WO2009084490A1 - 位置決定システム、送信装置、受信装置及び位置決定方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a position determination system that determines the position of a moving body using an ultrasonic signal, and in particular, a position determination system, a transmission device, and a position determination system that can determine the positions of a plurality of moving bodies accurately and stably.
- the present invention relates to a receiving apparatus and a position determination method.
- Patent Document 1 discloses an electronic pen system as an example of a system that determines the position of a moving body by measuring the propagation time using ultrasonic waves.
- an ultrasonic signal and a reception trigger signal are simultaneously transmitted from an electronic pen as a transmitter at a constant period, and a reception trigger is received by a receiver and software.
- the time from the time when the signal is received to the time when the ultrasonic signal transmitted from the electronic pen is received is measured as the propagation time of the ultrasonic wave, and the position of the electronic pen is specified using the propagation time.
- the ultrasonic signal transmitted from the electronic pen is a burst waveform signal as shown in FIG. 17, and the same waveform is transmitted in each transmission cycle.
- the receiver first receives a reception trigger signal, and then receives an ultrasonic signal that arrives late according to the propagation distance.
- an ultrasonic coordinate input device that can simultaneously use a plurality of pens is described in Patent Document 2. Yes.
- an electromagnetic wave signal such as an infrared signal including ID information is transmitted from a fixed body (receiver), and the mobile body (pen) side transmits its own electromagnetic wave signal.
- An ultrasonic wave is transmitted only when an electromagnetic wave signal corresponding to the ID is received. Note that the interval at which the electromagnetic wave signal including the ID information is transmitted is set so that the maximum range in which the coordinate input is performed is longer than the time during which the ultrasonic wave moves.
- the time allocated to one pen is T / n, which is determined by the relationship with the drawing range.
- T 10 ms and the drawing range is A4 size
- the propagation time is about 7 ms.
- Patent Document 3 An example of a method for calculating the propagation time of a sound wave is described in Patent Document 3.
- the sound wave propagation time calculation method described in Patent Document 3 uses an M-sequence phase-modulated wave as a transmission wave, receives the M-sequence phase-modulated wave transmitted by the transmitter, and receives the received signal and the transmission signal.
- the correlation is acquired with a matched filter, the peak of the output of the matched filter is detected, and the propagation time of the sound wave is calculated from the peak time.
- US Pat. No. 6,118,205 JP 2004-199560 A Patent No. 3876370
- the detection interval T cannot be set unnecessarily long, for example, when avoiding collision of an object or reproducing handwritten handwriting of an electronic pen.
- the propagation time is about 7 ms, and only one electronic pen can be used in consideration of the margin.
- the burst wave is assumed as the ultrasonic transmission signal, the arrival point of the direct wave that reaches the earliest is changed due to the overlapping state of the direct wave and the reflected wave and the shape of the synthesized wave changes. This makes it difficult to detect and makes it impossible to accurately determine the position of the electronic pen as a moving object.
- the method of calculating the propagation time of a sound wave using an M-sequence phase modulated wave as a transmission wave is to measure the propagation time of a sound wave in a different propagation path in which a transceiver is installed in advance.
- This is a method for measuring the flow velocity of fluid flowing in an object where a transceiver is installed.
- a plurality of transmitters moving bodies
- the plurality of transmitters are identified. It is impossible to measure the propagation time measurement of ultrasonic waves from each transmitter, that is, to determine the positions of a plurality of moving bodies accurately and stably.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a position determination system, a transmission device, a reception device, and a position determination method capable of accurately and stably determining the position of each moving body when a plurality of moving bodies are used simultaneously. It is in.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a position determination system, a transmission device, a reception device, and a position capable of accurately and stably determining the position of a plurality of moving bodies even when the propagation distance of an ultrasonic signal is long. To provide a decision method.
- the first position detection system includes at least one transmission device that simultaneously transmits a trigger signal indicating transmission timing and an ultrasonic signal modulated based on pseudo-random sequence data having high autocorrelation.
- At least two ultrasonic reception devices including a moving body, a receiving device that receives a trigger signal and an ultrasonic signal and detects a position of the moving body, and the reception processing device receives an ultrasonic signal set at a predetermined interval.
- a second position detection system receives at least one moving body including a transmitter that simultaneously transmits an ultrasonic signal modulated based on a pseudorandom signal having high autocorrelation, and an ultrasonic signal.
- a receiving device that detects a position of the moving body, the transmitting device of the moving body includes means for receiving a trigger signal indicating transmission timing, and means for transmitting an ultrasonic signal at the timing of receiving the trigger signal.
- the reception processing apparatus determines in advance according to the means for sending the trigger signal, at least two ultrasonic receiving means for receiving the ultrasonic signal set at a predetermined interval, the received waveform of the ultrasonic signal, and the moving body.
- Means for calculating a correlation value with the modulated reference waveform of the pseudo-random sequence, and detecting the first peak value of the calculated correlation value and receiving the trigger signal and the correlation peak The position of the moving object based on the calculated ultrasonic propagation time and the interval length between the ultrasonic receiving means, respectively, the means for calculating the ultrasonic propagation time from the detection time to the arrival of the two ultrasonic receiving means And a different sequence having a low cross-correlation is used as the pseudo-random sequence.
- a first transmission device is a transmission device of a position detection system that receives an ultrasonic signal transmitted from a transmission device by a reception device and detects the position of the transmission device, and receives a trigger signal indicating transmission timing.
- a second transmission device is a transmission device of a position detection system that receives an ultrasonic signal transmitted from a transmission device by a reception device and detects the position of the transmission device, and is a transmission transmitted from the reception device.
- Ultrasonic transmission means for transmitting an ultrasonic signal modulated based on a pseudorandom signal having high autocorrelation in synchronization with a trigger signal indicating timing, and as a sequence of pseudorandom signals of ultrasonic signals, Use different sequences with low correlation.
- a first receiving device is a receiving device of a position detection system that receives an ultrasonic signal transmitted from a transmitting device and detects the position of the transmitting device, and is a transmission transmitted from the transmitting device.
- Trigger signal receiving means for receiving a trigger signal indicating timing, and an ultrasonic signal modulated based on a pseudorandom signal having a high autocorrelation and transmitted from the transmitter in synchronization with the trigger signal set at a predetermined interval
- At least two ultrasonic reception means a means for calculating a correlation value between the reception waveform of the ultrasonic signal, and a modulation reference waveform predetermined according to the moving object, and Means for detecting the first peak value and calculating the ultrasonic propagation time from the time when the trigger signal is received and the time when the correlation peak value is detected until reaching the two ultrasonic receiving means; Means for calculating the position of the moving body based on the calculated ultrasonic propagation time and the interval length between the ultrasonic receiving means, and as a sequence of pseudo
- a second receiving device is a receiving device of a position detection system that receives an ultrasonic signal transmitted from a transmitting device and detects the position of the transmitting device, and receives a trigger signal indicating transmission timing.
