POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM AND MOVING BODY

• Main Author: MURAYAMA TOMOHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 11.04.2024
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; MEASURING; MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PHYSICS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TESTING

To make it easy to detect positions of moving bodies which move along a track no matter how many moving bodies move.SOLUTION: A position detection system detects the positions of moving bodies which move along a track. The position detection system comprises: a magnet which is arranged on a moving body so that a magnetic field is directed at a predetermined angle to the moving direction of the moving body; a plurality of sensors which are arranged along the track and detect the direction of the magnetic field of the magnet when facing the moving body respectively; and a position detection part which specifies the position of the moving body on the track based upon detection information of the sensors.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】軌道に沿って移動する移動体の数にかかわらず、その移動体の位置を検出しやすくする。【解決手段】位置検出システムは、軌道に沿って移動する移動体の位置を検出する。この位置検出システムは、移動体の移動方向に対して磁界の方向が所定角度をなすように移動体に配置される磁石と、軌道に沿って配置され、それぞれが移動体と対向したときに磁石の磁界の方向を検出する複数のセンサと、センサの検出情報に基づいて、軌道における移動体の位置を特定する位置検出部と、を備える。【選択図】図２