Patent ID: 11906333
Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. A position detection device comprising:
a plurality of scales that each records absolute data embedded with a scale ID for separately identifying each of the plurality of scales;
a detector that detects the absolute data from each of said plurality of scales;
an extractor is configured to extract, from the absolute data detected by the detector, the scale ID and position data representing a position on any one of the plurality of scales, wherein
each of said plurality of scales includes a first data area for embedding the scale ID and a second data area for embedding the position data, and
said extractor extracts the scale ID using the absolute data detected from the first data area, and extracts the position data using the absolute data detected from the second data area.