Position-to-digital encoder
First Claim
1. A digital code signal generating device comprising:
- at least one set of a plurality of conducting elements each arranged in a row with each of said conducting elements having the same pitch and the same length with respect to the direction of the row, and said conducting elements being spaced to have the same gap between adjacent conducting elements;
at least one pair of brush contacts slidable over said at least one set of conducting elements along the direction of said row, and being spaced from one another in the direction of the row such that said at least one pair of contacts are either both on a single conducting element or respectively on two adjacent conducting elements;
supply means for providing an electrical signal to said at least one pair of brush contacts; and
a decoder interconnected with each one of said conducting elements for generating two sets of different binary coded outputs in accordance with whether said at least one pair of brush contacts are contacting one or two of said conducting elements.
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Abstract
A position-to-digital encoder for generating digital signals in the form of binary code in accordance with the relative positions between a pair of brush contacts and a series of contacts arranged in order. The latter contacts are disposed in a row along the path of movement of the brush contacts, with equal pitches and gaps between adjacent contacts. The brush contacts are spaced from each other along their path of movement with such a distance that two brush contacts are in contact with a single one of the series of contacts or with an adjacent two of the series of contacts, respectively. One line extends from each contact to a decoder which generates signals in accordance with which contact or contacts of the contact series is engaged by the brush contacts. The decoder generates different signals in accordance with whether a single or double contact is engaged by the brush contacts so that (2n-1) different signals may be obtained as a function of the relative position between the brush, contacts and the series of contacts, where n is the number of the latter contacts.
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11 Claims
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1. A digital code signal generating device comprising:
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at least one set of a plurality of conducting elements each arranged in a row with each of said conducting elements having the same pitch and the same length with respect to the direction of the row, and said conducting elements being spaced to have the same gap between adjacent conducting elements; at least one pair of brush contacts slidable over said at least one set of conducting elements along the direction of said row, and being spaced from one another in the direction of the row such that said at least one pair of contacts are either both on a single conducting element or respectively on two adjacent conducting elements; supply means for providing an electrical signal to said at least one pair of brush contacts; and a decoder interconnected with each one of said conducting elements for generating two sets of different binary coded outputs in accordance with whether said at least one pair of brush contacts are contacting one or two of said conducting elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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