Adaptive control system

• US 5,768,124 A
• Filed: 04/13/1995
• Issued: 06/16/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems Manufacturing Kft (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Lotus Cars Limited (Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Stothers, I., McDonald, A. M., Bowles, C. L., Hutchins, S. M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Elmore, Reba I.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dolan, Robert J.
• Application Number:
  US08/416,762
• Time in Patent Office: 1,160 Days
• Field of Search: 364/158-160, 364/574, 381/71, 381/94, 381/46, 381/47
• US Class Current: 700/38
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17817 between the output signals and the error signals, i.e. secondary path
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17825 Error signals
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17835 using detection of abnormal input signals
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17854 the filter being an adaptive filter
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17883 the reference signal being derived from a machine operating condition, e.g. engine RPM or vehicle speed
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/30232 Transfer functions, e.g. impulse response
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3025 Determination of spectrum characteristics, e.g. FFT
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3037 Monitoring various blocks in the flow chart
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/30391 Resetting of the filter parameters or changing the algorithm according to prevailing conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3046 Multiple acoustic inputs, multiple acoustic outputs
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3049 Random noise used, e.g. in model identification
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3057 Variation of parameters to test for optimisation
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/503 Diagnostics; Stability; Alarms; Failsafe
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/511 Narrow band, e.g. implementations for single frequency cancellation

Abstract

An adaptive control system for reducing undesired signals comprises a processor (36) to generate secondary signals which are provided to secondary sources (37). Sensors (42) provide at least one residual signal to said processor (36) which is indicative of the interference between the undesired and secondary signals. The processor (36) is operative to adjust the secondary signals using the residual signals to reduce the residual signals. If the adaptive control system operates erroneously or there is a fault this is indicated. Such faults can be detected by increasing and decreasing the secondary signals and detecting whether there is a corresponding increase and decrease in the residual signals. Also, the rate of change of the amplitude of the secondary signals and the rate of change of the frequency of the reference signal can be monitored to determine whether a fault condition exists. Also the impulse response or transfer function of the system can be monitored to determine a fault condition.

Claims

1. An adaptive control system for reducing undesired signals comprising:

interference means to provide at least one secondary signal for interference with said undesired signals;

residual means to provide at least one residual signal indicative of the interference between said undesired and secondary signals;

adapting means operative to adjust said at least one secondary signal using said at least one residual signal to reduce said at least on residual signal; and

adapting fault detection means to detect erroneous or faulty operation of the system and provide an indication of a fault;

wherein

said adapting fault detection means comprises test means to periodically increase or decrease said at least one secondary signal by a predetermined amount; and

monitoring means to monitor said at least one residual signal and indicate a fault if during an increase or decrease in said at least one secondary signal there is, respectively, no decrease or increase by a predetermined amount in said at least one residual signal.

2. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adapting means comprises adaptive response filter means having filter coefficients and adjusts said at least one secondary signal using said filter coefficients.

3. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said test means periodically increases or decreases said filter coefficients by a predetermined amount.

4. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said test means increases or decreases said at least one secondary signal during a period when there is no adjustment of said filter coefficients by said adaptive response filter means.

5. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 1 including shut-down means to shut-down the operation of the adaptive control system when the adapting fault detection means detects a fault.

6. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 5 including restart means to restart the adaptive control system following a shut-down;

said shut-down means disabling said restart means after a predetermined number of shut-downs in a period of time to prevent restart.

7. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 1, including gain means to amplify each secondary signal, said test means periodically increasing or decreasing the gain of said gain means by a predetermined amount.

8. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said test means can decrease said at least one secondary signal by a proportion of up to 100%.

9. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said monitoring means takes an average of the change in said at least one residual signal over several periods in order to determine whether a fault condition exists.

10. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said interference means provides a plurality of secondary signals, said residual means provides a plurality of residual signals, and said monitoring means monitors said plurality of residual signals.

11. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 10, wherein said test means increases or decreases all said secondary signals by a predetermined amount.

12. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 10, wherein said test means increases or decreases each said secondary signal in turn by a predetermined amount.

13. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said undesired signals are undesired acoustic vibrations;

the system including at least one secondary vibration source adapted to receive said at least one secondary signal and provide at least one secondary vibration; and

at least one sensor means adapted to measure residual vibrations resulting from interference between said undesired and secondary vibrations and to provide said at least one residual signal.

14. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 13, wherein said test means is operative to increase or decrease said at least one secondary signal such that the change in the residual vibrations is imperceptible.

15. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 1 including reference means to provide at least one reference signal having at least one harmonic frequency indicative of said undesired noise, and reference change means to monitor the rate of change of the frequency of at least one said reference signal and indicate a fault if the rate of change is greater than a predetermined value.

16. An adaptive control system for reducing undesired signals comprising:

interference means to provide at least one secondary signal for interference with said undesired signals;

residual means to provide at least one residual signal indicative of the interference between said undesired and secondary signals;

adapting means operative to adjust said at least one secondary signal using said at least one residual signal to reduce said at least one residual signal; and

adapting fault detection means to detect erroneous or faulty operation of the system and provide an indication of a fault;

wherein

said adapting means comprises adaptive response filter means having filter coefficients and adjusts said at least one secondary signal using said filter coefficients; and

, wherein

said adapting fault detection means comprises filter coefficient change monitoring means to monitor the rate of change of the filter coefficients during adapting and to indicate a fault if the rate of change exceeds a predetermined value.

17. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 16, wherein said filter coefficients are modified according to an algorithm the convergence of which can be varied using a convergence coefficient, said system including convergence adjusting means to reduce the convergence coefficient for a period of time in response to detection of a fault by said adaptive fault detection means.

