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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110285386 | ANGLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME An angle detection system of the present invention includes: a stator 200 which includes a plurality of salient pole portions which are formed on a flat sheet made of a magnetic material and are raised by bending, each salient pole portion constituting a winding ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110175599 | Input device with dual induction coils and rotation motion output method thereof An input device with dual induction coils and a rotation motion output method thereof are described, in which the input device moves on a trace capture device, such that the trace capture device outputs a trace signal to an electronic device. When the input device is ro... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110101968 | INDUCTIVE POSITION SENSOR In an inductive position sensor for determining the position, particularly the rotation angle, of a movable element, at least two subsystems are provided, which each have second transmitting units with an actuating unit, an oscillating circuit on the movable element, an... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20100301841 | ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING METHOD AND SYSTEM Provided is an electromagnetic coil arrangement comprising a set of electromagnetic sensors at fixed locations with respect to each other, each of the electromagnetic sensors comprising a planar coil coupled to a conductive layer, the planar coil comprising non-concentr... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100097064 | Flux Plane Locating in an Underground Drilling System A portable locator and method for establishing the location of the cable line in a region which includes at least one generally straight electrically conductive cable line extending across the region from which cable line a locating signal includes a first arrangement f... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20090224751 | INDUCTIVE POSITION SENSOR An inductive position sensor, which in particular is a rotational angle sensor, is provided with two first transmitter units for the generation of two site-dependent first alternating fields having the same carrier frequency, and at least one oscillating circuit arrange... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090195241 | Electromagnetic induction type encoder The invention provides a highly accurate and inexpensive electromagnetic induction type encoder capable of acquiring strong signal intensity with the offset reduced by a short scale coil, and is durable against fluctuations in the yaw direction, which includes a number ... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090184707 | Electromagnetic barrier for use in association with inductive position sensors An inductive position sensing system including an inductive position sensor and an electromagnetic barrier positioned adjacent the sensor to shield the sensor from induced electromagnetic field interference. The electromagnetic barrier is formed of a soft magnetic compo... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090165573 | Magnetometric Device for Evaluating a Physical Parameter, and Use A magnetometric device for evaluating a physical parameter (D, K), comprising a circuit (1) which is sensitive to a magnetic field, a measurement circuit (2) and a magnetic field generator (3), the sensitive circuit (1) being subjected to a m... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090171190 | MEDICAL DEVICE POSITION DETECTING SYSTEM, MEDICAL DEVICE GUIDING SYSTEM, AND POSITION DETECTING METHOD FOR MEDICAL DEVICE Position detection of a medical device is prevented from being impossible even when the frequency characteristic of a magnetic induction coil is varied in accordance with the state of an external magnetic field for guiding the medical device. A medical device position d... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090140729 | INDUCTIVE NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT OF A RELATIVE MOVEMENT OR RELATIVE POSITIONING OF A FIRST OBJECT RELATIVE TO A SECOND OBJECT A non-contact measurement method for a relative displacement or relative positioning of a first object relative to a second object, in which: at least one transmitting coil, placed on the first object, is excited by an alternating excitation signal, at least one alterna... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090115406 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING MUTUAL INDUCTANCE COUPLING BETWEEN COILS IN AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING SYSTEM A system and method of minimizing the mutual inductance coupling between two or more coils of a coil array of an electromagnetic tracking system. The system involves a geometric arrangement of two or more coils, which significantly reduces any mutual inductance coupling... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090108836 | Position Sensor A position sensor comprises: a cosine coil and a sine coil as excitation coils which generate excitation signals; a detection coil which detects the excitation signal generated from the cosine coil and the sine coil; and a phase-difference detector serving as a converte... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090096443 | COIL ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING SYSTEM An electromagnetic tracking system comprising at least one electromagnetic transmitter assembly or at least one electromagnetic receiver assembly with two coils attachable to a trackable object to be tracked. The two coils including a first large coil and a second small... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090076460 | Device And Method For Contact Free Absolute Position Determination The present invention relates to a contact free arrangement for determining an absolute position of a member adapted for setting an amount of medicament to be injected from a medication delivery device, or adapted for determining an amount of medicament injected from a ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090039874 | INDUCTIVE POSITION SENSOR A system to measure the displacement of relatively moveable bodies along an axis comprising: a resonant electrical intermediate device further comprising an inductor, whose width varies along the displacement axis, and a capacitor in electrical series which cooperates w... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20080278149 | AIR-CORE TRANSFORMER POSITION SENSOR An air-core transformer position sensor includes an excitation coil, an output coil, and a sensor coil. The excitation coil is adapted to be electrically excited with an excitation signal. The output coil is inductively coupled to the excitation coil upon electrical exc... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080238413 | Electromagnetic tracking method and system Provided is an electromagnetic tracking system, comprising a coil arrangement comprising a first coil configured to generate a first magnetic field and a second coil configured to generate a second magnetic field and a drive unit configured to provide a first drive curr... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080174304 | Coil arrangement for electromagnetic tracker method and system An electromagnetic coil arrangement comprising a plurality of electromagnetic sensors located about the periphery of a region and at least one center electromagnetic sensor located at or near the center of the region, wherein the plurality of electromagnetic sensors and... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080174303 | Anti-distortion electromagnetic sensor method and system A source for inducing an electromagnetic magnetic field, comprising: a substrate, a conductive layer coupled to the substrate, and a planar coil coupled to the substrate, wherein the planar coil comprises non-concentric rings, and wherein the non-concentric rings are co... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080079422 | ROTARY TRANSDUCER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A ROTARY TRANSDUCER A rotary transducer includes a shaft, and a carrier body, on which an excitation winding and a detector system are arranged. To generate an electromagnetic field, it is possible to conduct an excitation current through the excitation winding, and the detector system is ... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080079421 | Multi-sensor distortion mapping method and system In one aspect of the present technique, an array of electromagnetic sensors is positioned within a volume of interest. In the presence of an electromagnetic field, the array of electromagnetic sensors is sampled to acquire signals representative of the location of the e... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080012553 | PROBE FOR ASSESSMENT OF METAL DISTORTION Apparatus for assessing field distortion includes a probe and a processor. The probe includes a mechanical fixture for placement at a location to be tested, and one or more field generators, which are attached to the mechanical fixture and are arranged to generate respe... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070247142 | Variable reluctance type angle detector A variable reluctance type angle detector 1 is provided with a rotor 5 and a stator 4. The rotor 5 is provided rotatably on the stator 4. The stator 4 has twelve teeth 2 disposed circumferentially. An excitation wire 7... | 10/25/2007 |
