Phase-locked web position signal using web fiducials
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1. A method, comprising:
- sensing one or more substantially continuous fiducials disposed along a longitudinal axis of a substrate;
generating one or more continuous, periodic sensor signals based on the sensed fiducials;
generating one or more continuous, periodic movement signals based on movement of the substrate, the movement signals representing an estimated position of the substrate;
determining a phase difference between the sensor signals and the movement signals;
generating an error signal based on the phase difference; and
determining a substrate position by adjusting the estimated position of the substrate based on the error signal.
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Abstract
Approaches for enhancing web position determination involve phase locking a web movement encoder signal to a sensed web fiducial signal. Fiducials disposed along a longitudinal axis of a substrate are sensed and corresponding sensor signals are generated. An estimated web position is provided by one or more encoder signals. The phase difference between the sensor signals and the encoder signals is calculated and the web position error is determined based on the phase difference. The web position error signal can be fed back to adjust the encoder signals which improves the accuracy of the web position determination.
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1. A method, comprising:
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sensing one or more substantially continuous fiducials disposed along a longitudinal axis of a substrate; generating one or more continuous, periodic sensor signals based on the sensed fiducials; generating one or more continuous, periodic movement signals based on movement of the substrate, the movement signals representing an estimated position of the substrate; determining a phase difference between the sensor signals and the movement signals; generating an error signal based on the phase difference; and determining a substrate position by adjusting the estimated position of the substrate based on the error signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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sensing one or more fiducials disposed along a longitudinal axis of a substrate; generating one or more continuous, periodic sensor signals based on the sensed fiducials; generating one or more continuous, periodic movement signals based on movement of the substrate; determining a phase difference between the sensor signals and the movement signals; and generating an error signal based on the phase difference, wherein; generating the one or more sensor signals comprises generating sine and cosine sensor signals; generating the one or more movement signals comprises generating sine and cosine movement signals; determining the phase difference between the sensor signals and the movement signals comprises; determining a first product of the sine sensor signal and the cosine movement signal; determining a second product of the cosine sensor signal and the sine movement signal; and determining a difference between the first product and the second product; and generating the error signal comprises taking an arcsin of the difference between the first product and the second product.
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10. A method, comprising:
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sensing one or more fiducials disposed along a longitudinal axis of a substrate; generating one or more continuous, periodic sensor signals based on the sensed fiducials; generating one or more continuous, periodic movement signals based on movement of the substrate; determining a phase difference between the sensor signals and the movement signals; generating an error signal based on the phase difference; adjusting the movement signals based on the error signal; and determining a substrate position along the longitudinal axis based on the adjusted movement sensor signals.
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