579 results about "Vertical acceleration" patented technology

A displacement of a pedestrian is determined from his or her accelerations by detecting accelerations which is substantially non vertical, determining a characteristic feature in the detected accelerations correlated with a step frequency, determining the displacement on the basis of said determined characteristic.The acceleration data can be submitted to waveform analysis to determine an actualized time interval of an occurring feature, such a maximum values, from which it is determined whether the actualized time period falls within determined limit values. The currently detected characteristic feature is then determined as corresponding to a displacement step if the actualized time period falls within said determined limit value.By using non-vertical acceleration measurements, the invention can make it possible to distinguish between forward, backward, left and right stepping movements and take these into account for the navigation.

A control system for a resilient support mechanism such as a suspension mechanism of a wheeled vehicle including a damper disposed between an unsprung mass member and a sprung mass member of the vehicle, wherein a damping coefficient of the damper is divided into a linear portion and a nonlinear portion, and wherein the nonlinear portion of the damping coefficient is defined as a control input u and applied with a frequency weight Wu(s), while a vertical velocity of the sprung mass member, a relative velocity of the sprung mass member to the unsprung mass member and a vertical acceleration of the sprung mass member are defined as an evaluation output zp and applied with a frequency weight Ws(s). In the control system, a nonlinear Hinfin control theory is applied to a generalized plant to obtain a positive definite symmetric solution P and to calculate a target damping force based on the positive definite symmetric solution P and a state amount such as the vertical velocity of the sprung mass member, a relative displacement of the sprung mass member to the unsprung mass member or the like.

A method of and system for detecting absolute acceleration along various axes relative to a desired movement vector while moving relative to a gravity source includes steps of determining a vertical acceleration, perpendicular to the desired movement vector and substantially anti-parallel to a gravitational acceleration due to the gravity source; determining a longitudinal acceleration, parallel to the desired movement vector and to output at vertical acceleration signal and a longitudinal acceleration signal; determining an inclination of the desired movement vector relative to the gravitational acceleration; and processing the vertical acceleration signal, the longitudinal acceleration signal, and the inclination signal to produce an absolute vertical acceleration signal and an absolute longitudinal acceleration signal.

In a pedometer device for detecting and counting steps of a user on foot, an accelerometer sensor detects a vertical acceleration generated during the step. A processing unit, connected to the accelerometer sensor, processes an acceleration signal relating to the acceleration in order to detect the occurrence of a step, and in particular compares the acceleration signal with a first reference threshold. The processing unit automatically adapts the first reference threshold as a function of the acceleration signal. In particular, the processing unit modifies the first reference threshold as a function of an envelope of the amplitude of the acceleration signal.

A crash notification system (12) for an automotive vehicle (10) is used to communicate with a communication network (22) and ultimately to a response center (24). The system (12) within vehicle (10) includes an occupant sensor (30) that generates an occupant sensor status signal. A crash sensor (34) a vehicle identification number memory (48), or a vertical acceleration sensor (46) may also be used to provide information to the controller (14). The controller (14) generates a communication signal that corresponds to the occupant sensor status signal and the other information so that appropriate emergency personnel may be deployed.

In a pedometer device for detecting and counting steps of a user on foot, an accelerometer sensor detects a vertical acceleration generated during the step. A processing unit, connected to the accelerometer sensor, processes an acceleration signal relating to the acceleration in order to detect the occurrence of a step, and in particular compares the acceleration signal with a first reference threshold. The processing unit automatically adapts the first reference threshold as a function of the acceleration signal. In particular, the processing unit modifies the first reference threshold as a function of an envelope of the amplitude of the acceleration signal.

