EP0231292A1 - Dispositif de detection - Google Patents

Dispositif de detection

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EP0231292A1
EP0231292A1 EP19860904745 EP86904745A EP0231292A1 EP 0231292 A1 EP0231292 A1 EP 0231292A1 EP 19860904745 EP19860904745 EP 19860904745 EP 86904745 A EP86904745 A EP 86904745A EP 0231292 A1 EP0231292 A1 EP 0231292A1
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detector
pulses
pulse
detector device
vicinity
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Iain Godfrey Saul
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CONSOLIDATED TECHNOLOGY PTY Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V3/00—Electric or magnetic prospecting or detecting; Measuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination, deviation
    • G01V3/08—Electric or magnetic prospecting or detecting; Measuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination, deviation operating with magnetic or electric fields produced or modified by objects or geological structures or by detecting devices
    • G01V3/10—Electric or magnetic prospecting or detecting; Measuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination, deviation operating with magnetic or electric fields produced or modified by objects or geological structures or by detecting devices using induction coils
    • G01V3/101—Electric or magnetic prospecting or detecting; Measuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination, deviation operating with magnetic or electric fields produced or modified by objects or geological structures or by detecting devices using induction coils by measuring the impedance of the search coil; by measuring features of a resonant circuit comprising the search coil
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/94—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated
    • H03K17/945—Proximity switches
    • H03K17/95—Proximity switches using a magnetic detector
    • H03K17/9512—Proximity switches using a magnetic detector using digital techniques
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/94—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated
    • H03K17/945—Proximity switches
    • H03K17/95—Proximity switches using a magnetic detector
    • H03K17/952—Proximity switches using a magnetic detector using inductive coils
    • H03K17/9537—Proximity switches using a magnetic detector using inductive coils in a resonant circuit
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/94—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated
    • H03K17/945—Proximity switches
    • H03K17/95—Proximity switches using a magnetic detector
    • H03K17/952—Proximity switches using a magnetic detector using inductive coils
    • H03K17/9537—Proximity switches using a magnetic detector using inductive coils in a resonant circuit
    • H03K17/954—Proximity switches using a magnetic detector using inductive coils in a resonant circuit controlled by an oscillatory signal
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/94—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated
    • H03K17/945—Proximity switches
    • H03K17/955—Proximity switches using a capacitive detector

