Motion detection and analysis
First Claim
1. An apparatus for determining movement, comprising means for generating at least two signals of different phase in dependence on the relative position of two objects, movement of said two objects causing corresponding changes in said at least two signals;
- and a processor for processing said at least two signals, thereby to determine said movement, the processing by said processor being on the basis of locating the constellation states of successive values of the at least two signals in at least one co-ordinate axis system, said at least one co-ordinate axis system defining at least six separate segments rotationally displaced, and said processor is arranged to monitor the change in said constellation states of the successive values by using at least two processed data samples, said successive samples being obtained by sampling said at least two signals at a predetermined clock rate.
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Abstract
In order to determine movements of two subjects, two or more signals of different phase are obtained which depend on the movement, and processed by locating constellation status of the signals in at least one co-ordinate axis system, it must have at least six separate segments rotationally displaced. Where there are two or more co-ordinate axis systems, each must have an axis radiating from an origin. The change in the constellation states is monitored using at least two processed data samples obtained by sampling the signals at a suitable clock rate. It is possible to derive a prediction of values of the signal and filter the signals in dependence on the prediction. The second co-ordinate axis system may be rotatable relative to the first co-ordinate axis system enabling the provision of a movable region of uncertainty.
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45 Claims
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1. An apparatus for determining movement, comprising
means for generating at least two signals of different phase in dependence on the relative position of two objects, movement of said two objects causing corresponding changes in said at least two signals; - and
a processor for processing said at least two signals, thereby to determine said movement, the processing by said processor being on the basis of locating the constellation states of successive values of the at least two signals in at least one co-ordinate axis system, said at least one co-ordinate axis system defining at least six separate segments rotationally displaced, and said processor is arranged to monitor the change in said constellation states of the successive values by using at least two processed data samples, said successive samples being obtained by sampling said at least two signals at a predetermined clock rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for determining movement, comprising means for generating at least two signals of different phase in dependence on the relative position of two objects, movement of said two objects causing corresponding changes in said at least two signals;
- and a processor for processing said at least two signals, thereby to determine said movement the processing by said processor is on the basis of locating the constellation states of successive values of the at least two signals in at least first and second co-ordinate axis systems, said at least first and second co-ordinate axis systems each defining at least three separate segments rotationally displaced, and said processor is arranged to monitor the change in said constellation states of the successive values by using at least two processed data samples, said successive samples being obtained by sampling said at least two signals at a predetermined clock rate.
- View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus for determining movement, comprising:
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means for generating at least two signals of different phase in dependence on the relative position of two objects, movement of said two objects causing corresponding changes in said at least two signals;
a processor for processing said at least two signals, thereby to determine said movement; and
means for filtering over a frequency band which is narrow relative to the maximum bandwidth of said signals, said filtering means including means for varying the central frequency of said band over said maximum bandwidth, in dependence on a value derived from at least two data samples processed by said processor. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of determining movement, comprising generating at least two signals of different phase in dependence on the relative position of two objects, movement of said two objects causing corresponding changes in said at least two signals;
- and processing said at least two signals, thereby to determine said movement, being on the basis of locating the constellation states of successive values of the at least two signals in at least one co-ordinate axis system, said at least one co-ordinate axis system defining at least six separate segments rotationally displaced, and said processing includes monitoring the change in said constellation states of the successive values by using at least two processed data samples, said successive samples being obtained by sampling said at least two signals at a predetermined clock rate.
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33. A method of determining movement, comprising generating at least two signals of different phase in dependence on the relative position of two objects, movement of said two objects causing corresponding changes in said at least two signals;
- and processing said at least two signals, thereby to determine said movement, the processing being on the basis of locating the constellation states of successive values of the at least two signals in at least first and second co-ordinate axis systems, said at least first and second co-ordinate axis systems each defining at least three separate segments rotationally displaced, and said processing includes monitoring the change in said constellation states of the successive values by using at least two processed data samples, said successive samples being obtained by sampling said at least two signals at a predetermined clock rate.
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34. A method for determining movement, comprising:
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generating at least two signals of different phase in dependence on the relative position of two objects, movement of said two objects causing corresponding changes in said at least two signals; and
processing said at least two signals, thereby to determine said movement; and
filtering over a frequency band which is narrow relative to the maximum bandwidth of said signals, said filtering includes varying the central frequency of said band over said maximum bandwidth, in dependence on a value derived from at least two data samples processed from said signals.
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35. An apparatus for determining movement, comprising:
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means for generating two signals of different phase in dependence on the relative position of two objects, the movement of said two objects producing corresponding changes in said two signals;
a processor for processing said two signals, thereby to determine said movement whereby the means for processing is on the basis of locating successive values of constellation states of the two signals in a first co-ordinate axis system comprising an axis radiating from an origin, said processing means being arranged to monitor the change in said constellation states of the successive values by using at least a first and a second data samples which are obtained by sampling the two signals over time;
wherein a second co-ordinate axis system comprising an axis radiating from an origin is provided whereby the second co-ordinate axis system is rotatable and prior to sampling the second data sample the second co-ordinate axis system is rotated relative to the first data sample such that the angular position of the first data sample with respect to the second co-ordinate axis system is known. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45)
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44. A method of determining movement, comprising
generating at least two signals of different phase in dependence on the relative position of two objects whereby movement of the two objects causes corresponding changes in the at least two signals; -
sampling the at least two signals to obtain a data sample;
processing the data sample, on the basis of locating the constellation states of the at least two signals in a first relatively fixed co-ordinate axis system which comprises an axis radiating from an origin, rotating a second rotatable co-ordinate axis system with respect to the first co-ordinate axis system and the processed data sample such that the angular position of the data sample with respect to the second rotatable co-ordinate axis system is known wherein the second rotatable co-ordinate axis system comprises an axis radiating from an origin; and
sampling the at least two signals to obtain a further data sample.
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