- Trigger signal transmitting means for transmitting to the transmission device and an ultrasonic signal modulated based on a pseudo-random signal having high autocorrelation and transmitted from the transmission device in synchronization with the trigger signal set at a predetermined interval
- Means for calculating a correlation value between at least two ultrasonic reception means, a reception waveform of the ultrasonic signal, and a modulation reference waveform predetermined according to the moving object; and a first peak of the calculated correlation value Means for detecting the value and calculating the ultrasonic propagation time from the time when the trigger signal is received and the time when the correlation peak value is detected until reaching the two ultrasonic receiving means,
- Different sequences with low cross-correlation as a sequence of pseudo-random signals of ultrasonic signals transmitted by the transmission device including means for
- the transmission device performs a step of simultaneously transmitting a trigger signal indicating transmission timing and an ultrasonic signal modulated based on a pseudo-random signal having high autocorrelation
- a receiving device that receives the trigger signal and the ultrasonic signal and detects the position of the moving body, receives the ultrasonic signal by at least two ultrasonic receiving means set at predetermined intervals; and a received waveform of the ultrasonic signal
- the step of calculating the ultrasonic propagation time from the time of detection of the value to the arrival of the two ultrasonic receiving means, respectively, and the calculated ultrasonic propagation time and the interval length between the ultrasonic receiving means Zui and executes the step of calculating the position of the moving body, as a sequence of pseudo-random signals of ultras
- the transmitter receives the trigger signal indicating the transmission timing, and the ultrasonic wave modulated based on the pseudo-random signal having high autocorrelation at the timing of receiving the trigger signal.
- the receiving device that executes the signal transmitting step, receives the ultrasonic signal, and detects the position of the moving body transmits the trigger signal, and performs at least two ultrasonic receiving units set at predetermined intervals.
- the step of calculating the position of the moving body is executed, and as a pseudo-random sequence of the ultrasonic signal transmitted by the transmission device, Use different sequences with low cross-correlation.
- the position of each moving body can be determined accurately and stably.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a position detection system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- the position detection system according to the present invention is applied to an electronic pen system.
- the position detection system includes an electronic pen 10 on which a transmitter 100 is mounted, a receiving device 20 installed at a predetermined position away from the electronic pen 10, and an electronic pen.
- the display panel 50 that displays the trajectory drawn by 10 is provided.
- the electronic pen 10 is used on the display panel 50.
- the display panel 50 may be a projection screen projected by a projector.
- the transmission unit 100 of the electronic pen 10 includes a control circuit 101, an M-sequence generation circuit 102, an ultrasonic drive circuit 103, an ultrasonic transmission unit 104, a reception trigger drive circuit 105, and a reception trigger transmission unit 106. ing.
- the M-sequence generation circuit 102 has a function of generating an M-sequence coded bit string.
- This M sequence is a sequence generated by defining a characteristic polynomial and initial conditions. The details of the M series are described in “M series and its applications” by Shogo Kashiwagi, March 25, 1996, Shosodo (Non-patent Document 1) and the like.
- the control circuit 101 outputs a predetermined M-sequence characteristic polynomial and initial conditions to the M-sequence generation circuit 102.
- the M-sequence generation circuit 102 generates an M-sequence coded bit string (M-sequence data) according to the characteristic polynomial received from the control circuit 101 and the initial conditions.
- the ultrasonic drive circuit 103 generates and outputs a drive signal for modulating the ultrasonic wave based on the M-sequence data generated by the M-sequence generation circuit 102.
- the ultrasonic transmission unit 104 transmits an ultrasonic signal that is M-sequence modulated by the drive signal from the ultrasonic drive circuit 103 to the space.
- a phase modulation method is used as a modulation method of the ultrasonic signal by the ultrasonic transmission unit 104.
- the data sequence is cyclic by changing the initial condition. Fifteen different M-sequence data that are shifted automatically are generated.
- FIG. 2 shows an example of an ultrasonic M-sequence model waveform phase-modulated by M-sequence data.
- each 1-bit of 15-bit M-sequence data “000100110101111” is associated with one period of the fundamental wave.
- the bit is “0”, the inverted phase is set, and when the bit is “1”, the phase is set, and the modulated wave has a length of 15 periods of the fundamental wave.
- control circuit 101 outputs a signal instructing the reception trigger drive circuit 105 to generate a reception trigger signal.
- the reception trigger drive circuit 105 generates a reception trigger drive signal based on the instruction signal from the control circuit 101.
- the reception trigger transmission unit 106 is driven by the reception trigger driving signal from the reception trigger driving circuit 105 in synchronization with the transmission timing of the ultrasonic signal of the ultrasonic transmission unit 104, and sends the reception trigger signal to space.
- This reception trigger signal is transmitted as an infrared signal which is an electromagnetic wave signal, for example.
- the reception trigger signal transmitted from the reception trigger transmission unit 106 is a signal that can uniquely identify each electronic pen 10.
- the reception trigger signal is a band-divided signal so that no overlap occurs for each electronic pen 10.
- the reception device 20 includes ultrasonic reception units 201-1 and 201-2, sampling circuits 202-1 and 202-2, a reception trigger reception unit 203, a reception trigger detection circuit 204, a memory 205, and a data processing circuit.
- a receiving unit 200 including 206 is provided.
- the ultrasonic receiving units 201-1 and 201-2 are installed in a state of being separated from each other by a predetermined interval length, receive an ultrasonic signal transmitted from the electronic pen 10, and use this as an electric signal. Convert to
- Sampling circuits 202-1 and 202-2 sample the electrical signals output from the ultrasonic receivers 201-1 and 201-2 at regular intervals and sequentially store them in the memory 205.
- the reception trigger reception unit 203 receives a reception trigger signal from the electronic pen 10, converts the reception trigger signal into an electric signal, and outputs it as a trigger pulse.
- the reception trigger detection circuit 204 stores the detection time (arrival time) of the trigger pulse in the memory 205 as trigger detection time data.
- the data processing circuit 206 reads out the same M-sequence initial conditions as those of the transmission unit 100 from the memory 205, generates a model waveform of the transmitted ultrasonic signal by using a preset characteristic polynomial, and generates the model Correlation processing is performed between the waveform and the ultrasonic signal waveform received by each of the ultrasonic reception units 201-1 and 201-2 stored in the memory 205, and the correlation value obtained by the correlation processing is used as the ultrasonic reception unit 201. -1 and 201-2 are sequentially stored in the memory 205 for each ultrasonic signal waveform received.
