Patent attributes
In an absolute angle detection apparatus, sectors are obtained by dividing 360° by an even number, each sector having combinations of first and second code lines. The first code lines are Gray codes including third code lines that do not appear the same even when a digit from which they are read is changed and fourth code lines that appear the same when a digit from which they are read is changed. The first code lines at adjacent steps and the first code lines at the first and last steps differ from each other at one bit. Each first code line is shifted by one digit at every predetermined number of steps, and the first code line without shift is obtained when the first code line corresponding to the maximum shift is further shifted by one digit. The second code lines identify the fourth code lines.