18. An adaptive control system for reducing undesired signals comprising:

interference means to provide at least one secondary signal for interference with said undesired signals;

residual means to provide at least one residual signal indicative of the interference between said undesired and secondary signals;

adapting means operative to adjust said at least one secondary signal using said at least one residual signal to reduce said at least one residual signal; and

adapting fault detection means to detect erroneous or faulty operation of the system and provide an indication of a fault;

wherein

said adapting means comprises adaptive response filter means having filter coefficients and adjusts said at least one secondary signal using said filter coefficients; and

wherein

said adapting fault detection means monitors the rate of change of said at least one secondary signal and indicates a fault if the rate of change exceeds a predetermined amount.

19. An adaptive control system for reducing undesired signals comprising:

interference means to provide at least one secondary signal for interference with said undesired signals;

residual means to provide at least one residual signal indicative of the interference between said undesired and secondary signals;

adapting means operative to adjust said at least one secondary signal using said at least one residual signal to reduce said at least one residual signal; and

adapting fault detection means to detect erroneous or faulty operation of the system and provide an indication of a fault;

wherein;

said adapting means comprises adaptive response filter means having filter coefficients and adjusts said at least one secondary signal using said filter coefficients;

wherein said adaptive response filter means has second filter coefficients which model the response of the or each residual signal to the respective secondary signal; and

wherein

said system includes memory means adapted to store predetermined second filter coefficient data;

second adapting means operative to adaptively learn second filter coefficient data; and

filter comparison means to compare said learned second filter coefficient data with said predetermined second coefficient data and indicate a fault if any difference is greater than a predetermined amount;

said interference means provides a plurality of secondary signals and said residual means provides a plurality of residual signals;

said memory means is adapted to store at least one first preset vector containing for each secondary signal the sum of the contribution of the secondary signal received at each residual signal, and at least one second preset vector containing for each residual signal the sum of the contribution of each secondary signal received at the residual signal;

said second adapting means is operative to learn values for the second filter coefficients; and

said filter comparison means is operative to generate at least one first estimated vector containing for each secondary signal the sum of the contribution of the secondary signal received at each residual signal, and at least one second estimated vector containing for each residual signal the sum of the contribution of each secondary signal received at the residual signal, and to compare said first and second preset vectors with said first and second estimated vectors and indicate a fault if any difference is greater than a predetermined amount.

20. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 19 wherein said second adapting means learns second filter coefficients which model the impulse response between each residual signal and each secondary signal, said second filter coefficients having a plurality of time related values for each impulse response;

and said memory means stores said first and second preset vectors containing a summation of the time related values for each impulse response.

21. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 19 wherein said second adapting means learns second filter coefficients which model the transfer function between each residual signal and each secondary signal, said second filter coefficients having a plurality of frequency related values for each transfer function;

said memory means stores a plurality of said first and second preset vectors which are frequency related; and

said filter comparison means is operative to generate said at least one first and second estimated vectors which are related to frequency, and to compare said first and second preset vectors which are frequency related to said at least one first and second estimated vectors and indicate a fault if any difference between the frequency related vectors is greater than a predetermined amount.

22. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 21 wherein said memory means stores a preset convergence coefficient for use by said adapting means to converge the adapting of said at least one secondary signal;

including convergence coefficient normalizing means to normalize the preset convergence coefficient with respect to said at least one first estimated vector.

23. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 22 wherein said convergence coefficient normalizing means normalizes the preset convergence coefficient with respect to a maximum value within each first estimated vector.

24. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 22 wherein said convergence coefficient normalizing means normalizes the preset convergence coefficient with respect to a summation of the values within each first estimated vector.

25. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 19 wherein said second adapting means learns second filter coefficients which model the transfer function between each residual signal and each secondary signal, said second filter coefficients having a plurality of frequency related values for each transfer function;

said memory means stores said first and second preset vectors which are summed over frequency; and

said filter comparison means is operative to generate said first and second estimated vectors which are summed over frequency, and to compare said first and second preset vectors with said first and second estimated vectors, and indicate a fault if any difference is greater than a predetermined amount.

26. An adaptive control system for reducing undesired signals comprising:

interference means to provide at least one secondary signal for interference with said undesired signals;

residual means to provide at least one residual signal indicative of the interference between said undesired and secondary signals;

first adapting means comprising adaptive response filter means having first filter coefficients to adjust said at least one secondary signal, and second filter coefficients which model the response of each residual signal to respective each secondary signal;

second adapting means operative to learn the values of the second filter coefficients; and

memory means for storing a preset convergence coefficient;

said second adapting means generating at least one vector containing for each secondary signal the sum of the contribution of the secondary signal received at each residual signal;

the system including convergence coefficient normalization means to normalize said preset convergence coefficient with respect to said vector;

said adaptive response means being operative to use said normalized convergence coefficient to adjust said at least one secondary signal.

27. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 26 wherein said convergence coefficient normalization means normalize the preset convergence coefficient with respect to a maximum value within the or each said vector.

28. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 26 wherein said convergence coefficient normalizing means normalizes the preset convergence coefficient with respect to a summation of the values within each said vector.

29. An adaptive control system as claimed in claim 26 wherein said second adapting means learns said second filter coefficients which model the transfer function between the or each residual signal and the or each secondary signal, said second adapting means being operative to generate said at least one vector such that each vector has a frequency relationship;

said convergence coefficient normalization means being operative to generate at least one normalized convergence coefficient related in frequency to said at least one vector.