Array photoelectric sensor grating displacement detection system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10151579-B1
Application number	US-201715853849-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 24, 2017
Priority date	Aug 31, 2017
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

The present invention has the advantages of simple structure, low detection cost, high measurement precision, high detection speed, strong practicability, etc. The present invention relates to a novel array photoelectric sensor grating displacement detection system and method. The system includes a parallel light source, an incremental glass grating ruler, photoelectric sensor arrays, a high-speed voltage comparator, a signal processing unit and a displacement display unit, wherein the incremental glass grating ruler is perpendicular to an irradiation direction, of the parallel light source.

First claim

We claim:

1. A novel array photoelectric sensor grating displacement detection system, comprising a parallel light source ( 1 ), an incremental glass grating ruler ( 2 ), photoelectric sensor arrays ( 3 ), a high-speed voltage comparator ( 4 ), a signal processing unit ( 5 ) and a displacement display unit ( 6 ), wherein the incremental glass grating ruler ( 2 ) is perpendicular to an irradiation direction of the parallel light source ( 1 ); the photoelectric sensor arrays ( 3 ) are placed in a pitch of the incremental glass grating ruler ( 2 ) and separated from the grating ruler for a certain space, can be fixed to a detected object by utilizing a bracket and are uniformly distributed in a step shape; the high-speed voltage comparator ( 4 ) is connected between the photoelectric sensor array ( 3 ) and the signal processing unit ( 5 ) and used for shaping an output signal of the photoelectric sensor array ( 3 ) to obtain an ideal square wave signal, and for convenience in detection, the ideal square wave signal can be inputted into the signal processing unit after being reversed; and the signal processing unit ( 5 ) is connected with the displacement display unit ( 6 ), and a displacement value obtained by calculation is displayed on the displacement display unit ( 6 ).

2. The novel array photoelectric sensor grating displacement detection system according to claim 1 , wherein a vertical distance L between adjacent photoelectric sensors in the photoelectric sensor array ( 3 ) is: L=(H−n*K)/(n−1), and a horizontal distance D between adjacent photoelectric sensors is: D=(W−M)/(n−1), wherein H is a grating height, n is a number of the photoelectric sensors, K is a height of the photoelectric sensors, W is a pitch, and M is a width of the photoelectric sensors in the moving direction of the incremental glass grating ruler ( 2 ).

3. A novel array photoelectric sensor grating displacement detection method used for the system of claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
S 1 , enabling light emitted from a parallel light source to irradiate on an incremental glass grating ruler;
S 2 , receiving, by the photoelectric sensor arrays, light irradiation and outputting a high-level signal and a low-level signal according, to whether the photoelectric sensor arrays are blocked by grating lines;
S 3 , shaping, by a high-speed voltage comparator, the outputted level signal;
S 4 , receiving, by a signal processing unit, a shaped signal, detecting a signal edge, judging a movement direction of the grating, counting, and obtaining a displacement value; and
S 5 , displaying, by a displacement display unit, the displacement value obtained by the processing of the signal processing unit.

4. The novel array photoelectric sensor grating displacement detection method according to claim 3 , wherein the high-speed voltage comparator in step S 3 shapes an outputted non-ideal square wave signal when the photoelectric sensor detects the change of the light irradiation intensity, so as to obtain a required square wave signal.

5. The novel array photoelectric sensor grating displacement detection method according to claim 3 , wherein for the shaped square wave signal in step S 3 , for convenience in detection, an ideal square wave signal can be reversed; and if an obtained level is incompatible with an input level of the signal processing unit, the shaped or reversed signal is subjected to level conversion into a signal matched with the signal processing unit.

6. The novel array photoelectric sensor grating displacement detection method according to claim 3 , wherein the signal processing unit performs pulse edge detection for the shaped signal by utilizing an edge detection method and counts the number, wherein the edge to be detected is a rising edge of the pulse.

7. The novel array photoelectric sensor grating displacement detection method according to claim 3 , wherein the movement direction in step S 4 is judged by utilizing a combinational logic according to characteristics of signals A, B and C respectively outputted by three adjacent photoelectric sensors; in the case of forward movement, the movement direction is F forward =Ā·B·C; and in the case of reverse movement, the movement direction is F reverse =A·B· C .

8. The novel array photoelectric sensor grating displacement detection method according to claim 3 , wherein a calculation process of the grating displacement value is as follows:
when the grating is in forward movement, a calculation formula of the displacement S is: S=S′+N×M, wherein N is a number of pulses, M is a width of the photoelectric sensors in the moving direction of the incremental glass grating ruler, and S′ is a previous displacement, value; and when the grating is in reverse movement, the calculation formula of the displacement S is S=S′−N×M.

Assignees

• Univ Guangdong Technology

Inventors

• Yang Zhijun
• Li Yanfeng
• Cai Tiegen
• Li Qian
• Chen Xin

Classifications

• G01D5/26

  characterised by optical transfer means, i.e. using infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light · CPC title

• G01B11/026 Primary

  by measuring distance between sensor and object (G01B11/0608 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01D5/34715 Primary

  Scale reading or illumination devices · CPC title

• G01D5/38

  by diffraction gratings · CPC title

• G01B11/02 Primary

  for measuring length, width or thickness (G01B11/08 takes precedence) · CPC title