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Servo motor system for transportation
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1988-09-01
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Granted: 1990-01-02
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Expires: 2008-09-01
Abstract
Abstract A servo motor system for a transportation line with the travel distance of the article predetermined and with a relatively low positioning accuracy. Basically, the system is constructed as an incremental servo motor system in which an incremental movement of the motor is detected, and the incremental movement signal is fed back to a motor driver, which also receives pulse signals from a controller corresponding to a traveling distance to a destination. Only one time after starting the operation of the servo motor system with the article not at the destination point, a stop signal is fed from an external signal generator located at the destination point to the motor driver, which stops the motor there. At this time, a coordinate system of the movable space of the article is established in the controller and the servo motor system is operated as an incremental system from the second time on, without utilizing an external signal generator.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoichi Shibata
- 👤 Naoto Tazuke
- 👤 Yoshio Shinohara
- 👤 Akira Shima
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 00:00
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05B; G05B19/00; G05B19/02; G05B19/18; G05B19/19; G05B19/21; G05B19/23; G05B19/231; G05B19/237; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/30; G05B2219/42; G05B2219/42213; G05B2219/50; G05B2219/50024
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 words
A servo motor system for controlling a servo motor of a transportation line, the system comprising: a distance setting means for setting a distance to be traveled by an article and for generating a distance signal representative of the distance; an incremental detector for generating an incremental distance signal representative of an incremental distance the article is actually moved by the servo motor; a controller responsive to the set distance signal and the incremental distance signal for generating a control signal for operating the servo motor to move the article as far as the set distance based on a coordinate system corresponding to a total movable space of the article; an external signal generator provided at a destination point for generating a stop signal responsive to an arrival of the article at the destination point; and an initial setting means for transmitting the stop signal to the controller one time subsequent to the starting of the operation of the servo motor system at times when the article is located at a position other than the destination point, for establishing the coordinate system.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
182 words
A servo motor system for controlling a servo motor of a transportation line, the system comprising: a distance setting means for setting a distance to be traveled by an article and for generating a distance signal representative of the distance; an incremental detector for generating an incremental distance signal representative of an incremental distance the article is actually moved by the servo motor; a controller responsive to the set distance signal and the incremental distance signal for generating a control signal for operating the servo motor to move the article as far as the set distance based on a coordinate system corresponding to a total movable space of the article; an external signal generator provided at a destination point for generating a stop signal responsive to an arrival of the article at the destination point; and an initial setting means for transmitting the stop signal to the controller one time subsequent to the starting of the operation of the servo motor system at times when the article is located at a position other than the destination point, for establishing the coordinate system.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
56 words
The servo motor system according to claim 1, wherein the distance setting means comprises a plurality of generating means, each for generating a different-set distance signal, and a selection switch for connecting selectively each of the plurality of generating means to the controller for inputting one of the plurality of different-set distance signals to the controller.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
103 words
The servo motor system according to claim 2, wherein: the incremental distance signal generated by the incremental detector includes pulses corresponding to the incremental distance; the controller comprises a pulse generating means for generating sequence of pulses having a number corresponding to the distance signal, and a counter for storing counts of pulses generated by the pulse generating means and for decreasing the pulse counts by the number of pulses received from the incremental detector to move the article until the counter is zero; and the initial setting means is operative to set the counter at zero in response to the stop signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
65 words
The servo motor system according to claim 2, wherein the servo motor system further comprises a second external signal generator preceding the destination point in the directions of travel of the article for generating a low speed signal responsive to a passing of the article, and the controller is operative to decrease the speed of the servo motor in response to the low speed signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
78 words
The servo motor system according to claim 4, wherein the servo motor system further comprises a third external signal generator provided at a preset distance following subsequent to the destination point in the direction of travel of the article for generating a return signal responsive to a passing of the article, and the controller is operative to reverse the direction of the servo motor in response to the return signal for returning the article to the destination point.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
The servo motor system according to claim 2, further comprising a plurality of servo motors and incremental detectors for the transportation line, and the controller is operative to control said plurality of servo motors with a common control signal.
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