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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130671 | VIBRATION ISOLATION INTERPOSER DIE In an example, an interposer chip is provided. The interposer chip includes a base portion and a chip mounting portion. The interposer chip also includes one or more flexures connecting the base portion to the chip mounting portion. Additionally, a first plurality of pr... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130672 | MEMS VERTICAL COMB STRUCTURE WITH LINEAR DRIVE/PICKOFF A MEMS sensor comprises a substrate and at least one proof mass having a first plurality of combs. The proof mass is coupled to the substrate via one or more suspension beams such that the proof mass and the first plurality of combs are movable. The MEMS sensor also com... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109575 | FALL DETECTORS AND A METHOD OF DETECTING FALLS There is provided a fall detector for detecting falls of a user or an object to which the fall detector is attached, characterized in that the fall detector comprises an air flow sensor for providing measurements indicative of vertical velocity and/or changes in altitud... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109574 | Multi-dimensional vector determining circuit in a sensor integrated circuit package A sensor integrated circuit package with a Multi-Dimensional Vector Determining Circuit (MDVDC) determines a resultant vector by processing vector component magnitudes detected by the sensor. For example, an accelerometer integrated circuit package contains a sensing ci... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083237 | FALL DETECTION SYSTEM USING A COMBINATION OF ACCELEROMETER, AUDIO INPUT AND MAGNETOMETER A wearable device for detecting a user state is disclosed. The wearable device includes an accelerometer for measuring an acceleration of a user, a magnetometer for measuring a magnetic field associated with the user's change of orientation, a microphone for receiving a... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084047 | VEHICLE LOADING AND UNLOADING DETECTION A system for determining vehicle loading and unloading comprises an acceleration detector provided on a vehicle, a location detector for detecting the location of the vehicle and a processor that receives information detected by the acceleration detector and location de... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBSERVING THE SWIMMING ACTIVITY OF A PERSON A system for observing a swimming activity of a person includes a waterproof housing (BET) having a motion sensor (MS), and is furnished with fixing means (BEL) for securely fastening the housing (BET) to a part of the body of a user. The system has analysis means (AN) ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072164 | EXERCISE MODE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION METHOD An exercise mode automatic identification method is provided. The automatic identification method includes the following steps. A step count taken by a user is obtained. A horizontal transient speed at which the user moves at the end of a predetermined period is obtaine... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053834 | Cordless inertial vehicle navigation Inertial navigation systems for wheeled vehicles with constrained motion degrees of freedom are described.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053853 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR USE WITH A VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL SYSTEM (VDCS) A diagnostic method for improving the reliability, accuracy, efficiency and/or robustness of a vehicle dynamic control system (VDCS) by providing analytical redundancy for one or more sensor readings. Sensor readings such as wheel speed, yaw rate, lateral acceleration, ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046900 | INSTABILITY MONITORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR FOR A RAIL VEHICLE An instability monitoring device for a rail vehicle, includes: at least a first accelerometer for delivering a first acceleration signal in response to vibration along a reference axis, at least a first solid-state safety relay, having two main terminals and being switc... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046902 | MOTION PLANE CORRECTION FOR MEMS-BASED INPUT DEVICES An electronic motion-based input device and method for correcting errors in acceleration due to a deviation from a horizontal plane of motion by correcting for gravitational acceleration components due to the deviation in the plane of motion.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046901 | MOTION CAPTURE APPARATUS A motion capture apparatus (10) comprises a series of sensor nodes (12) connected to a transceiver hub. Each node (12) comprises a 3D accelerometer (20), a (3) axis gyroscope array 21a, b and a microprocessor (29) on one ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120031723 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENGAGEMENT OF A LOCKUP CLUTCH IN A TORQUE CONVERTER A dynamic model is stored in memory that defines torque transmitted by the lockup clutch as a function of a plurality of torque converter operating parameters. A lockup clutch command is asserted to control engagement the lockup clutch, and thereafter a number of the pl... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035881 | Activating Applications Based on Accelerometer Data In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes storing a plurality of acceleration profiles in a mobile device; receiving accelerometer data from an accelerometer in the mobile device; correlating the accelerometer data with one accelerometer profile in... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029865 | METHODS FOR BEHAVIOR PATTERN ANALYSIS Disclosed is a method for behavior pattern analysis, in which the behavior signals of a subject are continuously detected using tri-axis accelerator, and the behavior signals are divided as a plurality of time windows based on a predetermined time length. The plurality ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029866 | RELOCATION DETECTION METHOD AND RELOCATION DETECTION UNIT A relocation detection unit includes: an acceleration sensor adapted to detect acceleration generated in the apparatus, an arithmetic section adapted to obtain a first calculation value by performing Nth-order integration on detected value of the acceleration sensor at ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029375 | Respirations Activity and Motion Measurement Using Accelerometers A system for estimating respirations includes an accelerometer configured to be coupled to an individual's torso, the accelerometer being configured to measure a tilt of the accelerometer as the individual breathes, and a processor connected to the accelerometer, the pr... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029819 | MICROFABRICATED FLEXIBLE GROUND REACTION SENSOR CLUSTER FOR NAVIGATION IN GPS-DENIED ENVIRONMENTS Embodiments are directed to a ground reaction sensor cluster (GRSC) and to methods for precisely determining zero velocity points and bearing changes using a GRSC and for navigating using a GRSC and an inertial motion unit (IMU) in a global positioning satellite (GPS)-d... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022823 | ELECTRONIC COMPASS A method for determining a null drift (Hx0, Hy0) of an electronic compass includes steps for ascertaining first magnetic field strengths in a first coordinate system of the electronic compass via a triaxial magnetic sensor; for calculating from the first m... