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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
May. 09, 2011
Applicant:
Hiroaki Kawada, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroaki Kawada, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kawasaaki-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A photoelectric encoder has a scale in which a main track for detecting an amount of movement is formed in a measuring direction. The photoelectric encoder includes an origin signal generating portion provided at a part of the main track in a direction orthogonal to the measuring direction. Thereby, change in a light receiving signal due to passage of the origin signal generating portion is detected to generate an origin signal. Thus, the origin signal which is in agreement with a main signal in phase is obtained and improve the reproducibility of an origin position.