Optical displacement measuring system using a triangulation including a processing of position signals in a time sharing manner
First Claim
1. An optical displacement measuring system using a triangulation comprising:
- a light projecting means for emitting a light beam, which is amplitude-modulated by a reference signal having a predetermined period, to an object;
a position signal generator for receiving light reflected by said object and providing a pair of first and second position signals;
a control signal generating means for providing first and second control signals in synchronism with said reference signal;
a first switching means for processing said first and second position signals in a time sharing manner according to said first control signal to obtain a first composite signal, in which said first and second position signals occur alternately and occur once every n periods of said reference signal, where n is a positive integer;
a single amplifying means for amplifying said first composite signal at a desired amplification rate; and
a distance determining means for periodically reversing the polarity of said first composite signal provided from said amplifying means according to said second control signal so as to obtain a second composite signal, and determining a distance between said light projecting means and said object from said second composite signal.
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Abstract
An optical displacement measuring system using a triangulation comprises a light projecting unit for emitting to an object a light beam which is amplitude-modulated by a reference signal having a predetermined period, a light receiving unit for receiving light reflected back from the object and providing a pair of position signals, and a control signal generator for providing first and second control signals in synchronism with the reference signal. The position signals are processed by a switching unit in a time sharing manner according to the first control signal to obtain a first composite signal, in which the position signals occur alternately every integral number of the period of the reference signal. The first composite signal is amplified by a single amplifier at a desired amplification rate, and then sent to a distance determining unit, in which the polarity of the first composite signal is periodically reversed according to the second control signal to obtain a second composite signal, and a distance signal indicative of a distance between the light projecting unit and the object is determined from the second composite signal.
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24 Claims
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1. An optical displacement measuring system using a triangulation comprising:
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a light projecting means for emitting a light beam, which is amplitude-modulated by a reference signal having a predetermined period, to an object; a position signal generator for receiving light reflected by said object and providing a pair of first and second position signals; a control signal generating means for providing first and second control signals in synchronism with said reference signal; a first switching means for processing said first and second position signals in a time sharing manner according to said first control signal to obtain a first composite signal, in which said first and second position signals occur alternately and occur once every n periods of said reference signal, where n is a positive integer; a single amplifying means for amplifying said first composite signal at a desired amplification rate; and a distance determining means for periodically reversing the polarity of said first composite signal provided from said amplifying means according to said second control signal so as to obtain a second composite signal, and determining a distance between said light projecting means and said object from said second composite signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An optical displacement measuring method comprising:
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emitting a light beam, which is amplitude-modulated by a reference signal having a predetermined period, to an object; receiving light reflected by said object and providing a pair of first and second position signals; providing first and second control signals in synchronism with said reference signal; processing said first and second position signals in a time sharing manner according to said first control signal to obtain a first composite signal, in which said first and second position signals occur alternately and occur once every n periods of said reference signal, where n is a positive integer; amplifying said first composite signal at a desired amplification rate; periodically reversing the polarity of said first composite signal provided from said amplifying means according to said second control signal so as to obtain a second composite signal; and determining a distance between said light projecting means and said object from said second composite signal.
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