- the data processing circuit 206 detects the first peak of the correlation value stored in the memory 205, the elapsed time from the trigger pulse arrival time to the point when the peak is detected, that is, the reception device 20 from the electronic pen 10 is detected.
- the propagation time of the ultrasonic signal until reaching it is calculated for each ultrasonic signal received by each of the ultrasonic receiving units 201-1 and 201-2.
- the data processing circuit 206 calculates the propagation time of the ultrasonic signal from the electronic pen 10 calculated for each ultrasonic signal received by each of the ultrasonic receiving units 201-1 and 201-2 until reaching the receiving device 20.
- the position of the electronic pen 10 on the display panel 50 is calculated based on the distance between the ultrasonic receiving units 201-1 and 201-2.
- the position of the electronic pen 10 can be accurately determined by the principle of triangulation.
- the position detection system performs selection of the M series used in the system (hereinafter referred to as M series selection mode), for example, when the electronic pen system is assembled.
- M series selection mode the M series used in the system
- the procedure in the M-sequence selection mode will be described.
- the reception trigger signal and the ultrasonic signal are repeatedly sent from the electronic pen 10. At that time, the electronic pen 10 transmits an ultrasonic signal modulated by different M-sequence data for each transmission.
- the reception device 20 receives the reception trigger signal and the ultrasonic signal, the correlation value with all M-sequence model waveforms used for the ultrasonic signal is obtained, and the cross-correlation values between different M sequences are checked. At that time, M-sequence data with a smaller cross-correlation value peak value is evaluated higher, and the M-sequence (initial stage) that forms a combination of M-sequences with respect to the cross-correlation value from the smaller cross-correlation value peak of all M sequences Is assigned as the M series to be used for each electronic pen 10.
- the reception device 20 When the reception trigger signal and the ultrasonic signal generated based on the M sequence (initial condition) assigned to each electronic pen 10 are transmitted in the ultrasonic propagation time measurement mode, the reception device 20 that has received the signal
- the data processing circuit 206 performs correlation processing.
- the first peak of the correlation value is detected, the elapsed time from the time when the trigger pulse is detected to the time when this peak is detected, that is, the propagation time of the ultrasonic signal from the electronic pen 10 until it reaches the receiving device 2 is calculated. To do.
- transmission M sequence is a combination of sequence 1 and M sequence of received M sequence model waveform is sequence 2
- transmission M sequence is a sequence in descending order of the peak value of the cross-correlation value. 1 and the M sequence of the received M sequence model waveform is a combination of the sequence 5
- transmission M sequence is a combination of the sequence 2
- the M sequence of the received M sequence model waveform is the combination of the sequence 6 ”.
- the initial condition of the assigned M series is set in the control circuit 101 of the corresponding electronic pen 10, and the control circuit 101 is set in the generation of the M series data.
- the M-sequence initial condition is output to the M-sequence generation circuit 102.
- each cross-correlation value it is also possible to set it as the value normalized by dividing by the peak value of the autocorrelation value by the same M series.
- the position of the electronic pen 10 and the display position in the drawing range of the display panel 50 are associated in advance, and at the time of drawing, a switch that is turned on in conjunction with a press on the display panel 50 provided at the pen tip of the electronic pen 10
- a switch that is turned on in conjunction with a press on the display panel 50 provided at the pen tip of the electronic pen 10
- the electronic pen 10 repeats the following operations at regular intervals during operation.
- control circuit 101 outputs an initial condition of a preset M-sequence characteristic polynomial to the M-sequence generation circuit 102 (step A1).
- the M-sequence generation circuit 102 generates M-sequence data based on the initial condition acquired from the control circuit 101 (step A2) and supplies it to the ultrasonic drive circuit 103.
- the ultrasonic drive circuit 103 generates and outputs a drive signal for modulating the ultrasonic wave based on the M series data generated by the M series generation circuit 102 (step A3).
- the ultrasonic transmission unit 104 sends an ultrasonic signal modulated in M series by the drive signal from the ultrasonic drive circuit 103 from the electronic pen 10 to the space (step A4).
- the control circuit 101 determines the initial conditions of the M series, the control circuit 101 instructs the reception trigger driving circuit 105 to generate a reception trigger signal.
- the reception trigger drive circuit 105 generates a reception trigger drive signal based on the instruction signal from the control circuit 101 (step A5).
- reception trigger transmission unit 106 transmits the reception trigger signal generated by the reception trigger drive signal from the reception trigger drive circuit 105 to the space in synchronization with the transmission timing of the ultrasonic signal (step A6).
- the sampling circuit 202 samples each ultrasonic signal received by the ultrasonic receiving units 201-1 and 201-2 at a constant sampling interval, and stores the sampled waveform data in the memory.
- the data is sequentially stored in 205.
- waveform data obtained by sampling the ultrasonic signals received by the ultrasonic receiving units 201-1 and 201-2 are stored in the memory 205 separately.
- the reception trigger detection circuit 204 detects a trigger pulse from the reception trigger signal received by the reception trigger reception unit 203, the reception trigger detection circuit 204 generates trigger detection time data indicating the detection time (arrival time) of the trigger pulse and stores it in the memory 205. .
- the reception trigger detection circuit 204 detects a reception trigger pulse (step B1)
- the data processing circuit 206 reads M-sequence initial condition data stored in advance from the memory 205 (step B2).
- the data processing circuit 206 generates an M-sequence model waveform of the ultrasonic signal transmitted using the read M-sequence initial condition data and a preset characteristic polynomial (Step B3).
- the trigger detection time indicated by the trigger detection time data stored in the memory 205 is set to the sampling start time (t) (step B4), and the waveform data of the received ultrasonic signal is read from the memory 205 (step B5).
- the data processing circuit 206 uses the following equation (1) as the correlation value C (t) at the sampling time (t) between the waveform data of the read ultrasonic signal and the previously generated M-sequence model waveform.
- the calculated correlation value C (t) is stored in the memory 205 (step B6).
- i is an integer value and is a sampling time variable
- N is the number of samplings of the model waveform
- r (i) is the value of the model waveform at the sampling time i
- f (i + t) is the value of the received waveform at the sampling time (i + t).
- step B7 If not all correlation values are stored in the memory 205 (step B7), the sampling time t is incremented by the unit time “1”, and the process returns to step B5.
- step B7 When the calculation and storage of all the correlation values are completed in step B7 by repeatedly executing the processing from step B5 to B6, the first peak (first peak) is detected from the correlation values stored in the memory 205 (step B9). ).