The invention discloses a method for determining the driving state of a vehicle based on an acceleration sensor. The method comprises the following steps of: A, acquiring the longitudinal acceleration, the transverse acceleration and the vertical acceleration of an automobile by using a three-axial acceleration sensor; B, calculating a conversion matrix of an automobile coordinate system and an acceleration sensor coordinate system, acquiring the initial attitude of the acceleration sensor, namely the initial angle between the acceleration sensor and the automobile, and performing zero bias filtering processing on the acquired accelerations so as to acquire the acceleration value of the automobile coordinate system; and C, determining the driving state of the vehicle according to the acceleration values of a plurality of continuous automobile coordinate systems. In the method for determining the driving state of the vehicle based on the acceleration sensor, the original data is acquired by the acceleration sensor, and the driving state of the vehicle is determined by analyzing and processing three axial accelerations, so that the driving behaviors and the driving state of a driver are known, vehicle managers are assisted in normalizing the driving behaviors, dangerous driving behaviors are prevented, and driving safety is ensured.

The invention relates to accelerometer structures micro-machined according to micro-electronics technologies. The accelerometer according to the invention comprises a substrate, an elastically deformable thin-layer membrane suspended above the substrate and secured to the substrate at its periphery, a proof mass suspended above the membrane and linked to the latter by a central stud, and capacitive interdigitated combs distributed about the mass, having movable plates secured to the mass and fixed plates secured to the substrate. The fixed plates and movable plates of the various combs are of differentiated heights to help in the discrimination of the upward and downward vertical accelerations.

A crash notification system (12) for an automotive vehicle (10) is used to communicate with a communication network (22) and ultimately to a response center (24). The system (12) within vehicle (10) includes an occupant sensor (30) that generates an occupant sensor status signal. A crash sensor (34) a vehicle identification number memory (48), or a vertical acceleration sensor (46) may also be used to provide information to the controller (14). The controller (14) generates a communication signal that corresponds to the occupant sensor status signal and the other information so that appropriate emergency personnel may be deployed.

The invention belongs to the field of small unmanned gyroplane autonomous flight control research, provides a multi-sensor information fusion-based method for measuring the height of a small unmanned gyroplane, and aims at providing real-time, precise and reliable height information for the small unmanned gyroplane. The adopted technical scheme is as follows: a sonar arranged at the bottom of the unmanned gyroplane is used for acquiring the distance from the sonar to the ground, and the distance is used as a sonar measurement height; an accelerometer is utilized for acquiring the triaxial accelerated speed of the unmanned gyroplane under an object coordinate system, thereby acquiring the vertical acceleration in a geodetic reference system; a barometer is used for measuring barometric pressure information of the unmanned gyroplane at certain height, comparing the barometric pressure information of the unmanned gyroplane at certain height with ground barometric pressure information, substituting a comparing result into a standard atmosphere model to obtain the height measurement information based on the barometric pressure measurement; and the multi-sensor information fusion height measurement method is adopted for obtaining the high-frequency real-time height and vertical velocity information by use of the inputs. The method is mainly applied to the unmanned gyroplane autonomous flight control.

The invention discloses an anti-falling protection device of an elevator. The device comprises a vertical acceleration sensor, a controller, a storage battery, fixed rails, fixing rods and retractable motors, wherein the vertical acceleration sensor is disposed on the top of an elevator car, the fixed rails are arranged on the two sides of an elevator shaft, the fixing rods and the retractable motors are arranged on the side walls of the elevator car, and the fixed rails are evenly provided with multiple fixing holes. The controller is connected with the vertical acceleration sensor, the storage battery and the retractable motors, each retractable motor is connected with one end of the corresponding fixing rod, and the other end of each fixing rod corresponds to the corresponding fixing hole in the corresponding fixed rail in position. The two sides of the elevator shaft are provided with the fixed rails and the fixing rods, so that falling of the elevator can be prevented to some extent when the elevator is overweight and descends. Meanwhile, the vertical acceleration sensor is arranged so as to precisely detect the descending speed and the ascending speed of the elevator, operation of the elevator is better detected, operation safety of the elevator is increased, and the anti-falling protection device is worth popularization.

A rough road detection system for a vehicle comprises a first acceleration sensor that measures vertical acceleration of a component of the vehicle. An adaptive acceleration limits module determines a first acceleration limit based upon a speed of the vehicle. A limit comparison module generates a rough road signal based on a comparison of the first acceleration limit from the adaptive acceleration limits module and the measured acceleration from the first acceleration sensor.

