Control feedback system and method for bulk material industrial processes using automated object or particle analysis
AssigneeAdvanced Vision Particle Measurement, Inc.
InventorsKenneth John Lieber, Ian B. Browne
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A control feedback system and method for industrial processes using automated particle or object analysis is disclosed. The control feedback system and method includes a particle characteristic measuring unit to obtain measured characteristics of a bulk material sample; an optimal characteristic definition for comparison with the measured characteristics; a corrective action database for defining and selecting actions to be taken in response to a comparison of the measured characteristics with the optimal characteristic definition; and a control line network to transfer control signals to a plurality of processing units in response to a selected action to be taken.
Claims20
A process control system comprising:
- a particle characteristic measuring unit to obtain measured characteristics of a sample;
- an optimal characteristic definition for comparison with the measured characteristics;
- a corrective action database to define and select actions to be taken in response to a comparison of the measured characteristics with the optimal characteristic definition;
- and
- a control line network to transfer control signals to a plurality of processing units in response to a selected action to be taken.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.