WO1987007945A1 - Opto-electronic scale-reading apparatus - Google Patents

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WO1987007945A1
WO1987007945A1 PCT/GB1987/000435 GB8700435W WO8707945A1 WO 1987007945 A1 WO1987007945 A1 WO 1987007945A1 GB 8700435 W GB8700435 W GB 8700435W WO 8707945 A1 WO8707945 A1 WO 8707945A1
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  • This invention relates to opto-electronic scale-reading apparatus.
  • International Publication No. W086/03833 discloses an opto-electronic scale-reading apparatus comprising a scale defined by spaced lines, a read head, the read head and the scale being movable one relative to the other in the direction of spacing of the lines, the read head comprising projecting means for projecting light on to the scale along a first path, the scale co-operating to pass on the light from the projecting means along a second path, the light so passed on having a pattern corresponding to the spacing of the lines, receiving means for receiving the light as passed on by the scale along said second path, and spatial filter means arranged in said second path for determing that, regarding the pattern passed on from the scale, substantially only lines of a given periodicity are transmitted by the -2- spatial filter means.
  • Fig. 1 is a sectional side view of a read head and scale combination together with a diagrammatic layout of an opto-electronic phase detection system.
  • Fig. 2 is a section of the lie Fig. 1 together with a phase diagram of a moire fringe.
  • Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a modified grating.
  • Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of Fig. 1 and shows the optical geometry of a spatial filter being part of the apparatus.
  • Fig. 5 is a circuit diagram.
  • a scale 10 has scale lines 10A spaced in the direction, X, of the length of the scale.
  • a light source 12 is connected by an input optical fibre 13 to a read head 11 where an end 15 of the fibre is positioned to emit incident light on to a collimating lens 16 having an axis 16A.
  • the incident collimated beam, denoted 17, passes through a colour filter 18 having three sections 19,20,21 of -3- different colours, and further passes through a first grating 24 and a second grating 25.
  • the fibre 30 connects the read head 11 to a colour-discriminator 35 having a first dichroic filter 36 for reflecting the colour of the section 19 on to a sensor 37 while transmitting the other two colours, a second dichroic filter 38 for reflecting the colour of the section 20 on to a sensor 39, and a sensor 40 for sensing the remaining colour, i.e. that of the section 21.
  • the sensors 37,39,40, whose outputs are denoted A,B,C, are connected to a phase detection circuit 41 whose outputs 42,43 represent the sine and cosine terms of light modulations 44 (Fig. 1) produced by the gratings 24,25.
  • the colour filter 18 constitutes a phase determining means 18.
  • the filter 18 and the descriminator 35 constitute a phase detection system.
  • phase detection is to enable determination of direction of such movement, and possibly also to enable interpolation between successive cycles of the modulations 44.
  • phase detection is enabled by a moire fringe 45 (Fig. 2) produced by angular offset between the gratings 24, 25 about the axis 16A. The offset is equal to one grating pitch so that each cycle of the modulations is accompanied by one moire fringe 45 passing over the grating -4-
  • the actual "reading" of the scale is constituted by counting of the cycles of the modulations 44 by a counter (not shown) operated by the signals 42,43 in a manner known per se.
  • the grating 24 is replaced by a grating 50 comprising grating sections 51,52,53 which are mutually offset to define three phases replacing the moire phases described with reference to Figs. 1,2.
  • the colour filter 18 is used to encode the three phases and make it possible to output them through a single output fibre, i.e. the fibre 30.
  • the fringes 27 are stationary relative to the read head 11 but move along the scale 10 and across the scale lines 10A in accordance with the movement of the read head.
  • the bright regions 27L of the fringes 27 are reflected by the scale in a pattern corresponding to the lines 10A and these reflections constitute light sources S2 which interact with the grating 25 to produce interference fringes 29 at the plane of the grating 24.
  • the fringes 29 move across the lines of the grating 24 and appear at the lens side of the grating 24 as the light modulations 44 which, as mentioned, are focussed by the lens onto the end 31 of the fibre 30.
  • the spacing, P, of the lines 10A may vary so that there can be generated a pattern of many light sources having such a varied spacing.
  • the interference mechanism whereby the grating 25 produces the fringes 29, responds substantially only to those light sources which have a spacing PI, or a multiple thereof, satisfying the geometry of this interference mechanism.
