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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1985
Walter Schmitt, Traunreut, DE;
Johannes Heidenhain GmbH, Traunreut, DE;
Abstract
A system for distinguishing identical reference marks located on a graduation used in an instrument for measuring the relative position of two objects. An individual code mark, comprised of multiple code mark elements, is allocated to each reference mark. Each code mark element can occupy one of two possible locations. A binary number associated with each code mark is obtained during scanning of the reference marks and code mark elements. The binary number is generated from a stored raster by a decoding unit and is dependent upon the position of each code mark element, the spacing between adjacent code mark elements and the spacing between the reference mark and an adjacent code mark element.