Systems and methods for absolute positioning using repeated quasi-random pattern
First Claim
1. An absolute two-dimensional position sensing device usable to measure a position of a first member with respect to a second member along first and second measuring axes, the absolute two-dimensional position sensing device including a readhead and a scale, the scale including a two-dimensional integrated scale pattern extending along the first and second measuring axes, the two-dimensional integrated scale pattern comprising:
- a plurality of quasi-random pattern portions, each quasi-random pattern portion extending along the first and second measuring axes and having first and second dimensions, and each quasi-random pattern portion comprising at least a portion of at least one quasi-random pattern; and
a plurality of code portions distributed within the two-dimensional integrated scale pattern and spaced apart along a first direction by substantially the first dimension and spaced apart along a second direction by substantially the second dimension, each code portion comprising a plurality of code elements defining at least one code word, the at least one code word usable to identify a measurement value of a local datum along each of the first and second measuring axes;
wherein the plurality of quasi-random pattern portions and the plurality of code portions are configured such that a detection window of the readhead that extends along each of the first and second directions includes a number of code elements sufficient to define at least one code word, the defined at least one code word usable to identify the measurement value of a corresponding local datum along the first and second measuring axes, regardless of the position of the detection window within the two-dimensional integrated scale pattern.
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Abstract
An absolute 2D position-sensing device is usable to measure the position of a first element with respect to a second element. A 2D absolute scale includes an integrated 2D absolute scale pattern extending over the 2D scale area along each measuring axis of the scale. The integrated 2D absolute scale pattern includes a predetermined quasi-random pattern repeatedly interleaved with a plurality of code portions along each axis. Each code portion includes a plurality of code elements indicative of an absolute measurement value. The offset of the quasi-random pattern relative to a readhead of the device is combined with the absolute measurement value to determine an absolute position to a very high resolution over a relatively large 2D range.
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27 Claims
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1. An absolute two-dimensional position sensing device usable to measure a position of a first member with respect to a second member along first and second measuring axes, the absolute two-dimensional position sensing device including a readhead and a scale, the scale including a two-dimensional integrated scale pattern extending along the first and second measuring axes, the two-dimensional integrated scale pattern comprising:
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a plurality of quasi-random pattern portions, each quasi-random pattern portion extending along the first and second measuring axes and having first and second dimensions, and each quasi-random pattern portion comprising at least a portion of at least one quasi-random pattern; and
a plurality of code portions distributed within the two-dimensional integrated scale pattern and spaced apart along a first direction by substantially the first dimension and spaced apart along a second direction by substantially the second dimension, each code portion comprising a plurality of code elements defining at least one code word, the at least one code word usable to identify a measurement value of a local datum along each of the first and second measuring axes;
wherein the plurality of quasi-random pattern portions and the plurality of code portions are configured such that a detection window of the readhead that extends along each of the first and second directions includes a number of code elements sufficient to define at least one code word, the defined at least one code word usable to identify the measurement value of a corresponding local datum along the first and second measuring axes, regardless of the position of the detection window within the two-dimensional integrated scale pattern. - 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, 24)
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25. A method for determining a high resolution absolute position of a two-dimensional detector array along a two-dimensional absolute scale, wherein the two-dimensional absolute scale includes a two-dimensional integrated scale pattern extending along first and second measuring axes, the two-dimensional integrated scale pattern comprising:
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a plurality of quasi-random pattern portions, each quasi-random pattern extending along the first and second measuring axes and having first and second dimensions, and each quasi-random pattern portion comprising at least a portion of at least one quasi-random pattern; and
a plurality of code groups distributed within the two-dimensional integrated scale pattern and spaced apart along a first direction by substantially the first dimension and spaced apart along a second direction by substantially the second dimension, each code group comprising a plurality of code elements defining at least one code word, the at least one code word usable to identify a measurement value of a local datum along each of the first and second measuring axes;
the method comprising;
detecting an image of a portion of the two-dimensional integrated scale pattern corresponding to a current position using the detector array;
determining an absolute measurement value of a local datum along each of the first and second measuring axes based on at least one code group included in the detected image;
determining a measurement value of an offset of the detector array relative to the local datum along each of the first and second measuring axes based on at least one of a) the location of the local datum in the detected image, and b) the location of the at least a portion of at least one quasi-random pattern in the detected image; and
combining the absolute measurement value of the local datum along each of the first and second measuring axes and the measurement value of the offset of the detector array relative to the local datum along each of the first and second measuring axes to determine a high resolution absolute position of the detector array along the first and second measuring axes of the two-dimensional absolute scale. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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