Control system of optimizing the function of machine assembly using GA-Fuzzy inference
First Claim
1. A method for optimizing operation of a machine assembly while being manipulated by a user, said machine assembly comprising plural replaceable devices, each device being operated by a control module, the input-output relationship of which control module is regulated by control parameters, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) operating the machine using control modules;
(b) during step (a), optimizing the input-output relationship of at least a single control module outputting at least a single variable, by coding into templates parameters fully or partially regulating said single control module, said templates of said single control module being subjected to heuristic processing, wherein the single control module uses fuzzy rules, and the control parameters include parameters defining the fuzzy rules and parameters defining coefficients of input and output of the single control module, wherein the parameters defining the fuzzy rules are evaluated based on (i) the user'"'"'s ultimate choice during the operation, and the parameters defining the coefficients of input and output of the single control module are evaluated based on (ii) a preselected target used separately, to obtain at least one fitted set of parameters at each evaluation for said single control module, the parameters of which are optimized to optimally output the single variable based on both of the evaluations; and
(c) operating the machine assembly using the optimized control module.
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Abstract
The invention provides an optimization device for a unitary apparatus that can obtain optimum characteristics as a combined apparatus, without losing user'"'"'s selectivity and unitary apparatus'"'"'s versatility. The optimization device includes an optimization process section that optimizes dynamic characteristics of the unitary apparatus using genetic algorithms and fuzzy inference, with functional characteristics of a combined apparatus as evaluation reference.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for optimizing operation of a machine assembly while being manipulated by a user, said machine assembly comprising plural replaceable devices, each device being operated by a control module, the input-output relationship of which control module is regulated by control parameters, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) operating the machine using control modules;
(b) during step (a), optimizing the input-output relationship of at least a single control module outputting at least a single variable, by coding into templates parameters fully or partially regulating said single control module, said templates of said single control module being subjected to heuristic processing, wherein the single control module uses fuzzy rules, and the control parameters include parameters defining the fuzzy rules and parameters defining coefficients of input and output of the single control module, wherein the parameters defining the fuzzy rules are evaluated based on (i) the user'"'"'s ultimate choice during the operation, and the parameters defining the coefficients of input and output of the single control module are evaluated based on (ii) a preselected target used separately, to obtain at least one fitted set of parameters at each evaluation for said single control module, the parameters of which are optimized to optimally output the single variable based on both of the evaluations; and
(c) operating the machine assembly using the optimized control module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An optimization apparatus for optimizing an operation characteristic of a unitary apparatus that can be used as a combined apparatus by combining other apparatuses used by a user, the optimization apparatus comprising:
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an optimization process device for optimizing the operation characteristic of the unitary apparatus, with a functional characteristic of the combined apparatus as an evaluation criterion, said optimization process device comprising;
(i) at least a single control module regulated by control parameters for controlling operation of the unitary apparatus, said single control module outputting at least a single variable;
(ii) an autonomous evolutionary process unit for optimizing the operation of said single control module by selecting a portion of the control parameters based on a predetermined evaluation criterion;
(iii) an autonomous evaluation unit for evaluating the operation of the unitary apparatus and providing the evaluation to the autonomous evolutionary process unit;
(iv) an interactive evolutionary process unit for optimizing the operation of said single control module by selecting another portion of the control parameters based on the user'"'"'s choice during the operation of the unitary apparatus; and
(v) an evaluation input unit for inputting by the user an evaluation of the operation of the unitary apparatus to the interactive evolutionary process unit, wherein the parameters of the control module are optimized to optimally output the single variable based on both of the evaluations by the autonomous evolutionary process unit and the interactive evolutionary process unit. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An optimization apparatus for optimizing an operation characteristic of a unitary apparatus that can be used as a combined apparatus by combining other apparatuses used by a user, the optimization apparatus comprising:
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an optimization process device for optimizing the operation characteristic of the unitary apparatus, with a functional characteristic of the combined apparatus as an evaluation criterion, said optimization process device comprising;
(i) at least a single control module regulated by control parameters for controlling operation of the unitary apparatus, said single control module using fuzzy rules and outputting at least a single variable, said control parameters including parameters defining the fuzzy rules and parameters defining coefficients of input and output of the single control module;
(ii) an autonomous evolutionary process unit for optimizing the parameters defining coefficients of input and output of the single control module based on evaluation by an autonomous evaluation unit;
(iii) the autonomous evaluation unit for evaluating the operation of the unitary apparatus and providing the evaluation to the autonomous evolutionary process unit;
(iv) an interactive evolutionary process unit for optimizing the parameters defining the fuzzy rules based on evaluation by an evaluation input unit; and
(v) the evaluation input unit for inputting by the user an evaluation of the operation of the unitary apparatus to the interactive evolutionary process unit, wherein the parameters of the control module are optimized to optimally output the single variable based on both of the evaluations by the autonomous evolutionary process unit and the interactive evolutionary process unit.
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