- the data processing circuit 206 calculates the ultrasonic wave propagation time from the electronic pen 10 from the sampling start time (trigger detection time) set at step B4 and the detection time of the leading peak detected at step B9 (step B10).
- the ultrasonic wave propagation time can be calculated as t ⁇ ⁇ T.
- step B11 it is determined whether or not the processing for the ultrasonic signals received by all the ultrasonic receiving units 201-1 and 201-2 has been completed. If the processing has not been completed, the ultrasonic signal of step B5 is determined. Repeat the process from reading waveform data.
- step B12 the propagation calculated for each ultrasonic signal received by each of the ultrasonic receiving units 201-1 and 201-2.
- the position of the electronic pen 10 on the display panel 50 is calculated based on the time and the interval length of the ultrasonic wave receiving units 201-1 and 201-2 (step B12). Thereafter, the memory 205 is erased in step B13.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing two-dimensionally the position calculation method between the electronic pen 10 and the ultrasonic receiving units 201-1 and 201-2.
- P is the position coordinate value (x, y) in the xy coordinates on the drawing range of the display panel 50 of the electronic pen 10
- S1 and S2 are the positions of the ultrasonic receiving units 201-1 and 201-2, respectively. Is shown.
- d1 is a distance from the electronic pen 10 to the ultrasonic receiving unit 201-1 and d2 is a distance from the electronic pen 10 to the ultrasonic receiving unit 201-2.
- D is the distance from the origin when the center of the ultrasonic wave receiving units 201-1 and 201-2 is the origin of the xy coordinates.
- ⁇ represents an angle formed by a straight line connecting the electronic pen 10 and the ultrasonic wave receiving unit 201-1 with the x axis.
- the propagation times calculated based on the ultrasonic signals received by the ultrasonic receiving units 201-1 and 201-2 are t1 and t2, respectively, and the sound speed is A.
- the position of the electronic pen 10 can be accurately determined by the principle of triangulation.
- the reception trigger reception unit 203 receives a reception trigger for each wavelength used.
- the reception trigger detection circuit 204 detects a trigger pulse from the output of the reception trigger reception unit 203, the reception time of the trigger pulse for each wavelength corresponding to each electronic pen 10 is stored in the memory 205.
- Correlation processing is performed on the ultrasonic signal received by the receiving device 20 using an M-sequence model waveform assigned to each electronic pen 10, and the arrival time (trigger pulse detection time) of the detected ultrasonic signal and the correlation value are The propagation time is calculated from the detection time of the first peak.
- an infrared signal having the same wavelength can be used as a reception trigger signal, and a different M-sequence reception trigger pulse signal can be used for each electronic pen 10.
- the reception trigger detection circuit 204 of the reception device 20 detects the arrival time of the reception trigger pulse signal by performing correlation processing using the M-series model waveform for each electronic pen 10.
- an M-sequence having a long bit length and changing the pulse width for each electronic pen 10 it is possible to prevent deterioration in detection accuracy when the pulse signals of the respective electronic pens 10 overlap.
- FIG. 6 shows the waveforms of the ultrasonic signals stored in the memory 205 when the ultrasonic signals from the two electronic pens 10-1 and 10-2 are received.
- the waveform of the ultrasonic signal stored in the memory 205 is a composite wave of the direct wave, reflected wave and noise waveform of the ultrasonic wave transmitted from the two electronic pens 10-1 and 10-2.
- the waveform shown in FIG. 6 is a waveform when the sampling interval by the sampling circuit 202 is 8 of the fundamental wave period of the ultrasonic wave.
- the horizontal axis indicates the time when the reception trigger signal of the electronic pen 10-2 is received as “0”. In the case of an ultrasonic wave having a frequency of 40 kHz, the cycle is 25 ms and the sampling interval is 3.125 ms.
- FIG. 7 shows a reception waveform of the direct wave of the ultrasonic signal from the electronic pen 10-1 that is phase-modulated by the data string “100010011010111” of the 15-bit M series. This waveform is included in the synthesized waveform of FIG.
- FIG. 8 shows a reception waveform of a direct wave of an ultrasonic signal from the electronic pen 10-2 that is phase-modulated by a data string “000100110101111” of a 15-bit M series having an initial value different from that of the electronic pen 10-1. It is also included in the composite waveform.
- FIG. 9 shows the received waveform of the reflected wave of the ultrasonic signal from the electronic pen 10-1.
- the phase of this reflected wave is the same as the direct wave of the electronic pen 10-2 shown in FIG.
- FIG. 10 shows a noise waveform.
- the reflection waveform of FIG. 9 and the noise waveform of FIG. 10 are also included in the composite waveform of FIG.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram in which the correlation values of the composite wave shown in FIG. 6 and the modulation wave shown in FIG. 2, which is the M-series model waveform of the electronic pen 10-2, are plotted and the correlation values plotted.
- the peak of the direct wave of the ultrasonic signal from the electronic pen 10-1 does not appear due to the M series having an initial value different from that of the electronic pen 10-2.
- the peak of the ultrasonic signal from the electronic pen 10-2 appears first (at the top). Thereby, the arrival time of the direct wave of the electronic pen 10-2 can be reliably detected.
- the correlation between the synthesized wave shown in FIG. 6 and the M-series model waveform of the electronic pen 10-1 is taken, the arrival time of the direct wave of the electronic pen 10-1 can now be detected.
- the reception device 20 uses each ultrasonic pen signal that can be identified for each electronic pen 10 by using an ultrasonic signal modulated by a different M-sequence in the transmitter 100 of each electronic pen 10.
- An M-sequence model waveform of the electronic pen 10 is generated, a correlation value is calculated between the ultrasonic signal and the generated M-sequence model waveform, an initial peak value of the correlation value is detected, and the trigger signal is This is because the ultrasonic propagation time from each electronic pen 10 can be accurately calculated from the received time and the correlation peak value detection time.
- the position detection system includes an electronic pen 30 including a transmission unit 300, and a reception device 40 including a reception unit 400 installed at a predetermined position away from the electronic pen 30.
- a display panel 50 that displays a locus drawn by the electronic pen 30 is provided.
- the transmission unit 300 of the electronic pen 30 includes a control circuit 301, an M-sequence generation circuit 302, an ultrasonic drive circuit 303, an ultrasonic transmission unit 304, a transmission trigger detection circuit 305, and a transmission trigger reception unit 306. Yes.
- a transmission trigger receiving unit 306 and a transmission trigger detecting unit 305 are provided instead of the reception trigger driving unit 105 and the reception trigger transmitting unit 106.
- the transmission trigger signal from the receiving device 40 is received by the transmission trigger receiving unit 306 without transmitting the reception trigger signal from the electronic pen 30, and the trigger pulse is detected by the transmission trigger detecting unit 305.
