Distance measuring device and receiving devices thereof

• US 8,872,692 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2011
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
• Original Assignee: Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
• Inventors: Kim, Tae Wook, Kang, Man Keun
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Khai M
• Application Number:
  US13/823,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20130176158A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,145 Days
• Field of Search: 341/155, 341/166
• US Class Current: 341/166
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5064 Position sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5097 wireless
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 31/005 with feedback for the user
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 11/02 using radio waves G01S19/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/10 using transmission of interrupted, pulse modulated waves determination of distance by phase measurement G01S13/32
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/88 Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications electromagnetic prospecting or detecting of objects, e.g. near-field detection, G01V3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G04F 10/005 Time-to-digital converters [TDC] analog-to-digital converters with intermediate conversion to time or phase H03M1/50, H03M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/288 for artificial respiration or heart massage
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 1/50 with intermediate conversion to time interval H03M1/64 takes precedence

Abstract

Provided are a distance measuring device using an impulse signal and a receiving device thereof. The distance measuring device includes: a transmitting device transmitting an impulse signal; and a receiving device receiving the impulse signal and measuring a time interval (hereinafter, referred to as a delay time) between a transmitting timing and a receiving timing of the impulse signal, wherein the receiving device measures the delay time through a Time to Digital Converter (TDC) technique. According to the present invention, the distance measuring device measures the distance accurately and speedly.

Claims

1. A distance measuring device comprising:

a transmitting device transmitting an impulse signal; and

a receiving device receiving the impulse signal and measuring a delay time between a transmitting timing and a receiving timing of the impulse signal,

wherein the receiving device measures the delay time through a Time to Digital Converter (TDC) technique.

2. The distance measuring device of claim 1, wherein the receiving device measures the delay time by delaying a first signal synchronized at the transmitting timing of the impulse signal and a second signal synchronized at the receiving timing of the impulse signal, with respectively different time intervals.

3. The distance measuring device of claim 2, wherein the first signal is delayed by a first time interval and the second signal is delayed by a second time interval shorter than the first time interval.

4. The distance measuring device of claim 3, wherein the first and second time intervals are longer than the delay time.

5. The distance measuring device of claim 1, wherein the transmitting device comprises:

a transmit clock signal generator generating a transmit clock signal;

an impulse generator converting the transmit clock signal into a digital impulse signal; and

a signal distortion filter converting the digital impulse signal into the impulse signal.

6. The distance measuring device of claim 5, wherein the impulse generator comprises at least one inverter and at least one XOR gate.

7. The distance measuring device of claim 1, wherein the receiving device comprises:

a counter measuring a course delay time between a first signal synchronized at the transmitting timing of the impulse signal and a third signal activated later than a second signal, the second signal synchronized at the receiving timing of the impulse signal; and

a TDC measuring a fine delay time between the second signal and the third signal.

8. The distance measuring device of claim 7, further comprising a synchronizer controlling the counter and the TDC in response to the first and second signals.

9. The distance measuring device of claim 8, wherein the synchronizer comprises at least one latch and at least one flip-flop.

10. The distance measuring device of claim 7, further comprising a calculator measuring the delay time by subtracting the fine delay time from the course delay time.

11. A distance measuring device comprising:

a transmitting device transmitting an impulse signal; and

a receiving device receiving the impulse signal and measuring a time interval between as a transmitting timing and a receiving timing of the impulse signal,

wherein the receiving device comprises;

a demodulation unit demodulating the received impulse signal into a receive clock signal; and

a distance measuring unit measuring a delay time between a transmit clock signal synchronized at the transmitting time of the impulse signal and the receive clock signal through a TDC technique.

12. The distance measuring device of claim 11, wherein the distance measuring unit measures the delay time by delaying the transmit clock signal and the receive clock signal with respectively different time intervals.

13. The distance measuring device of claim 12, wherein the distance measuring unit comprises:

a counter measuring a course delay time between the transmit clock signal and a TDC stop signal activated later than the receive clock signal; and

a TDC measuring a fine delay time between the receive clock signal and the TDC stop signal.

14. The distance measuring device of claim 13, further comprising a synchronizer controlling the counter and the TDC in response to rising edges of the transmit clock signal and the receive clock signal.

15. The distance measuring device of claim 14, wherein the synchronizer comprises at least one latch and at least one flip-flop.

16. A receiving device of a distance measuring device comprising:

a demodulation unit receiving an impulse signal and demodulating the received impulse signal into a receive clock signal; and

a distance measuring unit measuring a delay time between a transmit clock signal synchronized at a transmitting timing of the impulse signal and the receive clock signal through a TDC technique.

17. The receiving device of claim 16, wherein the distance measuring unit comprises:

a counter measuring a course delay time between the transmit clock signal and a TDC stop signal activated later than the receive clock signal; and

a fine delay time between the receive clock signal and the TDC stop signal.

18. The receiving device of claim 17, wherein the counter starts to measure the course delay time in response to a rising edge of the transmit clock signal and starts to measure the fine delay time in response to a rising edge of the receive clock signal.

19. The receiving device of claim 17, wherein the delay time is a result after the fine delay time is subtracted from the course delay time.

20. A training mannequin for cardiopulmonary resuscitation comprising:

a transmitting device transmitting an impulse signal; and

a receiving device receiving the impulse signal and measuring a delay time between a transmitting timing and a receiving timing of the impulse signal,

wherein the receiving device measures the delay time through a TDC technique and measuring a compression depth through the measured delay time.

21. The training mannequin of claim 20, wherein the receiving device is disposed under a top plate representing the chest of a body and the transmitting device is disposed on a bottom plate representing a body shape.

22. The training mannequin of claim 20, further comprising a reflective plate reflecting an impulse signal transmitted from the transmitting device, wherein the transmitting device and the receiving device are disposed under a top plate representing the chest of a body and the reflective plate is disposed on a bottom plate representing a body shape.