Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seismic sensor and earthquake determination method
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Application No.: US16605749Application Date: 2018-03-12
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Publication No.: US11307318B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Mino , Naotsugu Ueda , Masakazu Suzuki
- Applicant: Omron Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: Omron Corporation
- Current Assignee: Omron Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-129940 20170630
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/009369 WO 20180312
- International Announcement: WO2019/003504 WO 20190103
- Main IPC: G01V1/00
- IPC: G01V1/00

Abstract:
Provided is a technique that can suppress erroneous determination of noise as an earthquake in a seismic sensor and erroneous output of a shut-off signal. The seismic sensor includes: an earthquake determination unit configured to determine an occurrence of an earthquake based on acceleration measured in a determination period after shifting from a power saving mode to a measurement mode with higher power consumption when measured acceleration exceeds a predetermined threshold; and an index calculator configured to calculate an index value indicating a scale of an earthquake in an earthquake processing period after the determination period, when the earthquake determination unit determines that an earthquake has occurred. The seismic sensor causes output of a shut-off signal when the index value is equal to or larger than a threshold in the earthquake processing period. The seismic sensor further includes: a continuous earthquake determination unit configured to determine whether or not an earthquake has occurred, based on acceleration measured in the earthquake processing period; and a shut-off determination unit configured to inhibit output of the shut-off signal regardless of the index value when the continuous earthquake determination unit determines that no earthquake has occurred.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210124070A1 SEISMIC SENSOR AND EARTHQUAKE DETERMINATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-04-29
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