公开(公告)号：US20180227167A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-09

申请号：US15427171

申请日：2017-02-08

Applicant: Macau University of Science and Technology

Inventor： Zhiwu Li ,  Syrine Ben Meskina ,  Mohamed Khalgui ,  Narjes Doggaz ,  Naiqi Wu

IPC: H04L12/24

CPC classification number: H04L41/0613 ,  H04L41/048 ,  H04L41/0609 ,  H04L41/0654 ,  H04L41/145

Abstract: A system for fault detection and recovery of a network includes a network simulation module arranged to receive component data regarding a plurality of components that form the network and simulate the network, a modelling module arranged to utilise the simulated network to model a number of faults in the network to determine the effect of the faults on the network, and a recovery module arranged to determine a solution to the fault on the network.

公开(公告)号：US09927816B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-27

申请号：US15153778

申请日：2016-05-13

Applicant: Macau University of Science and Technology

Inventor： Zhiwu Li ,  Oussama Karoui ,  Anis Koubaa ,  Mohamed Khalgui ,  Emna Guerfala ,  Eduardo Tovard ,  Naiqi Wu

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0295 ,  B60K31/00 ,  B60W30/14 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  G05D1/0212 ,  G05D1/0278 ,  G05D2201/0213 ,  G08G1/22

Abstract: A method for operating a follower vehicle in a vehicle platoon includes determining, during operation, whether the follower vehicle is operating in a normal state or an abnormal state based on an operation condition of a component of the follower vehicle, or a communication between the follower vehicle and a preceding vehicle in the vehicle platoon. The method further includes selecting a first control mode if the follower vehicle is in the normal state and a second control mode if the follower vehicle is in the abnormal state so as to control movement of the follower vehicle using the selected control mode. In the first control mode, the follower vehicle uses communication data received from the preceding vehicle in the vehicle platoon to control its movement. In the second control mode, the follower vehicle uses data obtained by one or more of its sensors to control its movement.

公开(公告)号：US20170279298A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-28

申请号：US15078367

申请日：2016-03-23

Applicant: Macau University of Science and Technology

Inventor： Zhiwu Li ,  Zhongyuan Jiang ,  Naiqi Wu ,  Mengchu Zhou

IPC: H02J9/06 ,  G01R31/40

CPC classification number: H02J9/06 ,  G01R31/40 ,  H02J3/28 ,  H02J13/001 ,  H02J2003/007 ,  Y02E60/722 ,  Y02E60/723 ,  Y02E60/76 ,  Y04S10/14 ,  Y04S10/16 ,  Y04S10/40 ,  Y04S40/22

Abstract: A power transmission system includes a plurality of electrical substations and a plurality of transmission lines arranged to connect the plurality of electrical substations to form a power transmission network; and a controller system arranged to control a power transmission within the power transmission network. The controller system includes: a detection module arranged to detect an occurrence of a fault in at least one faulty electrical substation of the plurality of electrical substations; and a restoration module arranged to at least temporally maintain an output power of the at least one faulty electrical substation; and wherein at least one of the plurality of electrical substations is operable to facilitate maintaining of the output of the at least one faulty electrical substation upon the detection of the occurrence of the fault.

公开(公告)号：US20170131700A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-11

申请号：US14942031

申请日：2015-11-16

Applicant: Macau University of Science and Technology

Inventor： Zhiwu Li ,  Lei Feng ,  Huimin Zhang ,  Naiqi Wu

IPC: G05B19/10

Abstract: A method for implementing a new reactive system and a new reactive system includes applying at least one input suitable for the new reactive system to an existing reactive system to obtain at least one output produced by the existing reactive system; comparing the at least one output with an expected output representative of an output expected to be obtained by applying the at least one input to the new reactive system; determining if the at least one output would be compatible with the expected output; and using the compatibility between the at least one output and the expected output to generate a supervisory control rule set arranged for supervisory control of the existing reactive system when used as part or whole of the new reactive system.

公开(公告)号：US10520914B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-31

申请号：US15268851

申请日：2016-09-19

Applicant: Macau University of Science and Technology

Inventor： Naiqi Wu ,  Fajun Yang ,  Liping Bai ,  Mengchu Zhou ,  Zhiwu Li

IPC: G05B19/29 ,  G05B19/418

Abstract: A system and method of controlling a multi cluster tool system configured to process a semiconductor product includes a plurality of cluster tools arranged adjacent each other, a buffer module positioned between a pair of cluster tools, each cluster tool including a plurality of processing modules and a robot, the method of controlling a multi cluster tool system including receiving a plurality of system parameters from a user interface, wherein the system parameters correspond to one or more processing steps in a system cycle, wherein the system cycle is a cycle of processing the semiconductor product, determining a system schedule for defining the system cycle for processing a semiconductor product, the system schedule providing robot waiting times for each robot of each cluster tool, controlling, via a controller, the operation of each robot of each cluster tool based on the determined schedule.

