Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Azimuth calculation program and electronic compass
- Patent Title (中): 方位计算程序和电子罗盘
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Application No.: US12539212Application Date: 2009-08-11
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Publication No.: US08577636B2Publication Date: 2013-11-05
- Inventor: Kisei Hirobe , Yukimitsu Yamada , Katsuyuki Kawarda
- Applicant: Kisei Hirobe , Yukimitsu Yamada , Katsuyuki Kawarda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
- Priority: JP2007-055977 20070306; JP2007-191164 20070723
- Main IPC: G01C17/38
- IPC: G01C17/38 ; G01C17/00

Abstract:
An azimuth calculation program is a computer-executable program that performs an azimuth calculation using output of a magnetic sensor. The azimuth calculation program includes a first step of generating one triangle in three-dimensional space using three output values of a magnetic sensor unit, a second step of determining a circumcircle of the triangle, and a third step of performing an azimuth calculation using center coordinates of the circumcircle and output values of the magnetic sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090293295A1 AZIMUTH CALCULATION PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC COMPASS Public/Granted day:2009-12-03
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