1. A micro-displacement measuring device comprises a grating ruler, an image processing unit and a data processing unit, and is characterized in that the grating ruler comprises a light source, and a collimating device, a main grating, an auxiliary grating and an image sensing chip which are sequentially arranged on an optical path of the light source; the main grating and the auxiliary grating respectively comprise a first pattern and a plurality of second patterns positioned on the left side and the right side of the first pattern, one of the main grating and the auxiliary grating can move relative to the other to generate displacement, light energy emitted by the light source can form an image on the image sensing chip after passing through the collimating device, the main grating and the auxiliary grating, the image processing unit is used for processing the image, and the data processing unit is used for calculating the displacement according to the processing result of the image processing unit.

2. The micro-displacement measuring device of claim 1, wherein a spacing between the first pattern and the adjacent second pattern is equal to a spacing between every two adjacent second patterns.

3. The micro-displacement measuring device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are used together as pattern portions, and the space between the first pattern and the second pattern and the space between the adjacent second patterns are blank portions, one of the pattern portions and the blank portions being light-transmissive and the other being light-non-transmissive.

4. The micro-displacement measuring device of claim 3, wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are grooves with different shapes formed on the main grating and the sub grating.

5. The micro-displacement measuring device of claim 4, wherein the first pattern is any one of a diamond-shaped groove, a trapezoid-shaped groove, a triangular-shaped groove, a pentagonal-shaped groove, or a circular-shaped groove, and the second pattern is one of a square-shaped groove or a circular-shaped groove.

6. The micro-displacement measuring device of claim 4, wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are formed by coating black paint on the surface of the first grating or the second grating.

7. The micro-displacement measuring device of claim 1, wherein the grating ruler further comprises a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board comprises a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a flexible connecting portion vertically connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and an extending portion connected with the first circuit board, the first circuit board and the second circuit board are arranged oppositely, the image sensing chip is arranged on the first circuit board, the light source is arranged on the second circuit board, and the extending portion is provided with an electrical connector.

8. The micro-displacement measuring device of claim 7, wherein the grating ruler further comprises a base, the base comprises an upper surface, a lower surface, a front side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface, and a left side surface and a right side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface, the upper surface is recessed toward the lower surface to form an accommodating groove, the front side surface is opened to form a through hole, the through hole is communicated with the accommodating groove, the first circuit board is arranged in the accommodating groove, and the extending portion extends out of the accommodating groove from the through hole; the base still includes the slot, the slot extends from the left surface and runs through to the right surface, main grating with vice grating all follows the slot is inserted and is established just the both ends of main grating and vice grating all are located outside the slot.

9. The micro-displacement measuring device according to claim 8, wherein the grating scale further comprises a middle frame disposed on the base, the middle frame comprises a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a boss protruding from the second surface, the middle frame is provided with a strip-shaped groove located on one side of the boss, a step portion and a light-passing hole located in the center of the step portion are formed in the center of the boss, the light-passing hole comprises a bearing platform, and the collimating device is disposed on the bearing platform; the flexible connecting part penetrates through the strip-shaped groove to enable the second circuit board and the second surface to be arranged at intervals, the light source is arranged on the second circuit board and located on the step part, and light beams emitted by the light source pass through the light through holes to be imaged on the image sensing chip.

10. The micro-displacement measuring device of claim 9, further comprising a cover, wherein the cover includes a bottom surface facing the middle frame, the bottom surface is recessed with a recess, the cover is disposed on the middle frame, and the second circuit board is received in the recess.

Background

The grating ruler plays a role in detecting the coordinates of the cutter and the workpiece, and is usually used for observing whether the cutter has errors during feeding in a numerical control machine tool so as to play a role in compensating the motion errors of the cutter, so that the grating ruler is widely applied to various precision machining tools. The traditional grating ruler is characterized in that light emitted by a light source is received by an optical detector after passing through a main grating and an auxiliary grating, then the optical detector is used for converting the light and shade change of moire fringes generated when the main grating and the auxiliary grating move into a current change mode, finally, a data processing unit is used for converting the current change into digital current to calculate displacement, and the optical detector is easily interfered by electromagnetic waves when receiving optical signals, so that measurement errors are caused.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, it is desirable to provide a micro displacement measuring device capable of solving the above problems.

