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Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2004
Applicants:

Juha Rakkola, Espoo, FI;

Jukka Salminen, Espoo, FI;

Kimmo Koli, Helsinki, FI;

Teemu Salo, Klaukkala, FI;

Inventors:

Juha Rakkola, Espoo, FI;

Jukka Salminen, Espoo, FI;

Kimmo Koli, Helsinki, FI;

Teemu Salo, Klaukkala, FI;

Assignee:

Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An energy-efficient acceleration measurement system is presented. The system includes an accelerometer, responsive to acceleration of the system, for providing an accelerometer output signal having a magnitude indicative of at least one component of the acceleration. A motion detector is responsive to the accelerometer output signal, and provides a processor interrupt signal, but only if the magnitude of acceleration reaches a threshold. The processor, responsive to the processor interrupt signal, measures the acceleration with higher accuracy than the motion detector is capable of, but in a way that consumes more power than was needed by the motion detector.


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