  • the grating 25 is a spatial filter capable of passing or transmitting only a pattern of light sources having the spacing PI, i.e. only those scale lines 10A, having a periodicity lying within the pass band of this filter.
  • the output of the filter is made manifest by the grating 24 in terms of the modulations 44.
  • a movement of the read head corresponding to one cycle of the modulations 44 ⁇ ay be regarded as a unit of displacement and it is clear that this unit is determined primarily by the read head rather than by the scale.
  • the illumination of the scale through the grating 24, and the consequent generation of the fringes 27, causes the scale to be illuminated selectively at locations having the very pitch Pi required for the light sources S2. This reinforces the filtering action.
  • the reinforcing mechanism may be explained by reference to a modulation produced in the second light sources S2 by the relative movement of the lines 10A and the fringes 29 during movement of the read head along the scale. As the second light sources S2 produce the second fringes 29, the modulations of the sources S2 reinforce the modulations 44 produced by movement of the fringes 29 across the grating 24. -6- Further, because each source SI has rays such as SIX perpendicular to the scale, the reflection from the scale can be to a significant extent specular with consequent benefit regarding optical efficiency.

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Abstract

Opto-electronic scale reading apparatus wherein a read head (11) comprises a lens (16) adapted to project a beam of collimated light (17) through a spatial filter (26) on to a scale (10) having lines (10A). Light reflected from the scale (10) passes back through the filter (26) and through the lens (16) to a phase discrimination circuit (41). The filter (26) comprises two gratings (24, 25) co-operating to produce light modulations (44) corresponding to the scale lines (10A). Since the light passes twice through the filter (26) the latter has improved ability to exclude scale lines (10A) not having the periodicity demanded by the filter (26).

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OPTO-ELECTRONIC SCALE-READING APPARATUS
This invention relates to opto-electronic scale-reading apparatus. International Publication No. W086/03833 discloses an opto-electronic scale-reading apparatus comprising a scale defined by spaced lines, a read head, the read head and the scale being movable one relative to the other in the direction of spacing of the lines, the read head comprising projecting means for projecting light on to the scale along a first path, the scale co-operating to pass on the light from the projecting means along a second path, the light so passed on having a pattern corresponding to the spacing of the lines, receiving means for receiving the light as passed on by the scale along said second path, and spatial filter means arranged in said second path for determing that, regarding the pattern passed on from the scale, substantially only lines of a given periodicity are transmitted by the -2- spatial filter means.
It is an object of this invention to improve the efficiency of spatial filtering in said apparatus.
The invention is specified in the claims hereto wherein claim 1 recites that a spatial filtering means is provided both in said first and in said second path.
An embodiment of apparatus according to this invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein: -
Fig. 1 is a sectional side view of a read head and scale combination together with a diagrammatic layout of an opto-electronic phase detection system.
Fig. 2 is a section of the lie Fig. 1 together with a phase diagram of a moire fringe.
Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a modified grating.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of Fig. 1 and shows the optical geometry of a spatial filter being part of the apparatus.
Fig. 5 is a circuit diagram.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, a scale 10 has scale lines 10A spaced in the direction, X, of the length of the scale. A light source 12 is connected by an input optical fibre 13 to a read head 11 where an end 15 of the fibre is positioned to emit incident light on to a collimating lens 16 having an axis 16A. The incident collimated beam, denoted 17, passes through a colour filter 18 having three sections 19,20,21 of -3- different colours, and further passes through a first grating 24 and a second grating 25. Light reflected from the scale 10 passes back through the gratings, the colour filter 18 and the lens 16, and is focussed by the lens onto one end 31 of an output optical fibre 30 situated in close proximity with the end 15 of the fibre 13, the ends 15,30 being situated at opposite sides of the axis 16A. The fibre 30 connects the read head 11 to a colour-discriminator 35 having a first dichroic filter 36 for reflecting the colour of the section 19 on to a sensor 37 while transmitting the other two colours, a second dichroic filter 38 for reflecting the colour of the section 20 on to a sensor 39, and a sensor 40 for sensing the remaining colour, i.e. that of the section 21. The sensors 37,39,40, whose outputs are denoted A,B,C, are connected to a phase detection circuit 41 whose outputs 42,43 represent the sine and cosine terms of light modulations 44 (Fig. 1) produced by the gratings 24,25. The colour filter 18 constitutes a phase determining means 18. The filter 18 and the descriminator 35 constitute a phase detection system.
