Angular velocity sensor
First Claim
1. An angular velocity sensor comprising:
- base portions;
vibrators coupled to said base portions;
exciting means for driving and vibrating said vibrators in a first direction; and
detection means which, when an angular velocity is applied while said vibrators are being driven and vibrated, detects the angular velocity based on the vibrations of said vibrators in a second direction at right angles with said first direction;
said angular velocity sensor further comprising position adjusting means for so adjusting the positions of said vibrators as to cancel the amount of displacement by which said vibrators are displaced by the gravity in the direction of the gravity when the detection axis at right angles with said first direction and said the second direction is set to be in parallel with the horizontal plane and when said first direction is set to be the vertical direction.
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Abstract
A vibration-type angular velocity sensor realizing a suitably vibrating state of the vibrators by canceling the displacement of the vibrators caused by the gravity. The angular velocity sensor comprises base portions, vibrators coupled to the base portions, exciting means for driving and vibrating the vibrators in the x-direction, and detection means which, when an angular velocity is applied while the vibrators are being driven and vibrated, detects the angular velocity based on the vibrations of the vibrators in the y-direction at right angles with the x-direction, the angular velocity sensor further comprising position adjusting means for so adjusting the positions of the vibrators as to cancel the amount of displacement by which the vibrators are displaced by the gravity in the direction of the gravity.
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1. An angular velocity sensor comprising:
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base portions;
vibrators coupled to said base portions;
exciting means for driving and vibrating said vibrators in a first direction; and
detection means which, when an angular velocity is applied while said vibrators are being driven and vibrated, detects the angular velocity based on the vibrations of said vibrators in a second direction at right angles with said first direction;
said angular velocity sensor further comprising position adjusting means for so adjusting the positions of said vibrators as to cancel the amount of displacement by which said vibrators are displaced by the gravity in the direction of the gravity when the detection axis at right angles with said first direction and said the second direction is set to be in parallel with the horizontal plane and when said first direction is set to be the vertical direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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