- control circuit 301 outputs the preset M-sequence characteristic polynomial and initial conditions to the M-sequence generation circuit 302 in synchronization with the trigger pulse detection notification from the transmission trigger detection unit 305.
- the ultrasonic drive circuit 303 and the ultrasonic transmission unit 304 operate in the same manner as the ultrasonic drive circuit 103 and the ultrasonic transmission unit 104 of the first embodiment.
- the reception unit 400 of the reception apparatus 40 includes ultrasonic reception units 401-1 and 401-2, sampling circuits 402-1 and 402-2, a transmission trigger transmission unit 403, a transmission trigger control circuit 404, a memory 405 and a data processing circuit 406 are provided.
- a transmission trigger transmission unit 403 and a transmission trigger control circuit 404 are provided instead of the reception trigger reception unit 203 and the reception trigger detection circuit 204. .
- the transmission trigger control circuit 404 generates a transmission trigger driving signal, and the transmission trigger transmission unit 403 is driven by the transmission trigger driving signal and sends the transmission trigger signal to space.
- the transmission trigger control circuit 404 has a function of storing the transmission time of the transmission trigger signal transmitted from the transmission trigger transmission unit 403 in the memory 405.
- the transmission trigger receiving unit 306 When the transmission trigger receiving unit 306 receives the transmission trigger signal from the receiving device 40 (step C1), the transmission trigger receiving unit 306 converts this into an electrical signal and outputs a trigger pulse (step C2).
- the transmission trigger detection circuit 305 when detecting the trigger pulse from the output of the transmission trigger reception unit 306, notifies the control circuit 301 (step C3).
- control circuit 301 When the control circuit 301 receives the notification from the transmission trigger receiving unit 306, the control circuit 301 transmits a preset M-sequence characteristic polynomial and initial conditions to the M-sequence generation circuit 302 (step C4).
- the M-sequence generation circuit 302 generates M-sequence data which is an M-sequence coded bit string in accordance with the characteristic polynomial received from the control circuit 301 and the initial conditions (step C5).
- the ultrasonic drive circuit 303 generates a drive signal for modulating the ultrasonic wave based on the M-sequence data from the M-sequence generation circuit 302 (step C6).
- the ultrasonic transmission unit 304 transmits an ultrasonic signal that is M-sequence modulated by this drive signal to the space (step C7).
- the generation of the reception trigger drive signal and the transmission step of the reception trigger signal are omitted as compared with the first embodiment.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing operations of the transmission trigger control circuit 404 and the transmission trigger transmission unit 403.
- the transmission trigger control circuit 404 generates a transmission trigger driving signal (step D1).
- the transmission trigger transmission unit 403 is driven by the transmission trigger driving signal from the transmission trigger control circuit 404 and transmits the transmission trigger signal from the receiving device 40 to the space (step D2).
- the transmission trigger control circuit 404 stores the transmission time of the transmission trigger signal transmitted from the transmission trigger transmission unit 403 in the memory 405 (step D3).
- the ultrasonic receiving units 401-1 and 401-2 receive the ultrasonic signal transmitted from the electronic pen 303 and convert it into an electric signal, and the sampling circuits 402-1 and 402-2 convert the electric signal to the electric signal. Waveform data sampled and sampled at regular intervals is sequentially stored in the memory 405.
- FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the data processing circuit 406.
- the data processing circuit 406 reads the same M-sequence initial condition as that of the transmission unit 300 of the electronic pen 30, generates an M-sequence model waveform of the transmitted ultrasonic signal, and is stored in the memory 405. Correlation processing with the existing ultrasonic waveform is performed, and the correlation values are sequentially stored in the memory 405 (steps E1 to E6).
- the data processing circuit 406 detects the top peak of the correlation value stored in the memory 405, the elapsed time from the transmission trigger signal transmission time to the time when the top peak is detected, that is, reception from the electronic pen 30 is detected.
- the propagation time of the ultrasonic signal until reaching the device 40 is calculated, and the electronic pen 30 is based on the propagation time calculated for each ultrasonic signal and the interval length of the ultrasonic receiving units 401-1 and 401-2. Is calculated on the display panel 50 (steps E8 to E11).
- the processing contents in the data processing circuit 406 are only the detection of the reception trigger pulse is omitted, and other processes are the same as those in the first embodiment. Since it is the same, detailed explanation is omitted.
- the transmission unit 100 of the electronic pen 10 can be configured to transmit a transmission trigger signal from the reception device 20.
- the effect which can simplify the structure of is obtained.
- the trigger signal need not be an electromagnetic wave signal that can be identified for each electronic pen 10.
- the M-sequence initial condition used for each electronic pen 10 is determined and assigned to the electronic pen 10 in advance in the M-sequence selection mode.
- the M-series initial conditions to be used can be set by calibration before the electronic pen system is shipped or used.
- the position detection system has an electronic pen 10 with a mode changeover switch 60 for switching between an M-sequence selection mode and a normal position detection mode, and an M-sequence to be used.
- M series setting switch 70 is set.
- the M series setting switch 70 a switch that can confirm the current setting state, such as a rotary switch, is used. Further, if the M-sequence setting switch 70 is provided with a position for turning on / off the M-sequence selection mode, the mode changeover switch 60 may be omitted if the M-sequence selection mode is switched to the normal position detection mode when the M-sequence selection mode is off. Is possible.
- the receiving device 20 includes a setting content display unit 80 for displaying the M series set for each electronic pen 10.
- the mode selection switch 60 of the electronic pen 10 is switched to set the M-sequence selection mode (step F1).
- the electronic pen 10 is placed at a predetermined position from the receiving device 20.
- ⁇ Receiving trigger signal and ultrasonic signal are repeatedly sent from the electronic pen 10.
- the point which uses a different M series for every transmission is the same as that of the case of 1st Embodiment.
- the receiving device 20 receives an ultrasonic signal from the electronic pen 10, it obtains correlation values with all M-sequence model waveforms used by the ultrasonic wave, and checks the cross-correlation values between different M-sequences.
- the M-sequence data having a smaller cross-correlation value peak value is evaluated higher, and the M-sequence corresponding to the cross-correlation value is determined from the smaller cross-correlation value peak of all M sequences.
- the M series (initial condition) forming the combination is determined as the M series to be assigned to each electronic pen 10.
- the receiving device 20 first calculates an autocorrelation value, determines a peak time point of the autocorrelation value corresponding to each distance between the electronic pen 10 and the ultrasonic wave receiving unit of the receiving device 20, and includes the peak time point. You may make it evaluate the peak of the cross-correlation value in a predetermined time range.
- the M series to be set for each electronic pen 10 is displayed on the setting content display unit 80 connected to the receiving device 20.
