Electricity: motive power systems – Positional servo systems – Multiple mode systems
Patent
1977-05-09
1980-06-10
Truhe, J. V.
Electricity: motive power systems
Positional servo systems
Multiple mode systems
318630, 318661, 340347SY, G05B 1118
Patent
active
042075050
ABSTRACT:
A system for measuring the displacement of a workpiece from a reference coordinate system. Position information with respect to the various axes of the coordinate system is acquired by rotary resolver assemblies that measure the angular position of rotatable elements. Each resolver assembly includes a coarse and a fine resolver. Signals representative of the SIN and COS of the angles of the coarse and fine resolvers for each rotor assembly (or referred to as a channel) are applied to a multiplexer. The multiplexer sequentially selects the appropriate channel and the signals are then converted into angular information for each channel. An accurate count of the number of revolutions of the rotatable elements is then obtained. Offset error correction may be provided for each channel. The number of counted revolutions, corrected for offset error, may be multiplied by a scaler for conversion into a linear displacement. The output of the system may be provided to a display indicating the location of the workpiece with respect to the coordinate system or, alternatively, the signals representing linear displacement may be utilized in other peripheral equipment.
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Falck Peter L.
Hamlin, Jr. Edmund M.
Indyk Eugene S.
Sundstrand Corporation
Truhe J. V.
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