A micro-displacement measuring device comprises a grating ruler, an image processing unit and a data processing unit, wherein the grating ruler comprises a light source, and a collimating device, a main grating, an auxiliary grating and an image sensing chip which are sequentially arranged on a light path of the light source; the main grating and the auxiliary grating respectively comprise a first pattern and a plurality of second patterns positioned on the left side and the right side of the first pattern, one of the main grating and the auxiliary grating can move relative to the other to generate displacement, light energy emitted by the light source can form an image on the image sensing chip after passing through the collimating device, the main grating and the auxiliary grating, the image processing unit is used for processing the image, and the data processing unit is used for calculating the displacement according to the processing result of the image processing unit.

In a preferred embodiment, the pitch between the first pattern and the adjacent second pattern is equal to the pitch between every two adjacent second patterns.

In a preferred embodiment, the first pattern and the second pattern together serve as a pattern portion, an interval between the first pattern and the second pattern and an interval between adjacent second patterns are blank portions, one of the pattern portion and the blank portion is light-transmissive, and the other is not light-transmissive.

In a preferred embodiment, the first pattern and the second pattern are grooves with different shapes formed on the main grating and the sub grating.

In a preferred embodiment, the first pattern is a diamond-shaped groove and the second pattern is a square-shaped groove.

In a preferred embodiment, the first pattern and the second pattern are formed by coating black paint on the surface of the grating.

In a preferred embodiment, the grating ruler further comprises a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board comprises a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a flexible connecting portion vertically connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and an extending portion connected with the first circuit board, the first circuit board and the second circuit board are arranged oppositely, the image sensing chip is arranged on the first circuit board, the light source is arranged on the second circuit board, and the extending portion is provided with an electric connector.

In a preferred embodiment, the grating ruler further comprises a base, the base comprises an upper surface, a lower surface, a front side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface, and a left side surface and a right side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface, the upper surface is recessed towards the lower surface to form an accommodating groove, the front side surface is opened to form a through hole, the through hole is communicated with the accommodating groove, the first circuit board is arranged in the accommodating groove, and the extending part extends out of the accommodating groove from the through hole; the base still includes the slot, the slot extends from the left surface and runs through to the right surface, main grating with vice grating all follows the slot is inserted and is established just the both ends of main grating and vice grating all are located outside the slot.

In a preferred embodiment, the grating ruler further includes a middle frame disposed on the base, the middle frame includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a boss protruding from the second surface, the middle frame is provided with a strip-shaped groove located on one side of the boss, a step portion and a light-passing hole located in the center of the step portion are formed in the center of the boss, the light-passing hole includes a carrying platform, and the collimating device is disposed on the carrying platform; the flexible connecting part penetrates through the strip-shaped groove so that the second circuit board and the boss are arranged at intervals, and light beams emitted by the light source can be transmitted to the image sensing chip through the light through holes and then sensed by the image sensing chip.

In a preferred embodiment, the grating ruler further includes a cover body, the cover body includes a bottom surface facing the middle frame, the bottom surface is concavely provided with a concave portion, the cover body covers the middle frame, and the second circuit board is accommodated in the concave portion.

Compared with the prior art, the micro-displacement measuring device provided by the invention has the advantages that the light energy emitted by the light source can form an image on the image sensing chip after passing through the collimating device, the main grating and the auxiliary grating, then the image processing unit is used for processing the image, and the data processing unit is used for calculating the displacement according to the processing result of the image processing unit. Therefore, the light and dark stripes are not required to be received by the light detector, the interference of electromagnetic waves to signals is overcome, and the accuracy of micro-displacement measurement is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments/modes of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments/modes are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments/modes of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a micro-displacement measuring device according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an overall structural view of a grating scale included in the micro-displacement measuring device provided in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a partially exploded view of the grating scale provided in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of the grating scale provided in fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an exploded view of the grating ruler provided in fig. 4, which is turned over by 180 degrees.

Fig. 6 is a structural diagram of a main grating included in the grating scale provided in fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the grating ruler provided in fig. 2 along direction VII-VII.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of displacement measurement of the grating ruler.

Description of the main elements

Micro-displacement measuring device 200

Grating scale 100

Image processing unit 110

Data processing unit 120

Light source 10

Collimating device 20

Main grating 30

Sub-grating 40

Image sensing chip 50

First pattern 31

Second pattern 33

Spacing L1, L2

Pattern part 310

Blank part 320

Printed circuit board 60

First circuit board 62

Second circuit board 64

Connecting part 66

Extension 68

Electrical connector 680

Base 70

Upper surface 71

Lower surface 72

Front side surface 73

Left side 74

Right side face 75

Accommodating groove 701

Through hole 703

Socket 705

Middle frame 80

First surface 81

Second surface 83

Boss 85

Strip-shaped groove 87

Step portion 89

Light-passing hole 890

Bearing platform 892

Cover body 90

Bottom surface 92

Recess 920

Display screen 130

Images P1, P2

The following detailed description will further illustrate the invention in conjunction with the above-described figures.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood, a detailed description of the present invention will be given below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, and the described embodiments are merely a subset of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than a complete embodiment. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.

