ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,496, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Encoder specifying method and driver" was invented by Takeshi Kiribuchi (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for specifying an encoder attached to a motor that is a target of control processing performed by the driver using encoder detection in a predetermined communication state in which the driver is able to communicate with the encoder, and the motor is able to transmit and receive a signal between the encoder and a winding of the motor. The method includes a first step of connecting the driver and the motor by a power line, a second step of transm...