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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:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Osram Opto Semi-Conductors GmbH Co. OHG, Rogensburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/34 ;
Abstract
A method for a quantitative detection of a linear movement or rotary movement. The method includes the steps of emitting radiation from at least two light emitters in a pulsed mode at a same clock frequency or different clock frequencies and detecting the radiation from the two light emitters by a detection device. It furthermore includes the steps of increasingly shadowing the radiations by a movable grid device or separating signals originating from different light emitters by an evaluation circuit coupled to said detection device.