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a detector device.
  • the invention provides a detector device comprising a generator for generating a signal, a first detector element and a second detector element, means for applying said signal to the first detector element and to the second detector element whereby to generate respective first and second detection signals respect ⁇ ively influenced by the presence of a metal object in the vicinity of the first detector element and by the presence of a dielectric object in the vicinity of the second detector element.
  • the first detector element is of a kind having its inductance varied in the presence of said metal object, the second detector element being of a kind wherein leakage current therefrom, as produced in use, varies when it is in the vicinity of a dielectric object.
  • the generator means in use generates a pulse which is applied to the first and second detector elements.
  • the detector device includes means for generating from the signal when applied to the first and second elements an output signal the relative time of occur ⁇ rence of a particular identifiable feature of which varies when a metal object is brought into the vicinity of the first detector element and when a dielectric object is brought into the vicinity of the second detector element.
  • the identifiable feature is an edge of a pulse comprised in said output signal.
  • the detector means comprises means for generating from the output signal an identification signal the magnitude of which is influenced by the relative time of occur ⁇ rence of said identifiable feature.
  • said generator comprises an oscillator generating repetitive input pulses.
  • Figure 1 is a circuit diagram of a detector device constructed in accordance with the invention.
  • Figures 2A to 2H inclusive are wave-form diagrams showing various signals present in a detection part of the circuit of Figure 1.
  • Figures 3A to 3C inclusive are wave-form diagrams illustrating operation of the device of Figure 1 when used for detecting dielectric objects;
  • Figures 4A to 4C inclusive are wave-form diagrams illustrating operation of the device of Figure 1 when used for detecting metal objects; and Figure 5 is a diagram showing a modification to the circuit of Figure 1.
  • the detector device 10 shown includes an oscillator 12 formed from a Schmitt inverter Gl having its input connected to ground via a capacitor CIO and to its output via a resistor R10 and a parallel connected series circuit comprising a resistor Rll and diode D5.
  • the output signal 13 of oscillator 12 is shown in Figure 2A as being in the form of negative going pulses 14, these being of about 0.5 micro-second duration, at a frequency of about 10 kilohertz.
  • the signal from the oscillator 12 is applied, on the one hand, via an inverter G5 and series resistor R15, to the base of a transistor TR1 and, via a diode Dl, to a metal plate PI.
  • Plate PI comprises a detector element for detecting dielectric articles when in the vicinity of the detector device 10.
  • Another detector element, for detecting the presence of metallic objects in the vicinity of the detector device 10 is formed by an inductance LI.
  • Transistor TR1 has its emitter connected to ground and its collector connected to positive supply via the inductance LI.
  • Inductance LI is connected in parallel with a capacitance C4.
  • Plate PI is coupled to positive supply via a resistor Rl. Signal from plate PI is taken therefrom via a line 22 to switch 24. Signal from the collector of transistor TR1 is taken via a capacitor C5 to switch 24, via a line 23. Switch 24 is a double-throw single-pole switch effective, when in one position, to connect line 22 to the input of a Schmitt inverter G2 and, when in the other position, to connect output of transistor TR1 on line 23 to the inverter G2.
  • the output of inverter G2 is connected via a resistor R20 to the output of a coincidence detector Al.
  • Detector Al has its non-inverting input connected to positive supply via a resistor R22 and its inverting input connected to positive supply via a diode D3.
  • a resistor R23 is connected in parallel with diode D3.
  • the inverting input is also connected to receive output from oscillator 12 via a series circuit comprising diode D2, Schmitt inverter G3 and capacitor C2.
  • the input of inverter G3 is connected to ground via a capacitor Cl and to positive supply via a variable resistor VR1.
  • Output from detector Al is connected via a diode D4 to the inverting input of a comparator A2 and to the
  • output from comparator A3 is connected to positive supply via the series connected light emitting diode LED2 and resistor R29.
  • the switch 24 is effective, when operated to connect inverter G2 to line 22, to condition the device
  • Plate PI is, in the absence of dielectric object in the vicinity thereof and in the absence of 0 application of a pulse from oscillator 12 thereto, raised to a potential of approximately Vcc being the voltage of positive supply applied to the device. This arises because the only ground connection for the plate PI is provided by the high input resistance of inverter G2 and by the capacitance presented across the plate PI to ground, represented principally by the input capacitance of the device G2. In a steady state condi- tion, then, substantially no current flow through resistor Rl occurs.
  • resistor Rl is effect ⁇ ively grounded for the duration of the pulse whereby the voltage on line 22, as across plate PI, falls to sub- stantially zero.
  • the potential of line 22 will rise again to the supply voltage Vcc, following an exponentially rising curve the rate of rise being dependant upon the value of resistor Rl, the input capacitance of inverter G2 and any losses from plate PI occurring by current flow through resistor Rl to plate PI as will occur when a dielectric object is in close proximity to the plate PI.
  • the rise rate is dependant upon whether or such an object is present in the vicinity of the plate PI.
  • the resultant output signal 15 as applied on line 22 to inverter G2 is shown at figure 2B as comprising negative going pulses 32, the exponentially rising trailing edges of the pulses been shown at 32a.
  • Inverter G2 will switch, at its output, from a low to a high state as the potential on line 22 rises above a threshold voltage represented at 34 in Figure 2B. Thus, the inverter is switched on at times coinciding with the negative going leading edges of the pulses 32 and off at times when the rising trailing edge 32a of each pulse 32 crosses the threshold 34.
  • the resultant output signal 17 from inverter G2 exhibits a series of a positive going pulses 36 as shown m Figure 2C, where the pulses have a frequency the same as that of the oscillator 12 but have a pulse width that varies in accordance with the rate of rise of the voltage on plate PI.
  • Inverter G3 is triggered on at the leading edges of the pulses 38 and off when the voltage at the trailing edge of each pulse 38 rises above a threshold value 40 for the inverter G3.
  • the output 21 of inverter G3 shown at Figure 2E comprises relatively inverted "stretched" pulses 42 corresponding in frequency to the frequency of oscillation of oscillator 12 and having a pulse length dependant upon - the value of resistor VR1 which value is variable to permit variation of the pulse length.
  • the stretched pulse output from inverter G3 is differentiated by capacitor C2 and clipped by diode D3.
  • the resultant output signal 23 at the point "A" shown in the circuit, exhibits negative going pulses 44 with a frequency exactly corresponding to that of the oscillator 12 but which pulses are delayed relative to the leading edges of corresponding pulses 14 by a time pre-settable in accordance with the setting of the resistor VR1.
