ATTITUDE-ANGLE DETECTING APPARATUS AND ATTITUDE-ANGLE DETECTING METHOD
First Claim
1. An attitude-angle detecting apparatus being characterized in that it comprises:
- an acceleration sensor for measuring an acceleration being applied to a mobile object;
a yaw-rate sensor for measuring a yaw rate of the mobile object;
a speed sensor for measuring a speed of the mobile object;
a mobile-component acceleration calculating means comprising;
a front/rear-axis acceleration calculating means for calculating an actual acceleration by differentiating the speed with time, thereby adapting it into a front/rear-axis-direction component force of a mobile-component acceleration;
a right/left-axis acceleration calculating means for calculating a centrifugal force from the yaw rate and the speed, thereby adapting it into a right/left-axis-direction component force of the mobile-component acceleration; and
an up/down-axis acceleration calculating means for calculating a component force of the centrifugal force in the up/down-axis direction of the mobile object, thereby adapting it into an up/down-axis-direction component force of the mobile-component acceleration; and
an attitude-angle calculating means for calculating an attitude angle from a gravitational acceleration, which is obtainable by correcting the acceleration with the mobile-component acceleration.
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Abstract
To provide an attitude-angle detecting apparatus, which detects an attitude angle of a mobile object during movement with good accuracy by correcting an output value from an acceleration sensor, and to provide a method for the same.
It is characterized in that it comprises an acceleration sensor 2 for measuring an acceleration being applied to a mobile object 7, a yaw-rate sensor 3 for measuring a yaw rate of the mobile object 7, a speed sensor 4 for measuring a speed of the mobile object 7, a mobile-component acceleration calculating means 5 for calculating an actual acceleration from the speed, calculating a centrifugal force from the yaw rate and the speed and calculating a mobile-component acceleration, a resultant force of the actual speed and the centrifugal force, and an attitude-angle calculating means 6 for calculating an attitude angle from a gravitational acceleration, which is obtainable by correcting the acceleration with the mobile-component acceleration.
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8 Claims
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1. An attitude-angle detecting apparatus being characterized in that it comprises:
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an acceleration sensor for measuring an acceleration being applied to a mobile object; a yaw-rate sensor for measuring a yaw rate of the mobile object; a speed sensor for measuring a speed of the mobile object; a mobile-component acceleration calculating means comprising;
a front/rear-axis acceleration calculating means for calculating an actual acceleration by differentiating the speed with time, thereby adapting it into a front/rear-axis-direction component force of a mobile-component acceleration;
a right/left-axis acceleration calculating means for calculating a centrifugal force from the yaw rate and the speed, thereby adapting it into a right/left-axis-direction component force of the mobile-component acceleration; and
an up/down-axis acceleration calculating means for calculating a component force of the centrifugal force in the up/down-axis direction of the mobile object, thereby adapting it into an up/down-axis-direction component force of the mobile-component acceleration; andan attitude-angle calculating means for calculating an attitude angle from a gravitational acceleration, which is obtainable by correcting the acceleration with the mobile-component acceleration. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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- 3. (canceled)
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5. An attitude-angle detecting method being characterized in that it comprises:
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a measuring step of measuring an acceleration being applied to a mobile object, a yaw rate of the mobile object, and a speed of the mobile object; a mobile-component acceleration calculating step comprising;
a front/rear-axis acceleration calculating step of calculating an actual acceleration by differentiating the speed with time, thereby adapting it into a front/rear-axis-direction component force of a mobile-component acceleration;
a right/left-axis acceleration calculating step of calculating a centrifugal force from the yaw rate and the speed, thereby adapting it into a right/left-axis-direction component force of the mobile-component acceleration; and
an up/down-axis acceleration calculating step of calculating a component force of the centrifugal force in the up/down-axis direction of the mobile object, thereby adapting it into an up/down-axis-direction component force of the mobile-component acceleration; andan attitude-angle calculating step of calculating an attitude angle from a gravitational acceleration, which is obtained by correcting the acceleration with the mobile-component acceleration. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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- 7. (canceled)
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