Compact, high resolution optical displacement detector

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PATENT NO 5539519
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07928047

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The optical displacement detecting device utilizes an encoder plate 2 mounted displaceably along a given first plane and having thereon a periodic slit pattern 1. A light source 4 is disposed behind the encoder plate 2 to illuminate the slit pattern 1 to form a primary fringe image 3 shifting along the first plane. A lens member 6 is utilized to project the primary fringe image 3 by a given magnification to form a secondary enlarged fringe image 5 shifting along a given second plane. A light receiving unit 8 is fixed in the secondary plane to optically detect the shifting secondary enlarged fringe image 5 through a periodic mask pattern to thereby output an electric signal 7 indicative of a displacement of the encoder plate 2.

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COPAL COMPANY LIMITED18-10 SHIMURA 2-CHOME ITABASHI-KU TOKYO 174-8550

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Fukuda, Takumi Tokyo, JP 25 81
Takagi, Masaaki Tokyo, JP 62 476

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