Patent ID: 8150543

Claim:
A method for a controller in an air jet loom, the method comprising: (a) defining a reference loom configuration; (b) determining, by a controller subsystem that includes hardware, a characterization of the reference loom configuration; (c) determining, by the controller subsystem, a modified loom configuration by at least one change to the reference loom configuration; (d) determining, by the controller subsystem, a characterization of the modified loom configuration; and (e) revising, by the controller subsystem, the reference loom configuration if the characterization of the modified loom configuration satisfies a criteria; wherein the determining a modified loom configuration by at least one change to the reference loom configuration comprises: determining a first parameter vector that results in a traverse failure and bounds a solution region that is bounded at least in part by parameter vectors that result in traverse failure; determining a second parameter vector that results in a traverse failure and bounds the solution region; and determining a parameter solution that is in the solution region and between: (i) the first parameter vector that results in a traverse failure and bounds the solution region and (ii) the second parameter vector that results in a traverse failure and bounds the solution region.