公开(公告)号：US20180081336A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-22

申请号：US15268851

申请日：2016-09-19

Applicant: Macau University of Science and Technology

Inventor： Naiqi Wu ,  Fajun Yang ,  Liping Bai ,  Mengchu Zhou ,  Zhiwu Li

IPC: G05B19/042 ,  G05B19/29

CPC classification number: G05B19/29 ,  G05B19/41815 ,  G05B19/41865 ,  G05B2219/25419 ,  G05B2219/45031 ,  Y02P90/08 ,  Y02P90/20

Abstract: A system and method of controlling a multi cluster tool system configured to process a semiconductor product includes a plurality of cluster tools arranged adjacent each other, a buffer module positioned between a pair of cluster tools, each cluster tool including a plurality of processing modules and a robot, the method of controlling a multi cluster tool system including receiving a plurality of system parameters from a user interface, wherein the system parameters correspond to one or more processing steps in a system cycle, wherein the system cycle is a cycle of processing the semiconductor product, determining a system schedule for defining the system cycle for processing a semiconductor product, the system schedule providing robot waiting times for each robot of each cluster tool, controlling, via a controller, the operation of each robot of each cluster tool based on the determined schedule.

公开(公告)号：US20180076064A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-15

申请号：US15263615

申请日：2016-09-13

Applicant: Macau University of Science and Technology

Inventor： Naiqi Wu ,  Fajun Yang ,  Yan Qiao ,  Mengchu Zhou ,  Zhiwu Li

IPC: H01L21/67 ,  B25J9/16 ,  H01L21/677

CPC classification number: H01L21/67167 ,  G05B19/41865 ,  G05B2219/32165 ,  G05B2219/45031 ,  H01L21/67745 ,  Y10S901/41

Abstract: A system and method of controlling a cluster tool apparatus, wherein the cluster tool includes one or more processing modules and a robot that is configured to move a semiconductor product to and from the one or more processing modules, the cluster tool configured for processing semiconductor products. The method of controlling the cluster tool apparatus to perform a processing cycle includes receiving a plurality of system parameters from a user interface, wherein the system parameters relate to one or more processing steps of the processing cycle, determining a schedule for performing the processing cycle utilizing the one or more processing modules, wherein the schedule being determined based on a semiconductor product residency parameter.

公开(公告)号：US10134613B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-20

申请号：US15272706

申请日：2016-09-22

Applicant: Macau University of Science and Technology

Inventor： Yan Qiao ,  Mengchu Zhou ,  Naiqi Wu ,  Zhiwu Li ,  Qinghua Zhu

IPC: H01L21/677 ,  H01L21/67

Abstract: A system and method for a cluster tool apparatus for processing a semiconductor product including processing modules located adjacent each other and configured to process a semiconductor module, loadlocks configured to retain and dispense unprocessed semiconductor products and each positioned adjacent one of the processing modules, a robot configured to load, transfer and unload a semiconductor product to and from the processing modules, a hardware controller in communication with the robot and executing a method to close down the cluster tool apparatus to an idle state, the method including determining a status of the processing modules, determining if a close down process is required based on the status or based on a close down signal, and, if required, determining a schedule for a close down process based on a semiconductor product residency parameter, and controlling the operation of the robot based on the schedule to perform the close down process.

公开(公告)号：US10103569B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-16

申请号：US15078367

申请日：2016-03-23

Applicant: Macau University of Science and Technology

Inventor： Zhiwu Li ,  Zhongyuan Jiang ,  Naiqi Wu ,  Mengchu Zhou

IPC: H02J7/00 ,  H02J9/06 ,  G01R31/40

Abstract: A power transmission system includes a plurality of electrical substations and a plurality of transmission lines arranged to connect the plurality of electrical substations to form a power transmission network; and a controller system arranged to control a power transmission within the power transmission network. The controller system includes: a detection module arranged to detect an occurrence of a fault in at least one faulty electrical substation of the plurality of electrical substations; and a restoration module arranged to at least temporally maintain an output power of the at least one faulty electrical substation; and wherein at least one of the plurality of electrical substations is operable to facilitate maintaining of the output of the at least one faulty electrical substation upon the detection of the occurrence of the fault.

公开(公告)号：US20170083028A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-23

申请号：US14919706

申请日：2015-10-21

Applicant: Macau University of Science and Technology

Inventor： Naiqi Wu ,  Zhiwu Li

IPC: G05D7/06 ,  G05B15/02

CPC classification number: F04B49/065 ,  F04B23/04 ,  F04B2205/09 ,  F04B2207/041 ,  G06Q10/0631 ,  Y02P80/10 ,  Y02P90/86

Abstract: For sustainable development, a refinery is required to save energy as much as possible so as to reduce the emission of greenhouse gas. In crude oil operations, oil transportation from storage tanks to charging tanks via a pipeline consumes a large portion of energy. It is vitally important to minimize energy consumption for this process. Since the oil flow resistance is proportional to the square of oil flow rate, the relation between energy efficiency and flow rate is nonlinear, which makes the problem complicated. The present invention addresses this important issue by formulating a linear programming model for the considered problem such that it can be efficiently solved. A real-world industrial case study is used to demonstrate the applications and significance of the proposed method.