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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Junichi Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Rachi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250205 ; 2502 / ;
Abstract
A rotary encoder comprises a light emitting device, a photosensor, sampling means arranged between the light emitting device and the photosensor for intercepting the light emitted by the light emitting device as the sampling means is rotated, monitoring means arranged on a side of the sampling means facing the light emitting device in adjacent to the light emitting device for sensing a portion of the light from the light emitting device and producing a signal representing a light intensity sensed, and control means for controlling the light intensity of the light emitting device in accordance with the output of the monitoring means.