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Complex order control for improved loop-shaping in precision positioning
This paper presents a complex order filter developed and subsequently
integrated into a PID-based controller design. The nonlinear filter is designed
with reset elements to have describing function based frequency response
similar to that of a linear (practically non-implementable) complex order
filter. This allows for a design which has a negative gain slope and a
corresponding positive phase slope as desired from a loop-shaping
controller-design perspective. This approach enables improvement in precision
tracking without compromising the bandwidth or stability requirements. The
proposed designs are tested on a planar precision positioning stage and
performance compared with PID and other state-of-the-art reset based
controllers to showcase the advantages of this filter
'Constant in gain Lead in phase' element - Application in precision motion control
This work presents a novel 'Constant in gain Lead in phase' (CgLp) element
using nonlinear reset technique. PID is the industrial workhorse even to this
day in high-tech precision positioning applications. However, Bode's gain phase
relationship and waterbed effect fundamentally limit performance of PID and
other linear controllers. This paper presents CgLp as a controlled nonlinear
element which can be introduced within the framework of PID allowing for wide
applicability and overcoming linear control limitations. Design of CgLp with
generalized first order reset element (GFORE) and generalized second order
reset element (GSORE) (introduced in this work) is presented using describing
function analysis. A more detailed analysis of reset elements in frequency
domain compared to existing literature is first carried out for this purpose.
Finally, CgLp is integrated with PID and tested on one of the DOFs of a planar
precision positioning stage. Performance improvement is shown in terms of
tracking, steady-state precision and bandwidth
IMPROVED KERNEL FUZZY ADAPTIVE THRESHOLD ALGORITHM ON LEVEL SET METHOD FOR IMAGE SEGMENTATION
Using thresholding method to segment an image, a fixed threshold is not suitable if the background is rough Here, we propose a new adaptive thresholding method using level set theory. The method requires only one parameter to be selected and the adaptive threshold surface can be found automatically from the original image. An adaptive thresholding scheme using adaptive tracking and morphological filtering. The Improved Kernel fuzzy c-means (IKFCM) was used to generate an initial contour curve which overcomes leaking at the boundary during the curve propagation. IKFCM algorithm computes the fuzzy membership values for each pixel. On the basis of IKFCM the edge indicator function was redefined. Using the edge indicator function of a image was performed to extract the boundaries of objects on the basis of the presegmentation. Therefore, the proposed method is computationally efficient. Our method is good for detecting large and small images concurrently. It is also efficient to denoise and enhance the responses of images with low local contrast can be detected. The efficiency and accuracy of the algorithm is demonstrated by the experiments on the images. The above process of segmentation showed a considerable improvement in the evolution of the level set function
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Loop-shaping for reset control systems -- A higher-order sinusoidal-input describing functions approach
The ever-growing demands on speed and precision from the precision motion
industry have pushed control requirements to reach the limitations of linear
control theory. Nonlinear controllers like reset provide a viable alternative
since they can be easily integrated into the existing linear controller
structure and designed using industry-preferred loop-shaping techniques.
However, currently, loop-shaping is achieved using the describing function (DF)
and performance analysed using linear control sensitivity functions not
applicable for reset control systems, resulting in a significant deviation
between expected and practical results. We overcome this major bottleneck to
the wider adaptation of reset control with two contributions in this paper.
First, we present the extension of frequency-domain tools for reset controllers
in the form of higher-order sinusoidal-input describing functions (HOSIDFs)
providing greater insight into their behaviour. Second, we propose a novel
method which uses the DF and HOSIDFs of the open-loop reset control system for
the estimation of the closed-loop sensitivity functions, establishing for the
first time - the relation between open-loop and closed-loop behaviour of reset
control systems in the frequency domain. The accuracy of the proposed solution
is verified in both simulation and practice on a precision positioning stage
and these results are further analysed to obtain insights into the tuning
considerations for reset controllers
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