- the M series to be used is set by operating the M series setting switch 70 of each electronic pen 10 according to the M series information displayed on the setting content display unit 80 of the receiving device 20. By such an operation, the M series is set without overlapping between the plurality of electronic pens 10.
- control circuit 101 In the position detection mode, the control circuit 101 outputs the M-sequence initial condition set by the M-sequence setting switch 70 to the M-sequence generation circuit 102 in Step A1 of FIG.
- the M-sequence setting switch 70 provided in the electronic pen 10 changes the setting of the M-sequence and transmits the current setting content from the reception trigger transmission unit 106 as M-sequence setting data, and the reception device 20 transmits from the electronic pen 10. It can also be configured to display the set M series setting data on the setting content display unit 80 to be connected. With such a configuration, the electronic pen 10 may not have a function of confirming the current setting state.
- the M series used for each electronic pen 10 is set in advance in the M series selection mode, so that each electronic pen is used when used in the normal position detection mode.
- an electronic pen in which a non-overlapping M series is set in advance is added, or the manufacturer side again selects the M series selection mode. It was necessary to carry out the above and assign an M series for each electronic pen.
- the M-series initial conditions to be used can be set by calibration before shipping or starting to use the electronic pen system, so even during system operation.
- the M series assigned to each electronic pen 10 by the user can be changed. Therefore, even when the number of electronic pens to be used is increased, the assignment work on the maker side becomes unnecessary, and it is possible to cope with it by changing the assignment of the M series as needed on the user side.
- the present invention can be applied to a robot system.
- the position of the robot in the space can be detected by installing the transmitter on the robot and installing the receiver on the ceiling or wall of a certain space. It can be used for purposes such as collision avoidance by controlling the robot by grasping the position of the robot in space.
- the transmitting device on a person or the like and installing the receiving device on the ceiling or wall of a certain space, it can be applied to applications such as detection of flow lines and position tracking in the space.
- M sequence modulation by M sequence has been described, but it is not limited to M sequence as long as it is a pseudo-random signal having high autocorrelation and low cross-correlation with other sequences such as Gold sequence, for example. .
- FIG. 20 is a diagram in which an autocorrelation is calculated from an ultrasonic wave phase-modulated by a 127-bit first 15-bit partial sequence “0000111101111001” using a reference waveform of the same bit sequence.
- FIG. 21 is a diagram in which a cross-correlation is calculated using an ultrasonic wave phase-modulated by a 127-bit 15-bit subsequence “011001001000000” and a reference waveform “0000111101111001”.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram in which cross-correlation is calculated using an ultrasonic wave that has been phase-modulated by a 127-bit 15-bit subsequence “001111011010000” and a reference waveform “0000111101111001”.
- the cross-correlation value peaks of “0000111101111001” and “011001001000000” are smaller than the cross-correlation value peaks of “0000111101111001” and “001111011010000”, and therefore “0000111101111001” and “011001001000000”. Will be selected.
- the M-sequence partial sequence A is “0000111101111001” and the M-sequence partial sequence B is “011001001000000”, as shown in FIG.
