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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1990
Hiroki Shibata, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Toda, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuki Takahashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kiyoshi Wada, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for determining a rotation center of a rotary body comprises a rotary body rotating in clockwise and counterclockwise directions in cooperation with the steering for a vehicle, and original position detecting circuit which detects a predetermined original angular position which the rotary body taken per each rotation, thus judging an original angular position taken when other original angular positions are not detected within a lapse of a predetermined time after the original angular position has been detected as rotation centers in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions of the rotary body.