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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2006
Kyong-ha Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyun-su Hong, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jae-myeon Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Chan-gook Park, Seoul, KR;
Jin-won Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kyong-Ha Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyun-Su Hong, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jae-Myeon Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Chan-Gook Park, Seoul, KR;
Jin-Won Kim, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A step detecting apparatus and method in a personal navigator where acceleration signals in at least two directions are acquired from an accelerometer sensor, as a pedestrian moves. Variances of the acceleration signals are calculated and summed. The variance sum is compared with a threshold. If the variance sum is greater than the threshold, it is determined that a detected step is a walking step. If the variance sum is less than the threshold, it is determined that the detected step is a mark-time step.