The micro-displacement measuring device 200 provided by the present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.

Please refer to fig. 1-4, which illustrate a micro displacement measuring device 200 according to the present invention. The micro-displacement measuring device 200 includes a grating scale 100, an image processing unit 110 and a data processing unit 120. The image processing unit 110 and the data processing unit 120 may be integrated on a circuit board included in the grating scale 100, or may be located outside the grating scale 100.

Referring to fig. 4 and 7, the grating scale 100 includes a light source 10, and a collimating device 20, a main grating 30, a sub grating 40, and an image sensing chip 50 sequentially disposed on an optical path of the light source 10.

The light source 10 may be a light emitting diode or a laser diode. In this embodiment, a Laser Diode (LD) is selected because the laser diode has a high degree of collimation of the emitted light beam.

The collimating means 20 is a lens or an optical fiber, light guide.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, the main grating 30 and the sub grating 40 respectively include a first pattern 31 and a plurality of second patterns 33 located at left and right sides of the first pattern 31, and one of the main grating 30 and the sub grating 40 can move and shift relative to the other. That is, the main grating 30 may be fixed and the sub grating 40 may be moved relative to the main grating 30, or the sub grating 40 may be fixed and the main grating 30 may be moved.

It is understood that when the sub-grating 40 is moved, only the first pattern 31 may be formed on the sub-grating 40.

The light emitted from the light source 10 passes through the collimating device 20, the main grating 30 and the sub grating 40, and then forms an image on the image sensor chip 50. The image processing unit 110 is configured to process the image, and the data processing unit 120 is configured to calculate a displacement according to a result of the processing by the image processing unit 110.

Referring to fig. 8, a distance L1 between the first pattern 31 and the adjacent second pattern 33 is equal to a distance L2 between every two adjacent second patterns 33. For example, the pitch may be set to 0.01 μm.

Referring to fig. 6, taking the main grating 30 as an example, the first pattern 31 and the second pattern 33 are used together as a pattern portion 310. The space between the first pattern 31 and the second pattern 33 and the space between the adjacent second patterns 33 are blank portions 320. One of the pattern portion 310 and the blank portion 320 is light-transmissive, and the other is not light-transmissive. That is, the blank portion 320 is opaque when the pattern portion 310 is transparent. When the pattern portion 310 is opaque, the blank portion 320 is set to transmit light. In this embodiment, the pattern portion 310 is made opaque. The sub grating 40 is also arranged as the main grating 30. This is to form an image of the pattern portion 310 on the image sensor chip 50, which is easily recognized, in order to form a color difference. For example, the first pattern 31 and the second pattern 33 are formed by coating black paint on the surfaces of the main grating 30 and the sub grating 40. And the blank 320 is light-transmissive. It is understood that, when only the first pattern 31 is disposed on the main grating 30 and the sub grating 40, all regions except the first pattern 31 are defined as the blank 320.

In the present embodiment, the first pattern 31 and the second pattern 33 are grooves formed in the main grating 30 and the sub grating 40, respectively, and have different shapes. When the first and second patterns 31 and 33 are grooves, black paint is formed on the bottom surfaces of the grooves by printing.

The first pattern 31 is any one of a diamond groove, a trapezoid groove, a triangular groove or a circular groove, and the second pattern 33 is one of a square groove or a circular groove. In the present embodiment, the first pattern 31 is a diamond-shaped groove, and the length of a diagonal line of the diamond-shaped groove may be set to 0.012 micrometers. The second pattern 33 is a square groove. The side length of the square groove may be set to 0.01 μm.

In the present embodiment, the grating scale 100 further includes a printed circuit board 60. Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the printed circuit board 60 includes a first circuit board 62, a second circuit board 64, a flexible connecting portion 66 vertically connecting the first circuit board 62 and the second circuit board 64, and an extending portion 68 connected to the first circuit board 62, the first circuit board 62 and the second circuit board 64 are disposed opposite to each other, the image sensing chip 50 is disposed on the first circuit board 62, the light source 10 is disposed on the second circuit board 64, and the extending portion 68 is provided with an electrical connector 680. The electrical connector 680 is used for realizing signal transmission between the grating ruler 100 and an external electronic device.

