Patent ID: 6546349
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B63G

Abstract:
A method for calibrating a degaussing system for application to an object having a magnetic field associated therewith, said degaussing system being of the kind including at least one coil for conducting electrical current and for being proximately disposed in relation to said object, said method comprising:designating at least one optimization parameter pertaining to the magnetic signature of said object in a degaussed condition; defining a current vector containing at least one current value wherein each said coil corresponds to a said current value; and executing a genetic algorithm so as to identify a solution of said current vector wherein the application of said at least one current value to said degaussing system tends to optimize said at least one optimization parameter; wherein each said optimization parameter is one of: linearly derivable from said magnetic signature of said object in a degaussed condition; and nonlinearly derivable from said magnetic signature of said object in a degaussed condition.