Position sensor with resistive element

A processor-readable medium comprising code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a method, the code comprising code to:

• receive a voltage of a resistive element at a first position;
• receive a voltage of the resistive element at a second position;
• determine a number of voltage changes associated with movement of a voltage sensor relative to the resistive element between the first position and the second position;
• determine a coarse position associated with the determined number of voltage changes;
• and
• determine a fine position associated with the voltage of the resistive element at the second position.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a first resistive element;
• a plurality of resistive elements separated from one another, the plurality of resistive elements not including the first resistive element;
• a plurality of leads associated with the first resistive element configured to provide a voltage to the first resistive element;
• a plurality of leads associated with the plurality of resistive elements configured to provide a voltage to each resistive element from the plurality of resistive elements;
• a contact element associated with the first resistive element configured to contact the first resistive element at a position associated with the first resistive element, the contact element associated with the first resistive element being configured to detect a voltage associated with the first resistive element at the contact position associated with the first resistive element, the detected voltage associated with the first resistive element being associated with a position of the contact element associated with the first resistive element relative to the first resistive element;
• a contact element associated with the plurality of resistive elements configured to contact at least one of the plurality of resistive elements at a contact position associated with the plurality of resistive elements, the contact element associated with the plurality of resistive elements being configured to detect a voltage associated with at least one of the plurality of resistive elements at a contact position associated with the plurality of resistive elements, the detected voltage being associated with a position of the contact element associated with the plurality of resistive elements relative to at least one of the plurality of resistive elements;
• and
• a position detector configured to determine the contact position associated with the first resistive element based on the detected voltage associated with the first resistive element, the position detector being configured to determine a plurality of possible contact positions associated with the plurality of resistive elements.

A processor-readable medium comprising code representing instructions to cause a processor to:

• receive a voltage of a first resistive element;
• receive a voltage of a second resistive element, the second resistive element being different from the first resistive element;
• determine a position of a contact element detecting the voltage associated with the first resistive element;
• determine at least one possible position of a contact element detecting the voltage associated with the second resistive element;
• compare the position of the contact element detecting the voltage associated with the first resistive element and the at least one possible position of the contact element detecting the voltage associated with the second resistive element;
• and
• determine, at least partially based on the comparison, the location of the contact element detecting the voltage associated with the second resistive element.

A processor-readable medium comprising code representing instructions to cause a processor to:

• receive a voltage of a first resistive element;
• receive a voltage of a second resistive element, the second resistive element being different from the first resistive element;
• determine if the voltage of the first resistive element is substantially equivalent to a maximum voltage of the first resistive element;
• determine if the voltage of the first resistive element is substantially equivalent to a minimum voltage of the first resistive element;
• if the voltage of the first resistive element is substantially equivalent to a maximum voltage of the first resistive element, then determine the position of a contact element detecting the voltage associated with the second resistive element;
• and
• if the voltage of the first resistive element is substantially equivalent to a minimum voltage of the first resistive element, then determine the position of a contact element detecting the voltage associated with the second resistive element.