- the arrival point of the ultrasonic wave in the subsequence A can be reliably obtained as a correlation peak.
- the received wave is correlated with the reference waveform of the partial sequence B, the arrival point of the ultrasonic wave of the partial sequence B can be reliably obtained as a correlation peak.
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図1は、本発明の第1の実施の形態による位置検出システムの構成を示すブロック図である。以下の実施の形態においては、本発明による位置検出システムを、電子ペンシステムに適用した場合を説明する。
複数の電子ペン10を同時に使用する場合に、送信部100と受信部200の間の伝搬距離が長い場合であっても、複数の電子ペン10からの送出される複数の超音波信号の影響を受けることなく、最初に受信部200に到達する直接波によってそれぞれの電子ペン10の位置を検出することができる。よって、複数の電子ペンを同時に使用する場合に、各電子ペンの位置決定を正確かつ安定的に行うことができる。
次に、本発明の第2の実施の形態による位置検出システムについて図12を参照して詳細に説明する。
第2の実施の形態によれば、上述した第1の実施の形態と同様の効果が得られると共に、受信装置20から送信トリガ信号を送信する構成としたことにより、電子ペン10の送信部100の構成をより簡略化することできる効果が得られる。また、トリガ信号を電子ペン10毎に識別可能な電磁波信号とする必要がなくなる。
次に、本発明の第3の実施の形態による位置検出システムについて図16を参照して詳細に説明する。
第1の実施の形態では、システムの組み立て時に、M系列選択モードで、電子ペン10毎に使用するM系列を予め割り当てて設定するため、通常の位置検出モードによる使用時等に、各電子ペン10に割り当てるM系列を変更することができず、使用する電子ペンを増やす場合には、あらかじめ重複しないM系列が設定された電子ペンを追加するか、もしくは、メーカ側において、再度M系列選択モードを実施して電子ペン毎にM系列を割り当てると言った作業が必要であった。
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- 送信タイミングを示すトリガ信号と、自己相関性の高い擬似ランダム系列のデータに基づいて変調された超音波信号とを同時に送出する送信装置を含む少なくとも1つの移動体と、
前記トリガ信号と前記超音波信号を受信し、前記移動体の位置を検出する受信装置とを備え、
前記受信処理装置が、
所定間隔で設定された前記超音波信号を受信する少なくとも2つの超音波受信手段と、
前記超音波信号の受信波形と、前記移動体に応じて予め決められた前記擬似ランダム系列の変調基準波形との間で相関値を算出する手段と、
算出された前記相関値の最初のピーク値を検出し、前記トリガ信号を受信した時点と該相関ピーク値の検出時点とから前記2つの超音波受信手段に到達するまでの超音波伝搬時間をそれぞれ算出する手段と、
算出した前記超音波伝播時間と前記超音波受信手段相互の間隔長に基づいて、前記移動体の位置を算出する手段とを備え、
前記擬似ランダム系列として、相互相関の低い異なる系列を用いることを特徴とする位置検出システム。 - 自己相関性の高い擬似ランダム信号に基づいて変調された超音波信号とを同時に送出する送信装置を含む少なくとも1つの移動体と、
前記超音波信号を受信し、前記移動体の位置を検出する受信装置とを備え、
前記移動体の前記送信装置が、
送信タイミングを表すトリガ信号を受信する手段と、
前記トリガ信号を受信したタイミングで前記超音波信号を送信する手段とを備え、
前記受信処理装置が、
前記トリガ信号を送出する手段と、
所定間隔で設定された前記超音波信号を受信する少なくとも2つの超音波受信手段と、
前記超音波信号の受信波形と、前記移動体に応じて予め決められた前記擬似ランダム系列の変調基準波形との間で相関値を算出する手段と、
算出された前記相関値の最初のピーク値を検出し、前記トリガ信号を受信した時点と該相関ピーク値の検出時点とから前記2つの超音波受信手段に到達するまでの超音波伝搬時間をそれぞれ算出する手段と、
算出した前記超音波伝播時間と前記超音波受信手段相互の間隔長に基づいて、前記移動体の位置を算出する手段とを備え、
前記擬似ランダム系列として、相互相関の低い異なる系列を用いることを特徴とする位置検出システム。 - 前記トリガ信号が、前記送信装置を識別可能な電磁波信号であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の位置検出システム。
- 前記トリガ信号が、前記送信装置毎に重複が生じないよう帯域分割された信号であることを特徴とする請求項3に記載の位置検出システム。
- 前記トリガ信号が、前記送信装置毎に異なる自己相関性の高い擬似ランダム信号に基づいて変調された電磁波信号であり、
前記受信装置が、受信したトリガ信号の受信波形と、予め設定された変調基準波形との間で相関値を算出し、前記送信装置毎に異なるトリガ信号の先頭を検出し、超音波信号の到達時間の起点となるタイミングを生成することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の位置検出システム。 - 前記送信装置が、設定可能な複数の前記擬似ランダム系列に基づいた複数の前記超音波信号を送信し、
前記受信装置が、前記複数の超音波信号を受信する毎に、前記超音波信号の使用する全ての前記擬似ランダム系列の変調基準波形との相関値を求め、異なるM系列間の相互相関値をチェックし、所定の基準によって前記移動体に割り当てる前記擬似ランダム系列を決定して割り当てることを特徴とする請求項1から請求項5の何れかに記載の位置検出システム。 - 前記受信装置が、決定した前記擬似ランダム系列の情報を表示する表示手段を備え、
前記移動体の送信装置が、前記受信装置の表示部に表示された前記擬似ランダム系列の情報に基づいて、前記超音波信号に使用する前記擬似ランダム系列を設定する設定スイッチを備えることを特徴とする請求項6に記載の位置検出システム。 - 擬似ランダム系列として、M系列を用いることを特徴とする請求項1から請求項7の何れかに記載の位置検出システム。
- 擬似ランダム系列として、M系列の部分列を用いることを特徴とする請求項1から請求項7の何れかに記載の位置検出システム。
- 前記移動体が、電子ペンであることを特徴とする請求項1から請求項9の何れかに記載の位置検出システム。
- 前記移動体が、前記送信装置を備えたロボットであることを特徴とする請求項1から請求項9の何れかに記載の位置検出システム。
- 送信装置から送信される超音波信号を受信装置で受信して前記送信装置の位置を検出する位置検出システムの前記送信装置であって、
送信タイミングを示すトリガ信号を送出するトリガ信号送信手段と、
前記トリガ信号の送信に同期して、自己相関性の高い擬似ランダム信号に基づいて変調された超音波信号を送出する超音波送信手段とを備え、
前記超音波信号の擬似ランダム信号の系列として、相互相関の低い異なる系列を用いることを特徴とする送信装置。 - 送信装置から送信される超音波信号を受信装置で受信して前記送信装置の位置を検出する位置検出システムの前記送信装置であって、
前記受信装置から送信される送信タイミングを示すトリガ信号に同期して、自己相関性の高い擬似ランダム信号に基づいて変調された超音波信号を送出する超音波送信手段とを備え、
前記超音波信号の擬似ランダム信号の系列として、相互相関の低い異なる系列を用いることを特徴とする送信装置。 - 擬似ランダム系列として、M系列を用いることを特徴とする請求項12又は請求項13に記載の送信装置。
- 擬似ランダム系列として、M系列の部分列を用いることを特徴とする請求項12又は請求項13に記載の送信装置。
- 電子ペンに設けることを特徴とする請求項12から請求項15の何れかに記載の送信装置。
- 送信装置から送信される超音波信号を受信装置で受信して前記送信装置の位置を検出する位置検出システムの前記受信装置であって、
前記送信装置から送信される送信タイミングを示すトリガ信号を受信するトリガ信号受信手段と、
所定間隔で設定された、前記トリガ信号に同期して前記送信装置から送信される自己相関性の高い擬似ランダム信号に基づいて変調された前記超音波信号を受信する少なくとも2つの超音波受信手段と、
