CA2095196A1 - Method and apparatus for controlling coordinate displacements of a platform - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for controlling coordinate displacements of a platform

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CA2095196A1
CA2095196A1 CA2095196A CA2095196A CA2095196A1 CA 2095196 A1 CA2095196 A1 CA 2095196A1 CA 2095196 A CA2095196 A CA 2095196A CA 2095196 A CA2095196 A CA 2095196A CA 2095196 A1 CA2095196 A1 CA 2095196A1
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displacements
microscope
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Peter Den Engelse
Alexander Flipse
Walter Janus
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    • G05B19/19—Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by positioning or contouring control systems, e.g. to control position from one programmed point to another or to control movement along a programmed continuous path
    • G05B19/21—Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by positioning or contouring control systems, e.g. to control position from one programmed point to another or to control movement along a programmed continuous path using an incremental digital measuring device
    • G05B19/23—Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by positioning or contouring control systems, e.g. to control position from one programmed point to another or to control movement along a programmed continuous path using an incremental digital measuring device for point-to-point control
    • G05B19/231—Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by positioning or contouring control systems, e.g. to control position from one programmed point to another or to control movement along a programmed continuous path using an incremental digital measuring device for point-to-point control the positional error is used to control continuously the servomotor according to its magnitude
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Abstract

The field of the invention is a combination of a microscope and an interactive image analysis system comprising a camera and a computer work station. The purpose of the invention is to facilitate the interactive control of coordinate displacements of the stage of the microscope. For each coordinate x and y an electromechanical control channel is established. At the input of the control channel two cascaded wheels in a coaxial arrangement and two angle encoders are used as a detached, independent tool which is not kinematically linked to the stage. In the middle of the control channel, the pulses of the angle encoders undergo a non-linear transformation. A processor performs a calculation which discriminates between slow displacements and fast displacements. At the end of the control channel, a flat, easily accessible platform of the microscope stage has two working areas, one for manual previewing and one for interactive scanning of a specimen.
CA002095196A 1992-04-30 1993-04-29 Method and apparatus for controlling coordinate displacements of a platform Expired - Fee Related CA2095196C (en)

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