Sensing apparatus and movable body-mountable electronic equipment utilizing same
AssigneePioneer Corporation
InventorsHitoshi Kaneko, Tatsuya Okamoto, Isao Endo
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Abstract
A sensing apparatus comprises a sensing unit and a supporting unit. The sensing unit detects a direction and an amount of physical quantity applied thereto. The sensing unit has a detection reference axis along which the direction and the amount of the physical quantity are detected. The supporting unit stationarily supports the sensing unit. The sensing unit is inclined relative to the supporting unit by a predetermined angle so that a difference in angle between the detection reference axis and the direction of the physical quantity actually applied to the sensing unit when detecting the direction and the amount of the physical quantity is minimized.
Claims10
A sensing apparatus comprising:
- a sensing unit for detecting a direction and an amount of physical quantity applied thereto, said sensing unit having a detection reference axis along which the direction and the amount of the physical quantity are detected;
- and
- a supporting unit for stationarily supporting said sensing unit;
- wherein:
- said sensing unit is inclined relative to said supporting unit by an angle, said angle being predetermined so that a difference in angle between said detection reference axis and the direction of said physical quantity actually applied to said sensing unit when detecting the direction and the amount of said physical quantity is minimized.
An electronic equipment to be mounted on a movable body, comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- a sensing apparatus provided in said main body, said sensing apparatus comprising (i) a sensing unit for detecting a direction and an amount of physical quantity applied thereto, said sensing unit having a detection reference axis along which the direction and the amount of the physical quantity are detected;
- and (ii) a supporting unit for stationarily supporting said sensing unit;
- characterized in that:
- said sensing unit is inclined relative to said supporting unit by an angle, said angle being predetermined so that a difference in angle between said detection reference axis and the direction of said physical quantity actually applied to said sensing unit when detecting the direction and the amount of said physical quantity is minimized.
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