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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2008
Applicant:
Dev Kumar Banerjee, Shirley, GB;
Inventor:
Dev Kumar Banerjee, Shirley, GB;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control system for use in safety critical human/machine control interfaces is described, more particularly a joystick type control system and particularly a joystick type control system utilizing magnetic positional sensing. The control system provides a control input device having a movable magnet, a pole-piece frame arrangement positioned about the magnet, at least three magnetic flux sensors being positioned in said pole-piece frame arrangement and a monitoring arrangement for monitoring the output signal of each of said at least three sensors.