Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and system for determining an error and correcting the angular position of a continuous rotation motor
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Application No.: US16803360Application Date: 2020-02-27
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Publication No.: US11152877B2Publication Date: 2021-10-19
- Inventor: David Hoover
- Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Applicant Address: CH Marin
- Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: CH Marin
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: EP19168876 20190412
- Main IPC: H02P23/00
- IPC: H02P23/00 ; H02P25/00 ; H02P27/00 ; H02P6/182 ; H02P6/26 ; H02P21/18

Abstract:
A method for determining an error in the angular position measurement of a timepiece motor having one or more phases, including: detecting (3) each instant (14) when the value of one of the back electromotive forces is zero, storing (4) a time corresponding to each detected instant, measuring (5) several time intervals between two instants (14) detected in the same revolution of the motor, comparing (6) the measured time intervals to reference time intervals to deduce the reference intervals to which they correspond, and determining (7) an angular position measurement error if the measured intervals do not correspond to the expected reference intervals. The invention also relates to a method for correcting the angular position measurement. Also, a determination and correction system for implementing the methods and a timepiece including such a system.
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