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7560888 Electromechanical actuator including redundant, dissimilar position feedback  
A relatively small, lightweight actuator includes a plurality of motors, an actuation element, a translation member, and a plurality of position sensors. The motors each supply a drive force to the...
7538453 Fan power supply system  
A fan power supply system having a pair of voltage supplies, one producing a higher voltage than the other. A switch selects one of the voltage supplies in response to a control signal. A DC/DC...
7446497 Fixed-position stop control apparatus for rotation shaft  
A fixed-position stop control apparatus ( 10 ) includes: a move-instruction generating means ( 22 ) for generating a move instruction for each control cycle; a position loop control means ( 25 )...
7420349 Microcontroller interface with hall element  
A device controller system incorporates an inexpensive Hall element to detect motion of a brushless DC motor. A magnet, which is part of a motor rotor, passes by the Hall element producing a Hall...
7227328 Method for detecting a possible collision of at least two objects moving with respect to each other  
A method is for detecting a possible collision of at least two objects moving with respect to each other by simulating the intended relative motion of the two objects. At least one of the objects...
7102316 Mechanical press  
In a press having a plunger supported so as to be movable linearly back and forth by drive means which include at least one servomotor in combination with a rotatably supported inertia structure...
7057364 Actuation system comprising a digital position sensor  
An actuating system having an electric motor that is controlled by a computer as a function of a setpoint position of a member that is to be actuated. The actuating system includes an encoder that...
7005821 Servomotor controller  
In a servomotor controller, when a comparing circuit ( 70 ) detects that a position of an object to be controlled has been achieved to a target position, an operation inhibiting signal generating...
6838849 Serially connected double-phase full-wave brushless dc motor  
A serially connected double-phase full-wave brushless dc motor includes a first drive member, a second drive member, a first sensor member, a second sensor member, a first motor coil and a second...
6791293 Sensorless control device for synchronous electric motor  
The invention provides a synchronous motor sensorless controller which drives a synchronous motor without use of a rotational position sensor. The controller has a relative position counter 4 ...
6756762 Method and actuation control for stopping an electrical drive, by means of closed-loop position control, in a predetermined nominal position  
The invention reduces the oscillation of the rotation speed regulator when stationary—despite low position resolution and a high minimum rotation speed resulting from this—by switching the...
6727669 Motor-driven power steering apparatus  
A motor-driven power steering apparatus includes a motor for generating assisting force to be imparted to a steering mechanism, a control signal generation section for generating a motor control...
6707269 Motor control circuit with adaptive dynamic range selection  
Method and apparatus for controlling a motor. A digital to analog converter (DAC) converts input digital values to corresponding analog voltages over a range of different selectable dynamic...
6683437 Current controlled motor amplifier system  
Aspects of a current controlled motor amplifier system are provided. These aspects include a current source motor amplifier comprising current source means on each leg of a top half of the H bridge...
6677721 Method of control and control structure for the movement control, pre-control and fine interpolation of objects in a speed controller clock which is faster than the position controller clock  
The invention makes it possible to execute the pre-control and the fine interpolation in the drive (A) in the fast drive clock (tDR) with a slower path pre-setting in the clock (tNC) of the NC. For...
6597142 Apparatus and method for setting control parameters of machining apparatus  
An apparatus for setting control parameters of a machining apparatus. The setting apparatus includes a storage unit for storing a set of control parameters for each of a plurality of machining...
6304077 Method and apparatus for defining the position of an actuator utilizing parts of pulse intervals  
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for defining the position of an actuator. The position of the actuator (1) is measured by a measuring signal (3) proportional to the rotation of a...
6281652 Method of using two low-resolution DACS for converting high-resolution digital demands into analog output signals that monotonically drive an actuator motor in a disk drive  
Disclosed is a method in a disk drive that allows the functionality of a single high-resolution DAC to be replicated with a pair of lower-resolution DACs that are operated in a unique manner that...
6262552 Method of positioning an actuator  
The invention relates to a method for positioning an actuator. In the method, the actuator is controlled by a continuous control pulse (2a) toward a desired value (1), and the position of the...
6066929 Frequency generator circuit for a brushless DC motor control system  
A brushless direct current motor driving circuit includes a data generator adapted to receive a first signal corresponding to a rotor position and to generate a digital data signal therefrom, a...
6013996 Precision stop control for motors  
An improved stop control system and method are provided for a motor having a drive mechanism in which the motor is coupled to a motor controller that controls the speed and position of the drive...
5625310 Signal processing apparatus and displacement detecting apparatus using the same  
A signal processing apparatus is provided for processing first and second periodic analog signals having the same period and having a fixed phase relationship therebetween. The apparatus includes...
5583409 Numerical control apparatus and method for controlling a machine  
A numerical control apparatus allows a portion of a prototype or the like to be easily machined without an operator being concerned with a coordinate system, origins, and other data. A guidance...
5543697 Circuit and method for controlling the speed of a motor  
A method and circuit for implementing a frequency lock loop circuit in a disk drive is disclosed. The circuit includes the motor control elements of a direct current motor plus a coarse counter, a...
