparatus for adaptive control of a disk drive in the presence of non-linear magnetic bias
    Publication number: 20070007921
    Abstract: According to a preferred aspect of the instant invention, there is provided a system and method of moving a disc drive arm in the presence of nonlinear magnetic bias. Further, in another preferred embodiment the instant method will be adaptive and/or self-corrective and is especially useful when used with disc drive hardware other than the hardware that was used to model the control law.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Ryan Ratliff, Prabhakar Pagilla