Position detecting apparatus, and lens apparatus and image pickup apparatus including the position detecting apparatus

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PATENT NO 9435667
APP PUB NO 20150116571A1
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14527817

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A position detector, includes: a scale having pattern arrays formed in different cycles in a movement direction an obtaining unit which obtains signals in accordance with the pattern arrays; a first deriving unit which derives a temporal position of the scale relative to the obtaining unit based on the signals; a second deriving unit which derives a displacement amount of the scale relative to the obtaining unit based on one or more signals of the signals; and a determinates which determines a determined position of the scale relative to the obtaining unit based on the temporal position and the displacement amount, wherein the determinator determines the determined position based on a result of comparison between a difference between first and second temporal positions respectively calculated by the first and second deriving units at first and second positions and a displacement amount from the first position to the second position.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAOHTA-KU TOKYO 146-8501

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Shigeta, Junji Utsunomiya, JP 29 126

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