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Positioning control method and apparatus

US5262707A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 26, 1992
Grant dateNov 16, 1993
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D3/1436
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A positioning control method and apparatus in which a fine movement mechanism is moved without exceeding a movable area so that positioning of a large amount of displacement can be attained with high accuracy and high-speed positioning from a point to a point with the same control method. A coarse movement mechanism (101) has a large amount of movement and low positioning accuracy and a fine movement mechanism (102) on the coarse movement mechanism has a small amount of movement and high positioning accuracy. A signal E4 based on a error signal C4 of a movement command signal A4 of a signal generator (104) and a displacement signal B4 representative of a displacement of an object to be positioned with respect to a fixed position detected by an absolute position detecting device (105) is supplied to the fine movement mechanism and a coarse movement command signal M4, produced by adding a signal representative of a relative displacement of the fine movement mechanism (102) with respect to the coarse movement mechanism (101) detected by a relative position detecting device (133) to the error signal C4, is supplied to the coarse movement mechanism (101) to thereby control respective mo…

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