Method and apparatus for detecting the position of a body
First Claim
1. A position detecting means comprising a sensor arrangement for producing at least one sensor signal in a manner dependent on a body moving past the means, the at least one sensor signal changing on such movement past the means, a comparator arrangement comparing the at least one sensor signal with at least one reference value, control means being provided for electronic adjustment of the sensor arrangement by changing the reference value and the output signal of the comparator arrangement forming a position signal (P) for detection of a relative position of the body and the sensor arrangement, wherein the sensor arrangement comprises at least two sensors, whose signals are converted in a signal processing circuit into a signal dependent in a substantially linear fashion on the relative position of the body and the sensor arrangement, and wherein one sensor signal is a sine signal and the other signal is a cosine signal.
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Abstract
A position detecting means comprising a sensor arrangement (14) for producing at least one sensor signal in a fashion dependent on a body (11) moving past said means, the sensor signal or signals continuously changing on such movement past. The at least one sensor signal is compared with at least one reference value in a comparator arrangement (20), control means being provided for electronic setting of the sensor arrangement (14) by changing the reference value and the output signal of the comparator arrangement (20) forms the position signal (P) for detection of a relative position of the body (11) and the sensor arrangement (14). Accordingly it is possible for the arrangement (14) to be mechanically set in a relatively rough manner and fine adjustment may be performed by changing the reference value electronically.
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35 Claims
- 1. A position detecting means comprising a sensor arrangement for producing at least one sensor signal in a manner dependent on a body moving past the means, the at least one sensor signal changing on such movement past the means, a comparator arrangement comparing the at least one sensor signal with at least one reference value, control means being provided for electronic adjustment of the sensor arrangement by changing the reference value and the output signal of the comparator arrangement forming a position signal (P) for detection of a relative position of the body and the sensor arrangement, wherein the sensor arrangement comprises at least two sensors, whose signals are converted in a signal processing circuit into a signal dependent in a substantially linear fashion on the relative position of the body and the sensor arrangement, and wherein one sensor signal is a sine signal and the other signal is a cosine signal.
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19. A position detector, the position detector comprising:
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a sensor assembly, the sensor assembly outputting at least one sensor signal in response to a body moving past the sensor, the at least one sensor signal changing in response to the body moving past the sensor, wherein the sensor assembly comprises at least two sensors, the at least two sensors outputting output signals that are converted in a signal processing circuit into a composite signal, the composite signal being dependent in a substantially linear fashion on the relative position of the body with respect to the sensor assembly, and wherein the at least two sensors comprise magnetic field sensors substantially arranged at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to each other;
a comparator, the comparator comparing the at least one sensor signal to at least one reference value, the comparator outputting an output signal representing the comparison; and
a controller, the controller being adapted for electronically adjusting the sensor assembly by changing the at least one reference value, the output signal of the comparator representing a position of the body with respect to the sensor assembly. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A position detecting means comprising a sensor arrangement for producing at least one sensor signal in a manner dependent on a body moving past the means, the at least one sensor signal changing on such movement past the means, a comparator arrangement comparing the at least one sensor signal with at least one reference value, control means being provided for electronic adjustment of the sensor arrangement by changing the reference value and the output signal of the comparator arrangement forming a position signal (P) for detection of a relative position of the body and the sensor arrangement, wherein the sensor arrangement comprises at least two sensors, whose signals are converted in a signal processing circuit into a signal dependent in a substantially linear fashion on the relative position of the body and the sensor arrangement, wherein one sensor signal is a sine signal and the other signal is a cosine signal, and wherein two magnetic field sensors are arranged at an angle of 45 degrees in relation to one another.
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35. A position detector, the position detector comprising:
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a sensor assembly, the sensor assembly outputting at least one sensor signal in response to a body moving past the sensor, the at least one sensor signal changing in response to the body moving past the sensor wherein the sensor assembly comprises at least two sensors, the at least two sensors outputting output signals that are converted in a signal processing circuit into a composite signal, the composite signal being dependent in a substantially linear fashion on the relative position of the body with respect to the sensor assembly, wherein the at least two sensors comprise magnetic field sensors substantially arranged at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to each other, and wherein the output signals output from the at least two sensors comprise a sine signal and a cosine signal;
a comparator, the comparator comparing the at least one sensor signal to at least one reference value, the comparator outputting an output signal representing the comparison; and
a controller, the controller being adapted for electronically adjusting the sensor assembly by changing the at least one reference value, the output signal of the comparator representing a position of the body with respect to the sensor assembly.
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Specification