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Incremental encoder and serializer

US8108066B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Seagate Technology LLC · US

Inventors

Michael W. Pfeiffer · Richfield, US
Eric D. Johnson · Minneapolis, US
Richard Gordon Goodrich · Lakeville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 1, 2007
Grant date	Jan 31, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 8, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P90/02
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus and associated method directed to encoding data from an object in order to simultaneously identify a serialization value of the object from the data while incrementally tracking the object's position from the data.

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