IP Library Granted Patent US 7,262,591
Granted Patent B2
US 7,262,591 · App. 11/274,919 · Granted Aug 28, 2007

Technique for sensing the rotational speed and angular position of a rotating wheel

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Patent No.
US 7,262,591
App. No.
11/274,919
Granted
Aug 28, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of processing a pulse train output signal provided by a non-contact sensor that senses the rotational speed and angular position of a rotating wheel includes comparing the amplitudes of the pulses with a variable switching threshold value, and adjusting the value of the variable switching threshold value if the difference between the amplitudes of two successive pulses exceeds a maximum value.

Claims (5)

1. A method of processing a pulse train output signal provided by a non-contact sensor that senses the rotational speed and angular position of a rotating wheel, the method comprising:

comparing the amplitudes of the pulses with a variable switching threshold value, and adjusting the value of the variable switching threshold value if the difference between the amplitudes of two successive pulses exceeds a maximum value.

2. The method of claim 1 , where the variable switching threshold value is adjusted if the difference of the amplitudes of two successive pulses exceeds the maximum value, and at the same time the difference of the frequencies of successive pulses exceeds a maximum frequency value.

3. A method of processing a pulse train output signal provided by a Hall sensor that senses the rotational speed and angular position of a rotating wheel, the method comprising:

comparing the amplitudes of the pulses from the Hall sensor with a variable switching threshold value, and adjusting the value of the variable switching threshold value if the difference between the amplitudes of two successive pulses exceeds a maximum value.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 7, 2017
From: MICRONAS GMBH
To: TDK-MICRONAS GMBH
Reel/Frame 041901/0191 →