IP Library Granted Patent US 8,706,449
Granted Patent B2
US 8,706,449 · App. 13/186,459 · Granted Apr 22, 2014

Advanced synthesized hysteresis for signal processing, controllers, music, and computer simulations in physics, engineering, and economics

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Patent No.
US 8,706,449
App. No.
13/186,459
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for synthesis of a hysteresis function of a plurality of inputs is described. The method includes receiving and processing of a plurality of input signals with at least a parameterized multivariable nonlinearity, the parameterized multivariable nonlinearity serving as a parameterized hysteron, to produce at least one output signal. The plurality of input signals is also processed by at least a controller function, the controller function comprising memory and producing at least one control signal responsive to at least one of the plurality of input signals, the at least once control signal for controlling the parameterized hysteron. The at least one control signal is used to control the parameterized hysteron so as to create a hysteretic response to at least one of the plurality of input signals.

Claims (22)

1. A computer-implemented method for synthesis of a hysteresis function of a plurality of inputs, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of input signals;

processing the plurality of input signals with at least a parameterized multivariable nonlinearity, the parameterized multivariable nonlinearity serving as a parameterized hysteron, to produce at least one output signal; and

processing the plurality of input signals with at least one computing device, the at least one computing device comprising a controller function and a memory, and producing at least one control signal responsive to at least one of the plurality of input signals, the at least one control signal for controlling the parameterized hysteron,

wherein the at least one control signal is used to control the parameterized hysteron so as to create a hysteretic response to at least one of the plurality of input signals.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the control signal comprises a single control signal.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the control signal comprises a plurality of control signals.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the controller function is responsive to at least one extremal value of the amplitude of at least one of the plurality of input signals.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the controller function is responsive to at least an integration of the amplitude of at least one of the plurality of input signals.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the controller function is responsive to at least one time-derivative of the amplitude of at least one of the plurality of input signals.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the controller function is responsive to the sign of the time derivative of at least one of the plurality of input signals but independent of the rate of change of at least one of the plurality of input signals.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the controller function is responsive to the sign of the time derivative of at least one of the plurality of input signals and responsive to the rate of change of at least one of the plurality of input signals.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the controller function is responsive to at least one extremal value of the phase of at least one of the plurality of input signals.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the controller function is responsive to at least an integration of the phase of at least one of the plurality of input signals.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the controller function is responsive to at least one time-derivative of the phase of at least one of the plurality of input signals.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the controller function is responsive to at least one extremal value of a quantity responsive to the signal spectrum of at least one of the plurality of input signals.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the controller function is responsive to at least an integration of a quantity responsive to the signal spectrum of at least one of the plurality of input signals.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the controller function comprises fractional-order dynamics.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the controller function is responsive to at least one time-derivative of a quantity responsive to the signal spectrum of at least one of the plurality of input signals.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the parameterized hysteron comprises a parameterized all-pass filter imposing phase modulation on at least one input signal, the phase modulation responsive to the at least one control signal.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the phase modulation if further responsive to spectral content of the at least one input signal.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein the parameterized hysteron comprises a parameterized filter imposing at least amplitude modulation on at least one input signal, the amplitude modulation if further responsive to spectral content of the at least one input signal.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2017
From: NRI R&D PATENT LICENSING, LLC
To: PBLM ADVT LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2017
From: LUDWIG, LESTER F
To: NRI R&D PATENT LICENSING, LLC
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