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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Tokuhiro Nishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tokuhiro Nishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/00 (2011.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G01C 21/16 (2006.01); G01C 17/28 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/16 (2013.01); H04N 5/225 (2013.01); G01C 17/28 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an electronic device including a geomagnetism detection part acquiring magnetic direction data corresponding to geomagnetism every predetermined period of time, a change amount calculation part calculating a change amount of the magnetic direction data, a storage part storing the magnetic direction data, an angular velocity integration part calculating angle data obtained by integration of angular velocity obtained by an angular velocity detection part, and a direction output part.