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Apparatus for detecting revolution using a synchro
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1988-03-18
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Granted: 1989-06-06
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Expires: 2008-03-18
Abstract
Abstract To the primary winding of a synchronous electric machine, a polyphase a.c. excitation signal from an excitation circuit is applied. Thus, an induced voltage signal, the phase of which varies by an angle proportional to a rotational position of a rotary body, is produced on the secondary winding of the synchro. A phase difference produced between the a.c. excitation signal and the induced voltage signal is detected by a phase difference detecting circuit. This phase difference detecting circuit detects not only a phase difference itself, but also detects the time at which the phase difference has been detected. On the basis of the phase difference and the time thus detected, a predictive computation circuit predicts a rotational position of the rotary body at an arbitrary time. In addition, a rate multiplier circuit for setting a value corresponding to a change in a predicted rotational position and an up/down counter circuit for counting the output thereof are further added, thereby making it possible to provide the output of the up/down counter circuit as a rotational position.
Inventors
- 👤 Ryoichi Kurosawa
- 👤 Kouzou Kawata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 10:55
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01P; G01P3/00; G01P3/42; G01P3/44; G01D; G01D5/00; G01D5/12; G01D5/244
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
An apparatus comprising: an excitation circuit for generating a polyphase a.c. excitation signal, and a synchro coupled to a rotary body in which a polyphase primary winding is excited by said a.c. excitation signal to generate on a secondary winding thereof an induced voltage signal the phase of which varies by an angle proportional to a rotational position of said rotary body, thus detecting a physical quantity relating to revolution on the basis of a phase difference produced between said a.c. excitation signal and said induced voltage signal, said apparatus further including: a phase difference detecting circuit for detecting a phase difference between said a.c. excitation signal and said induced voltage signal and a detection time thereof, and a predictive computation circuit for predicting a rotational position at an arbitrary time from at least two phase differences and their detection times thereof detected by said phase difference detecting circuit.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
149 words
An apparatus comprising: an excitation circuit for generating a polyphase a.c. excitation signal, and a synchro coupled to a rotary body in which a polyphase primary winding is excited by said a.c. excitation signal to generate on a secondary winding thereof an induced voltage signal the phase of which varies by an angle proportional to a rotational position of said rotary body, thus detecting a physical quantity relating to revolution on the basis of a phase difference produced between said a.c. excitation signal and said induced voltage signal, said apparatus further including: a phase difference detecting circuit for detecting a phase difference between said a.c. excitation signal and said induced voltage signal and a detection time thereof, and a predictive computation circuit for predicting a rotational position at an arbitrary time from at least two phase differences and their detection times thereof detected by said phase difference detecting circuit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
88 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said excitation circuit comprises: a clock generator means, a first counter for counting a clock signal from said clock generator means, and a function generator means for generating the polyphase a.c. excitation signal on the basis of an output of said first counter; and wherein said phase difference detecting circuit comprises a second counter for counting higher order bits or figures overflowed from said first counter, thus detecting a time by using a count value of said second counter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said predictive computation circuit comprises: a latch circuit for latching a phase difference and a detection time, and a microcomputer for performing a predictive computation on the basis of data in said latch circuit.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
252 words
An apparatus for detecting revolution using a synchro, comprising: an excitation circuit for generating a polyphase a.c. excitation signal, and a synchro coupled to a rotary body, in which a polyphase primary winding is excited by said excitation signal to generate on a secondary winding thereof an induced voltage signal the phase of which varies by an angle proportional to a rotational angle of said rotary body, thus detecting a physical quantity relating to revolution on the basis of a phase difference produced between said a.c. excitation signal and said induced voltage, said apparatus further including: a phase difference detecting circuit for detecting a phase difference between said a.c. excitation signal and said induced voltage signal and a detection time thereof, a predictive computation circuit for predicting a rotational position of said rotary body at fixed periods of time from at least two phase differences and their detection times thereof detected by said phase difference detecting circuit, a rate multiplier circuit in which a value corresponding to a change in a rotational position predicted by said predictive computation circuit is set, and an up and down counter circuit for counting an output of said rate multiplier circuit, thus allowing a time for predicting a rotational position in said predictive computation circuit to be set to a time determined in consideration of a time required for said up and down counter circuit to follow so that an output of said up and down counter circuit is substantially in correspondence with a rotational position.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
252 words
An apparatus for detecting revolution using a synchro, comprising: an excitation circuit for generating a polyphase a.c. excitation signal, and a synchro coupled to a rotary body, in which a polyphase primary winding is excited by said excitation signal to generate on a secondary winding thereof an induced voltage signal the phase of which varies by an angle proportional to a rotational angle of said rotary body, thus detecting a physical quantity relating to revolution on the basis of a phase difference produced between said a.c. excitation signal and said induced voltage, said apparatus further including: a phase difference detecting circuit for detecting a phase difference between said a.c. excitation signal and said induced voltage signal and a detection time thereof, a predictive computation circuit for predicting a rotational position of said rotary body at fixed periods of time from at least two phase differences and their detection times thereof detected by said phase difference detecting circuit, a rate multiplier circuit in which a value corresponding to a change in a rotational position predicted by said predictive computation circuit is set, and an up and down counter circuit for counting an output of said rate multiplier circuit, thus allowing a time for predicting a rotational position in said predictive computation circuit to be set to a time determined in consideration of a time required for said up and down counter circuit to follow so that an output of said up and down counter circuit is substantially in correspondence with a rotational position.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
88 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 4, wherein said excitation circuit comprises: a clock generator means, a first counter for counting a clock signal from said clock generator means, and a function generator means for generating the polyphase a.c. excitation signal on the basis of an output of said first counter; and wherein said phase difference detecting circuit comprises a second counter for counting higher order bits or figures overflowed from said first counter, thus detecting a time by using a count value of said second counter.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 4, wherein said predictive computation circuit comprises: a latch circuit for latching a phase difference and a detection time, and a microcomputer for performing a predictive computation on the basis of data in said latch circuit.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
104 words
A method of detecting the rotational position of a rotating body, comprising the steps of: generating a polyphase a.c. excitation signal and applying the a.c. excitation signal to a primary winding of a synchro, thus inducing a first signal in a secondary winding; measuring the phase difference between the a.c. excitation signal and the first signal, the phase difference corresponding to the rotational position of the rotating body; periodically storing the phase difference and a phase difference detection time; and predicting the rotational position of the rotating body using phase differences and phase difference detection times from at least two prior points in time.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
104 words
A method of detecting the rotational position of a rotating body, comprising the steps of: generating a polyphase a.c. excitation signal and applying the a.c. excitation signal to a primary winding of a synchro, thus inducing a first signal in a secondary winding; measuring the phase difference between the a.c. excitation signal and the first signal, the phase difference corresponding to the rotational position of the rotating body; periodically storing the phase difference and a phase difference detection time; and predicting the rotational position of the rotating body using phase differences and phase difference detection times from at least two prior points in time.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
99 words
A method of detecting the rotational position of a rotating body as set forth in claim 7, further comprising the steps of: computing a first value corresponding to a change in the predicted rotational position; generating a rate multiplier signal, using the first value, in the form of a pulse signal having a frequency associated with the change in the predicted rotational position; counting the pulses of the pulse signal in a counter; and outputting the count value of the counter, the count value corresponding to the actual current rotational position of the rotating body, without any time delay.
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