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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wallace E. Kelly, III, Apex, NC (US);
John H. Painter, College Station, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Texas A&M Univerisity System, College Station, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/518 ; G06G 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/518 ; G06G 7/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for determining the state of a dynamic system is disclosed. The apparatus comprises one or more sensors operable to sample physical parameters of a system, and a mode interpreter. The mode interpreter is operable to receive data from the sensor and determine the state of the dynamic system using hypertrapezoidal membership functions.