| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 073504020 |
Angular rate using gyroscopic or Coriolis effect
| 480 |
| 073514010 |
Acceleration determination utilizing inertial element
| 369 |
| 073493000 |
Structural installation or mounting means
| 25 |
| 073510000 |
Response to multiple sensing means or motion conditions
| 17 |
| 073497000 |
Temperature compensator
| 7 |
| 073504010 |
Angular rate using wave or beam motion (e.g., Sagnac type)
| 6 |
| 073491000 |
With means for retaining reading | 5 |
| 20120297872 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT COMPONENTS - A method for monitoring motorized equipment components includes determining first acceleration values of at least one equipment component during an encoded presettable motion sequence of the at least one equipment component at a first time point. The method also includes determining second acceleration values of the at least one equipment component during the encoded presettable motion sequence of the at least one equipment component at a second time point. The method includes emitting an error signal when a presettable number of the second acceleration values lies outside a presettable tolerance range of the first acceleration values. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20100064803 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING A VELOCITY OF A SPORT OBJECT - A method for determining a velocity of an object (O), such as a ball, over a span length (SL) extending from a span start (SS) to a span end (SE). An audio signal (AS) is received by a mobile telephone's (MT) microphone (MP). An approximate travel time (TT) for a traversal of the span length (SL) by the object (O) is determined, which act time comprises processing the audio signal (AS) and detecting a first shape ( | 03-18-2010 |
| 20130118255 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONFORMAL SENSING OF FORCE AND/OR CHANGE IN MOTION - Sensing a force and/or a change in motion proximate to an arbitrarily-shaped surface via a conformal sensing element (e.g., a pressure sensor, an accelerometer) disposed on a flexible substrate and having a sufficient mechanical coupling to the surface. The conformality of the sensing element facilitates intimate proximity to the surface to ensure accurate sensing. Examples of arbitrarily-shaped surfaces include body parts of a person (e.g., a head). A processor receiving one or more signals from the sensing element may provide information relating to possible injury to a body part (e.g., head trauma) resulting from sensed forces and/or changes in motion. Such information may be conveyed by one or more output devices that provide indications of possible degrees of injury/trauma. A conformal sensing apparatus may be integrated with a protective garment or accessory, such as a helmet, wherein the conformality of the sensing apparatus also ensures sufficient comfort for the wearer. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20090100928 | Method and device for automated electronic green speed measurement - Method and apparatus for measuring the coefficient of rolling friction or speed of a horizontal surface over which a round object is rolled such as a putting green encountered in the game of golf. The method includes a device for launching a ball across the surface at a constant and consistent velocity. An included timing device is triggered to start counting the elapsed time when the ball exits the launching device and continues counting until the ball has decelerated to a stop. At the instant the ball ceases moving the timer is triggered to terminate the count. The time required for a body with a specific velocity to come to rest after experiencing constant deceleration is determined by the laws of motion. The coefficient of friction or “speed” of the green which is proportional to the amount of deceleration may then be calculated. This time measurement is therefore sufficient to determine the speed of the green surface which may be reported as an equivalent “stimp” value. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20120297871 | MEMS DOSIMETER - In various embodiments, a dosimeter is employed to passively record a peak pressure (e.g., a peak blast pressure) and/or a maximum acceleration experienced by the dosimeter. | 11-29-2012 |
| 073514390 |
Magnetic speed measuring or mechanical speed measuring with ancillary magnetic means or with ancillary electrical means | 4 |
| 20130061676 | SENSING UNIT FOR BICYCLE SPEEDOMETER - A sensing unit for a bicycle speedometer is disclosed. The bicycle speedometer has a meter body and the sensing unit for detecting pedaling and generating a signal related to bicycle pedaling. The sensing unit includes a sensor mounted on a bicycle frame and a fixture for carrying a sensed member. The fixture has a fixing end coupled with a bicycle crank and a coupling arm for carrying the sensed member. The fixture allows positional adjustment of the sensed member with respect to the bicycle crank, thereby facilitating aligning the sensed member with the sensor, so as to ensure proper sensing of the sensor to the sensed member. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20090277268 | MAGNETIZED PULSAR RING AND ROLLING BEARING APPARATUS WITH SENSOR HAVING THE SAME - [Means for Resolution] A magnetized body is a bonded magnet and is fixed to a support member by integral injection molding. A bend portion extending axially outwardly is formed in an outwardly-directed flange portion of the support member. A come-off preventing concave portion is constituted by the bend portion and the outwardly-directed flange portion. The magnetized body enters this concave portion. Consequently, the magnetized body is prevented from performing relative movement with respect to the support member. