Rotation speed detecting device and detecting method thereof

• US 9,372,200 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2012
• Issued: 06/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
• Original Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Jui-Ta
• Primary Examiner(s): BHAT, ADITYA S
• Application Number:
  US13/369,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20120310589A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,594 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 3/481 of pulse signals

Abstract

A rotation speed detecting device is provided. The rotation speed detecting device is electrically connected to a motor of a color wheel, and includes a phase detecting unit and a time calculating unit. The phase detecting unit is suitable for detecting a reference phase point of a rotation information outputted by the motor, and outputting a phase signal according to the reference phase point. The time calculating unit is electrically connected to the phase detecting unit, and calculates a speed information of the motor according to the phase signal. In this way, the rotation speed of the motor of the color wheel is correctly measured.

Claims

1. A rotation speed detecting device, electrically connected to a motor of a color wheel for a projector, and the rotation speed detecting device comprising:

a phase detecting unit, adapted to detect a predetermined reference phase angle of a rotation information outputted by the motor during each duty cycle, and configured to output a phase signal based on the predetermined reference phase angle; and

a time calculating unit, electrically connected to the phase detecting unit, and calculating a speed information of the motor according to the phase signal, wherein the time calculating unit calculates the speed information according to a time interval elapsed between two adjacent phase signals, wherein the two adjacent phase signals based on the same detected phase angle of the same rotation information, and the calculated speed information is used to detect the rotation of the motor of the color wheel for the projector.

2. The rotation speed detecting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotation information is a sine wave.

3. The rotation speed detecting device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the predetermined reference angle is 0-degree phase angle of the sine wave.

4. The rotation speed detecting device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the predetermined reference angle is 90-degree phase angle of the sine wave.

5. The rotation speed detecting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotation information is a pulse.

6. The rotation speed detecting device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the predetermined reference phase angle is a positive edge of the pulse.

7. The rotation speed detecting device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the predetermined reference phase angle is a negative edge of the pulse.

8. The rotation speed detecting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the time calculating unit calculates transmitting times of the phase signal within a predetermined time, and calculates the speed information according to the predetermined time and the transmitting times.

9. The rotation speed detecting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the motor s a stepping motor.

10. A rotation speed detecting method, adapted to detect a motor of a color wheel for a projector, and comprising:

receiving a rotation information outputted by the motor;

detecting a predetermined reference phase angle of the rotation information during each duty cycle, wherein the predetermined reference phase angle is a phase angle;

outputting a phase signal based on the predetermined reference phase angle; and

calculating and outputting a speed information of the motor according to a time interval elapsed between two adjacent phase signals, wherein the two adjacent phase signals based on the same detected phase angle of the same rotation information, and the calculated speed information is used to detect the rotation of the motor of the color wheel for the projector.

11. The rotation speed detecting method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of calculating the speed information of the motor according to the phase signal comprises:

calculating transmitting times of the phase signal within a predetermined time; and

calculating the speed information according to the predetermined time and the transmitting times.