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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2000
Dimitar P. Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Danil Valentinovich Prokhorov, Dearborn, MI (US);
Lee Albert Feldkamp, Plymouth, MI (US);
Ma Lixing, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Tomas Larsson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method is provided of adaptively controlling a paint system for painting vehicle bodies. The method includes the steps of obtaining an estimated Jacobian that identifies characteristics of the paint system and using the estimated Jacobian to determine initial conditions to be implemented for the next vehicle body to be painted in the paint system. The method also includes the steps of storing a database of appropriate initial conditions that resulted in satisfactory transient response in a rule-base and using the rule-base at start-up of the paint system or if the paint system fails to be satisfactorily controlled.