System and method for generating a high speed estimated position output for a position encoder
First Claim
1. A position monitoring system, comprising:
- a position transducer;
a transducer signal processing circuit operably connectable to the position transducer; and
an interface circuit that includes an estimated position signal generating circuit operably connectable to the transducer signal processing circuit;
wherein;
the transducer signal processing circuit generates a transducer sample position output value corresponding to the actual position of the position transducer, according to a transducer sample position value output interval that is not less than a minimum transducer sample position output interval;
the estimated position signal generating circuit generates an approximated position output approximating the position of the position transducer, at a plurality of times between the generating of a transducer sample position output value corresponding to the actual position of the position transducer, according to an approximated position output cycle interval which is shorter than the minimum transducer sample position output interval;
the approximated position output is incremented by a prescribed increment amount during each approximated position output cycle;
the prescribed increment amount is adjusted when a new transducer sample position output value corresponding to the actual position of the position transducer becomes available; and
the adjustment of the prescribed increment amount is based at least partially on a determined difference between a particular approximated position output and the new transducer sample position value.
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Abstract
A system and method for generating an approximated position signal that is updated and output at a rate higher than a base rate of actual position signals measured using a position transducer. The actual position signals are determined and/or stored by a transducer signal processing circuit at discrete time intervals. The approximated position signals are generated by a high frequency estimated position generating circuit. A rate of incrementing the approximated position signals is adjusted for use during the next discrete time interval by an error correction feedback loop, based on a difference between certain approximated and actual position values. The accuracy of the system may be further improved by utilizing a latch signal to ensure that the approximated and actual position values that are compared by the error feedback loop correspond to the same time.
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29 Claims
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1. A position monitoring system, comprising:
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a position transducer; a transducer signal processing circuit operably connectable to the position transducer; and an interface circuit that includes an estimated position signal generating circuit operably connectable to the transducer signal processing circuit; wherein; the transducer signal processing circuit generates a transducer sample position output value corresponding to the actual position of the position transducer, according to a transducer sample position value output interval that is not less than a minimum transducer sample position output interval; the estimated position signal generating circuit generates an approximated position output approximating the position of the position transducer, at a plurality of times between the generating of a transducer sample position output value corresponding to the actual position of the position transducer, according to an approximated position output cycle interval which is shorter than the minimum transducer sample position output interval; the approximated position output is incremented by a prescribed increment amount during each approximated position output cycle; the prescribed increment amount is adjusted when a new transducer sample position output value corresponding to the actual position of the position transducer becomes available; and the adjustment of the prescribed increment amount is based at least partially on a determined difference between a particular approximated position output and the new transducer sample position value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A position monitoring system, comprising:
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a position transducer; a transducer signal processing circuit operably connectable to the position transducer; and an interface circuit operably connectable to the transducer signal processing circuit, the interface circuit including an estimated position generating circuit that generates approximated position outputs approximating the position of the position transducer, at a plurality of times between the times that the transducer signal processing circuit generates discrete transducer sample position output values corresponding to the actual position of the position transducer; wherein; the transducer signal processing circuit generates a discrete transducer sample position value output, corresponding to the actual position of the position transducer, at a particular time; the transducer signal processing circuit generates a timing information signal corresponding to the particular time; and the transducer sample position value output and the corresponding timing information signal corresponding to the particular time are output to the estimated position generating circuit. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for operating a position monitoring system, the position monitoring system comprising:
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a position transducer; a transducer signal processing circuit operably connectable to the position transducer; and an interface circuit including an estimated position signal generating circuit operably connectable to the transducer signal processing circuit; the method comprising; generating a transducer sample position value output corresponding to the actual position of the position transducer, according to a transducer sample position output interval that is not less that a minimum transducer sample position output interval, using the transducer signal processing circuit; generating approximated position outputs using the estimated position signal generating circuit, according to an approximated position output cycle interval which is shorter than the minimum transducer sample position output interval, at a plurality of times between the generating of transducer sample position value outputs corresponding to the actual position of the position transducer; incrementing the approximated position output by a prescribed increment amount during each approximated position output cycle; adjusting the prescribed increment amount when a new transducer sample position value output corresponding to the actual position of the position transducer is available, wherein the adjustment of the prescribed increment amount is based at least partially on a determined difference between a particular approximated position output and the new transducer sample position value. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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