Single Track Optical Encoder
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230251114A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-10

    申请号:US17668290

    申请日:2022-02-09

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: G01D13/04

    CPC分类号: G01D13/04

    摘要: A method includes imaging, with an optical read head attached to a second mechanical component, a portion of an encoder track disposed on a first mechanical component. The encoder track has a first encoder scale extending along the encoder track and a second encoder scale extending along the encoder track, and the imaged portion of the encoder track includes a first portion of the first encoder scale and a second portion of the second encoder scale. The method further includes transforming an imaged portion of the encoder track to a spatial frequency domain; identifying a pair of frequency bins in the spatial frequency domain; determining a phase difference between a first frequency bin and a second frequency bin in the pair of frequency bins; and mapping the phase difference to a positional relationship between the first mechanical component and the second mechanical component.

    RESIN DECORATIVE PART AND DIAL PLATE
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200166387A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-28

    申请号:US16558008

    申请日:2019-08-30

    IPC分类号: G01D13/04 B60K35/00

    摘要: In a resin decorative part, a clear decoration has a body transmitting light and includes a carbon-toned surface provided on the opposite side to the viewer side of the body and having a carbon-toned pattern. The carbon color layer is colored in a carbon color, is laminated on the carbon-toned surface, and has a reflective surface reflecting light transmitted through the clear decoration. The carbon-toned pattern is formed with a plurality of pseudo carbon fiber bundles presenting carbon fiber bundles formed by bundling carbon fibers in a pseudo manner. The pseudo carbon fiber bundle has a plurality of linear grooves that constitute pseudo carbon fibers presenting carbon fibers in a pseudo manner. The carbon-toned surface includes a pseudo carbon fiber bundle in which the length in the extending direction of each linear groove and the depth of the linear groove vary in a predetermined range.

    RESIN DECORATIVE PART AND DIAL PLATE
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200079142A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-12

    申请号:US16532078

    申请日:2019-08-05

    IPC分类号: B44F1/04 B44C5/04 G01D13/04

    摘要: In a resin decorative part, a carbon decorative panel includes a clear decoration having a body transmitting light and including a carbon-toned irregular surface provided on the body and having a carbon-toned pattern formed with protrusions and depressions. The carbon-toned irregular surface has a plurality of unit patterns that constitute a weave of pseudo carbon fiber bundles presenting carbon fiber bundles in a pseudo manner, as the protrusions and depressions that form the carbon-toned pattern. The unit patterns each have a top portion positioned at the center in the extending direction of the pseudo carbon fiber bundle. A plurality of unit patterns include at least two kinds of unit patterns with different top portion inclinations, where the top portion inclination is the inclination of the long axis along the long side direction of the top portion relative to the reference line along the extending direction.

    Vehicle cluster gauge system and method for calibrating the same

    公开(公告)号:US10183578B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-22

    申请号:US15218734

    申请日:2016-07-25

    发明人: Kang Ho Lee

    摘要: A method of calibrating and controlling a gauge, to which a stepper motor is applied in a cluster of hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), includes: receiving information corresponding to an operation state of an electric motor from a certain controller; and controlling a gauge angle indicated by a needle of the gauge to correspond to a target gauge angle indicated by the received information. The step of controlling includes: setting a dropping flag when the target gauge angle is lower than a previous gauge angle; and calibrating the target gauge angle to drop by a reference angle when the target gauge angle corresponds to an angle value that is different from a lowest point of the gauge while setting the dropping flag.

    VEHICLE INSTRUMENT DEVICE
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180022215A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-25

    申请号:US15548448

    申请日:2015-09-04

    发明人: Kazunori TOMARU

    IPC分类号: B60K35/00 F21V8/00 G01D13/04

    摘要: A vehicle instrument device includes a housing for attaching a dial plate, a light guide plate housing recess formed in the housing, a light guide plate that is housed in the light guide plate housing recess, and guides illumination light to the dial plate, a claw that fixes the light guide plate to the housing, and a press-fitting rib that is provided in a side surface of the light guide plate, and extends toward a side wall of the light guide plate housing recess. The press-fitting rib includes a tapered portion for increasing a height from a back side to a front side of the light guide plate housing recess and a tapered portion for decreasing a width from the back side to the front side of the light guide plate housing recess.

    RADIAL LINE DIAL PLATE AND AUTOMOBILE METER PROVIDED WITH RADIAL LINE DIAL PLATE
    7.
    发明申请
    RADIAL LINE DIAL PLATE AND AUTOMOBILE METER PROVIDED WITH RADIAL LINE DIAL PLATE 有权
    辐射线拨号盘和提供径向线盘的汽车仪表

    公开(公告)号:US20160252373A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-01

    申请号:US15149766

    申请日:2016-05-09

    IPC分类号: G01D13/04 B60K35/00

    摘要: A radial line dial plate includes: a substrate body made of resin on which a radial line mark region is molded by a die mark-molding-face of a molding die; a plurality of fine grooves that extend radially outward in a radial direction from a center of the radial line mark region without intersecting with each other and are formed such that a distance therebetween is 1 μm or less at an outermost peripheral end to give a radial line pattern to the radial line mark region; and a metal thin film that is deposited to at least the radial line mark region of the substrate body.

