Low power motion detector

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2007-05-08

2007-05-08

Barlow, John (Department: 2863)

Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing

Measurement system

Accelerometer

C702S193000, C073S488000, C324S162000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11027024

ABSTRACT:
An energy-efficient acceleration measurement system is presented. The system includes an accelerometer, responsive to acceleration of the system, for providing an accelerometer output signal having a magnitude indicative of at least one component of the acceleration. A motion detector is responsive to the accelerometer output signal, and provides a processor interrupt signal, but only if the magnitude of acceleration reaches a threshold. The processor, responsive to the processor interrupt signal, measures the acceleration with higher accuracy than the motion detector is capable of, but in a way that consumes more power than was needed by the motion detector.

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