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20110259102 | SPEED SENSOR - A speed sensor has a static part and a dynamic part arranged concentrically inside the static part. The static part has two permanent magnets and the dynamic part has two further permanent magnets. The magnet is oriented reversely to the further magnets. The magnets are tuned to each other so that gravity on the dynamic part is counteracted by the magnetic force on the dynamic part. As a result, the weight of the dynamic part need not be carried by springs and the dynamic part can move freely so that the full stroke can be used for measuring accelerations and the natural frequency is low. The static part further includes a measuring coil for measuring the displacement of the dynamic part and for the radial positioning of the dynamic part this part is connected to the static part by means of leaf springs. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120125106 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SENSOR - A method for manufacturing a sensor, in particular for recording rotational speed. At least one stamped grid is provided for electrically contacting the sensor, in particular a sensor element of the sensor. In addition, at least one homogenization plate is provided for influencing a magnetic field, the stamped grid and the homogenization plate being connected by at least one holder. The holder fixes the stamped grid and the homogenization plate in place positively and/or non-positively. | 05-24-2012 |
| 073504180 |
With rotary gyroscope | 3 |
| 20100147075 | MEMS DEVICES AND METHODS WITH CONTROLLED DIE BONDING AREAS - Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices and methods with controlled die bonding areas. An example device includes a MEMS die having a glass layer and a protective package. The glass layer includes a side facing the protective package with at least one mesa protruding from a recessed portion of the glass layer. The at least one mesa is attached to the protective package. An example method includes creating at least one mesa on a glass layer of a MEMS die and attaching the at least one mesa to a protective package. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20080202239 | Piezoelectric acceleration sensor - Piezoelectric accelerometers and gyroscopes having cantilevered transducers are described. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20120227493 | SOLDERING METHOD, GYROSCOPE AND SOLDERED PART - The invention relates to a method of soldering a conducting body to a substrate using an alloy chosen from either a tin-silver alloy or a tin-silver-copper alloy. The method comprises metallization of the substrate by depositing a tie layer on the substrate, depositing a diffusion barrier layer, or depositing a wetting layer comprising gold. The tie layer having any one of the chemical components chosen from chromium, titanium or titanium alloy. The diffusion barrier layer comprising a material chosen from platinum or palladium. | 09-13-2012 |
| 073495000 |
Indicating diverse conditions | 2 |
| 20120291546 | INERTIAL SENSOR - One inertial sensor detects an acceleration in a driving direction as well as an angular rate about one axis and an acceleration in a detecting direction at the same time. A driving-direction acceleration detecting unit is provided to members vibrating in mass members on the left and right via an elastic body. In this manner, when an acceleration is applied in the driving direction, the mass members on the left and right normally vibrated with a same amplitude and in opposite phases have displacement amounts in a same phase, and the driving-direction acceleration detecting unit detects the displacement amounts in the same phase as a capacitance change, thereby detecting the acceleration in the driving direction. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20100206070 | SPEED METER HAVING PEDOMETRIC FUNCTION - A speed meter having pedometric function comprises a casing provided with a liquid crystal screen, a gravity sensor provided in electric connection in the casing, a circuit board, and a microprocessor. A changeover switch is respectively connected with the gravity sensor and the microprocessor. Thereby, the forward speed of a vehicle can be obtained by the detection of the gravity sensor and the calculation of the microprocessor when the vehicle is driven. After the changeover switch is switched into a status of walking or running, the step count of a user can be obtained by the detection of the gravity sensor and the calculation of the microprocessor and shown on the liquid crystal screen. | 08-19-2010 |
| 073526000 |
With dampening or shock-absorbing means | 2 |
| 20080223133 | Impact resistant speed sensing object - An impact resistant speed sensing object having an inner body with a processor and at least one speed detecting sensors adapted to engage the inner body and adapted to interact with the processor for determining the speed of the impact resistant speed sensing object. The impact resistant speed sensing object further includes an impact resistant housing having apertures adapted to receive the inner body and the speed detecting sensor. The impact resistant speed sensing object has an aperture adapted to receive the impact resistant housing with the inner body and speed detecting sensor. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20100037694 | SNUBBING SYSTEM FOR A SUSPENDED BODY - The present invention generally relates to a snubbing or damping system for reducing a shock impact on an isolated body within a shock sensitive device, which may take the form of an inertial measurement unit (IMU). The shock sensitive device includes a housing with an inertial body suspended in an isolated manner within the housing and engaged with the snubbing system. By way of example, the inertial body may take the form of an inertial sensor assembly. Further, the snubbing system may take the form of a plastically deformable snubbing mechanism positioned between the housing and the inertial body along a line of action of the inertial body during an acceleration (e.g. shock) event. | 02-18-2010 |