In this embodiment, the grating scale 100 further includes a base 70, and the base 70 includes an upper surface 71, a lower surface 72, a front side surface 73 connecting the upper surface 71 and the lower surface 72, and a left side surface 74 and a right side surface 75 connecting the upper surface 71 and the lower surface 72. The upper surface 71 is recessed toward the lower surface 72 to form an accommodating groove 701, the front side surface 73 is opened to form a through hole 703, the through hole 703 is communicated with the accommodating groove 701, and the first circuit board 62 is disposed in the accommodating groove 701. Referring to fig. 1 and 2, when the printed circuit board 60 is disposed on the base 70, the extending portion 68 extends out of the accommodating groove 701 from the through hole 703. The base 70 further includes a slot 705, the slot 705 extends from the left side 74 to the right side 75, the main grating 30 and the sub grating 40 are inserted from the slot 705, and both ends of the main grating 30 and the sub grating 40 are located outside the slot 705. The position of the sub-grating 40 and the slot 705 may be fixed, and the main grating 30 moves relative to the sub-grating 40, however, the main grating 30 and the sub-grating 40 may also be fixed on two objects that move relative to each other.

In this embodiment, the grating scale 100 further includes a middle frame 80 disposed on the base 70, the middle frame 80 includes a first surface 81 facing the base 70, a second surface 83 opposite to the first surface 81, and a boss 85 protruding from the second surface 83, the middle frame 80 is provided with a strip-shaped groove 87 located on one side of the boss 85, a step portion 89 and a light-passing hole 890 located in the center of the step portion 89 are formed in the center of the boss 85, and the light-passing hole 890 includes a bearing stand 892. The collimating device 20 is disposed on the supporting stand 892; the flexible connecting portion 66 passes through the strip-shaped groove 87 to enable the second circuit board 64 and the second surface 83 to be arranged at an interval, and the light source 10 is arranged on the second circuit board 64 and located at the step portion 89, so that the light beam emitted by the light source 10 can be transmitted to the image sensing chip 50 through the light-passing hole 890, and then images are formed on the image sensing chip 50.

In this embodiment, the grating scale 100 further includes a cover 90. Referring to fig. 5, the cover 90 includes a bottom surface 92 facing the middle frame 80, the bottom surface 92 is recessed to form a recess 920, the cover 90 is covered on the middle frame 80, and the second circuit board 64 is received in the recess 920.

Referring to fig. 1, a display screen 130 may be embedded in the cover 90, the displacement processed by the data processing unit 120 is transmitted to the display screen 130 through an electrical connection or a wireless transmission, and the display screen 130 is used for displaying the displacement calculated by the data processing unit 120, so that the displacement value can be conveniently read from the display screen 130.

In summary, the micro-displacement measuring device 200 provided by the present invention includes the main grating 30 and the sub-grating 40, when in use, the main grating 30 and the sub-grating 40 are respectively fixed on two parts that move relatively, and when the main grating 30 moves relative to the sub-grating 40, the light emitted from the light source 10 passes through the collimating device 20, the main grating 30 and the sub-grating 40, and then forms an image on the image sensor chip 50. In the initial position, the first pattern 31 of the main grating 30 is aligned with the first pattern 31 of the sub-grating 40, as shown in the P1 image of fig. 8. When the main grating 30 and the sub grating 30 are displaced, the first pattern 31 of the main grating 30 is displaced from the first pattern 31 of the sub grating 40, as shown in the image P2 of fig. 8, the distance between the first pattern 31 of the main grating 30 and the first pattern 31 of the sub grating 40 represents the displacement, and the sum of all the second patterns 33 and all the spaces between the two first patterns 31 is the displacement. In the two images of fig. 8, for the sake of clear display of the first pattern 31 and the second pattern 33, the pixels in the images are omitted, and actually, the pixels are fully distributed in the two images. The data processing unit 120 establishes a proportional relationship between pixels and patterns of an image, the image processing unit 110 can determine how many pixels are included between the first pattern 31 of the main grating 30 and the first pattern 31 of the sub grating 40 in the image, so as to obtain the number of pixels between the first pattern 31 of the main grating 30 and the first pattern 31 of the sub grating 40, and the data processing unit 120 is configured to calculate the displacement according to the number of pixels processed by the image processing unit 110 and display the displacement on the display screen 130. Therefore, the light and dark stripes are not required to be received by the light detector, the interference of electromagnetic waves to signals is overcome, and the accuracy of micro-displacement measurement is improved.

It should be understood that the above examples are only for illustrating the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various other changes and modifications can be made in the technical spirit of the present invention within the scope of the appended claims.