Referring to Fig. 5, the circuit 41 comprises differential amplifiers 51,52 for producing signal values B-A and B-C, and further differential amplifiers connected to produce signal values A-C and 2B-(A+C) which define respectively the outputs 42,43, i.e. the sine and cosine terms of any one of the signals A,B,C.
The read head 11 is supported for movement along the scale. The purpose of phase detection is to enable determination of direction of such movement, and possibly also to enable interpolation between successive cycles of the modulations 44. In the present example phase detection is enabled by a moire fringe 45 (Fig. 2) produced by angular offset between the gratings 24, 25 about the axis 16A. The offset is equal to one grating pitch so that each cycle of the modulations is accompanied by one moire fringe 45 passing over the grating -4-
24. The filter sections 19, 20, 21 are positioned to colour-code the modulation cycle in terms of three phases as required for the circuit 41. The purpose of the colour-coding is to enable the phases to be transmitted through the single fibre 30.
The actual "reading" of the scale is constituted by counting of the cycles of the modulations 44 by a counter (not shown) operated by the signals 42,43 in a manner known per se. In a modification (Fig. 3), the grating 24 is replaced by a grating 50 comprising grating sections 51,52,53 which are mutually offset to define three phases replacing the moire phases described with reference to Figs. 1,2. Here again, the colour filter 18 is used to encode the three phases and make it possible to output them through a single output fibre, i.e. the fibre 30.
The generation of the modulations 44 will now be described in detail with additional reference to Fig. 4. The path of the light from the lens to the scale, referred to as the first or incident path, is indicated by an arrow I, and the path of the reflected light, referred to as the second or reflected path, is indicated by an arrow R. The gratings 24, 25 constitute a two-way spatial filter 26. In the incident path, the light coming through the grating 24 constitues light sources SI which interact with the grating 25 to produce interference fringes 27 in a plane 27A. The read head is positioned for the plane 27A to lie at a surface of the scale containing the lines 10A. The fringes 27 are stationary relative to the read head 11 but move along the scale 10 and across the scale lines 10A in accordance with the movement of the read head. The bright regions 27L of the fringes 27 are reflected by the scale in a pattern corresponding to the lines 10A and these reflections constitute light sources S2 which interact with the grating 25 to produce interference fringes 29 at the plane of the grating 24. During movement of the read head along the scale the fringes 29 move across the lines of the grating 24 and appear at the lens side of the grating 24 as the light modulations 44 which, as mentioned, are focussed by the lens onto the end 31 of the fibre 30.
It will be appreciated from what is disclosed in said International Publication No. 86/03833 that the spacing, P, of the lines 10A may vary so that there can be generated a pattern of many light sources having such a varied spacing. However, the interference mechanism, whereby the grating 25 produces the fringes 29, responds substantially only to those light sources which have a spacing PI, or a multiple thereof, satisfying the geometry of this interference mechanism. In other words, the grating 25 is a spatial filter capable of passing or transmitting only a pattern of light sources having the spacing PI, i.e. only those scale lines 10A, having a periodicity lying within the pass band of this filter. The output of the filter is made manifest by the grating 24 in terms of the modulations 44. A movement of the read head corresponding to one cycle of the modulations 44 ■ay be regarded as a unit of displacement and it is clear that this unit is determined primarily by the read head rather than by the scale.
It has been found that the illumination of the scale through the grating 24, and the consequent generation of the fringes 27, causes the scale to be illuminated selectively at locations having the very pitch Pi required for the light sources S2. This reinforces the filtering action. The reinforcing mechanism may be explained by reference to a modulation produced in the second light sources S2 by the relative movement of the lines 10A and the fringes 29 during movement of the read head along the scale. As the second light sources S2 produce the second fringes 29, the modulations of the sources S2 reinforce the modulations 44 produced by movement of the fringes 29 across the grating 24. -6- Further, because each source SI has rays such as SIX perpendicular to the scale, the reflection from the scale can be to a significant extent specular with consequent benefit regarding optical efficiency.
