Measuring device and measuring method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024302150-A1
Application number	US-202418592909-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 1, 2024
Priority date	Mar 6, 2023
Publication date	Sep 12, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A measuring device includes a rotary encoder having a rotary scale and a plurality of detection portions, and a control device. The rotary scale are arranged around a rotation axis and has a scale pattern in which a plurality of patterns are arranged along a circumferential direction. The plurality of detection portions are arranged around the rotation axis, and reads the plurality of patterns from the scale pattern. The control device causes one or some detection portions to perform a first reading of the plurality of patterns at a first timing, causes another or other detection portions different from the one or some detection portions to perform a second reading of the plurality of patterns at a second timing different from the first timing, and calculates a measurement result based on a first reading result of the first reading and a second reading result of the second reading.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A measuring device comprising:
a rotary encoder having a rotary scale and a plurality of detection portions, the rotary scale being arranged around a rotation axis and having a scale pattern in which a plurality of patterns are arranged along a circumferential direction, the plurality of detection portions being arranged around the rotation axis and each facing the rotary scale and reading the plurality of patterns from the scale pattern; and a control device configured to control the rotary encoder, wherein the control device causes one or some detection portions among the plurality of detection portions to perform a first reading of the plurality of patterns at a first timing, causes another or other detection portions different from the one or some detection portions to perform a second reading of the plurality of patterns at a second timing different from the first timing, and calculates a measurement result based on a first reading result of the first reading and a second reading result of the second reading.

2 . The measuring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one or some detection portions include a plurality of detection portions arranged at positions dividing one rotation of the rotary scale into “n”, and
wherein “n” is an integer equal to or more than 2.

3 . The measuring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the another or other detection portions include a plurality of detection portions arranged at positions dividing one rotation of the rotary scale into “n”, and
wherein “n” is an integer equal to or more than 2.

4 . The measuring device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the control device has a switching circuit for switching a first state in which the one or some detection portions for performing the first reading can be read and a second state in which the another or other detection portions for performing the second reading can be read.

5 . A measuring method using a measuring device having: a rotary encoder having a rotary scale and a plurality of detection portions, the rotary scale being arranged around a rotation axis and having a scale pattern in which a plurality of patterns are arranged along a circumferential direction, the plurality of detection portions being arranged around the rotation axis and each facing the rotary scale and reading the plurality of patterns from the scale pattern; and a control device configured to control the rotary encoder,
the method comprising: performing a first reading of the plurality of patterns using one or some detection portions among the plurality of detection portions at a first timing; performing a second reading of the plurality of patterns using another or other detection portions different from the one or some detection portions at a second timing different from the first timing; and calculating a measurement result based on a first reading result of the first reading and a second reading result of the second reading.

Assignees

• Mitutoyo Corp

Inventors

• Tanaka Shunsuke
• Kobayashi Hirokazu

Classifications

• G01D5/26

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

• G01D5/24

  by varying capacitance · CPC title

• G01D5/142 Primary

  using Hall-effect devices (measuring magnetic variables using Hall-effect or other galvanomagnetic devices G01R33/06) · CPC title

• G01B5/24

  for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes · CPC title

• G01B3/004 Primary

  Scales; Graduations · CPC title