| 073490000 |
With distance registering means | 1 |
| 20120042726 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A MOVING DISTANCE - A device and a method for measuring a moving distance are provided. More particularly, a device for measuring a total moving distance according to an embodiment of the invention includes a mounting module to be attached to a specific portion of a moving object, a sensor module configured to sense an acceleration of the moving object, a controller configured to: measure a moving speed based on the acceleration, initialize the moving speed at a at least one of substantial stop states, calculate each of a plurality of unit moving distances, wherein at least one of the plurality of substantial stop states occurs when an absolute value of the acceleration is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, and a communication unit configured to transmit information including the moving speed and the total moving distance, and receive health information. | 02-23-2012 |
| 073521000 |
Fluid | 1 |
| 20120085171 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING SPEED OF MATERIAL - A device for measuring a speed of a material includes a body unit disposed at an exit side of a rolling stand and placed below a material which is transferred from the rolling stand; and a speed measuring unit installed on the body unit and constructed to measure a speed of the material transferred from the rolling stand. | 04-12-2012 |
| 073507000 |
Comparison to a fixed standard, master or reference speed device | 1 |
| 20110023603 | Method And Apparatus For Determining The Current Longitudinal Vehicle Speed - A wheel rotation speed (RD) is determined from at least two wheels of a vehicle, respectively. A variable variability measure (VAR) is determined for each wheel rotation speed (RD), respectively. The current reliability of the respective wheel rotation speed (RD) is determined as a function of the variability measure (VAR). The current longitudinal vehicle speed is determined either as a function of the wheel rotation speeds (RD) which are currently detected as being reliable, or the current longitudinal vehicle speed is determined as an extrapolation as a function of wheel rotation speeds (RD) which were previously detected as being reliable if all wheel rotation speeds (RD) are currently detected as being unreliable. | 02-03-2011 |
| 073500000 |
Liquid surface is or moves reading means | 1 |
| 20130061671 | ACCELEROMETER - An accelerometer includes an enclosure and a flowable material disposed in the enclosure, A signal representing a shape of a surface of the flowable material in the enclosure is developed and a circuit is responsive to the signal for deriving an indication of acceleration. | 03-14-2013 |
| 073489000 |
Recording or registering interrelated factors | 1 |
| 20110192225 | method for the dnyanmically adapted recording of an angular velocity using a digital angular position transducer - A method and a device for recording angular velocity using a digital angular position transducer, for controlling an electric motor, for example. Instead of taking into account time-discrete changes directly in the form of step changes in the output signal, the recorded angular velocity change is taken into account only with an (increasing) proportion in the output. This permits a smoother curve in the case of not completely precise transducer wheels, whose imprecisions would otherwise lead to unnecessary reactions by the regulation. Large angular velocity changes, on the other hand, are reproduced directly, so as to take into account accelerations going along with them in an unaffected manner in the regulation. | 08-11-2011 |
| 073499000 |
Illuminated reading device | 1 |
| 20110179865 | FAN SPEED TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A fan speed testing system for testing a testing fan includes a testing fan, a collecting module, a processing module, a converting module; and a displaying module. A label is attached to the testing fan and capable of rotating with the testing fan. The collecting module is configured to collect light reflected off of the label as the fan rotates in order to produce a pulse signal. The processing module is configured to adjust the pulse signal to be a standard square wave. The converting module is configured to obtain a fan speed data of the testing fan according to conversion times between high levels and low levels of the standard square wave. The displaying module is configured to display the fan speed data. | 07-28-2011 |
| 073503000 |
Means integrating time and acceleration | 1 |
| 20110290019 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A CONSTRUCTION - A measuring device | 12-01-2011 |
| 073535000 |
Centrifugal weight type | 1 |
| 20100162814 | CENTRIFUGAL FORCE SENSING DEVICE AND REACTION SYSTEM ON CENTRIFUGAL FORCE - A centrifugal force sensing device is disclosed, which includes a first rotating shaft, two first movable and two first fixing sleeves, a first and a second weight, two first and two second linkages, a restoration element, a first sensing unit for sensing centrifugal force, and two fixers. The two first movable sleeves are disposed through the first rotating shaft. The two first linkages are connected to the first weight and the two first movable sleeves. The restoration element having a fixing block and two first damping elements is disposed at the first rotating shaft. The two second linkages are connected to the second weight and the two first movable sleeves. The two first fixing sleeves are fixed at the first rotating shaft and respectively located between each of the two first movable sleeves and one of the two fixers. | 07-01-2010 |
