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7620504 Road-surface condition estimating device  
A driving-torque difference value, an inertial-force difference value of the vehicle, and an inertial-force change-amount difference value of the vehicle are calculated. Subsequently, a first...
7617069 Hang-timer for providing recording instructions  
A hang-timer device is disclosed that is capable of issuing recording instructions to a recording device, such as a digital camera. The hang-timer can measure a static acceleration profile of a...
7613567 Method for correcting the outputs of vehicle behavior sensor  
First and second acceleration sensor elements for detecting the acceleration of a vehicle in the direction in which the vehicle travels, and the acceleration of the vehicle in the direction...
7610166 Geolocation system and method for determining mammal locomotion movement  
An example geolocation system for mounting on a mammal incorporates simple sensing sleeves on the calves of the body support members, combined with an accelerometer based gravity direction and...
7606411 Robotic gesture recognition system  
A gesture recognition system enabling control of a robotic device through gesture command by a user is provided, comprising a robotic unit, a video or infrared camera affixed to the robotic unit,...
7558600 Mobile communication terminal and method of control through pattern recognition  
A method for controlling a mobile terminal through pattern recognition and a mobile communication terminal for the same is provided. The method includes, receiving user input via contact with a...
7542875 Reciprocating pump performance prediction  
Performance parameters for a reciprocating pump including pulsation energy, temperature energy, solids, Miller number and chemical energy and the like are monitored and employed to at least...
7529640 Method of calculating an angle of inclination and apparatus with a three-axis acceleration sensor  
A sensor apparatus for calculating an angle of inclination includes a three-axis acceleration sensors used for sensing acceleration and resolving the acceleration into a first acceleration...
7526369 Pedestrian detection device, related method, air bag system and vehicle equipped with air bag system  
A pedestrian detection device, a related method, an air bag system and a vehicle are disclosed. The pedestrian detection device 20 includes an infrared ray sensor 30 A, which detects a...
7523011 Method for analyzing signal waveform and analyzing vehicle dynamic characteristic  
A signal waveform analysis method includes: determining a trend component of an object signal by applying a zero-phase filter to the object signal; determining an oscillatory component of the...
7522982 Methods and systems for detecting automobile rollover  
An automobile rollover detection system comprising a control module to receive a first set and a second set of signals, to determine a first threshold in response to the first set of signals, to...
7516038 Method for the mircomechanical measurement of acceleration and a micromechanical acceleration sensor  
The invention relates to measurement devices used in the measurement of acceleration, and more specifically, to micromechanical acceleration sensors. The invention seeks to offer an improved method...
7512515 Activity monitoring systems and methods  
An activity monitor, comprises housing for attachment to a person; at least one accelerometer disposed within the housing; and a processor disposed within the housing, for processing signals from...
7499826 Method of estimating mass for vehicle safety  
A method of estimating a mass of a vehicle. If a yaw rate is smaller than a reference value, a straight direction model algorithm is applied to obtain an estimated mass. If a measured speed and a...
7496470 Electronic apparatus and disk protection method  
An electronic apparatus includes a body, a triaxial acceleration sensor which is built in the body and includes a long axis and a short axis, a disk device built in the body, a calculation unit...
7478009 Apparatus and method for evaluating a hypertonic condition  
An apparatus and method for evaluating a hypertonic condition in a movable extremity are described. The apparatus includes an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a force sensor and a data communication...
7474970 Information processing apparatus and head retraction processing method of built-in hard disk drive thereof  
An information processing apparatus is disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes a hard disk drive, an acceleration sensor, a determination section, and a threshold value setup...
7469197 Measurement data collection method and portable information device  
A data collection unit ( 37 ) collects measurement data which satisfies a data collection condition designated by an application ( 33 ) and stores the measurement data in a temporary storage area (...
7467060 Method and apparatus for estimating a motion parameter  
A method and apparatus for estimating a motion parameter corresponding to a subject element employs one or more accelerometers operable to measure accelerations and a processing system operable to...
7457719 Rotational insensitivity using gravity-based adjustment  
One or more rolling averages of accelerations over a sample period are created. The one or more rolling averages of accelerations are measured by an accelerometer over the sample period. A...
7454313 Hierarchical workload monitoring for optimal subordinate tasking  
A system and method of hierarchical monitoring for subordinate assessment is described. Generally, the system receives remotely sensed data about a user's physiology and contextual state, and...
7451058 Adaptive pace estimation device and method  
A device and method for estimating an adaptive pace depending on a user with a different pace. An adaptive pace estimation device includes a GPS receiver for receiving position information from a...
7451057 System and method for detection of freefall with spin using two tri-axis accelerometers  
A system and method detect freefall associated with an object that is spinning or tumbling as it falls. Two tri-axis accelerometers provide inputs to an algorithm that detects the freefall of a...
7451056 Activity monitoring systems and methods  
An activity monitor, comprises housing for attachment to a person; at least one accelerometer disposed within the housing; and a processor disposed within the housing, for processing signals from...
7437931 Medical application for no-motion sensor  
A sensor unit to detect a stillness event, the sensor unit including a gyroscope attached to a monitored person, a micro-controller communicatively coupled to the gyroscope, and a memory...
