Angular displacement

About: Angular displacement is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5102 publications have been published within this topic receiving 46081 citations. The topic is also known as: rotational displacement.

Apparatus and method for controlling plasma size and position in plasma-activated chemical vapor deposition processes

Abstract: A block of dielectric material having a long axis and a short axis and having low losses at a selected microwave frequency and a dielectric constant selected to produce a desired degree of phase modulation is mounted on a rotatable shaft in an orientation perpendicular to the long and short axes and arranged inside a waveguide feeding a CVD reactor containing a plasma species. The block is spun by a rotational force applied to the shaft at an angular acceleration such that the two axes of the block successively intersect the axis of the waveguide within the decay period of the plasma species. The frequency of phase modulation can be varied by changing the angular acceleration of the shaft, and the amplitude of the phase modulation can be varied by changing the ratio of block length to thickness and/or by selecting a material with higher dielectric constant. The incident microwave power may be modulated as a function of angular position of the spin shaft. By moving the apparent plasma and modulating the applied microwave power, a customized temperature profile may be achieved over a desired substrate area.

Method and apparatus for measuring the weft or mesh serial position in textiles

Abstract: A system for measuring the weft or mesh serial position in textiles, in which the angular position of the weft/mesh series is measured for determining the angle of distortion passing over a partial amount of the length thereof, includes an illumination measuring system which measures values of light from a light source either passing through or reflected from the textile fabric to be tested, in a substantially linear range, and an adjusting assembly which reciprocally and oscillatingly rotates the linear range about a central angle to adjust the linear range at an angle relative to the textile fabric; rotating or measuring the reflection or transmission values in several discrete equidistant angular units; a group of memories for storing the measured values corresponding to at least a few angular units; and a digital unit connected to the memories for comparing the stored values in calculating a distortion angle in response to such comparison.

Elbow joint angle and elbow movement velocity estimation using NARX-multiple layer perceptron neural network model with surface EMG time domain parameters.

Abstract: Background Estimation of elbow dynamics has been the object of numerous investigations. Objective In this work a solution is proposed for estimating elbow movement velocity and elbow joint angle from Surface Electromyography (SEMG) signals. Methods Here the Surface Electromyography signals are acquired from the biceps brachii muscle of human hand. Two time-domain parameters, Integrated EMG (IEMG) and Zero Crossing (ZC), are extracted from the Surface Electromyography signal. The relationship between the time domain parameters, IEMG and ZC with elbow angular displacement and elbow angular velocity during extension and flexion of the elbow are studied. A multiple input-multiple output model is derived for identifying the kinematics of elbow. A Nonlinear Auto Regressive with eXogenous inputs (NARX) structure based multiple layer perceptron neural network (MLPNN) model is proposed for the estimation of elbow joint angle and elbow angular velocity. The proposed NARX MLPNN model is trained using Levenberg-marquardt based algorithm. Results The proposed model is estimating the elbow joint angle and elbow movement angular velocity with appreciable accuracy. The model is validated using regression coefficient value (R). The average regression coefficient value (R) obtained for elbow angular displacement prediction is 0.9641 and for the elbow anglular velocity prediction is 0.9347. Conclusion The Nonlinear Auto Regressive with eXogenous inputs (NARX) structure based multiple layer perceptron neural networks (MLPNN) model can be used for the estimation of angular displacement and movement angular velocity of the elbow with good accuracy.

Method and device for determining absolute angular position of a rotating body

Abstract: A method and device for determining the absolute angular position of a rotating body includes an input gear attached to a rotating body and meshed with a single output gear. The gear ratio between the input gear and the output gear is a non-integer, so that the output gear will be out of phase with the input gear as the input gear completes successive revolutions. A sensor is placed in close proximity to the output gear and provides a signal to a microprocessor representing the angular position of the output gear. This signal is used by the microprocessor to calculate the absolute angular position of the input gear and thus, the absolute position of the attached rotating body.

Bond head having dual axes of motion

Abstract: A bond head is provided for a wire bonding machine having a linear axis frame, a rotary axis frame, a bond tool and a wire clamp. The linear axis frame is vertically linearly displacable along a linear axis, while the rotary axis frame is rotationally displacable along a rotary axis. A pivotal connector is provided which pivotally connects the rotary axis frame to the linear axis frame, enabling the rotary axis frame to rotate independent of linear displacement of the linear axis frame. The bond tool is connected to the rotary axis frame and is vertically linearly displacable in response to vertical linear displacement of the linear axis frame and rotationally displacable in response to rotational displacement of the rotary axis frame. The wire clamp is connected to the linear axis frame and is vertically linearly displacable in response to vertical linear displacement of the linear axis frame, while the wire clamp is maintained rotationally stationary during rotational displacement of the rotary axis frame. The bond head also includes a linear motion assembly and a rotary motion assembly. The linear motion assembly has a linear driver, a linear position detector and a linear driver controller. The rotary motion assembly correspondingly has a rotary driver, a rotary position detector and a rotary driver controller.