IP Library Granted Patent US 8,510,069
Granted Patent B2
US 8,510,069 · App. 13/042,878 · Granted Aug 13, 2013

Feedback apparatus and feedback method for controlling a servomotor

Inventors: Ulrich Armbruster (Donaueschingen, DE); Josef Siraky (Donaueschingen, DE)
Assignee: Sick Stegmann GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,510,069
App. No.
13/042,878
Granted
Aug 13, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A feedback system for controlling a servo motor comprising at least one rotary angle sensor and at least one rotary speed sensor, wherein the rotary angle sensor supplies a measured rotary angle value to a computer, wherein the rotary speed sensor supplies a measured rotary speed value to the computer, the actual rotary speed values are the measured rotary angle values interpolated according to the integrated measured rotary speed values, and wherein at high rotary speeds, the actual rotary speed values are the calibrated measured rotary angle values, differentiated with respect to time, and at low rotary speeds, the actual rotary speed values are the measured rotary speed values.

Claims (7)

1. A feedback apparatus for controlling a servo motor, comprising at least one rotary angle sensor and at least one rotary speed sensor, wherein the rotary angle sensor supplies a rotary angle measured value to a computer, wherein the rotary speed sensor supplies a rotary speed measured value to the computer, wherein in the computer the rotary speed measured value is integrated to form reference rotary angles, wherein the reference rotary angles are compared with the rotary angle measured values calculate rotary angle correction values, wherein the rotary angle measured values are calibrated using the rotary angle correction values, wherein the computer provides actual rotary angle values and/or actual rotary speed values for control purposes, wherein at high rotary speeds, the actual rotary speed values are the calibrated measured rotary angle values, and at low rotary speeds, the actual rotary speed values are the rotary angle measurements interpolated according to the integrated rotary speed measurements, and wherein at high rotary speeds, the actual rotary speed values are the calibrated rotary angle measurements differentiated with respect to time, and at low rotary speeds, the actual rotary speed values are the measured rotary speed values.

2. The feedback apparatus according to claim 1 , in which the rotary speed sensor is an optical gyroscope.

3. The feedback apparatuses according to claim 2 , in which the optical gyroscope is a fiber optic gyroscope.

4. The feedback apparatus according to claim 1 , in which the rotary angle sensor has a periodic graduation, which is scanned, generating sine and cosine signals, which are interpolated to obtain angle resolution.

5. The feedback apparatus according to claim 1 , in which an angular acceleration sensor is additionally or optionally provided, which supplies angular acceleration measured values to the computer.

6. The feedback apparatus according to claim 1 , in which a temperature sensor is additionally provided, which supplies temperature measurements to the computer.

7. A feedback method for controlling a servo motor, in which at least one rotary angle measured value and at least one rotary speed measured value are measured, in which the rotary speed measured value is integrated over time, in which the time integrated measured value is compared with the rotary angle measured value and in each case rotary angle correction values are calculated, in which the rotary angle measured values are corrected on the basis of the rotary angle correction values, in which actual rotary angle values and/or actual rotary speed values are provided for controlling the servo motor, wherein at high rotary speeds, the actual rotary angle values are the corrected rotary angle measured values, and at low rotary speeds, the actual rotary angle values are the integrated rotary speed measured values, and wherein at high rotary speeds, the actual rotary speed values are the corrected rotary angle measured values differentiated with respect to time, and at low speeds, the actual rotary speed values are the rotary speed measured values.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2022
From: SICK STEGMANN GMBH
To: SICK AG
Reel/Frame 059073/0934 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2011
From: ARMBRUSTER, ULRICH; SIRAKY, JOSEF
To: SICK STEGMANN GMBH
Reel/Frame 025998/0034 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 10003522 · Mar 31, 2010 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110246113A1 · Oct 6, 2011