EP0250442A1 - Positioning system - Google Patents
Positioning systemInfo
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- EP0250442A1 EP0250442A1 EP19860902935 EP86902935A EP0250442A1 EP 0250442 A1 EP0250442 A1 EP 0250442A1 EP 19860902935 EP19860902935 EP 19860902935 EP 86902935 A EP86902935 A EP 86902935A EP 0250442 A1 EP0250442 A1 EP 0250442A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- G01S17/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. lidar systems
- G01S17/74—Systems using reradiation of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. IFF, i.e. identification of friend or foe
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- the present invention relates to a system for detection and determination of a relative position between a first unit arranged in a first plane and a second unit arranged in a second plane parallel to said first plane and spaced therefrom, said units being mutually movable parallel to said planes, and said first unit having a radiation source for trans ⁇ mitting a beam of rays directed against said second unit, and a radiation detector for detecting a beam of rays retransmitted from said second unit, said second unit having a passive means adapted, when said relative position lies within specific limits, to receive the beam of rays transmitted from said radiation source and to retransmit the radiation received towards said radiation detector which is adapted, in response - to the retransmitted beam of rays, to provide position information corresponding to said relative position.
- Positioning systems of this type may be used for example when one wishes to establish a desired position of a movable first unit relative to a sta ⁇ tionary second unit, to detect that the desired posi ⁇ tion has been attained, or that this position lies within specific limits.
- drive means for controlling the movable first unit prefer- ably are adapted to receive the position information provided by said radiation detector in order to inter ⁇ rupt, in response to this information, the movement of said first unit when the desired position has been attained, or to direct said first unit towards a dif- ferent position relative to said stationary second unit.
- One field of application of such positioning systems is the positioning of automatically controlled trucks of the type which are caused to follow a path or a loop on a factory floor or the like and which are stopped at predetermined positions or stations located along said path. It is especially important that the truck can be accurately positioned in rela- tion to a given station if the truck supports a robot or the like whose movement pattern, when the truck has stopped at the station at issue, is dependent on a reference system which is stationary relative to the station or the floor. If the truck is posi- tioned incorrectly by means of the above-mentioned positioning system at the station, the subsequent movements of the robot will be correspondingly in ⁇ correct.
- Another application is the relative alignment of mutually movable machine components.
- a third application is the alignment of a vehicle drawhook with a trailer or the like.
- the source of radiation and the radiation detector preferably are mounted on the vehicle adjacent the drawhook thereof, the passive radiation receiving and retransmitting means being provided adjacent the trailer coupling member.
- the said passive means re ⁇ ceives radiation transmitted by the source of radia ⁇ tion and retransmits it to the radiation detector which, in response thereto, provides information to the driver that the vehicle is in correct position, whereupon the vehicle and the trailer can be coupled up.
- Swedish Patent 366,127 discloses a system which is adapted to indicate a predetermined position be ⁇ tween a first and a second object, said system being characterised in that the first object comprises a light transmitter and a light receiver with parallel optical axes, that the second object comprises a light. reflector which, when the predetermined position be ⁇ tween the said two objects has been attained, is adapted to received light from the transmitter and to reflect said light in parallel with the received light towards the light receiver on the first unit, and that said light receiver is adapted to indicate the said prede ⁇ termined position.
- the light reflector here is a so-called retroreflector, and the reflected light is transmitted from the reflector at substantially the same point where the reflector receives the correspond ⁇ ing light, which means that a turn of the reflector about an axis perpendicular to the main plane of said reflector does not affect the indication result.
- this system thus comprises a source of radiation and a radiation detector on the first unit and a radiation receiving and retrans ⁇ mitting means on the second unit.
- Swedish Patent 366,127 is not, however, suited for the determination and detection of a relative position between a first unit arranged in a first plane and a second unit arranged in a second plane parallel to said first plane and spaced therefrom, which units are mutually movable in a direction of movement parallel to the said planes. More particularly, the system according to Swedish
- Patent 366,127 is arranged to detect a relative position between two objects approaching one another substan ⁇ tially in parallel with the optical axes of the radia ⁇ tion source and the radiation detector, whereas the present invention aims at solving the problems encoun ⁇ tered when the two units are moving relative to one another in planes perpendicular to the said optical axes. Furthermore, the system according to the present invention provides possibilities of fine positioning, which is not the case with the system of Swedish Patent 366,127.
