摘要:
A position measurements system to measure a position of a movable object with respect to another object includes two or more one dimensional (1D) encoder heads mounted on one of the movable object and the other object and each capable of emitting a measurement beam along a measurement direction, one or more reference targets mounted on the other of the movable object and the other object, each reference target including a planar surface with a grid or grating to cooperate with the two or more one dimensional (1D) encoder heads, and a processor to calculate a position of the object on the basis of outputs of the two or more 1D encoder heads, wherein the measurement direction of each of the two or more 1D encoder heads is non-perpendicular to the planar surface of the respective reference target.
摘要:
The present invention provides a spectrally selective planar optical radiation concentrator, in which different spectral components of solar energy can be collected for different applications such as heat, illumination and electricity. The optical radiation concentrator has two basic components, an angle selective optical filter and a light redistribution reflector for collecting, trapping and concentrating radiant energy. It further comprises a light deflecting component and a fluorescent wavelength shifter to improve acceptance angle and concentration efficiency respectively. The planar optical radiation concentrator exhibits the potential for light weight, high concentration ratio and efficiency, and the ability for passive tracking.
摘要:
The invention relates to a system (1) for detecting motion of a body (2) comprising a first elongated grating strip (4) coupled to said body and a separate and substantially stationary second elongated grating strip (5) crossing said first elongated grating strip. The system further comprises optical detection means (6) arranged to receive one or more light beams diffracted at said first and second elongated grating strips to detect motion of said body. The invention further relates to a method for detecting motion of a body (2) and to a body processing or inspection system.
摘要:
A scale is attached to a carrier by optically contacting. The optically contacting bonds are formed by raised surface regions of the scale set apart from each other. Additional measures, such as the provision of adhesive surfaces, provide a rigid and vibration-resistant joint.
摘要:
The invention relates to a system (1) for detecting motion of a body (2) comprising a first elongated grating strip (4) coupled to said body and a separate and substantially stationary second elongated grating strip (5) crossing said first elongated grating strip. The system further comprises optical detection means (6) arranged to receive one or more light beams diffracted at said first and second elongated grating strips to detect motion of said body. The invention further relates to a method for detecting motion of a body (2) and to a body processing or inspection system.
摘要:
A position-measuring device is for determining the position of two objects which are arranged displaceably with respect to each other in at least one measuring direction, and a method is for the operation of such a position-measuring device. The position-measuring device includes a measuring graduation as well as a scanning device having a light source and one or a plurality of optical and/or optoelectronic components for generating displacement-dependent position signals. A semiconductor laser having great coherence length is provided as the light source, which is operated pulsed in a single-mode operational-mode.
摘要:
A position-measuring device includes: a measuring graduation provided on a measuring standard device arranged around in ring-like fashion; a scanning unit for optically scanning the measuring graduation using electromagnetic radiation; a scanning plate with a scanning graduation, formed by a scanning grating, extending along a detection axis, which is arranged in the beam path of the electromagnetic radiation used for scanning the measuring graduation, so that the radiation interacts both with the scanning graduation and with the measuring graduation; and a detector of the scanning unit, whose detector surface is used for detecting the electromagnetic radiation after interaction with the scanning graduation and the measuring graduation and which is present as a stripe pattern, in order to record motions of the measuring standard device relative to the scanning unit. The grating constant of scanning graduation varies along the axis of extension of the scanning graduation such that the distances on which the phase of the stripe pattern present at the detector surface extends through a change by 2π, are constant.
摘要:
In an optical encoder comprising an optical scale in which a light transmission portion and a light non-transparent portion are arranged and an output pattern obtained by emitting an incident light functions as an optical code, a light source portion and a light detecting portion, the light non-transparent portion is constituted of at least one pair of inclined surfaces which are opposed in such a manner as to become farther away from each other towards the side where the incident light enters and set so that an incident angle of the optical axis of the incident light from the light source should not be smaller than a critical angle of incidence, and the light non-transparent portion is constructed so that the incident light which enters one inclined surface should be totally reflected thereon to enter the other inclined surface and then at least part of the incident light should be reflected on the other inclined surface, and a reflected light which is reflected on the other inclined surface should not enter a light emitting portion of the light source and a reflecting portion around the light emitting portion.
摘要:
A surface-emitting laser is disposed on a photodetector disposed in parallel with a scale, so that an optical pattern surface of the scale can be irradiated with a light beam having a desired shape. A major axis of the light beam emitted from the surface-emitting laser is vertical to the photodetector, and forms a beam spot on the optical pattern surface of the scale. A light emission portion of the light source is disposed in a 0-order diffracted light region from the scale and other than a region in which only a 0-order diffracted light and 1st-order diffracted light or a 0-order diffracted light and −1st-order diffracted light interfere. A light shield metal and/or a dummy light receiving portion are/is disposed to surround a light receiving portion outer periphery, and is disposed in a region between an inner periphery of the light receiving portion and the surface-emitting laser.
摘要:
Methods and systems for determining position relative to an interference pattern generator including capturing an image of an interference pattern from a known fringe pattern generator with a viewer. The phase of the interference pattern is then determined with a processor and the phase information is used to find the orientation of the viewer relative to the fringe pattern generator. The distance to the fringe pattern generator is also found based on the interference pattern and position data relative to the fringe pattern generator is derived.