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023049 | OPERATING ABILITY MONITORING SYSTEM An operating ability monitoring system that includes a person-dependent acceleration sensor, a telemetry unit, and an evaluation unit, wherein the person-dependent acceleration sensor and the telemetry unit may be worn by and/or implanted in a machine operator and conne... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022824 | SENSING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A sensing device with lower power consumption by controlling a rate for generating output data is to be provided. A sensing device includes: a sensor module including a group of sensors, at least one of which is set as a motion sensor; and a data generating unit that ge... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016624 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING MOVEMENTS The invention proposes a device and a method for characterizing movements performed by an object, notably a limb of a human being instrumented with at least one accelerometer. The invention is particularly useful for determining the direction, the line and the length of... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120016641 | EFFICIENT GESTURE PROCESSING Embodiments of the invention describe a system to efficiently execute gesture recognition algorithms. Embodiments of the invention describe a power efficient staged gesture recognition pipeline including multimodal interaction detection, context based optimized recognit... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120016623 | Use of Multiple Internal Sensors for Measurement Validation A microcontroller-based method and apparatus are described for measuring motions signals (301) with a plurality of inertial sensors (302-304) contained within a device package housing and validating (420) a first measured motion signal (e.g.,... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120004881 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING WALKING STATUS FOR STEP LENGTH ESTIMATION USING PORTABLE TERMINAL Walking status estimation in a portable terminal includes a method for estimating walking status. The method includes setting an observation using an estimated temporary step length, an acceleration variance, and a step frequency. The method also includes generating an ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120004883 | 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 the accelerometer to assess activity of the person. A method assesses acti... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120004882 | SENSOR-BASED ORIENTATION SYSTEM A method for measuring positional changes of an object, including rotation about any or all of three axes, using linear accelerometers. There is disclosed a method of using a linear accelerometer to integrate two 3D linear accelerometers in order to measure and supply f... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110313705 | GAIT MONITOR Vertical centre of mass movement measuring apparatus comprising an inertial sensing device, for producing outputs relating to rotation and acceleration in its local frame of reference and configured for fastening to the back of an animal, preferably a person, a memory a... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313716 | INTERTIAL TRACKING SYSTEM WITH PROVISION FOR POSITION CORRECTION A subject location tracking process is provided that includes the attachment of a system to a subject where the system includes a radiofrequency sensor integration module, an inertial tracking module, and a microprocessor. Radiofrequency signals are communicated from th... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313715 | MULTI CHANNEL ELECTRONIC ACCELERATION SWITCH An electronic acceleration switch, such as for arming and firing a squib, for instance used in arming a warhead, safe missile air, ground and sea launch separation arming, includes multiple redundancies to provide a fail-safe system that does not have a single-point fai... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313650 | INERTIAL SENSOR ORIENTATION DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT CORRECTION FOR NAVIGATION DEVICE Implementations relating to methods, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for obtaining corrected inertial measurements based on an observed orientation of an inertial sensor system relative to a reference body.... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110295546 | MEMS ACCELEROMETER DEVICE A MEMS accelerometer device for use with a machine having a housing with a threaded aperture, and an external data acquisition system, the device including a stud defining a chamber and having a threaded body configured to fasten into the threaded aperture, a printed ci... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295547 | BODY MOTION DETECTION DEVICE The invention improves a degree of freedom of a usage mode and improves measurement accuracy. An exercise amount meter main body including an acceleration detection unit for detecting acceleration, and a calculation unit for executing a body motion calculating process f... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293129 | HEAD TRACKING A head tracking system (400) is proposed in the present invention that determines a rotation angle (300) of a head (100b) of a user (100) with respect to a reference direction (310), which is dependent on a movement of a user (<... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110288811 | WIRELESS SENSOR BASED QUANTITATIVE FALLS RISK ASSESSMENT Methods and systems may provide for a plurality of kinematic sensors to be coupled to a corresponding plurality of shanks of an individual, a processor, and a memory to store a set of instructions. If executed by the processor, the instructions can cause the system to c... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288812 | Apparatus and Method for Geometric Measurement An non-contacting measurement apparatus for measuring distances, angles and related geometric quantities, and for computing other quantities based on the measurements, is provided. A visible light beam allows a user to point the device at one or more points to which the... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110285129 | WIND TURBINE AND A METHOD FOR MONITORING A WIND TURBINE According to the inventive concept, there is provided a wind turbine with at least one blade. The wind turbine comprises a first accelerometer mounted at a first radial position of the blade and being adapted to determine a first acceleration value, and a second acceler... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282620 | TRAVELING STATE DETERMINING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRAVELING STATE AND RECORDING MEDIUM Disclosed is a traveling state determining device including an acceleration sensor which detects an acceleration, a cycle comparing unit which compares a varying cycle of an acceleration of a vertical direction component in an output of the acceleration sensor to a vary... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276305 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELLING ROTARY ACCELERATIONS OF A VESSEL Method and system for modeling angular accelerations of a vessel, so that forces/accelerations in real time and with a high degree of accuracy can be transformed to any other point on the vessel or in the vicinity of the vessel, provided that the vessel can be considere... | 11/10/2011 |