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| 20120174669 | COLLISION SENSOR HOUSING AND MODULE - A collision sensor module configured to be attached to a surface of a vehicle. The module includes a collision sensor circuit board configured to detect acceleration indicative of a vehicle collision event. The exterior of the module is defined by a housing that includes a rigid part and a flexible part. The rigid part is configured to define a wing portion for attaching the rigid part to the surface, provide an underside surface of the rigid part to couple the collision sensor circuit board to the surface in a manner effective for the circuit board to detect when the vehicle is involved in a collision event. The flexible part is configured to sealingly contact the rigid part and the collision sensor circuit board in a manner effective to seal the protective cavity when the rigid part is attached to the surface and thereby protect the collision sensor circuit board. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120291544 | ACTIVITY METER, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An activity meter includes an accelerometer for detecting movement of a body and a control unit connected to the accelerometer. The control unit determines segments corresponding to single cycles of body movement based on a detection output from the accelerometer, and based on a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in the detection output from the accelerometer that correspond to the determined segments of the single cycles, specifies a type of activity performed in a predetermined period that includes the segments. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20090044623 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM WITH RECORDED INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus which can communicate with terminals, includes a terminal environment acquiring portion which acquires terminal environment information from a terminal intended to input transmission information, the terminal environment information is an information about an environment of the terminal; a keyword reading portion which reads a plurality of keywords from a keyword recording portion based on the terminal environment information acquired by the terminal environment acquiring portion, the keyword recording portion records associating keywords in transmission information which has been inputted through terminals with terminal environment information of the terminals through which the transmission information has been inputted; and a keyword presenting portion which presents the plurality of keywords read by the keyword reading portion as selection candidates to the terminal intended to input transmission information. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20130068016 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MOTION OF OBJECT - The present invention relates to an apparatus for identifying motions of an object, which is used for detecting motions of at least an object. A sensing plate senses the object and produces at least a sensing signal. A processing circuit is coupled to the sensing plate. It gives at least a moving speed along at least one axis, at least a variation in the sensed value between the object and the sensing plate, or at least a variation in the contact area according to the sensing signal. Then it produces a corresponding control signal according to the moving speed, the variation in the sensed value, or the variation in the contact area. Thereby, the present invention further produces a corresponding control signal by means of the variations in the sensed value. Hence, the control signal can be produced without touching the touch panel and thus increasing the lifetime of the touch panel. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20120285243 | ROTATION MEASURING DEVICE - A rotation measuring device | 11-15-2012 |
| 20090145222 | Electronic device including two electronic components connected with each other and output terminal and method of manufacturing same - An electronic device includes a first electronic component having a terminal member and a second electronic component connected with the first electronic component. The terminal member includes a trunk portion, an external terminal portion that extends in a straight direction from the trunk portion to be connected with a lead wire at its connection end and a U-shaped internal terminal portion that has one side extending from the trunk portion and the other side extending in a direction opposite to the straight direction and connected with the second electronic component at its connection end. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20120291543 | MICROSYSTEM - A microsystem, e.g., a micromechanical sensor, has a first cavity which is sealed off from the surroundings and a second cavity which is sealed off from the surroundings. The first cavity is bounded by a first bond joint and the second cavity is bounded by a second bond joint. Either the first bond joint or the second bond joint is a eutectic bond joint or a diffusion-soldered joint. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20110197673 | ELCTRONIC SENSOR OR SENSOR DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR AN ACCELERATION SENSOR, HAVING A CHIP MODULE MOUNTED IN A SENSOR HOUSING - An electronic sensor has a sensor housing in which a chip module having a module housing is mounted. The module housing has terminal pins that protrude laterally outward, each having a tapering at its free end. In addition, at least one metallic bearer strip is provided that is fashioned, in a first end area, as a plug contact, and that has in a second end area for at least one terminal pin a respective spring-clamp contact point that forms a flexible press-in zone for the corresponding terminal pin. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20080271531 | Measuring Device - The invention relates to a measuring device comprising a transmitter ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080250859 | ACCELERATION SENSOR - An acceleration sensor of the present invention is a heat sensing type acceleration sensor, and includes a heating chip formed with a heating element on a surface thereof, and a sensor chip formed with a thermocouple element on a surface thereof and disposed so that the surface faces the surface of the heating chip. