The invention provides a method for detecting the position of a multi-code-channel absolute
encoder. The multi-code-channel absolute
encoder position detection method is characterized in that an incremental
signal (1), a single-period
subdivision position (2), an absolute position (3) and an absolute
subdivision position (4) are included, wherein the absolute position (3) is composed of a credible interval (301) and an uncertain interval (302). Firstly, an incremental
signal (1) is composed of periodic AB signals detected by an
encoder, then a periodic incremental
subdivision phase
signal phi is calculated and subdivided from the AB periodic signals, a single-period subdivision position (2) is obtained through calculation, and meanwhile, the encoder calculates an absolute position (3) of a
system at the moment from an absolute code channel; a trusted interval (301) of the absolute position (3) is determined from the incremental phase signal phi, and finally an absolute subdivision position (4) is obtained after fusion correction. The method can be used for high-precision absolute position measurement, and can be widely applied to the fields of industrial
automation,
robot technology,
aerospace, precision measurement, positioning control and the like.