Abstract: A method for measuring a position using a magnet and a sensor for detecting the magnetic field strength of the magnet. The magnet and/or the sensor interact with a movable element so that a relative movement between the sensor and the magnet can be effected. The position of the movable element in accordance with the coordinates in a system of coordinates can be ascertained on the basis of the magnetic field having a predetermined shape generated by the magnet and detected by the sensor. The sensor ascertains three linearly independent spatial direction components of the magnetic field strength of the magnetic field acting at the location of the sensor. Each coordinate along a coordinate axis of the system coordinates of the magnetic field is determined individually and unambiguously by the combination of the three linearly independent spatial direction components of the magnetic field strength detected by the sensor.

Abstract: A method for measuring a position using a magnet and a sensor for detecting the magnetic field strength of the magnet. The magnet and/or the sensor interact with a movable element so that a relative movement between the sensor and the magnet can be effected. The position of the movable element in accordance with the co-ordinates in a system of co-ordinates can be ascertained on the basis of the magnetic field generated by the magnet and detected by the sensor. The sensor ascertains the components of the magnetic field strength of the magnetic field in three linearly independent spatial directions. The magnet generates an analytically describable magnetic field. Each co-ordinate along a co-ordinate axis of the system of co-ordinates in a half-space of the magnetic field is determined individually and unambiguously by the combination of the components of the magnetic field strength detected by the sensor.