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20100206069 | PLL CIRCUIT AND ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR USING THE SAME - A PLL circuit is provided with an AD converter, a DA converter to which output from the AD converter is inputted, a filter circuit filtering an output signal of the DA converter, a voltage control oscillator outputting a signal of a different frequency in accordance with an output signal from the filter circuit and a frequency divider dividing a signal which the voltage control oscillator outputs. The AD converter operates by a timing signal from the voltage control oscillator and the DA converter outputs an analog signal corresponding to a value which the AD converter outputs by the timing signal outputted from the frequency divider. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20090031803 | FALL DETECTING METHOD AND FALL DETECTING DEVICE - A fall detecting method and a device for detecting a fall with high accuracy even when an object touches a human or a thing while falling. The fall detecting device comprises output detecting means for generating an acceleration detection output after comparing the magnitude of acceleration detected by a three-axis acceleration sensor with a certain threshold, output interruption correcting means for generating an output interruption corrected acceleration output which is corrected for an interruption when a fall acceleration output recovers within a first predetermined time after the fall acceleration output interrupts, and output continuation time judging means for generating a fall judgment output when the output interruption corrected acceleration output continues for a second predetermined time longer than the first predetermined time. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20100242599 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FITTING CONDITION OF CONNECTOR - Provided are a device, a system, and a method for determining a fitting condition of a connector, which are capable of improving the accuracy for determining the coupling condition of the connector. A connector fitting condition determination device ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110107835 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING CRASH SENSORS - A crash sensor assembly including a printed circuit board and a crash sensor mounted on the printed circuit board, At least one connector pin is mounted to the printed circuit board so as to permit external electrical communication with the crash sensor. A first insert molded soft inner layer of material partially covers the printed circuit board and covers the crash sensor, and a second overmolded hard outer layer of material covers the first soft inner layer of material and bonded thereto and rigidly contacts the printed circuit board. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20100288046 | ROTATION SENSOR WITH ONBOARD POWER GENERATION - A rotation sensor configured to be mounted on a rim of a wheel. The rotation sensor includes a band sized and shaped to fit around the rim of the wheel, a first element mounted on the band that generates a first time-varying electrical signal in response to a rotational movement, a second element mounted on the band that generates a second time-varying electrical signal in response to the rotational movement, a processor mounted on the band that receives the first and second time-varying electrical signals and processes the first and second time-varying electrical signals to determine a rotational speed, and a rechargeable power source that receives the first and second time-varying electrical signals, consumes at least a portion of the first and second time-varying electrical signals to recharge the rechargeable power source, and generates a power signal. The processor is connected to the rechargeable power source to receive the power signal. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20120198932 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING MOVEMENTS OF AN ANIMAL - The device for determining movements of an animal comprises a housing, at least one G-sensor for detecting movements of the housing and for generating signals representing the detected movements. The device further comprises an electronic circuit connected to the G-sensor for processing signals received from the G-sensor so as to obtain processing results, transmitting means connected to the electronic circuit for transmitting the processing results and a power supply for at least feeding energy to the G-sensor and the electronic circuit wherein the G-sensor, the electronic circuit, the transmitter means and the power supply are located within the housing. The electronic circuit may be arranged for switching the G-sensor on and off according to a predetermined time pattern so as to save energy. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120036930 | EXTRUSION-COATING METHOD FOR A SENSOR DEVICE AND SENSOR DEVICE - An extrusion-coating method for a sensor device, including the following steps:
| 02-16-2012 |
