Position coordinate determination device
First Claim
1. A self-correcting position determination device comprising a data surface, means for generating a first datum representing the location of a position with respect to a first reference on said data surface along a linear path, means for generating a second datum representing the location of said position with respect to a second reference on said data surface along said linear path, and means for combining said first and second datum to produce a third datum representative of the true location of said position on said data surface.
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Abstract
A position coordinate determination device employing duodatum digitizations for each coordinate of a pair of respective coordinates and a ratiometric proportionality calculation for calculating a corrected coordinate digitization value in each measured coordinate.
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- 1. A self-correcting position determination device comprising a data surface, means for generating a first datum representing the location of a position with respect to a first reference on said data surface along a linear path, means for generating a second datum representing the location of said position with respect to a second reference on said data surface along said linear path, and means for combining said first and second datum to produce a third datum representative of the true location of said position on said data surface.
- 6. A self-correcting position determination device comprising a data surface and means for generating a corrected position coordinate corresponding to first and second orthogonal coordinates along respective axes for determining the location of said position, said means including first means for generating a first datum representing said position with respect to a first reference, second means for generating a second datum representing said position with respect to a second reference axially aligned with said first reference along one of said orthogonal axes, means for calculating a first true axial coordinate position from a ratiometric proportionality of said first and second datum, means for storing said first true axial coordinate position, third means for generating a third datum representing said position with respect to a third reference, fourth means for generating a fourth datum representing said position with respect to a fourth reference axially aligned with said third reference along the other of said orthogonal axes, means for calculating a second true axial coordinate position from a ratiometric proportionality of said third and fourth datum, means for storing said second true axial coordinate position, and means responsive to the storing of said first and second true axial coordinate positions for reading out said first and second true axial coordinate positions as the said corrected position coordinate.
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