For the purpose of actual dimensions of the filter 26 and its spacing from the scale 10, reference is made to our said International Publication No. 86/03833. The formulae given therein establishing the relationship between the pitch of the gratings, and the spacing of the gratings and of the scale, apply equally to the present invention. It is noted also that the filter 26 and the scale 10 are symmetrical with respect to the grating 25 in the sense that the filtering action and fringe formulation are in principle the same during the incident path I and the reflected path R, but the reinforcing mechanism applies of course only to the reflected pass. In other words, relevant diffraction occurs only at the grating 25. The grating 24 only acts to generate light sources for the incident path and th.e scale 10 only acts to provide light sources for the reflected path. Thus only the grating 25 need have the optical quality necessary for di fraction.

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1. Opto-electronic scale reading apparatus comprising
a scale (10) defined by spaced lines 10A,
a read head (11), the read head (11) and the scale (10) being movable one relative to the other in the direction (X) of spacing (P) of the lines,
the read head (11) comprising
projecting means (16) for projecting light on to the scale along a first path (I),
the scale (10) co-operating to pass on the light from the projecting means along a second path R, the light so passed on having a pattern corresponding to the spacing (P) of the lines (10A),
receiving means (16) for receiving the light as passed on by the scale (10) along said second path (R) ,
and spatial filter means (26) arranged in said second path (R) for determining that, regarding the pattern passed on from the scale (10), substantially only lines (10A) of a given periodicity (PI) are transmitted by the spatial filter means (26) ,
characterised in that
spatial filter means (26) are provided both in said first (I) and in said second path (R) .
2. Opto-electronic scale reading apparatus comprising -8- a scale (10) defined by spaced lines (10A),
a read head (11), the read head (11) and the scale being movable one relative to the other in the direction (X) of spacing of the lines,
the read head comprising
projecting means (16) for projecting a beam (17) of incident light on to the scale (10) along a first path (I),
receiving means (16) for receiving the light as reflected from the scale (10) along a second path (R) ,
spatial filter means (26) for determining that, of the lines (10A) reflected from the scale, substantially only lines of a given periodicity (PI) are passed,
characterised in that
spatial filter means (26) are provided both in the path (I) of the projected light and in the path (R) of the reflected light.
3. Apparatus accoridng to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the projecting means (16) is adapted to project collimated light.
4. Apparatus according to claim 2 or claim 3 wherein the projecting means (16) is adapted to produce said beam (17) nominally at right angles to a scale plane being a plane including said lines (10A), so that the reflected light is returned in the sense of direction opposite to that of the incident light, and a single said spatial filter means (26) is provided for both the incident and the reflected light.
5. Apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the single spatial filter means (26) comprises a first and a second grating (24,25) which are spaced apart, and spaced from the scale (10), so that the incident light passes in succession through the first and the second gratings (24,25) and the second grating (25) generates first diffraction fringes (27) in said scale plane, and the reflected light passes in succession through the second and the first grating (25,24) so that the second grating (25) generates second diffraction fringes (29) in the plane of the first grating (24).
6. Apparatus according to claim 5 wherein one (24 or 25) of the first and second gratings is positioned for the grating lines thereof to be angularly offset relative to those of the other grating (25 or 24) about an axis (16A) perpendicular to the planes of the gratings (24,25) thereby to generate, at the first grating (24), light modulations (44) in terms of moire fringes (45), and wherein a phase determination means (18) is provided to determine selected phases of said moire fringes (45)'.
7. Apparatus according to claim 5 wherein the gratings (24,25) are positioned for the lines of the first grating (24) to be parallel to those of the second grating (25), and one (50) of the first and second gratings (24,25) comprises sections (51,52,53) whose respective lines are offset from the lines of the other grating thereby to generate, at the first grating (24), light modulations (44) having a phase separation corresponding to the offset of said sections (51,52,53), and wherein a phase determination means (18) is provided for determining the respective phases of the modulations (44).
8. Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the projecting means comprise a single light source (15) and a collimating lens (16), the light source (15) bein situated at the focussing side of the lens (16) and the spatial filter means (26) being situated at the collimating side of the lens (16) . -10-
9. Apparatus according to claim 8 as dependent on claim 6 or claim 7 wherein the phase determining means (18) comprise colour filter means (18) for encoding the respective said phases, the apparatus further comprising a single light guide (30) one end (31) of which is situated at a focal point of the lens (16) for receiving the encoded phases, and colour-decoding means provided at the other end of the light guide (30) for separating the phases.
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