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Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2005
Applicants:

Michael Thomas Gansler, Candia, NH (US);

Michael Field Kaufman, New Boston, NH (US);

Soundararajan Manthiri, Bedford, NH (US);

David W. Robinson, Manchester, NH (US);

Jason M. Sachs, Goffstown, NH (US);

Inventors:

Michael Thomas Gansler, Candia, NH (US);

Michael Field Kaufman, New Boston, NH (US);

Soundararajan Manthiri, Bedford, NH (US);

David W. Robinson, Manchester, NH (US);

Jason M. Sachs, Goffstown, NH (US);

Assignee:

DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for detecting a sensor angle error in a system in which a measured quantity is determined on the basis of a phase of a signal. A signal derived from the measurement of multiple sensors is ascribed to a vector in a two-dimensional space, and a norm is calculated characterizing that vector. A value is calculated characterizing variation of that norm over a specified period of time and that value is compared with a threshold in order to identify a sensor fault.


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