Position detecting apparatus and method therefor

A position detecting apparatus for deriving position information of a moving part by sampling a resolver signal outputted from a resolver, comprising:

• timing signal generating means for delaying a signal obtained by sampling the resolver signal to thereby generate a timing signal;
• position detection means for detecting position data of the resolver in accordance with the timing signal;
• velocity detection means for detecting velocity data of the resolver in accordance with the timing signal;
• position detection error correction value generating means for generating a position detection error correction value based on the position data detected by said position detection means and the velocity data detected by said velocity detection means, said position detection error correction value being used to control said timing signal generating means;
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• moving part position detection means for detecting a position of the moving part in accordance with the velocity data detected by said velocity detection means.

A position detecting apparatus for deriving position information of a moving part by sampling, at a predetermined period, a resolver signal outputted from a resolver, comprising:

• first determination means for determining current position data of the resolver from data derived by sampling the resolver signal;
• second determination means for determining position data and velocity data of the resolver for a preceding period from data derived by sampling the resolver signal, and holding the determined position data and velocity data;
• calculation means for calculating correcting position data based on the determined position data and velocity data of the resolver for the receding period;
• deriving means for deriving a position detection error correction value for the current position of the resolver from re-stored position detection error correction values, based on the calculated correcting position data;
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• correction means for correcting the current position data based on the position detection error correction value.

A position detecting method for deriving position information of a moving part by sapling a resolver signal outputted from a resolver, comprising the steps of:

• delaying a signal obtained by sampling a resolver signal to thereby generate a timing signal;
• detecting position data of the resolver in accordance with the timing signal;
• detecting velocity data of the resolver in accordance with the timing signal;
• generating a position detection error correction value based on the position data detected in said position detection step and the velocity data detected in said velocity detection step, said position detection error correction value being used to control the generation of a subsequent timing signal;
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• detecting a position of the moving part in accordance with the velocity data detected in said velocity detection step.