Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aperture closure member control arrangements
- Patent Title (中): 光圈闭合部件控制装置
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Application No.: US12299660Application Date: 2007-05-03
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Publication No.: US08115438B2Publication Date: 2012-02-14
- Inventor: Bruce Stanley Gunton
- Applicant: Bruce Stanley Gunton
- Agency: Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung & Stenzel
- Priority: GB0608973.4 20060506
- International Application: PCT/GB2007/001641 WO 20070503
- International Announcement: WO2007/129063 WO 20071115
- Main IPC: G05D3/18
- IPC: G05D3/18 ; H02P1/04 ; H02P3/02

Abstract:
An aperture closure member control arrangement includes a disc which rotates as the aperture closure member moves. The disc has a ring of teeth. A sensor, such as a Hall effect sensor and permanent magnet, detect the passage of teeth as a cyclic waveform of amplitude and frequency determined by the spacing of the teeth, and the speed of rotation of the disc. An irregularity in the form of a missing tooth creates an irregularity in the output of the sensor, in the form of a pulse of greater amplitude and lower frequency. Accordingly, pulses from the irregularity can be discriminated and counted to provide a coarse indication of position, or pulses from the teeth can be counted, to provide a fine indication.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090195208A1 APERTURE CLOSURE MEMBER CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS Public/Granted day:2009-08-06
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