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Method and device for determining the respective geometrical position of a body by capacitive sensing

US6031380A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Horst Siedle GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Franz Gleixner · Markt Indersdorf, DE
Rainer Utz · Waiblingen, DE
Dieter Bachle · Weil im Schönbuch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 5, 1996
Grant date	Feb 29, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 5, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01D5/2412
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

For determining the respective geometrical position, the displacement or angle of a body by capacitive sensing, a supply voltage applied to a voltage-distribution element is switched, and/or phase-shifted voltages are applied, in such a way that at least two different distribution patterns of the supply voltage, that follow each other in time, are obtained across the voltage divider.

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