前記超音波信号の受信波形と、前記移動体に応じて予め決められた変調基準波形との間で相関値を算出する手段と、
算出された前記相関値の最初のピーク値を検出し、前記トリガ信号を受信した時点と該相関ピーク値の検出時点とから前記2つの超音波受信手段に到達するまでの超音波伝搬時間をそれぞれ算出する手段と、
算出した前記超音波伝播時間と前記超音波受信手段相互の間隔長に基づいて、前記移動体の位置を算出する手段とを備え、
前記超音波信号の擬似ランダム信号の系列として、相互相関の低い異なる系列を用いることを特徴とする受信装置。 - 送信装置から送信される超音波信号を受信装置で受信して前記送信装置の位置を検出する位置検出システムの前記受信装置であって、
送信タイミングを示すトリガ信号を前記送信装置に送信するトリガ信号送信手段と、
所定間隔で設定された、前記トリガ信号に同期して前記送信装置から送信される自己相関性の高い擬似ランダム信号に基づいて変調された前記超音波信号を受信する少なくとも2つの超音波受信手段と、
前記超音波信号の受信波形と、前記移動体に応じて予め決められた変調基準波形との間で相関値を算出する手段と、
算出された前記相関値の最初のピーク値を検出し、前記トリガ信号を受信した時点と該相関ピーク値の検出時点とから前記2つの超音波受信手段に到達するまでの超音波伝搬時間をそれぞれ算出する手段と、
算出した前記超音波伝播時間と前記超音波受信手段相互の間隔長に基づいて、前記移動体の位置を算出する手段とを備え、
前記超音波信号の擬似ランダム信号の系列として、相互相関の低い異なる系列を用いることを特徴とする受信装置。 - 前記トリガ信号が、前記送信装置毎に異なる自己相関性の高い擬似ランダム信号に基づいて変調された電磁波信号であり、
受信したトリガ信号の受信波形と、予め設定された変調基準波形との間で相関値を算出し、前記送信装置毎に異なるトリガ信号の先頭を検出し、超音波信号の到達時間の起点となるタイミングを生成することを特徴とする請求項17又は請求項18に記載の受信装置。 - 前記送信装置から送信される設定可能な複数の前記擬似ランダム系列に基づいた複数の前記超音波信号を受信し、
前記複数の超音波信号を受信する毎に、前記超音波信号の使用する全ての前記擬似ランダム系列の変調基準波形との相関値を求め、異なるM系列間の相互相関値をチェックし、所定の基準によって前記移動体に割り当てる前記擬似ランダム系列を決定して割り当てることを特徴とする請求項17から請求項19の何れかに記載の受信装置。 - 前記受信装置が、決定した前記擬似ランダム系列の情報を表示する表示手段を備えることを特徴とする請求項20に記載の送信装置。
- 擬似ランダム系列として、M系列を用いることを特徴とする請求項17から請求項21の何れかに記載の送信装置。
- 擬似ランダム系列として、M系列の部分列を用いることを特徴とする請求項17から請求項21の何れかに記載の送信装置。
- 少なくとも1つの送信装置が、
送信タイミングを示すトリガ信号と、自己相関性の高い擬似ランダム信号に基づいて変調された超音波信号とを同時に送信するステップを実行し、
前記トリガ信号と前記超音波信号を受信し、前記移動体の位置を検出する受信装置が、
所定間隔で設定された少なくとも2つの超音波受信手段によって前記超音波信号を受信するステップと、
前記超音波信号の受信波形と、前記移動体に応じて予め決められた変調基準波形との間で相関値を算出するステップと、
算出された前記相関値の最初のピーク値を検出し、前記トリガ信号を受信した時点と該相関ピーク値の検出時点とから前記2つの超音波受信手段に到達するまでの超音波伝搬時間をそれぞれ算出するステップと、
算出した前記超音波伝播時間と前記超音波受信手段相互の間隔長に基づいて、前記移動体の位置を算出するステップを実行し、
前記送信装置が送出する前記超音波信号の擬似ランダム信号の系列として、相互相関の低い異なる系列を用いることを特徴とする位置検出方法。 - 少なくとも1つの送信装置が、
送信タイミングを表すトリガ信号を受信するステップと、
前記トリガ信号を受信したタイミングで自己相関性の高い擬似ランダム信号に基づいて変調された超音波信号を送信するステップを実行し、
前記超音波信号を受信し、前記移動体の位置を検出する受信装置が、
前記トリガ信号を送出するステップと、
所定間隔で設定された少なくとも2つの超音波受信手段で前記超音波信号を受信するステップと、
前記超音波信号の受信波形と、前記移動体に応じて予め決められた前記擬似ランダム系列の変調基準波形との間で相関値を算出するステップと、
算出された前記相関値の最初のピーク値を検出し、前記トリガ信号を受信した時点と該相関ピーク値の検出時点とから前記2つの超音波受信手段に到達するまでの超音波伝搬時間をそれぞれ算出するステップと、
算出した前記超音波伝播時間と前記超音波受信手段相互の間隔長に基づいて、前記移動体の位置を算出するステップを実行し、
前記擬似ランダム系列として、相互相関の低い異なる系列を用いることを特徴とする位置検出方法。 - 前記トリガ信号が、前記送信装置を識別可能な電磁波信号であることを特徴とする請求項24に記載の位置検出方法。
- 前記トリガ信号が、前記送信装置毎に重複が生じないよう帯域分割された信号であることを特徴とする請求項26に記載の位置検出方法。
- 前記トリガ信号が、前記送信装置毎に異なる自己相関性の高い擬似ランダム信号に基づいて変調された電磁波信号であり、
前記受信装置が、受信したトリガ信号の受信波形と、予め設定された変調基準波形との間で相関値を算出し、前記送信装置毎に異なるトリガ信号の先頭を検出し、超音波信号の到達時間の起点となるタイミングを生成することを特徴とする請求項24に記載の位置検出方法。 - 前記送信装置が、設定可能な複数の前記擬似ランダム系列に基づいた複数の前記超音波信号を送信し、
前記受信装置が、前記複数の超音波信号を受信する毎に、前記超音波信号の使用する全ての前記擬似ランダム系列の変調基準波形との相関値を求め、異なるM系列間の相互相関値をチェックし、所定の基準によって前記移動体に割り当てる前記擬似ランダム系列を決定して割り当てることを特徴とする請求項24から請求項28の何れかに記載の位置検出方法。 - 前記受信装置が、決定した前記擬似ランダム系列の情報を表示する表示手段を備え、
前記送信装置が、前記受信装置の表示部に表示された前記擬似ランダム系列の情報に基づいて、前記超音波信号に使用する前記擬似ランダム系列を設定する設定スイッチを備えることを特徴とする請求項29に記載の位置検出方法。 - 擬似ランダム系列として、M系列を用いることを特徴とする請求項24から請求項30の何れかに記載の位置検出方法。
- 擬似ランダム系列として、M系列の部分列を用いることを特徴とする請求項24から請求項30の何れかに記載の位置検出方法。
- 少なくとも1つの送信装置が、
送信タイミングを示すトリガ信号と、自己相関性の高い擬似ランダム信号に基づいて変調された超音波信号とを同時に送信するステップを実行し、
前記トリガ信号と前記超音波信号を受信し、前記移動体の位置を検出する受信装置が、
所定間隔で設定された少なくとも2つの超音波受信手段によって前記超音波信号を受信するステップと、
前記超音波信号の受信波形と、前記移動体に応じて予め決められた変調基準波形との間で相関値を算出するステップと、
算出された前記相関値の最初のピーク値を検出し、前記トリガ信号を受信した時点と該相関ピーク値の検出時点とから前記2つの超音波受信手段に到達するまでの超音波伝搬時間をそれぞれ算出するステップを実行し、
前記送信装置が送出する前記超音波信号の擬似ランダム信号の系列として、相互相関の低い異なる系列を用いることを特徴とする伝播時間決定方法。 - 少なくとも1つの送信装置が、
送信タイミングを表すトリガ信号を受信するステップと、
前記トリガ信号を受信したタイミングで自己相関性の高い擬似ランダム信号に基づいて変調された超音波信号を送信するステップを実行し、
前記超音波信号を受信し、前記移動体の位置を検出する受信装置が、
前記トリガ信号を送出するステップと、
所定間隔で設定された少なくとも2つの超音波受信手段で前記超音波信号を受信するステップと、
前記超音波信号の受信波形と、前記移動体に応じて予め決められた前記擬似ランダム系列の変調基準波形との間で相関値を算出するステップと、
算出された前記相関値の最初のピーク値を検出し、前記トリガ信号を受信した時点と該相関ピーク値の検出時点とから前記2つの超音波受信手段に到達するまでの超音波伝搬時間をそれぞれ算出するステップを実行し、
前記擬似ランダム系列として、相互相関の低い異なる系列を用いることを特徴とする伝播時間決定方法。
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