Moving amount detecting method using a shadow picture diffractio

Details Moving amount detecting method using a shadow picture diffractio Moving amount detecting method using a shadow picture diffractio

1990-12-19

1992-09-15

Nelms, David C.

Radiant energy

Photocells; circuits and apparatus

Optical or pre-photocell system

250237G, 25023118, G01D 534

Patent

active

051480190

ABSTRACT:
In a method for detecting a moving amount of a detected body, light emitted from a light source is irradiated onto the detected body and light reflected from the detected body or light transmitted therethrough is detected by a photodetector. This method has the steps of emitting incoherent light from the light source through a small opening of a light-interrupting plate; irradiating the incoherent light onto the detected body having a monoperiodic structure to obtain a divergent transmitting or reflecting light beam; forming a shadow picture diffraction-interference pattern by the divergent transmitting or reflecting light beam; and detecting a moving amount of the shadow picure diffraction-interference pattern caused by a movement of the detected body in a direction crossing the irradiated light beam by the photodetector to detect the moving amount of the detected body.
In case that the detected body is cylindrical, this method may have the steps of emitting incoherent light from the light source through a small opening of a light-interrupting plate; irradiating the incoherent light through a collimator lens onto the detected body having a monoperiodic structure to obtain a divergent reflecting light beam; forming a shadow picture diffraction-interference pattern by the divergent reflecting light beam; and detecting a moving amount of the shadow picture diffraction-interference pattern caused by a movement of the detected body in a direction crossing the irradiated light beam by the photodetector to detect the moving amount of the detected body.

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