    摘要翻译: 径向线型盘片包括:由树脂制成的基板主体,通过模塑模具的模具标记模制面模制径向线标记区域; 从径向线标记区域的中心沿径向向外径向外延伸的多个细槽形成为使得它们之间的距离在最外周端处为1μm以下,形成径向线 模式到径向线标记区域; 以及沉积到基板主体的至少径向线标记区域的金属薄膜。

    Pointer-type meter
    8.
    发明授权
    Pointer-type meter 有权
    指针式仪表

    公开(公告)号:US09109927B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-08-18

    申请号:US13148450

    申请日:2010-02-17

    申请人: Hideki Ikarashi

    发明人: Hideki Ikarashi

    摘要: A pointer-type meter is provided in which, even when a pointer has a meandering shape, the influence thereof on the operation characteristics of the pointer can be minimized. The meter includes a display 1, display plates 21 and 22 having indicator portions 211 and 221, respectively, and placed to allow visual recognition of the display 1, a driving apparatus 6 placed at the back of the display 1 and having a pointer shaft 61 protruding toward the display 1, and a pointer 7 pivoting about the pointer shaft 61 serving as a rotation center axis RC to point to the indicator portions 211 and 221, the pointer 7 including a detour portion 71 and a pointing portion 72 pointing to the indicator portions 211 and 221, wherein a point P1 of the detour portion 71 farthest from the rotation center axis RC is closer to the rotation center axis RC than a tip P2 of the pointing portion 72.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种指针式计量器,其中即使当指针具有曲折形状时,其对指示器的操作特性的影响也可以最小化。 仪表包括显示器1,分别具有指示器部分211和221的显示板21和22,并且被放置以允许显示器1的视觉识别;放置在显示器1背面的驱动装置6,并具有指针轴61 朝向显示器1突出的指针7和指示器轴61作为旋转中心轴RC枢转以指向指示器部分211和221的指针7,指示器7包括迂回部分71和指向指示部分72的指示器 部分211和221,其中离开旋转中心轴线RC最远的迂回部分71的点P1比指示部分72的尖端P2更靠近旋转中心轴线RC。

    DIAL PLATE STRUCTURE AND AUTOMOTIVE METER
    9.
    发明申请
    DIAL PLATE STRUCTURE AND AUTOMOTIVE METER 有权
    拨号板结构和汽车仪表

    公开(公告)号:US20150096487A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-04-09

    申请号:US14506215

    申请日:2014-10-03

    IPC分类号: G01D13/04 G01D13/12

    CPC分类号: G01D13/20 G01D7/04 G01D13/18

    摘要: A dial plate structure of a vehicular combination meter includes a dial plate; a light guide disposed back side of the dial plate, the light guide receiving light from a three-dimensional scale light source incident upon a proximal end side thereof; three-dimensional scale marks protruding and disposed on a distal end side of the light guide, the three-dimensional scale marks protruding from through holes perforated in the dial plate; a dimming white print formed on the back surface of the dial plate; and a hard coat clear print formed on the back surface of the dial plate so as to cover at least portions of the dimming white print opposed to the three-dimensional scale marks.

    摘要翻译: 车辆组合仪表的拨盘结构包括表盘; 配置在所述表盘的后侧的导光体,所述导光体从入射到其基端侧的三维标度光源接收光; 三维刻度标记突出并设置在光导的远端侧,三维刻度标记从穿孔在表盘中的通孔突出; 形成在表盘的背面上的调光白色印刷品; 并且形成在表盘的背面上的硬涂层透明印刷,以便覆盖与三维刻度标记相对的调光白色印刷品的至少一部分。

    VISUAL INDICATION FOR ADJUSTABLE COMPONENT
    10.
    发明申请
    VISUAL INDICATION FOR ADJUSTABLE COMPONENT 有权
    可调整组件的可视化指示

    公开(公告)号:US20140174336A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-26

    申请号:US14134742

    申请日:2013-12-19

    IPC分类号: G01D13/04

    摘要: A visual indication member for an adjustable component and a method for providing a visual indication for an adjustable component can be provided, whereby the member comprises a coupling member for coupling to the adjustable component; a first portion comprising a first visual property; and wherein the first portion is configured to move to expose a visually distinguishable area.

    摘要翻译: 可以提供用于可调组件的可视指示构件和用于为可调部件提供视觉指示的方法,由此构件包括用于联接到可调组件的联接构件; 第一部分,包括第一视觉特性; 并且其中所述第一部分被配置为移动以暴露视觉上可区分的区域。