Patent ID: 8489221

Claim:
A method for controlling at least one array of M cross-directional actuators in a moving web manufacturing process, comprising: determining N sets of cross-directional property profiles from at least two different locations on said moving web and generating an N×M array of nominal responses, according to: where R ij is the nominal response from the jth array of cross-directional actuators to the ith set of cross-directional property profiles; generating a set of multivariable profile predictions calculated from said nominal responses to said cross-directional property profiles; generating a set of multivariable control target based on said plurality of cross-directional property profiles; and adjusting control of said at least one array of M cross-directional actuators by minimizing error between said set of multivariable control targets and said set of multivariable profile predictions, wherein different ones of said profiles have different resolutions and individual mapping arrays to each of the actuator arrays.