  • Detector Al is effective to bring together the delayed pulses 44 generated at point A and signal derived from the variable width pulses generated at the output of inverter G2, in such a way that any increase of decrease in pulse width caused by losses from plate PI due to presence of the dielectric object can be determined.
  • Figure 3A shows, at (a), (b) and (c) , three pulses 36 from inverter G2, for respective conditions where the pulse width is at a static condition, where the pulse width is increased, and where that width is decreased.
  • Detector Al is in this instance an open collector voltage comparator, and may be considered as being equivalent to a PNP transistor having its collector coupled to the output of inverter G2, its base connected to point "A” and its emitter connected to Vcc. Output will only appear when there is a positive signal present at the output of inverter G2 and a negative voltage, at point "A". Thus, only when a pulse 36 overlaps with a pulse 44 will a signal appear at the output of the comparator Al, at the point "B" shown.
  • Pulses 44 are shown in Figure 3B at (d) , (e) and (f) . These are illustrated as occurring at respective constant delays after the beginning of corresponding pulses 14 and thus at respective constant delays after beginning of corresponding pulses 36.
  • the actual delay is established by adjusting variable resistor VR1 so that under a predetermined "static" condition of the pulses 36 ( (a) in Figure 3A) the trailing edges of pulses 36 barely coincide with the pulses 44.
  • the result will be an output pulse 60 from comparator Al as shown at (g) in Figure 3C. This pulse has an amplitude about midway between ground and Vcc.
  • the leading edge and, more particu- larly, the trailing edge of each pulse 36 exhibit some slope while the training edges of pulses 60 also exhibit some slope.
  • the actual amplitude of the pulses 60 will be influenced by the extent of overlap of pulses 36 and 44, the magnitude being determined by the magnitude of pulses 36, 44 at the times of overlap.
  • the amplitude of pulses 60 thus indicates the losses occurring from plate PI and is representative of the presence or absence of a dielectric object in the vicinity of the plate PI, or more particularly is representative changes in thickness of a' dielectric material introduced near plate PI.
  • the output pulses from detector Al are applied via diode D4 to charge capacitor C3 whereby to produce a DC voltage having an amplitude approximately equal to the magnitude of the output pulses 60 from detector Al.
  • the comparators A2, A3 are coupled to illuminate diodes LEDl, and LED2 respectively when the output magnitude from capacitor C3 increases or decreases relative to the fixed voltage level applied to these from voltage divider R26, R27.
  • the resistor VR1 may be adjusted so that neither of diodes LEDl, LED2 is illuminated, whereafter, on movement of the detector over the material, one or other of the diodes will be illuminated when such variation is encountered.
  • the negative going pulses generated by oscillator 12 and inverted by inverter G5 are, as described, fed to the base of the NPN transistor TR1.
  • Transmission TRl is caused to conduct for the duration of each pulse, whereby to cause current flow through the parallel connected inductance LI and capacitor C4.
  • Figure 2G shows this exponentially decaying oscillating voltage at 70. This voltage is fed via DC blocking capacitor C5 to the inverter G2.
  • the "delayed pulses" 44 appearing at the point "A" are, by suitable adjustment of resistor VR1, so delayed and that these pulses 44 are brought into coincidence with either leading or trailing edge transitions of chosen pulses 72a of the pulse train 72 from inverter G2.
  • the coincidence detector Al operates in a fashion somewhat similar to that previously described, in the dielectric detection mode, to produce variable amplitude pulses with changing coincidence between the "delayed pulse” 44 and the chosen pulse of pulse train 72. With greatly increasing coincidence, the pulse width of the resultant output, as before, increases in width once the amplitude approaches voltage Vcc. This action is described more fully later.
  • the frequency of the exponentially decaying oscillating voltage produced at the collector of transistor TRl changes as metal is brought into proximity with the inductance LI.
  • the frequency will be reduced when ferrous metal is in- troduced into the vicinity of the inductance and decreased when non-ferrous metals are so introduced.
  • the timing of pulses 44 at point A is shown as arranged to coincide with the leading edge of the third pulse 72a of each pulse train 72 produced from inverter G2, in such a fashion that the resultant output "B" comprises respective pulses 60 of an intermediate magnitude.
  • the frequency of the pulse trains 72 increases as shown in Figure 4B
  • the relative point of occurrence of the pulses 44 is differ ⁇ ent and no longer coincides with a leading edge of the forementioned third pulses.
  • there is an increased coincidence time between the selected pulses 72a and the corresponding pulses 60 so that the resultant output pulses 60 from detector Al are increased in amplitude.
  • the amplitude of pulses 60 from detector Al drops.
  • variable resistor VR1 is adjusted, in the absence of a metal object, to give pulses 60 of the form shown in Figure 4A, and any increase or decrease in the amplitude as represented by Figures 4B and 4C will be signalled by illumination of diodes LEDl, LED2.
  • the collector of transistor TR2 is coupled to the output of inverter G2, via resistor R20, whilst the base of this transistor TR2 is coupled to ground.
  • Diode D4 couples from the collector of transistor TR2 to the base of a transistor TR3.
  • the collector of transistor TR3 is coupled to Vcc whilst the emitter is connected to ground via the meter M.
  • comparator Al may be replaced by an AND or EXOR gate or any other means suitable for detecting overlap of pulses. Depending on the mode of action of such means, it may be necessary to change the voltage sense at point A, by inversion so that the signal pulses at that point are positive going.
  • a further modification would be to insert a resistor to present a resistance between resistors R26 and R27 instead of coupling these together.
  • the non-inverting input of comparator A2 is connected to the junction between resistor R26 and the newly inserted resistor, while the inverting input of comparator A3 is connected to the junction between resistor R27 and the newly inserted resistor.
  • Embodiments of the invention are useful as detectors capable of being set to a condition where they are able to detect the presence of wall studs behind the wall (dielectric variation detection) or to a condition where they are able to detect electric wiring within a ' wall (metal detection) .

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Abstract

Un dispositif de détection (10) comprend un oscillateur (L2) destiné à produire un signal, une inductance (L1) et une plaque de métal (P1). Le signal est appliqué à ces éléments par lesquels sont produits un premier et un second signal de détection influencés respectivement par la présence d'un objet métallique dans le voisinage de l'inductance (L1) et par la présence d'un objet diélectrique dans le voisinage de la plaque (P1).
EP19860904745 1985-08-06 1986-08-06 Dispositif de detection Pending EP0231292A1 (fr)

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