- DE 2,617,797 discloses a system for optical measure ⁇ ment of a relative position between two units mutually movable in parallel planes, said first unit having a radiation source and a radiation detector, and said second unit having a passive means adapted to receive radiation transmitted from the radiation detector and to retransmit said radiation towards said radiation detector which is adapted, in response to the retrans ⁇ mitted radiation, to provide position information cor- responding to said relative position.
- the radiation detector here consists of two photocells arranged closely adjacent one 'another, the position indicating information being calculated on the basis of how great a part of the retransmitted radiation impinges upon each of said photocells.
- the passive means consists of a reflective planar surface or a V-shaped prism, the base of which is facing said first unit.
- the system disclosed by DE 2,617,797 thus merely permits position determination in one direction, which for instance in the positioning of automatically con ⁇ trolled trucks does not give sufficient accuracy, especially if the truck supports a robot or the like whose movements are calculated on the basis of a refe ⁇ rence system which is stationary relative to the floor and which requires position determination in two dimen ⁇ sions in order to achieve adequate accuracy.
- the passive means according to DE 2,617,797 is a planar reflective surface
- a "turn of the second unit about an axis perpendicular to said plane cannot be detected, and in the event that said passive means is a V-shaped prism, a turn of said second unit about said axis will cause the radiation retransmitted from said prism to fall out ⁇ side the two photocells, such that there will be no position information even if the two units are close to one another.
- a number of difficulties are encountered in the event that the positioning system of the type mentioned by way of introduction is used for interrupting the movement of a movable unit when this has been moved into such a position relative to a stationary unit that radiation is transmitted from said movable unit to said stationary unit and back to said stationary unit.
- the detection area of the system may be so large that satisfactory accuracy in the positioning of the first unit is obtained only within a limited part of the detection area.
- the means provided for driving and con ⁇ trolling the movable unit may respond slowly to the position information given by the radiation detector, such that the movable unit is not stopped at the point where detection is obtained.
- prior art positioning systems of the type here concerned offer no or but limited correction possibilities, in the event a position indication has been obtained, but an inccorrect relative position has been attained in response to this position indication.
- the invention aims at solving the above-mentioned difficulties, and this is achieved if use is made of a positioning system of the type disclosed by way of introduction, said system being further charac ⁇ terised in that the passive means has a separate radia ⁇ tion receiving portion which is extended in said second plane and within which the transmitted beam of rays impinges when said relative position lies within said limits, and a separate radiation retransmitting por- tion which is in optical communication with and, as seen in a direction parallel to said second plane, is spaced a distance from said radiation receiving portion; and that said radiation detector has a two- dimensionally position sensitive detection area, the beam of rays retransmitted from said radiation retrans ⁇ mitting portion having a convergence such that it impinges on a limited part of the detection area when said relative position lies within said limits, said radiation detector being further arranged such that the position information provided contains information about where the retransmitted beam of rays impinges in the two-dimensionally extended detection area.
- the positioning system thus comprises both a distance between the receiving location and the retransmitting location of the second unit and a distance between .the radiation source and the radiation detector' of the fi ' rst unit and, further ⁇ more, a detection area extended in two dimensions, for which reason the positioning and/or position deter ⁇ mination of said first unit in relation to said second unit can be carried out on the one hand in two dimen ⁇ sions and, on the other hand, with far higher accuracy than is possible in prior art positioning systems.
- the extent of the receiving location in this direction is at least as large as the extent of the detection area in the same direction.
- the radiation detector is a semiconductor detector which is position sensitive in one or two dimensions and has a detection area extended conti ⁇ nuously in two dimensions in the first plane.
- a semi- conductor detector of this type, which is position sensitive in two dimensions, is commercially available under the tradename Sitek. A detailed description of the function and construction of this detector is given in, for example, the publication "Elteknik med through elektronik", 1983, No. 17, pp. 96 and 97.)
- the radiation detector may comprise a plurality of separate radiation sen ⁇ sitive elements, such as photocells or the like, which are distributed in two dimensions, for example in parallel with the first plane. The fine positioning accuracy is, in this instance, directly dependent on the number or denseness of the radiation sensitive elements.
