Patent ID: 7376470
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A control method comprising: the calculation step of, when a state quantity serving as a specific reference is defined as a reference state quantity, and a state quantity which is controlled to maintain a relative quantity with respect to the reference state quantity at a specified value is defined as a follow-up state quantity, transforming one of a plurality of control computation input values input to a controller of at least two controllers respectively forming control loops, which controls the follow-up state quantity, into an internal input value, and then inputting the internal input value to the controller which controls the follow-up state quantity; and the step of causing at least the two controllers to calculate manipulated variables, respectively, and outputting the calculated manipulated variables to controlled systems of corresponding control loops, wherein in the calculation step, the internal input value is calculated by setting the internal input value as the sum of a first element for the reference state quantity and a second element for the relative quantity, an element of the control computation input value which corresponds to the reference state quantity as the first element, and a value obtained by multiplying by a predetermined first coefficient an element of the control computation input value which corresponds to the relative quantity as the second element.