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Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2006
Applicants:

Masaru Noda, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasunori Abe, Mohka, JP;

Inventors:

Masaru Noda, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasunori Abe, Mohka, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi Metals Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/08 (2006.01); G11B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A fall detection device is provided, which accomplishes a fall judgment on acceleration by a simple calculation and improves uniformity of effective threshold value for the acceleration judgment as to a direction of an applied acceleration vector. The fall detection device produces a fall detection signal when an absolute value of each axis component of an acceleration measured by a three-axis acceleration sensor is less than a first threshold value, and when a sum of the absolute values of the axis components of the acceleration is less than a second threshold value that is 1.5 times to twice the first threshold value.


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