Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Calibrating position sensor readings
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Application No.: US16319289Application Date: 2017-07-19
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Publication No.: US10969251B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Edward John Mottram , Paul Christopher Roberts
- Applicant: CMR Surgical Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: CMR Surgical Limited
- Current Assignee: CMR Surgical Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
- Priority: GB1612766 20160722
- International Application: PCT/GB2017/052120 WO 20170719
- International Announcement: WO2018/015747 WO 20180125
- Main IPC: G01D5/244
- IPC: G01D5/244 ; G01D5/245 ; G01D18/00 ; G01D5/14 ; G01D5/20 ; G01D5/249

Abstract:
A method of correcting a position reading from a position sensing arrangement. The position sensing arrangement is suitable for sensing the position of a revolute joint of an articulated structure, and comprises a disc having a magnetic ring with magnetic pole pairs and a magnetic sensor assembly comprising a magnetic sensor array for detecting the magnetic pole pairs of the magnetic ring. The method comprises: for each pole pair of the magnetic ring, taking a calibration pole pair position reading with the magnetic sensor array, and generating a pole pair correcting function by comparing the calibration pole pair position reading with a model pole pair position reading; averaging the pole pair correcting functions of the pole pairs of the magnetic ring to generate an average pole pair correcting function for the magnetic ring; taking a position reading with the magnetic sensor array, the position reading comprising a plurality of pole pair position readings; and generating a corrected position reading by deducting the average pole pair correcting function from each pole pair position reading.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190277667A1 CALIBRATING POSITION SENSOR READINGS Public/Granted day:2019-09-12
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