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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nippon Soken, Inc., Nishio, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364424 ; 364449 ; 364559 ; 33356 ; 33361 ;
Abstract
A device and method for detecting the running direction of an automotive vehicle includes terrestrial magnetic field direction detection, vehicle steering angle detection, and response to the signals of these detectors for producing the vehicle running direction signal. In a computer, or equivalent circuitry, occurrence of abnormalities of the terrestrial magnetic field is decided when the relationship between the change in the vehicle running direction and the change in the steering angle does not satisfy a predetermined requirement.