Patent ID: 6324530
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: F02D,G05B,G06N,Y02T

Abstract:
A method for adapting operation of a motor specifically to a target condition, said motor being operable by an operation signal outputted from a control unit when receiving a pre-selected signal, said method comprising the steps of:(a) providing a computer simulation of the motor, said simulation simulating motor operation and comprising a motor simulation and a control unit simulation programmed to formulate plural control modules, each outputting an operation signal for operating the motor when receiving a pre-selected signal;(b) operating the simulation by the steps of:(i) formulating multiple control modules under predetermined rules;(ii) inputting a pre-selected signal to the multiple control modules to output from each control module an operation signal into the motor simulation, thereby operating the motor simulation;(iii) detecting a signal indicative of the operation of the motor simulation;(iv) selecting at least one control module from the multiple control modules, which module is adaptive to the target condition, based on the indicative signal;(v) formulating subsequent multiple control modules based on the selected control module(s), if the selected control module is not final; and(vi) repeating steps (ii) through (v) until the motor simulation is operated adaptively to the target condition, wherein a finally selected control module is obtained;(c) saving the finally selected control module in a memory; and(d) operating said motor using the control module which retrieves the finally selected module from the memory, wherein the motor is operated adaptively to the target condition.