| 20120144914 | Electronic component and method for manufacturing the electronic component - AN electronic component includes at least one microcomponent which is contacted with, and fastened to, a support element. The support element includes a spring element which is configured for fastening the microcomponent, and the spring element is engaged in the support element with the aid of a detent in order to fasten the microcomponent to the support element. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120144915 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT HAVING A VOLUME-ELASTIC MEDIUM AND MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT - A method for manufacturing a micromechanical component is described, the micromechanical component having a medium. The medium has settable and changeable volume-elastic properties and generally completely encloses a sensor module and/or a module housing. The medium preferably has a low-pass response. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120304765 | MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A module includes a sensor device, a mounting substrate that has a plurality of mounting faces, a portion between the mounting faces adjacent to each other being foldable, a supporting member having fixing faces, wherein the sensor device is mounted on at least one of the mounting faces, each of the mounting faces is disposed along each of the fixing faces, and the sensor device is disposed on the supporting member side. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120042725 | Method and Apparatus for Measuring Pedaling Dynamics of a Cyclist - The invention detects variation in the speed of the bicycle's drive chain using a sensor. Variations in chain speed are measured, with the resulting numbers displayed to be visible to the cyclist in real-time and/or saved for later downloading and viewing via computer. Metrics that can be calculated using variations in chain speed include: a smoothness index, which indicates how evenly the cyclist is applying force/power; chain speed variation to show the contribution of each leg to the overall force/power delivered; pedaling cadence; and a calculation of gear ratios. Some of these metrics can use inputs from additional sensors, such as a cadence sensor that is tripped by each revolution of the bicycle's crank arm, and wheel speed or GPS sensor for measuring the bicycle's speed. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120111110 | SHOCK ABSORPTION PLATFORM - Technologies are generally described for effectively damping the vibration of a platform. In some examples, a platform system for minimizing shock to an object includes a base, a platform effective to carry the object, a number of actuators coupled between the platform and the base and being configured to adjust an orientation of the platform based on control signals, a number of accelerometers positioned on the base, and a processor coupled to the accelerometers and the actuators. The processor is programmed to collect acceleration data from the accelerometers, determine an acceleration vector of the platform from the acceleration data, compensate for the acceleration vector by determining travels and travel directions for the actuators in an effort to maintain contact between the platform and the object, and generate control signals to actuate the actuators with the travels in the travel directions. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20110088468 | SYSTEMS AND METODS FOR MEASURING VEHICLE SPEED - A system includes a processing module, a sampling module, a period determination module, and a speed determination module. The processing module generates time stamps when pulses are received from a sensor that senses a rotation of a device. The sampling module samples the time stamps during N predetermined intervals and stores N of the time stamps that correspond to the N predetermined intervals, where N is an integer that is greater than 2. The period determination module determines a plurality of periods, wherein each one of the plurality of periods is based on a difference between two of the N time stamps. The speed determination module determines a rotational speed of the device based on a difference between two of the plurality of periods. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20120227486 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USE ENVIRONMENT DETECTING METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Apparatus and method use a vibrator and an accelerometer of electronic apparatus for detecting the use environment of the electronic apparatus, and according to the use environment a method and electronic apparatus are provided for optimizing the performance of the electronic apparatus according to the use environment of the electronic apparatus. The method for detecting use environment comprises: determining the basic parameters of the electronic apparatus; searching for the acceleration thresholds of the electronic apparatus according to the determined basic parameters of the electronic apparatus; and determining the use environment according to the detected acceleration of the electronic apparatus and the found acceleration thresholds of the electronic apparatus. The use environment of the electronic apparatus may be detected by the vibrator and accelerometer of the electronic apparatus, thereby optimizing the performance of the electronic apparatus according to the use environment. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130014581 | SENSOR DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSAANM SAKUMA; MasayasuAACI KamiinaAACO JPAAGP SAKUMA; Masayasu Kamiina JPAANM KOBAYASHI; YoshihiroAACI KomaganeAACO JPAAGP KOBAYASHI; Yoshihiro Komagane JPAANM KITAMURA; ShojiroAACI SuwaAACO JPAAGP KITAMURA; Shojiro Suwa JPAANM CHINO; TaketoAACI HokutuAACO JPAAGP CHINO; Taketo Hokutu JPAANM IMAI; NobuyukiAACI ShiojiriAACO JPAAGP IMAI; Nobuyuki Shiojiri JP - A sensor device includes a mounting board having a first rigid board on which an angular velocity sensor is mounted and a third rigid board on which an angular velocity sensor is mounted, and a pedestal for fixing the mounting board. Further, the pedestal includes a base section having a first fixation surface along an x axis and a y axis, and projecting sections disposed on the base section, and having a second fixation surface along the x axis and a z axis, and a third fixation surface along the y axis and the z axis, each of the rigid boards is supported by at least two of the first fixation surface, the second fixation surface, and the third fixation surface, and the angular velocity sensors have respective detection axes intersecting with each other. | 01-17-2013 |
