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Velocity detecting apparatus having a two-phase resolver
Assignee: Toei Electric Co Ltd
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Filing: 1982-03-30
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Granted: 1984-11-06
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Expires: 2002-03-30
Abstract
Abstract A velocity detecting apparatus using a resolver, and more specifically, a two-phase resolver which rotor is connected to a rotary drive means such as a motor, a source for exciting the primary windings of the resolver, a wave shaper which produces a square wave of the same period and phase as the output signal produced by the secondary windings of the resolver, a phase discriminator which rectifies the output signal of the wave shaper, a low pass filter for producing a triangular wave from the output signal of the phase discriminator and a circuit for producing a signal corresponding to the absolute value of the slope of the triangular wave.
Inventors
- 👤 Tadahiro Ono
- 👤 Naoshi Miura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 05:38
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01P; G01P3/00; G01P3/42; G01P3/44; G01P3/46
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A velocity detecting apparatus which comprises: a two phase resolver having a primary and secondary winding and a rotor adapted to be connected to means for driving said rotor; means for exciting the primary windings of said resolver; wave shaping means for producing a square wave of the same period and phase as the output signal given by the secondary windings of said resolver; phase discriminating means for rectifying the output signal of said wave shaping means; low pass filter means for producing a triangular wave from the output signal of said phase discriminating means; means for producing a signal corresponding to the absolute value of the slope of said triangular wave and indicating the velocity of said rotor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
A velocity detecting apparatus which comprises: a two phase resolver having a primary and secondary winding and a rotor adapted to be connected to means for driving said rotor; means for exciting the primary windings of said resolver; wave shaping means for producing a square wave of the same period and phase as the output signal given by the secondary windings of said resolver; phase discriminating means for rectifying the output signal of said wave shaping means; low pass filter means for producing a triangular wave from the output signal of said phase discriminating means; means for producing a signal corresponding to the absolute value of the slope of said triangular wave and indicating the velocity of said rotor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said exciting means comprises a square wave generator which generates first and second square waves differing π/4 in phase.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus as in claim 1 or 2, wherein said wave shaping means includes a band pass filter.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
68 words
An apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said phase discriminating means comprises: a comparator providing the inverted output of said wave shaping means; first switching means for passing the output of said comparator when one of said exciting means output is logically low; and second switching means for passing the output of said wave shaping means when the said one of said exciting means output is logically high.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said signal producing means includes a differentiator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
66 words
An apparatus as in claim 5, wherein said differentiator comprises: an operational amplifier; an input circuit having a serially connected resistor and a capacitor connected to the inverting input gate of said operational amplifier; and a feedback circuit having a parallel connected resistor and capacitor, the feedback circuit being connected between the output side of said operational amplifier and the input gate of said operational amplifier.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
123 words
A velocity detecting apparatus which comprises: a two-phase resolver having a primary and a secondary winding and a rotor adapted to be connected to means for driving said rotor; an exciting means for primary windings of said resolver; wave-shaping means for producing a square wave of the same period and phase as the output signal given by the secondary windings of said resolver; phase discriminating means for rectifying the output signal of said wave shaper; low pass filter means for producing a triangular wave from the output of said phase discriminating means; differentiating means for differentiating in time said triangular wave; means for producing a signal corresponding to the absolute value of the slope of said wave except its peak and bottom portions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
123 words
A velocity detecting apparatus which comprises: a two-phase resolver having a primary and a secondary winding and a rotor adapted to be connected to means for driving said rotor; an exciting means for primary windings of said resolver; wave-shaping means for producing a square wave of the same period and phase as the output signal given by the secondary windings of said resolver; phase discriminating means for rectifying the output signal of said wave shaper; low pass filter means for producing a triangular wave from the output of said phase discriminating means; differentiating means for differentiating in time said triangular wave; means for producing a signal corresponding to the absolute value of the slope of said wave except its peak and bottom portions.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus as in claim 7, wherein said producing means comprises: means for generating timing signals; and switching means for switching the output signal of said differentiating means in accordance with said timing signals.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
105 words
An apparatus as in claim 8, wherein said timing signal generating means comprises: a first comparator producing an output signal having a logical value "1" for only the time interval of positive voltage in the low pass filter means output; a full wave rectifier rectifying the output signal of said low pass filter means; a level setter; a second comparator which produces a signal having a logical value "1" by comparing a signal given by said level setter with the output signal given by said full wave rectifier; and a gate circuit to which are applied the output signals of said first and second comparators.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
