Optoelectronic system housed in a plastic sphere
First Claim
1. An optoelectronic system housed in a plastic sphere allowing for the simultaneous input of six displacement components, consisting of three displacements and three angular rotations in or around the three axes of a Cartesian system of coordinates, the optoelectronic system comprising:
- at least six light-emitting devices arranged in a plane at equal angular displacements from each other;
a fixed slit diaphragm arranged in series with each of said at least six light-emitting devices;
a position-sensitive sensor having two output currents is arranged in series with each of said at least six light-emitting devices and corresponding slit diaphragms, the axis of each position-sensitive sensor being aligned orthogonally to the direction of the slit of the corresponding slit diaphragm, said light emitting devices with their corresponding slit diaphragms being adapted to move with respect to the position-sensitive sensors; and
an electronic controller for driving the individual light-emitting devices is allocated to each sensor so as to ensure the sum of the two outpt currents flowing out of the respective position-sensitive sensor to a constant and equal valve for all six systems and to also regulate the radiant intensity of the light-emitting devices.
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Abstract
An optoelectronic array or system permitting the simultaneous input of sixisplacement components is housed in a plastic sphere wherein a fixed slit diaphragm is connected in series to each of six light-emitting devices, which are arrayed in a plane at equal angular displacements from each other. The light-emitting devices are arrayed opposite corresponding linear one-dimensional position-sensitive sensors, whose axes are aligned vertically to the direction of the slits of the corresponding slit diaphragms, so that the light-emitting devices with their corresponding slit diaphragms are adapted to move relative to the position-sensitive sensors. The individual light-emitting device allocated to each sensor is driven by an electronic controller which maintains the sum of both currents flowing in the corresponding position-sensitive sensor constant and equal for all six sub-systems and additionally regulates the radiant intensity of the light-emitting devices.
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1. An optoelectronic system housed in a plastic sphere allowing for the simultaneous input of six displacement components, consisting of three displacements and three angular rotations in or around the three axes of a Cartesian system of coordinates, the optoelectronic system comprising:
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at least six light-emitting devices arranged in a plane at equal angular displacements from each other; a fixed slit diaphragm arranged in series with each of said at least six light-emitting devices; a position-sensitive sensor having two output currents is arranged in series with each of said at least six light-emitting devices and corresponding slit diaphragms, the axis of each position-sensitive sensor being aligned orthogonally to the direction of the slit of the corresponding slit diaphragm, said light emitting devices with their corresponding slit diaphragms being adapted to move with respect to the position-sensitive sensors; and an electronic controller for driving the individual light-emitting devices is allocated to each sensor so as to ensure the sum of the two outpt currents flowing out of the respective position-sensitive sensor to a constant and equal valve for all six systems and to also regulate the radiant intensity of the light-emitting devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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