- the passive means consists of at least one optical fibre, one end of which is attached at the receiving location and the other end at the retransmitting location on the second unit.
- the radiation source and the radiation detector, arranged in the first plane, of said first unit are spaced apart essentially the same distance as the said distance between the receiving and retransmitting locations of said second unit, whereby the directions of the trans- mitted and the retransmitted radiations will be essen ⁇ tially parallel.
- a particular advantage of the system according to the invention is that it can be provided with spe ⁇ cific identification means with which it is possible, on the basis of the position information provided by the detector, to distinguish the second unit from similar units with other identification means.
- Such an identification means may consist of, for example, a screen which is mounted at the retransmitting loca- tion of the passive means and has a pattern specific for the second unit.
- the radiation detector is here adapted to sense different radiation patterns and to provide identification information corresponding to these patterns. This possibility is of special interest in the above-mentioned application for auto ⁇ matically controlled trucks where each station can be provided with such identification means.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an especially preferred embodiment of a positioning system according to the invention
- Figs. 2A and 2B are lateral views of the system shown in Fig. 1 and illustrate an especially preferred mode of application thereof
- Fig. 2A and 2B are lateral views of the system shown in Fig. 1 and illustrate an especially preferred mode of application thereof
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the applica ⁇ tion of the positioning system according to the inven ⁇ tion to automatically controlled trucks.
- Fig. 1 which illustrates the basic design of a positioning system according to the invention, shows a movable first unit 1 and a stationary second unit 2.
- the units 1 and 2 are arranged each in one XY plane which are mutually parallel and spaced apart in the Z direction, as indicated by the coordinate system in Fig. 1.
- the movement of the first unit 1 in relation to the stationary unit 2 is accomplished by control and drive means not shown.
- the first unit 1 is movable in at least the X direction and the Y direction in the first plane.
- the first unit 1 On its side la facing the second unit 2, the first unit 1 is provided with a radiation source 3 and a radiation detector 4 spaced therefrom and sensitive to radiation of the same frequency as the radiation frequency of the source 3.
- the frequence may lie in, for example, the visible or infrared range of the spectrum.
- the second unit 2 which is spaced from the first unit 1 in the Z direction, is provided on its side 2a facing the first unit 1 with a radiation receiving location 5 and a radiation retransmitting location
- the second unit 2 is provided with a passive means 7 which, in the embodiment illu ⁇ strated, is constituted by at least one ⁇ -shaped optical fibre, one end 8 of which is located at the receiving location 5, while the other end 9 is located at the retransmitting location 6.
- the second unit 2 is pro- vided at its receiving location 5 with a collecting lens (not shown) or the like for directing incident radiation Si at the receiving location 5 against the input end 8 of the optical fibre 7, and at its retrans ⁇ mitting location 6 with a screen (not shown) or the like, the function of which will be explained in more detail below.
- the receiving location 5 and the retransmitting location 6 of the second unit 2 are spaced apart a distance A equalling the distance between the radiation source 3 and the radia ⁇ tion detector 4 of the first unit 1, and the optical axis of the radiation source 3 is parallel to the optical axis of the retransmitting location 6, where ⁇ by the radiation SI transmitted by the source of radia- tion 3 is parallel to the radiation S2 transmitted from the retransmitting location.
- the body of the second unit may be made of any suitable material, and the optical fibre 7, the collect ⁇ ing lens and the screen may be incorporated with said body during the production thereof, such that an inte- grated and robust unit is obtained.
- the radiation detector 4 of the first unit 1 is extended in both the X direction and the Y direction in the first plane, and the receiving location 5 of the second unit is extended both in the X direction and in the Y direction in the second plane, for reasons that will be explained below.
- the radiation detector 4 is adapted to provide position information signals when the radiation S2 retransmitted from the second unit is directed against the detection area of the detector 4.
- the radiation detector 4 which thus has a detection area extended in the first plane, consists of a position sensitive semiconductor detector which provides electrical signals indicating where on the detection area of the radiation detector 4 the retransmitted radiation S2 impinges.
- Fig. 1 the point of incidence of the retrans- mitted radiation S2 is designated P.
- Fig. 1 and Figs. 2A and 2B The application of the positioning system described above with reference to Fig. 1 to position detection and position determination will now be explained in more detail, reference being had to Figs. 2A and 2B and like components being identified by like reference numerals in, respectively.
