On the Output Transformation To An Observer Form

This paper investigates the transformability of an unforced multi-output nonlinear system to a multi-output observer form. The existence conditions of an output transformation and a change of state coordinates are presented in a more concise form than those given in literatures. Given an output transformation, verifying these conditions can reveal if the unforced system is transformable to the observer form. Necessary conditions on the output transformation are given for the single output and multi-output nonlinear systems. These necessary conditions are stated as a set of first order partial differential equations, which are relatively easy to solve and potentially useful to obtain the output transformation candidates. The 12th IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications This work may not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part for any commercial purpose. Permission to copy in whole or in part without payment of fee is granted for nonprofit educational and research purposes provided that all such whole or partial copies include the following: a notice that such copying is by permission of Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.; an acknowledgment of the authors and individual contributions to the work; and all applicable portions of the copyright notice. Copying, reproduction, or republishing for any other purpose shall require a license with payment of fee to Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright c ©Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., 2010 201 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139