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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120038307 | Measurement System Using Alignment Unit And Method Of Determining System Parameters Of Alignment Unit In one embodiment a method determines a system parameter of an alignment unit in a system that measures a position and posture of a workpiece, such as a substrate (or a semiconductor wafer), using the alignment unit. A mounting error of the alignment unit is determined,... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20110298411 | ENCODER, SERVO UNIT AND ENCODER MANUFACTURING METHOD An encoder includes a disk including a first track and a second track each being ring-shaped and provided with a rotary grating, and a first detector and a second detector that are fixedly disposed so as to respectively face the first track and the second track each pro... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110210691 | METHOD, MEASURING ARRANGEMENT AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICALLY MEASURING BY INTERFEROMETRY THE THICKNESS OF AN OBJECT Method, measuring arrangement (23;26;27) and apparatus (1) for optically measuring by interferometry the thickness of an object (2) having an external surface (16) and an internal surface (17) opposite with respect to the external surf... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110068731 | LINEAR ENCODER, LINEAR MOTOR SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LINEAR ENCODER An encoder includes: a main scale having two or more band-shaped tracks in each of which an optical main grating is formed so that longitudinal direction of the main scale corresponds to a measurement axis direction; and an index scale opposed to the main scale so as to... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20100324735 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FINE POSITIONING OF A TOOL HAVING A HANDLING APPARATUS The present invention relates to a method and a device for the machining of an object using a tool, in which the tool (2) or the object (18) is guided using a handling apparatus, which has multiple movement axes for the coarse positioning of the tool (2... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100208322 | Flexure Actuator Implementations of actuators that use flexures to provide support to the actuators and pivoting mechanisms to the actuators. Such actuators can be electromagnetically activated actuators that include a magnet stator and a coil rotor mounted on a flexure.... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100072938 | Encoder Eccentricity Correction for Motion Control Systems Correction of rotary encoder eccentricity in an image forming device having a motor controller using period and position pulse train feedback signals. A motor includes an encoder disc rotating with the motor and at least two encoder sensors disposed at different circumf... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100072937 | MOBILE POSITIONING STRUCTURE FOR AN AXIAL ROD MOTOR A mobile positioning structure for an axial rod motor comprises a base on which being disposed a stator, and on the stator is disposed a mover on which being mounted an optical signal reader. The stator is provided with a plurality of measurement marks. The position of ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100052596 | ULTRASONIC MOTORIZED STAGE An ultrasonic motorized stage includes a base part, first and second tables, first and second linear ultrasonic motors which respectively drive the first and the second tables, and first and second optical linear sensors which respectively detect the amount of move of t... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100046332 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR OPTICAL DISKS AND OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS A signal processing device for optical disks includes a reflected light process section configured to convert reflected light received by an optical pickup into an electric signal based on a first gain, wherein the optical pickup emits laser light to an optical disk and... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090184676 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION-ACCURATE TRIGGERING OF A MACHINE PART A machine part, such as a laser, is moved along at least one axis of movement relative to a workpiece. Position pulses are generated by means of an incremental encoder, with the number of position pulses in a position pulse train being representative of the movement pos... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090060578 | Rotor Driving Force Transmission Device and Image Forming Apparatus having the Device A driving force transmission device superior in reliability with suppressed rotation fluctuation. The driving force transmission device has gearing reception portions, three arm portions and a press member. The gearing reception portions are formed in the inner circumfe... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090051895 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE SYSTEM, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND PROCESSING SYSTEM A position of a stage in a perpendicular direction with respect to a movement plane and a tilt direction is measured, using a surface position sensor and a Z interferometer. And, the stage is driven in a stable manner and also with high precision, by appropriately switc... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090033271 | MACHINE TOOL HAVING FUNCTION OF CORRECTING MOUNTING ERROR THROUGH CONTACT DETECTION A machine tool capable of automatically correcting an orientation of a workpiece or machining attachment based on detection results from position detectors that the machine tool inherently has. The machine tool comprises: position detectors; position deviation determini... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090033270 | Position Feedback Device for a Motor A position feedback device for a motor comprises a driven member and a sensing device. The driven member is indirectly connected to the motor and driven by it. The sensing device detects the travel length of the motor by sensing the driven member. With the method of ind... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080316460 | Control system, lithographic projection apparatus, method of controlling a support structure, and a computer program product A control system is provided for controlling a support structure in a lithographic apparatus. The control system includes a first measurement system arranged to measure the position of a substrate supported by the support structure, the position being measured in a firs... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080122396 | SAMPLE-LOADING SYSTEM AND ANTI-COLLISION DEVICE AND ANTI-COLLISION METHOD THEREOF Some embodiments of the present invention provide an anti-collision device used for a sample-loading system. This device may include a code plate, an optical coupler, a location signal-detecting unit, a drive pulse counting unit and a drive pulse-sending unit. The optic... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20070285043 | CONTROL AND MOTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR USE IN MODEL TRAIN A control and motor arrangement in accordance with the present invention includes a motor configured to generate a locomotive force for propelling the model train. The control and motor arrangement further includes a command control interface configured to receive comma... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20060164030 | Motor actuator A motor actuator for actuating a driven member includes a control unit and a brushless motor, which includes a coil, a magnet and a hall element. The coil generates a magnetic field when being energized. The magnet rotor is rotatable in the magnetic field generated by t... | 07/27/2006 |
| 20050174085 | Micromanipulation system A micromanipulation system for applying a micro manipulation to an object within the view of a microscope, using a fine needle, comprising: a manipulator driving unit for transferring the fine needle at least along the optic axis direction of the microscope, a micro man... | 08/11/2005 |
| 20050099151 | Positioning/adjusting device for a shielding member A positioning/adjusting device includes a main unit and a controlling device. The main unit includes a motor unit and a circuit assembly. The motor unit includes a motor for moving the outreaching/retracting member. The circuit assembly includes a detecting circuit for ... | 05/12/2005 |