- Fig. 1 and Figs. 2A and 2B For the sake simplicity, the mode of operation of the system will be explained only in that case when the first unit 1 is moving and positioned in the X direction, but it will be appreciated that the system operates in the same manner whether the movement occurs in the Y direction or in both the X direction and the Y direction.
- the movable unit 1 is spaced from the stationary unit 2 a distance such that the radiation Si transmitted by the radiation source 3 is not directed against the receiving location 5 of the second unit 2.
- the first unit has as yet not been positioned in this stage.
- first unit 1 In a second stage, coarse positioning of the first unit 1 relative to the second unit 2 is carried out.
- This coarse positioning is accomplished in that the first unit 1 is moved by means of the above-mentioned control and drive means towards the second unit 2 up to the location where the radiation SI transmitted by the radiation source 3 impinges at the receiving location 5 of the second unit 2, passes through the collecting lens (not shown) and through the optical fibre 7, and is retransmitted (S2) towards the detec ⁇ tion area of the detector 4.
- the detector 4 On receiving the retrans- mitted radiation S2, the detector 4 supplies position information which indicates that coarse positioning has been established and also where on the detection area the retransmitted radiation S2 impinges.
- the "point of incidence" on the detection area is designated Pi, and the position information supplied in Fig. 2A thus contains information corresponding to the point PI.
- the first unit has been moved to a position which deviates by ⁇ X from the desired position shown in Fig. 2B.
- the first unit is caused, in response to the position information corresponding to the point Pi, to move towards the desired position shown in Fig. 2B, i.e. to the right in Fig. 2A, by means of said control and drive means.
- the point of incidence of the retransmitted radia- tion S2 will lie within the detection area of the detector 4 during the entire fine positioning, and that the position information provided by the detector 4 is continuously supplied to said control and drive means during the entire fine positioning.
- Relative movement of the units 1 and 2 during fine positioning obviously is restricted on the one hand by the extent of the detection range in the direction of movement and, on the other hand, by the extent of the receiving location 5 of the second unit 2 in the same direction.
- the above-mentioned positioning process comprising a coarse positioning and a subsequent fine positioning, may be especially preferred in those cases when it is desired to move the movable unit 1 at high speed between the positions in which it is intended to stop.
- the present invention is especially suitable for the positioning of automatically controlled trucks or the like which are controlled automatically along a path, loop or the like laid out on a factory floor.
- This particular use of the positioning system according to the invention will now be described in more detail, reference being had to Fig. 3 which from above and schematically illustrates an automatically controlled truck 10 which on wheels 11 is guided along a path 12.
- the truck 10 is intended to stop at a plurality of stations 13 along the path 12.
- the truck is provided with a first first unit 1 supporting a radiation source 3 and a radiation detector 4, the stations being provided each with one second unit 2 having a radiation receiv ⁇ ing location 5 and a radiation retransmitting location 6.
- the said second, stationary and passive units 2 preferably are let into the floor, such that the upper side 2a of the units lies in the plane of the floor surface.
- the frequency of the ra- diation transmitted preferably lies within the infrared range of the spectrum.
- the positioning system according to the invention also offers a possibility of identifying different stations 13. Such identification can be accomplished for example by providing, at the radiation retrans ⁇ mitting location 6 of the station 13, a pattern specific for that station.
- the radiation detector 4 on the truck 10 is adapted to detect the retransmitted radiation S2 influenced by the screen and to provide information corresponding to the speci ⁇ fic screen pattern.
- the passive means of the second unit 2 may consist of a plurality of optical fibres 7, the output ends 9 of which are arranged in a specific pattern at the retransmitting location 6. For detecting such a pattern a two-dimen ⁇ sional set of photocells may be utilised for the detec ⁇ tor 4 on the truck 10.
- the positioning of the truck 10 in relation to the respective stations 13 may be accomplished by the coarse positioning and subsequent fine position ⁇ ing described above with reference to Figs. 2A and 2B.
- the positioning system according to the invention is especially applicable to the case where the truck 10 supports a robot or the like which is movable relative to the truck and adapted, when the truck 10 has been arranged in position at a station 13, to perform a movement pattern in relation to a reference system which is stationary relative to said station 13. In this case, fine positioning of the truck 10 may be omitted.
