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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
May. 20, 2016
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kitakyushu-shi, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, Kitakyushu-Shi, JP;
Abstract
An encoder includes a first disc and a second disc, a first detector, a second detector, a rotation count detector, and a sender. The first disc and the second disc are mounted on a rotation shaft of a motor. The first detector is configured to detect a rotation position of the first disc within one rotation of the first disc. The second detector is configured to detect that the second disc has made one rotation. The rotation count detector is configured to count a rotation count of the second disc based on an output from the second detector. The sender is configured to send sending data including the rotation position and the rotation count.