A cableway with suspended tram and remote bogie is disclosed. This includes a self-contained motor, traction and support sheaves with provision for adjusting the height of the tram below said cable for limiting vertical acceleration caused by travel along the cantenary curve of the cableway.

A logic for detecting vehicle rollover includes a first main activation path activated by vehicle lateral acceleration and a second main activation path activated by vehicle vertical acceleration. The logic also includes a first additional activation path activated by vehicle roll angle, a second additional activation path activated by vehicle roll rate, and a third additional activation path activated by vehicle longitudinal acceleration. Activation of each path results from the sensor specific for that path when the output exceeds a threshold value. Logic activation occurs when at least one main activation path and at least one additional activation path are activated.

A vehicle control system includes a sensor cluster within a housing generating a plurality of signals including a roll rate signal, a pitch rate signal, a yaw rate signal, a longitudinal acceleration signal, a lateral acceleration signal, and a vertical acceleration signal. An integrated controller includes a reference signal generator generating a reference lateral velocity signal as a function of a kinematics road constraint condition, a dynamic road constraint condition, and singularity removal logic, all of which are responsive to sensor cluster signals. A dynamic system controller receives the reference lateral velocity signal and generates a dynamic control signal in response thereto. A vehicle safety system controller receives the dynamic control signal and further generates a vehicle safety device activation signal in response thereto.

The invention relates to an intelligent diagnosis method for bridge telescopic seam injury based on girder end longitudinal displacement. The long-term monitoring data of main girder longitudinal displacement, temperature and vertical acceleration after a bridge is built are obtained by mounting a small number of sensors on the bridge; a relevance model of the main girder longitudinal displacement, the bridge temperature and the vertical acceleration in a healthy state is established step by step; the influence of the main girder temperature and the vertical acceleration on the longitudinal displacement can be eliminated on the basis of the relevance model, and the environment condition uniformization displacement which can reflect a working state of a telescopic seam is obtained. When the method is applied to the injury diagnosis of the telescopic seam, the monitoring data in an unknown state are processed just by adopting the established relevance model, and finally, the environment condition uniformization displacement of the healthy state and the unknown state is simultaneously input into a mean value control map; and if the telescopic seam generates injury, a sample point of the control map can exceed a control line, thereby realizing the intelligent recognition on the injury of the telescopic seam.

An electronically-controlled suspension apparatus includes a first sensing device for detecting a vertical acceleration of a vehicle body; a second sensing device for detecting vertical movements of a vehicle body relative to a wheel axle; and a controller for obtaining a vertical speed of the vehicle body by using the vertical acceleration detected by the first sensing device, obtaining a damper speed of a variable damper by using the vertical movements detected by the second sensing device, calculating a target damping force by using the vertical speed of the vehicle body and the damper speed, and determining a control command value by using the target damping force. The control command value is transmitted from the controller to the actuator of the variable damper to change damping force characteristics of the variable damper.

A Kalman filter in a roll angle estimation device estimates a roll angle of a vehicle body, a vehicle speed, a roll angular velocity sensor offset, a yaw angular velocity sensor offset, and a vertical acceleration sensor offset on the basis of detected values of a roll angular velocity sensor, a yaw angular velocity sensor, a vertical acceleration sensor, a longitudinal acceleration sensor, a lateral acceleration sensor, and a rear-wheel speed sensor, and also on the basis of estimated values of the roll angle, the vehicle speed, the roll angular velocity sensor offset, the yaw angular velocity sensor offset, and the vertical acceleration sensor offset obtained in a previous estimation operation.

