Position detecting device, electronic apparatus, recording apparatus, robot, and position detecting method having a ratio computing unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9784598-B2
Application number	US-201514922627-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2015
Priority date	Oct 27, 2014
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

A position detecting device detects the position of a moving body by using first and second detected signals that have voltage values changing in connection with a movement of the moving body. The position detecting device includes a difference computing unit that computes first and second difference values, the first being the difference between a center voltage of the first detected signal and the voltage value of the first detected signal, and the second being the difference between a center voltage of the second detected signal and the voltage value of the second detected signal. A ratio computing unit computes a difference-sum ratio index in accordance with the ratio of the difference value between the absolute values of the first and second difference values and the absolute value of the second difference value to the sum of the absolute values of the first and second difference values.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A position detecting device that detects the position of a moving body by using a first detected signal and a second detected signal that have voltage values changing in connection with a movement of the moving body and have a phase difference, the device comprising:
a difference computing unit that computes a first value and a second value, the first value being the difference value between a center voltage of the first detected signal and the voltage value of the first detected signal, and the second value being the difference value between a center voltage of the second detected signal and the voltage value of the second detected signal;
a ratio computing unit that computes the ratio of the difference value between the absolute value of the first value and the absolute value of the second value to the sum of the absolute value of the first value and the absolute value of the second value; and
a position specifying unit that specifies the position of the moving body by using the ratio.

2. The position detecting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a determining unit that determines the sign of each of the first value and the second value,
wherein the position specifying unit specifies the position of the moving body by using a combination of the signs of the first value and the second value and by using the ratio.

3. The position detecting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage unit that includes correspondence information between the position of the moving body and the ratio,
wherein the position specifying unit specifies the position of the moving body by using the ratio and the correspondence information.

4. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a motor that includes a rotating moving body; and
the position detecting device according to claim 1 that detects the position of rotation of the moving body.

5. A recording apparatus comprising:
a motor that includes a moving body which rotates by the supply of a drive signal; and
the position detecting device according to claim 1 that detects the position of rotation of the moving body.

6. A robot comprising:
a motor that includes a moving body which rotates by the supply of a drive signal; and
the position detecting device according to claim 1 that detects the position of rotation of the moving body.

7. A position detecting method that detects the position of a moving body by using a first detected signal and a second detected signal that have voltage values changing in connection with a movement of the moving body and have a phase difference, the method comprising:
computing a first value and a second value, the first value being the difference value between a center voltage of the first detected signal and the voltage value of the first detected signal, and the second value being the difference value between a center voltage of the second detected signal and the voltage value of the second detected signal;
computing the ratio of the difference value between the absolute value of the first value and the absolute value of the second value to the sum of the absolute value of the first value and the absolute value of the second value; and
specifying the position of the moving body by using the ratio.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Maeda Akitoshi

Classifications

• G01D5/3473 Primary

  Circular or rotary encoders · CPC title

• B25J13/088

  with position, velocity or acceleration sensors · CPC title

• Y10S901/23

  Electric motor · CPC title

• G01D5/341 Primary

  controlling the movement of a following part · CPC title