Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Calibration program and electronic compass
- Patent Title (中): 校准程序和电子罗盘
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Application No.: US12267454Application Date: 2008-11-07
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Publication No.: US07865323B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: Kisei Hirobe , Yukimitsu Yamada , Katsuyuki Kawarada
- Applicant: Kisei Hirobe , Yukimitsu Yamada , Katsuyuki Kawarada
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Beyer Law Group LLP
- Priority: JP2006-130069 20060509; JP2007-117419 20070426
- Main IPC: G01C17/38
- IPC: G01C17/38

Abstract:
The object of the present invention is to provide a calibration program and an electronic compass that make it possible to calibrate the output of a magnetic sensor with a small amount of computation while a user does not notice the execution of calibration. A calibration program according to an aspect of the invention includes: a step of forming at least two triangles 21 and 22 with the use of at least four outputs of a magnetic sensor in a three-dimensional space; a step of finding circles 23 and 24 circumscribed about the triangle 21 and 22, respectively; and a step of finding the intersection of normal vectors 25 and 26 each of which passes through the center of the corresponding circumscribed circle so as to find a reference point.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090070057A1 CALIBRATION PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC COMPASS Public/Granted day:2009-03-12
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