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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
Applicants:
Hans Marc Bert Boeve, Hechtel-Eksel, BE;
Teunis Jan Ikkink, Geldrop, NL;
Haris Duric, Helmond, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 17/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic device has an orientation sensing system for determining an orientation of the device. The system includes a magnetometer and an accelerometer. The system further has a calibration device configured to calibrate the sensing system for operational use. The accelerometer supplies measurements used to constrain a range of possible directions of the external magnetic field to be determined. The calibration device numerically solves a set of equations and is equally usable for a 2D or 3D magnetometer in combination with a 2D or 3D accelerometer.