Detecting circuit for detecting an abnormal state in a vibrating gyroscope

• US 5,293,779 A
• Filed: 12/05/1991
• Issued: 03/15/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Limited
• Original Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Limited
• Inventors: Mori, Akira, Nakamura, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kwok, Helen
• Application Number:
  US07/802,671
• Time in Patent Office: 831 Days
• Field of Search: 73/504, 73/1 D, 73/1 DV, 73/505, 73/2
• US Class Current: 73/504.12
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 19/5649 Signal processing

Abstract

A detecting circuit 10 has two diodes 16a and 16b for rectifying an oscillation signal for driving a vibrator of a vibrating gyroscope and a detection signal for detecting a rotary angular velocity of the vibrator in the directions reverse to each other. The diodes 16a and 16b are connected with two resistors 20a and 20b for composing these rectified signals. A connection point 21 of the resistors 20a and 20b is connected to a base of a PNP transistor 22. The emitter of the transistor 22 is connected to a positive potential and a collector thereof is grounded through a resistor Further, to the collector of the transistor 22, an output terminal 28 is connected.

Claims

1. A detecting circuit for detecting an abnormal state i a vibrating gyroscope which generates an oscillation signal for driving a vibrator and a detection signal for detecting a rotary angular velocity of said vibrator, said detecting circuit comprising:

a first rectifying means for rectifying said oscillation signal;

a second rectifying means for rectifying said detection signal in the direction reverse to said oscillation signal rectified by said first rectifying means;

a composite means, operably coupled to said first and second rectifying means, for combining said oscillation signal rectified by said first rectifying means and said detection signal rectified by said second rectifying means, and for outputting a composite signal; and

a switching device operably coupled to said composite means, wherein said switching device is switched by said composite signal from said composite means.

2. A detecting circuit in accordance with claim 1, wherein said first rectifying means comprises a diode.

3. A detecting circuit in accordance with claim 1, wherein said second rectifying means comprises a diode.

4. A detecting circuit in accordance with claim 1, wherein said composite means comprises a plurality of resistors connected in series.

5. A detecting circuit in accordance with claim 1, wherein said switching device comprises a transistor.

6. A detecting circuit in accordance with claim 5, wherein said transistor comprises a PNP transistor.

7. A detecting circuit in accordance with claim 5, wherein said transistor comprises an NPN transistor.