An apparatus as in claim 9, wherein said level setter is adjustable.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus as in claim 10, wherein said setting level is set at the half of the amplitude of said low pass filter output.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
69 words
An apparatus as in claim 8 or 9, wherein said switching means comprises: a first gate circuit which passes the output signal of said differentiating means when one of said timing signals is applied thereto; a comparator which produces the inverted signal of the output signal of said differentiating means; a second gate circuit which passes the inverted signal when said another one of timing signals is applied thereto.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
48 words
An apparatus as in claim 7, wherein said producing means comprises: a full wave rectifier for rectifying the output signal of said differentiating means; and means for removing the peak portions of the full wave rectifier, which corresponds to the peak and bottom portions of said triangular wave.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
141 words
An apparatus as in claim 13, wherein said removing means comprises: peak detecting means for detecting the peak of the output of said full wave rectifier; delay circuit means for delaying the output of said full wave rectifier by a predetermined time interval; hold circuit means for holding the signal given by said delay circuit when said peak detecting means detects a peak value; switching gate means for switching the output of said full wave rectifier to the held signal of said hold circuit when said peak detecting means detects a peak value; and a comparator which produces a signal representing a reset signal to said switching gate means and to said hold circuit means when the value of the output signal of said full wave rectifier coincides with that of the held signal after the peak detecting signal is generated.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
111 words
An apparatus as in claim 13, wherein said removing means comprises: peak detecting means for detecting the peak of the output of said full wave rectifier; delay circuit means for delaying the output of said full wave rectifier by a predetermined time interval; switching gate means for switching the output of said full wave rectifier to the output of said delay circuit means when said peak detecting means detects a peak value; and a comparator for producing a reset signal to said switching gate means when the value of the output signal of said full wave rectifier coincides with that of the output signal after the peak detecting signal is generated.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
134 words
A velocity detecting apparatus which comprises: a two-phase resolver having a primary and secondary winding and a rotor adapted to be connected to means for driving said rotor; means for exciting the primary windings of said resolver; wave shaping means producing a square wave having the same period and phase as the output signal given by the secondary windings of said resolver; phase discriminating means for rectifying the output signal of said wave shaping means; low pass filter means for producing a triangular wave; means for producing a further signal with each rising side and falling side of said triangular wave except its peak and bottom portions; means for processing said further signal so that both said rising and falling sides have the same sign of slope; and means for differentiating said further signal.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
134 words
A velocity detecting apparatus which comprises: a two-phase resolver having a primary and secondary winding and a rotor adapted to be connected to means for driving said rotor; means for exciting the primary windings of said resolver; wave shaping means producing a square wave having the same period and phase as the output signal given by the secondary windings of said resolver; phase discriminating means for rectifying the output signal of said wave shaping means; low pass filter means for producing a triangular wave; means for producing a further signal with each rising side and falling side of said triangular wave except its peak and bottom portions; means for processing said further signal so that both said rising and falling sides have the same sign of slope; and means for differentiating said further signal.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
37 words
An apparatus as in claim 16, wherein said further signal producing means comprise: means for generating timing signals; and means for switching the output signal of said low pass filter means in accordance with said timing signals.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
104 words
An apparatus as in claim 17, wherein said timing signal generating means comprise: a first comparator producing an output signal having a logical value "1" for only the time interval of positive voltage in the low pass filter means output; a full wave rectifier rectifying the output signal of said low pass filter means; a level setter; a second comparator which produces a signal having logical value "1" by comparing a signal given by said level setter with the output signal given by said full wave rectifier; and a gate circuit to which are applied the output signals of said first and second comparators.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
12 words
An apparatus as in claim 18, wherein said level setter is adjustable.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus as in claim 19, wherein said setting level is set at the half of the amplitude of said low pass filter output.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
73 words
An apparatus as in claim 17 or 18, wherein said switching means comprises: a first gate circuit which passes the output signal of said low pass filter means when one of said timing signals is applied thereto; a comparator which produces the inverted signal of the output signal of said low pass filter means; a second gate circuit which passes the inverted signal when another one of said timing signals is applied thereto.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
80 words
An apparatus as in claim 17 or 18, wherein said differentiator comprises: an operational amplifier; a feedback circuit having a register and capacitor in parallel connection, being connected between the input terminal and output terminal of the operational amplifier; two input circuits, each having a register and a capacitor in serial connection; a gate means responsive to said timing signals to pass an input signal group applied through said each input circuit to the input terminal of said operational amplifier.
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