Patent · US Expired

Digital compensator for controlling a servo to correct the value of a given parameter of a system

US5511052A · kind A · utility

6Cited by
10References
15Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateApr 18, 1994
Grant dateApr 23, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 18, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/45178
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A digital compensator controls a servomechanism, such as the focus servo of an optical disk drive. The compensator waits one full sample period before applying the correction that was calculated for the proceeding sample. The compensator does not use the present input sample in its calculation of the present output sample. The method for operating the digital compensator comprises the steps of receiving a first input sample at time t.sub.1, receiving a second input sample at time t.sub.2, and computing a first output in response to the first input sample at time t.sub.2. The method does not require a present input sample to calculate a present output.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.