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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Wada, Azumino, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/34 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); G01D 5/347 (2006.01); G02B 27/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/345 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B41J 2/2103 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); G01D 5/347 (2013.01); G01D 5/34707 (2013.01); G02B 27/126 (2013.01); Y10S 901/31 (2013.01); Y10S 901/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
An encoder includes an optical scale including a scale portion that is constituted with a polarizer, a light emitting portion which emits light, an optical element unit which divides the light into first light and second light and makes the first and second lights incident onto the scale portion, and a light receiving portion which receives the first light and the second light from the scale unit and outputs a signal corresponding to intensities of the received first light and second light, and in which the first light and the second light overlap other within a plane of the scale portion.