Encoder and control apparatus for motor
First Claim
1. An encoder to be attached to a motor or a motor-driven apparatus and used for detecting position information or speed information, comprising:
- storage means for storing an encoder signal characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which an analog encoder signal generated within the encoder has been converted;
comparison means for comparing the characteristic value stored in the storage means with a characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which a present encoder signal has been converted; and
means for notifying a comparison result output from the comparison means to a control apparatus of the motor.
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Abstract
In a control apparatus, a “characteristic value calculation” block calculates a characteristic value (such as amplitude value, offset value, or waveform distortion for each phase of two-phase sinusoidal signals optically input from an encoder, or phase difference between the two phase signals) for each of the two-phase sinusoidal signals, and an “alarm detection” block checks the presence or absence of an excursion outside a predetermined allowable range and, if such an excursion is detected, produces an alarm indication or the like. Each time the “present characteristic value” is input, a “characteristic value comparison” block compares it with “previous characteristic values”, and analyzes the result of the comparison. That is, the difference between the present value and each previous data is calculated, and the largest amount of variation (with plus or minus sign) is obtained; if this amount is larger than a predetermined value, a signal indicating an “imminent failure” is output. In an alternative method, the present value is compared with a characteristic value calculated from an encoder reference signal. Further, the characteristic value monitoring and comparison may be performed within the encoder. In this way, data useful for the prediction of encoder failure, etc. is provided.
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1. An encoder to be attached to a motor or a motor-driven apparatus and used for detecting position information or speed information, comprising:
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storage means for storing an encoder signal characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which an analog encoder signal generated within the encoder has been converted; comparison means for comparing the characteristic value stored in the storage means with a characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which a present encoder signal has been converted; and means for notifying a comparison result output from the comparison means to a control apparatus of the motor. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An encoder to be attached to a motor or a motor-driven apparatus and used for detecting position information or speed information, comprising:
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means for generating an analog encoder signal that serves as a reference; storage means for storing a reference encoder signal characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which the reference encoder signal has been converted; comparison means for comparing the characteristic value stored in the storage means with a characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which an analog encoder signal generated within the encoder has been converted; and means for notifying a comparison result output from the comparison means to a control apparatus of the motor. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. An encoder to be attached to a motor or a motor-driven apparatus and used for detecting position information or speed information, comprising:
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means for generating an analog encoder signal that serves as a reference; comparison means for comparing a characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which the reference encoder signal has been converted, with a characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which a present analog encoder signal generated within the encoder has been converted; and means for notifying a comparison result output from the comparison means to a control apparatus of the motor. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. An encoder to be attached to a motor or a motor-driven apparatus and used for detecting position information or speed information, comprising:
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storage means for storing an encoder signal characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which an analog encoder signal generated within the encoder has been converted; comparison means for comparing, at predetermined intervals of time, the characteristic value stored in the storage means with a characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which a present encoder signal has been converted; and means for notifying a comparison result output from the comparison means to a control apparatus of the motor. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A control apparatus which receives and analyzes an analog encoder signal generated within an encoder that is attached to a motor or a motor-driven apparatus and is used for detecting position information or speed information, and which thereby controls the motor, comprising:
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storage means for storing an encoder signal characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which the encoder signal has been converted; comparison means for comparing the characteristic value stored in the storage means with an encoder signal characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which a present analog encoder signal generated within the encoder has been converted; and means for analyzing a comparison result output from the comparison means. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A control apparatus which receives and analyzes an analog encoder signal generated within an encoder that is attached to a motor or a motor-driven apparatus and used for detecting position information or speed information, and which thereby controls the motor, comprising:
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storage means for storing an encoder signal characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which an analog reference encoder signal that serves as a reference has been converted; comparison means for comparing the characteristic value stored in the storage means with an encoder signal characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which a present analog encoder signal generated within the encoder has been converted; and means for analyzing a comparison result output from the comparison means. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A control apparatus which receives and analyzes an analog encoder signal generated within an encoder that is attached to a motor or a motor-driven apparatus and used for detecting position information or speed information, and which thereby controls the motor, comprising:
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comparison means for comparing a reference encoder signal characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which an analog reference encoder signal that serves as a reference has been converted, with a characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which a present analog encoder signal generated within the encoder has been converted; and means for analyzing a comparison result output from the comparison means. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A control apparatus which receives and analyzes an analog encoder signal generated within an encoder that is attached to a motor or a motor-driven apparatus and used for detecting position information or speed information, and which thereby controls the motor, comprising:
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storage means for storing an encoder signal characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which the encoder signal has been converted; comparison means for comparing, at predetermined intervals of time, the characteristic value stored in the storage means with a characteristic value obtained from a digital quantity into which a present encoder signal has been converted; and means for analyzing a comparison result output from the comparison means. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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