Dynamic adjustment of a sampling rate for an optical encoder
US10302465B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 2017 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0362
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A light source in a rotary optical encoder can illuminate a pattern on a rotatable shaft and an optical sensor can detect either the light that is reflected or transmitted based on the pattern. A sampling rate of the optical sensor is dynamically adjusted based on a rotational speed of the rotatable shaft. A pulse rate of the light source may also be dynamically adjusted based on the sampling rate of the optical sensor.
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