5543696 Position control for hybrid servomechanisms  
A hybrid servomechanism includes a speed control, a rotor position control and a brushless motor. When enabled, the position control commands a stationary stator mmf vector, allowing the motor's...
5519297 Spindle positioning method  
A spindle positioning method for high-speed positioning of a spindle by making the best use of the decelerating capability of a spindle motor. When a fixed-position stop command is generated while...
5289095 Fuzzy switching logic for servo systems  
An actuator'rate is controlled by a rate servo and the actuator's position is controlled by a position control. The position control can be a position servo or a mechanical brake. Selection of...
5260631 Spindle position/speed control unit  
The invention relates to a spindle speed/position control system for use in a numerically controlled machine tool such as a lathe. To improve the measurement of spindle speed and position, detected...
5241249 Process for controlling a robot arm by defining substitution paths  
A process for controlling a robot arm having a certain number of articulations or joints (A to F), which can abut. Substitution paths are automatically defined by calculation or by the choice of...
5204932 Servo circuit for magnetic disk apparatus  
A servo circuit for a magnetic disk apparatus includes a target speed generating circuit which generates a target speed in accordance with an amount of movement. A speed signal producing circuit...
5194798 Servo circuit control method and system  
A control system for a servo circuit has a speed control unit for controlling the speed of a servo object, a position control unit for controlling the position of the servo object, a switching unit...
5194788 Servo circuit  
A servo circuit having a speed detection circuit for detecting a real speed from a position signal from an object under servo control. A speed error detection circuit generates an error between a...
5173647 Servo positioning circuit  
A servo positioning circuit having a speed detection circuit for detecting a real speed from a position signal from a servo object; a speed error detection circuit for generating an error between a...
5136226 Correlated coarse position error processor  
A technique for overcoming the difficulties that arise from the transition between coarse and fine loop control. Coarse and fine phase locked loops, each having a respective latch provide a coarse...
5119004 Reference-point return method  
The invention relates to a reference-point return method for returning a movable element of a machine to a reference point using solely a linear scale, without relying upon a limit switch. The...
5070288 Reference point return system  
A system for carrying out reference point return in a numerical control device is provided, including a deceleration dog having a short length and arranged at a machine table, a deceleration limit...
5051674 Apparatus for preventing an overrun of a spindle motor  
A spindle motor controlling apparatus having a motor driving device, a motor speed controlling device, a MICOM and an image processing device uses a horizontal synchronization comparing device...
5030901 Position control method  
In a position control system having force as a manipulated variable and position as a controlled variable, negative feedback of position and velocity is performed. Positive feedback of acceleration...
5027044 Load state decision apparatus for servomotor  
A load state decision apparatus of a servomotor where a load current value of a servomotor during operation is sampled and compared with a prescribed value and then the load state is decided based...
5015932 Actuator driving circuits  
An actuator driving circuit for a servocontrol system comprises an amplifier for amplifying an error signal obtained in the servocontrol system to produce a driving signal supplied to the actuator,...
5013986 Actuating drive for positioning a rotary element  
A rotary element (10) such as a robot arm is to be positioned by an actuating drive to a position determined by a desired value signal. An angle pick-off (20) provides an actual value signal. A...
5003238 Method and apparatus of fine tuning the position of an ultrasonic sensor probe using analog motor position signals  
As disclosed herein, a new and improved method and apparatus provide for fine tuning the position of a servomotor used to drive a transducer mounted on an ultrasound probe to a desired position....
5001409 Surface metrological apparatus  
In an apparatus for measuring texture and characterization of the surface of a sample on the basis of the drive signal of a servo control circuit by allowing a probe-tip (1) to approach the sample...
4992716 Motor control with digital feedback  
A motor feedback control system which in addition to a quantized digital position feedback value, uses a feedback signal which represents the error between the actual motor position and the...
4988932 Constant velocity servosystem wtih high positional accuracy  
The present servosystem positions a movable member such as an optical head over a rotating disk with a constant velocity and high positional accuracy by utilizing a fast analog feedback loop that...
4982145 Method and apparatus for the optimization of thyristor power supply transport time delay  
A digital current control arrangement for optimizing the transport time delay of a thyristor power supply used as a source of armature current for a DC motor utilizes a coarse gate angle interrupt...
4977361 X-Y addressable workpiece positioner and mask aligner using same  
In an X-Y addressable workpiece positioner the workpiece to be positioned, such as a semiconductive wafer to be aligned with a mask image, is coupled to move with a work stage moveable in X and Y...
4972131 Method of an apparatus for controlling velocity of industrial robot  
A method of and apparatus for controlling the velocity of an industrial robot where the velocity is controlled without producing an edge when an instruction velocity is higher than an allowable...
4959797 System for tightening threaded fastener assemblies  
A threaded fastener assembly tool is affixed to the output shaft of a DC motor, the torque of which is controlled by the current through the windings. An angular position encoder is attached to the...
4937510 Control apparatus for a linear motor for driving a pickup  
A control apparatus for a linear motor for driving a pickup of an information storage/readout apparatus with which the pickup can be moved more quickly and accurately to a desired target position....
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