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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Tdk Corporation, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kumiko Yamato, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Hashimoto, Konosu Saitama, JP;
Akira Iguchi, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/006 (2013.01); A61B 5/1123 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a pedometer includes an acceleration detecting circuit configured to detect acceleration from an output of an acceleration sensor and output an acceleration signal, a band-pass filter configured to remove, from the acceleration signal, a frequency component generated by arm swinging during walking and included in the acceleration signal, and a step counter configured to count a number of steps based on the acceleration signal outputted from the band-pass filter.