A laundry treating appliance and method of operating a laundry treating appliance that includes wetting the laundry load in a drum according to a selected cycle of operation. A controller associated with the laundry treating appliance may be configured to determine a remaining moisture content of the laundry and a time remaining in the selected cycle of operation based on the remaining moisture content.

A control apparatus and the like may include a time allocation setting unit that sets a time allocation for steps in the total driving time, and an operation value calculation unit that calculates minimum operation values for the times set by the time allocation setting unit, and the time allocation setting unit sets the time allocation of the steps in the total driving time such that the difference between the minimum operation values of the steps falls within a predetermined range.

A ratiometric system for autonomous lubrication of oilwell production equipment. In one arrangement a lubrication pump is fluidly connected to a stuffing box on an oilwell pumping unit. The interval for lubrication and the duration of lubrication is managed by an event sequencer that is electrically connected to the well controller for the pumping unit. The well controller senses a completed cycle of the pumping unit and produces an electronic pulse that can be counted. The event sequencer counts the pulses as they occur. A lubrication cycle is triggered when the sequencer reaches a count corresponding to a predetermined value. The amount of lubrication supplied is directly related to the number of completed cycles of the pumping unit.

A support device is provided for efficiently using a limited process resource that can be provided by a single control device and a non-transitory storage medium for storing a support program for realizing the support device. The support device includes a load estimation unit which calculates a degree of a load necessary for analyzing a syntax of a command included in an application program and a priority calculation unit which calculates a priority to be set for a second task based on the calculated degree of the load.

A laundry treating appliance and method of operating a laundry treating appliance that includes wetting the laundry load in a drum according to a selected cycle of operation. A controller associated with the laundry treating appliance may be configured to determine a remaining moisture content of the laundry and a time remaining in the selected cycle of operation based on the remaining moisture content.

Systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of power network state estimation are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a method for state estimation in a power network comprising receiving a set of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) information including a power network topology; generating a SCADA state estimation using the set of SCADA information; receiving, with a cloud-computing architecture, a set of PMU phasors; aligning, with the cloud-computing architecture, a timestamp of the SCADA estimation and a timestamp of the set of PMU phasors; updating, with the cloud-computing architecture, the power network topology using the set of PMU phasors; generating, with the cloud-computing architecture, a hybrid state estimation using the updated power network topology, the set of PMU phasors, and the SCADA state estimation; and transmitting the hybrid state estimation to a local control system.

A service control device includes a controller that receives one of an external request and an execution result of a functional element and directs a functional element to be carried out next by referring to a control list holding a plan of combination of functional elements; an execution unit configured to carry out the functional element directed by the controller; a monitoring and recording unit configured to monitor an execution state of a functional element and record; and an activation level calculating unit configured to calculate an activation level of a functional element based on the execution state of a functional element having been recorded and update the control list based on the activation level.

A control apparatus and the like may include a time allocation setting unit that sets a time allocation for steps in the total driving time, and an operation value calculation unit that calculates minimum operation values for the times set by the time allocation setting unit, and the time allocation setting unit sets the time allocation of the steps in the total driving time such that the difference between the minimum operation values of the steps falls within a predetermined range.

A non-orthogonal six-rod satellite communication in motion servo system and a control method. The system comprises a measurement feedback unit, a control unit, a drive unit and a servo antenna, wherein the measurement feedback unit further comprises an azimuth angle encoder, a pitch position encoder, a roll position encoder, a polarization angle encoder and a data collection card; the control unit further comprises an ACU, a strapdown inertial measurement unit and a six-axis movement control and drive module; and the drive unit further comprises a linear motor, an azimuth turbine worm, a polarization turbine worm and an electric push rod, wherein the linear motor further comprises a first linear motor and a second linear motor; and the electric push rod further comprises a first electric push rod, a second electric push rod, a third electric push rod and a fourth electric push rod.

A ratiometric system for autonomous lubrication of oilwell production equipment. In one arrangement a lubrication pump is fluidly connected to a stuffing box on an oilwell pumping unit. The interval for lubrication and the duration of lubrication is managed by an event sequencer that is electrically connected to the well controller for the pumping unit. The well controller senses a completed cycle of the pumping unit and produces an electronic pulse that can be counted. The event sequencer counts the pulses as they occur. A lubrication cycle is triggered when the sequencer reaches a count corresponding to a predetermined value. The amount of lubrication supplied is directly related to the number of completed cycles of the pumping unit.