Motion Sensor, Method, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium Providing a Motion Sensor with a Validated Output Signal From the Motion Sensor

A method of detecting a motion of an object, comprising:

• generating a first signal representative of a motion of the object;
• generating a second signal representative of the motion of the object;
• generating a vibration signal representative of a vibration of the object;
• in response to the first signal, the second signal, and the vibration signal, generating an object-motion output signal having a variable characteristic that changes after a valid time, wherein, after the valid time, the object-motion output signal is indicative of a speed of movement of the object and a direction of movement of the object;
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• if the vibration signal is indicative of a vibration of the object during a predetermined number of cycles of at least one of the first or second signals, determining the valid time as an end of a determined time period starting at a time of the vibration of the object represented by the vibration signal;
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• if the vibration signal is not indicative of a vibration of the object during the predetermined number of cycles, determining the valid time as an end of the predetermined number of cycles.

A computer-readable storage medium having computer readable code thereon for providing sensing of a motion of an object, the medium comprising:

• instructions for generating a first signal representative of a motion of the object;
• instructions for generating a second signal representative of the motion of the object;
• instructions for generating a vibration signal representative of a vibration of the object;
• instructions for, in response to the first signal, the second signal, and the vibration signal, generating an object-motion output signal having a variable characteristic that changes after a valid time, wherein, after the valid time, the object-motion output signal is indicative of a speed of movement of the object and a direction of movement of the object;
• instructions for, if the vibration signal is indicative of a vibration of the object during a predetermined number of cycles of at least one of the first or second signals, determining the valid time as an end of a determined time period starting at a time of the vibration of the object represented by the vibration signal when the vibration occurs during a predetermined number of cycles of at least one of the first or second signals;
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• instructions for, if the vibration signal is not indicative of a vibration of the object during the predetermined number of cycles, determining the valid time as an end of the predetermined number of cycles.