International Business Machines Corporation

IBM Japan Business Logistics Co., Ltd.

Hideo Igami

Yuhta Ishii

Robert Tucker Sanders

Yoshikazu Kunimatsu

Naotaka Katoh

Kaname Miyata

Masahiro Saika

To implement a detection technique in which a tumble of and a shock to on articles can be detected even with a simple and low-cost structure. An indicator according to the present invention for detecting a tumble of and a shock to an article moves away from a holding guide in a detector when the detector inclines and goes beyond a limit for inclination. The indicator includes a first part in the shape of rolling on the holding guide when the detector inclines, and a second part smaller than the first part and in the shape of not preventing the first part from rolling. The first part and the second part join together and separate when receiving a shock.

Indicator, detector, and detection method

Bi-axial tilt monitoring apparatus and method for bi-axial tilt monitoring of an article using a single-axis tilt monitoring device. A bi-axial tilt monitoring apparatus according to exemplary embodiments includes a single-axis tilt monitoring device and a support member supporting the single-axis tilt monitoring device and mountable to an article to be monitored. The support member has a supporting surface for supporting the single-axis tilt monitoring device at an acute angle relative to a substantially vertical surface of the article to be monitored when the tilt monitoring apparatus is mounted to the article to be monitored.

Method and apparatus for achieving bi-axial tilt monitoring using a single-axis tilt monitoring device

An object tilt and fall detection apparatus () capable of detecting the tilt and fall of an object by using a disk body () rolling according to the tilt of the object, comprising a timer means () starting the measurement of a time, stopping the measurement of the time by the rolling of the disk body (), and displaying the time at which the measurement was stopped.

Object tilt and fall detection apparatus

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Fujisawa, Japan

Hideo Igami