The invention discloses a method and a device for automatic landing leveling control of a small unmanned aerial vehicle. The landing leveling control device consists of a pitch attitude control circuit and an airspeed control circuit. Aiming at the problem that unmanned air vehicle with a simple sensor can not acquire vertical speed information and vertical acceleration speed information with required precision, the method and the device make full use of an available sensor information and calculate an expected pitch attitude g(t), an expected pitch attitude g'(t) containing correction, an expected airspeed vg(t), an expected airspeed vg'(t) containing correction, elevator control command delta Z(t), an engine chock valve command delta(t) and so on to realize control procedures in the control circuits and achieve the aim of automatic landing leveling control. Meanwhile, remote control operating personnel can operate an operating lever of an elevator and an operating lever of a chock valve in a leveling process according practical situation and carry out correction control of automatic leveling, thereby effectively improves the anti-interference capacity and landing precision of an airplane.

A vehicle-rollover detecting apparatus includes sensors for detecting the lateral acceleration, vertical acceleration and roll angular velocity of the vehicle; a section for calculating the roll angle of the vehicle by integrating the roll angular velocity; a section for performing the zero correction of the roll angle of the vehicle according to the lateral acceleration and roll angular velocity; a section for detecting the mode of the rollover from the composite acceleration of the lateral acceleration and vertical acceleration; a section for deciding a rollover detection threshold map of the vehicle in accordance with the mode of the rollover; a section for deciding the developing degree of the rollover from the composite acceleration; a section for correcting the threshold value of the map using the developing degree; and a section for deciding the occurrence of the rollover from the map whose threshold value is corrected.

A method of calculating a step length of a user, which comprises the steps: input a leg length of the user; obtain a vertical acceleration when the user is walking, wherein the vertical acceleration is sensed by an accelerometer and then removed the effect of gravity; do double integral on the vertical acceleration to obtain a vertical displacement for one step of the user; calculate a step length according to the vertical displacement and the leg length by applying Pythagorean theorem.

The invention relates to accelerometer structures micro-machined according to micro-electronics technologies. The accelerometer according to the invention comprises a substrate, an elastically deformable thin-layer membrane suspended above the substrate and secured to the substrate at its periphery, a proof mass suspended above the membrane and linked to the latter by a central stud, and capacitive interdigitated combs distributed about the mass, having movable plates secured to the mass and fixed plates secured to the substrate. The fixed plates and movable plates of the various combs are of differentiated heights to help in the discrimination of the upward and downward vertical accelerations.

The invention discloses a miniature multifunctional human body posture intelligent detector and a detection method, and belongs to the field of human body posture detection. The detector comprises a posture sensing and detecting unit, an A / D converting unit, an information processing unit, a memory unit, an input unit, an output unit and a power supply unit, and is characterized in that: sensors adopted by the posture sensing and detecting unit are a horizontal accelerometer and a vertical accelerometer. The detector utilizes accelerometers as posture sensors, and provides kinematical parameters under partial motion states for examinees, wherein the motion states mainly include running, rapid walking, jumping and the like, and the parameters include running or walking frequency, kinematic velocity, jumping height and distance, and angle and speed of rising to jump. The detector can provide posture information in the maximum range for people in need of posture correction, comprises posture detection under various conditions such as relative rest, walking or taking a bus and the like of the examinees, and realizes prompt type active posture correction and good habit cultivation.

A damper including a valve movable between an open position and a closed position to selectively alter the compression damping rate of the shock absorber. The valve may be responsive to a vertical acceleration sensor.

A system for measuring gait kinematics information during exercise of a subject comprising a fixing member adapted for fixing onto the trunk of the body of the subject; an acceleration sensor attached to the fixing member for sensing the vertical acceleration of the trunk of the body of the subject; and a microprocessor coupled to the acceleration sensor adapted to receive the vertical acceleration data from the acceleration sensor, and to compute and derive the speed and distance traversed by the subject, and to communicate the speed and distance information. In the preferred embodiment, a heart-rate monitoring device is also provided.

A method and apparatus for recognizing a gait motion are provided. The apparatus may set a gait motion recognition period based on measured right and left hip joint angle information, may input, to a trained neural network, right and left hip joint angle information and vertical acceleration information measured during the gait motion recognition period, and may recognize a gait motion.