Incremental rotary encoder

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PATENT NO 6384405
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09559083

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An incremental rotary encoder having first and second sensors which each output two sine wave signals having a phase difference of 90 degrees while a rotary member of the incremental rotary encoder rotates. The incremental rotary encoder includes an absolute-zero-index detecting device, provided for the first sensor; at least one binary coding circuit which codes each of the two sine wave signals and the zero index signal into a corresponding binary signal; a holding device for holding the level data of the binary signal of each sine wave signal output from the second sensor when the absolute-zero-index detecting device outputs the zero index signal; and a controller for determining whether the phase of the two sine wave signals output from the second sensor advances or delays with respect to the phase of the two sine wave signals output from the first sensor.

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PENTAX CORPORATION (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ASAHI KOGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHANO 36-9 MAENO-CHO 2-CHOME ITABASHI-KU TOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kenjo, Katsuhiko Tokyo, JP 6 60
Shirai, Masami Saitama, JP 49 757

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