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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2004
Cheng-fang Chen, Taipei, TW;
Cheng-hong Su, Taipei, TW;
Cheng-Fang Chen, Taipei, TW;
Cheng-Hong Su, Taipei, TW;
Lite-On Technology Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A gravity sensor has a photo interrupter and a gravity wheel. The photo interrupter has a housing, a cavity in the housing, a light emitter on one side of the housing and a light detector on the other side of the housing. The gravity wheel points in a direction of gravity and has a pivot at center thereof and pivotally arranged on the housing, a plumb at one edge of the gravity wheel and a plurality of through holes annularly arranged in the gravity wheel. The gravity wheel has a portion present in the cavity. An inclined angle of a test object is determined by calculating relative movement between the photo interrupter and the gravity wheel.