Patent ID: 8452423
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A Multi-Parameter Controller (MPC) for use in controlling one or more components of an automotive system, the automotive system having one or more sensors and one or more actuators, said Multi-Parameter Controller (MPC) comprising: one or more inputs for receiving one or more sensor signals from one or more sensors of the automotive system; one or more outputs for providing one or more control outputs to one or more actuators of the automotive system; a controller coupled to the one or more inputs and the one or more outputs of the Multi-Parameter Controller (MPC), the controller implementing an explicit quadratic programming solver having an off-line part and an on-line part, said explicit quadratic programming solver configured to solve at least one explicit quadratic programming problem utilizing at least one of a primal-dual feasibility algorithm and a graph algorithm, wherein said explicit quadratic programming solver computes the one or more control outputs based, at least in part, on one or more of the sensor signals received via the one or more inputs of the Multi-Parameter Controller (MPC) and on a plurality of state variables and a plurality of matrices stored in said off-line part of said explicit quadratic programming solver; and the controller provides the one or more control outputs on one or more of the outputs of the Multi-Parameter Controller (MPC) to control said one or more components of the automotive system.