- positioning can be carried out such that the truck 10 is caused to move towards a station 13 to a position in which radiation SI transmitted by the radiation source 3 falls within the receiving location 5 of the station 13, and the retransmitted radiation S2 falls within the detection area of the detector 4.
- the truck is caused to stop, where ⁇ upon a reference system for the robot movement pattern is calculated on the basis of the position information provided by the detector 4, said reference system being dependent on the exact position of the truck 10 relative to the station 13, i.e. dependent on the point of incidence P of the retransmitted radiation S2 on the detection area of the detector 4.
- the two units 1 and 2 may be mounted on two objects which also are movable in the Z direc ⁇ tion, in which case it may sometimes be interesting also to provide a positioning in the Z direction.
- Such positioning can be achieved if the optical axes of the -radiation source 3 and the radiation detector 4 are inclined relative to one another, for example by making the distance between the source 3 and the detector 4 greater than the distance between the re ⁇ ceiving location 5 and the retransmitting location 6.
- Such a system with inclined optical axes gives a closed radiation path only if the distance in the Z direction between the first unit 1 and the second unit 2 lies within specific limits.
- the passive means 7 in the second unit 2 need not consist of op ⁇ tical fibres; it may also be, for example, a mirror system or the like.
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Abstract
Le système de positionnement ci-décrit permet la détection et la détermination d'une position relative entre une première unité (1) disposée dans un premier plan et une seconde unité (2) disposée dans un second plan parallèle au premier plan et espacée de celui-ci. Les unités (1, 2) sont mutuellement mobiles parallèlement aux plans, et la première unité (1) possède une source de radiations (3) pour la transmission d'un faisceau de rayons (S1) dirigés contre la seconde unité (2), et un détecteur de radiations (4) pour détecter un faisceau de rayons (S2) retransmis par ladite seconde unité (2). La seconde unité (2) possède des moyens passifs (7) adaptés, lorsque ladite position relative se trouve dans des limites spécifiques, pour recevoir le faisceau de rayons (S1) transmis par la source de radiations et pour retransmettre (S2) la radiation reçue vers le détecteur de radiations (4). Le système est caractérisé en ce que les moyens passifs (7) possèdent une portion de réception de radiations séparée (5) qui s'étend dans ledit second plan et sur laquelle tombe le faisceau de rayons transmis (S1) lorsque ladite position relative se trouve dans lesdites limites et une portion de retransmission de radiations séparée (6) qui est en communication optique et, vue suivant une direction parallèle au second plan, est espacée d'une distance A par rapport à ladite portion de réception de radiations (5). Le détecteur de radiations (4) possède une zone de détection à sensibilité de position bidimensionnelle, le faisceau de rayons (S2) retransmis par ladite portion de retransmission de radiations ayant une convergence telle qu'il tombe sur une partie limitée (P) de la zone de détection, le détecteur de radiations étant agencé de sorte qu'il fournit les informations de position relatives au lieu où (P) le faisceau retransmis de rayons (S2) tombe dans la zone de détection.The positioning system described below allows the detection and determination of a relative position between a first unit (1) arranged in a first plane and a second unit (2) arranged in a second plane parallel to the first plane and spaced from that -this. The units (1, 2) are mutually mobile parallel to the planes, and the first unit (1) has a radiation source (3) for the transmission of a beam of rays (S1) directed against the second unit (2), and a radiation detector (4) for detecting a beam of rays (S2) retransmitted by said second unit (2). The second unit (2) has passive means (7) suitable, when said relative position is within specific limits, for receiving the beam of rays (S1) transmitted by the radiation source and for retransmitting (S2) the radiation received to the radiation detector (4). The system is characterized in that the passive means (7) have a separate radiation receiving portion (5) which extends in said second plane and onto which falls the beam of transmitted rays (S1) when said relative position is within said limits and a separate radiation retransmission portion (6) which is in optical communication and, viewed in a direction parallel to the second plane, is spaced apart by a distance A relative to said radiation receiving portion (5). The radiation detector (4) has a detection zone with two-dimensional position sensitivity, the ray beam (S2) retransmitted by said radiation retransmission portion having a convergence such that it falls on a limited part (P) of the detection zone, the radiation detector being arranged so that it supplies the position information relating to the place where (P) the retransmitted beam of rays (S2) falls in the detection zone.
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