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Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Akinobu Sato, Fujimi, JP;

Shunichi Mizuochi, Matsumoto, JP;

Shuji Uchida, Shiojiri, JP;

Anand Kumar, Richmond, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/16 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01C 22/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/16 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01C 22/006 (2013.01); A61B 5/1112 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01);
Abstract

A traveling direction velocity calculation devicecalculates a posture of an acceleration sensorwith respect to a user, using a detection result represented in a local coordinate system associated with the acceleration sensor, detecting acceleration, which is worn on a user's body, when a change in the detection result of the acceleration sensorsatisfies a predetermined specific condition. The detection result of the acceleration sensorat a time different from that when the posture is calculated and at a time when the specific condition is satisfied is transformed, using the calculated posture, to a mobile body coordinate system associated with a user. A velocity in a traveling direction of the user is calculated using the transformed detection result.


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