7428472 Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot  
A device supported by a user while the user is in locomotion on foot during an outing may monitor a performance parameter of the user. The performance parameter may comprise a pace and/or a speed...
7424385 Portable terminal having motion detection function and motion detection method therefor  
A portable terminal having a motion detection function and a motion detection method for the portable terminal are provided. A motion of the portable terminal is input by measuring an acceleration...
7395175 Digital data recording apparatus, sampling data identification method thereof, and program for identifying sampling data  
A digital data recording apparatus, which can record the exact acquisition time of data, a sampling data identification method thereof, and a program for identifying sampling data, are provided. A...
7389552 Ambulance cot system  
The present invention relates to ambulance cots, cot systems and methods of using the same. In particular, the present invention provides an ambulance cot comprising a hydraulic system and a tip...
7363190 Sensor control circuit  
A sensor control circuit includes an acceleration sensor which detects acceleration and generates a detection signal. The sensor control circuit also includes a processing section which generates a...
7363189 Method and device for detecting decompression of tires, and program for judging decompression of tires  
A detection method of reducing the air pressure of tires based on the rotational speed of wheels mounted on a vehicle. The method includes steps of: determining the rotational speed of each wheel,...
7363116 Method for determining the mass of a motor vehicle while taking into account different driving situations  
A method for determining the mass of a motor vehicle while taking different driving situations into consideration, involving an evaluation of a vehicle acceleration, wherein apart from a driving...
7362227 Anti-theft and security system for computers  
A system is disclosed for preventing an unauthorized person from use a portable computer having an external port. The system includes a control device capable of connecting to an external port of...
7356437 Information processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, information processing method, and computer program  
An information processing apparatus, an imaging apparatus, and an information processing method, and a computer program are provided. An information processing apparatus includes: an acceleration...
7328615 Method and apparatus for detecting free fall of electronic device  
A method and apparatus for detecting a free fall of an electronic device. The method includes: sensing a falling acceleration of the electronic device using an acceleration sensor; determining...
7328121 Vibration data collection method and apparatus  
The present invention relates to a vibration data collection method and apparatus. The invention includes processes of receiving electrical vibration signals from at least one vibration sensor,...
7328120 Acceleration/deceleration control method and apparatus as well as program of acceleration/deceleration control method  
To provide an acceleration/deceleration control method, apparatus and the like for determining the acceleration/decelerations of motors according to, for example, the drive directions, acceleration...
7308587 Method and apparatus for preventing the transitioning of computer system power modes while the system is in motion  
A computer apparatus provides control for automatically switching the apparatus between various operating modes requiring varying levels of power consumption. An embedded controller determines...
7305323 Method and apparatus for counting a number of steps taken by walker  
A method and apparatus for counting the steps taken by a walker is provide. The method includes detecting an acceleration value generated by a step taken by a walker at every first stated interval,...
7299149 Portable device with action shortcut function  
A portable information device has an action recognizing function. An action detector precisely detects a single 3-dimensional movement of the device. A plurality of reference action patterns each...
7292000 Angular velocity measuring device and leg-moving robot  
An angular velocity measuring device ( 1 ) includes a first sensor ( 2 ) (vibration gyro) and a second sensor ( 3 ) (gas rate gyro). The detection output of the first sensor ( 2 ) is inputted to a...
7269532 Device and method for measuring orientation of a solid with measurement correction means  
The present invention relates to a device for detecting the orientation of a solid including a sensor of angular position, capable of being affixed to the solid and of supplying at least a...
7269530 Wireless transmission method for tire detection signals  
A wireless transmission method for tire detection signals increases the percentage of successfully received tire detection signals received by the receiving unit and extends the usage life of...
7265693 Method and apparatus for detecting position of movable device  
A method and apparatus for detecting the position of a movable device are provided, in which an acceleration signal of the movable device is obtained and the acceleration signal is converted to a...
7263460 Device and method for measuring accelerations for a passenger protection system in a vehicle  
Disclosed is a device for measuring accelerations for a vehicle passenger protection system, whereby a first and second acceleration sensor with a first or second sensitivity direction are fitted...
7257512 Methods and systems for vibropendulous error compensation of acceleration sensors  
A method for reducing effects of vibropendulous errors within a sensor device having three orthogonal sensors is described. The method includes calculating compensation terms for each sensor, the...
7248991 Method and device for detecting a rotational speed, especially the rotational speed of the wheel of a vehicle  
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring a rotational speed, in particular a rotational speed of a wheel of a motor vehicle, by means of a speed sensor, wherein the speed...
7225101 Electronic device, signal compensation device and signal compensation method  
An electronic device that prevents a failure caused by a temperature drift of an angular velocity sensor, and a signal compensation system and a signal compensation method for compensating for the...
7222045 Attitude angle processor and attitude angle processing method  
A posture angle processing apparatus includes a magnetic sensor, a gravitational acceleration sensor, a position information acquisition device, and a dip angle database device wherein a...
7216053 Low power motion detector  
An energy-efficient acceleration measurement system is presented. The system includes an accelerometer, responsive to acceleration of the system, for providing an accelerometer output signal having...
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