INERTIAL FORCE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME
First Claim
1. An inertial force sensor comprising:
- a sensor element configured to convert an inertial force into an electrical signal;
a sensor signal processor connected to the sensor element and configured to receive the electrical signal and output an inertial force value; and
a power controller configured to control electric power supply to the sensor signal processor, based on the inertial force value,wherein when the inertial force value is maintained for a predetermined time period within a predetermined range in which a reference value is a middle value of the range, the power controller after a lapse of the predetermined time period is configured to reduce the electric power supply to the sensor signal processor and update the reference value to the inertial force value obtained after the lapse of the predetermined time period.
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Abstract
An inertial force sensor includes the following elements: a sensor element for converting an inertial force into an electrical signal; a sensor signal processor connected to the sensor element, for outputting an inertial force value; and a power controller for controlling electric power supply to the sensor signal processor, based on the inertial force value. When the inertial force value is maintained for a predetermined time period within a predetermined range in which a reference value is the middle value of the range, the power controller reduces the electric power supply to the sensor signal processor and updates the reference value to the inertial force value obtained after a lapse of the predetermined time period.
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1. An inertial force sensor comprising:
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a sensor element configured to convert an inertial force into an electrical signal; a sensor signal processor connected to the sensor element and configured to receive the electrical signal and output an inertial force value; and a power controller configured to control electric power supply to the sensor signal processor, based on the inertial force value, wherein when the inertial force value is maintained for a predetermined time period within a predetermined range in which a reference value is a middle value of the range, the power controller after a lapse of the predetermined time period is configured to reduce the electric power supply to the sensor signal processor and update the reference value to the inertial force value obtained after the lapse of the predetermined time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 11)
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6. An inertial force sensor comprising:
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a first sensor element configured to convert a first inertial force into an electrical signal; a second sensor element configured to convert a second inertial force, which is different from the first inertial force, into an electrical signal; a first sensor signal processor connected to the first sensor element and configured to output a first inertial force value; a second sensor signal processor connected to the second sensor element and configured to output a second inertial force value; and a power controller configured to control electric power supply to the second sensor signal processor, based on the first inertial force value, wherein when the first inertial force value is maintained for a predetermined time period within a predetermined range in which a reference value is a middle value of the range, the power controller after a lapse of the predetermined time period is configured to reduce the electric power supply to the second sensor signal processor and update the reference value to the first inertial force value obtained after the lapse of the predetermined time period. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 12)
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13. An inertial force sensor comprising:
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a sensor element configured to convert an inertial force into an electrical signal; a sensor signal processor connected to the sensor element and configured to receive the electrical signal and output an inertial force value; and a power controller configured to control electric power supply to the sensor signal processor, based on the inertial force value, wherein the power controller includes; a window part configured to output static signal when the inertial force value is maintained within a predetermined range in which a reference value is a middle value of the range; a time measuring part configured to receive the static signal and output an electric power supply reducing signal and a reference value updating signal when the static signal continues for a predetermined time period, the electric power supply reducing signal is configured to reduce the electric power supply to the sensor signal and the reference value updating signal is configured to update the reference value to an inertial force value obtained after the static signal continues for the predetermined time period. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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