IP Library Granted Patent US 10,139,308
Granted Patent B2
US 10,139,308 · App. 15/384,666 · Granted Nov 27, 2018

Physical quantity detection apparatus, measurement system, and measurement apparatus

Inventor: Yoshihiro Kobayashi (Komagane, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
G01M5/0066G01M5/0008
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Patent No.
US 10,139,308
App. No.
15/384,666
Granted
Nov 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A detecting element unit of a physical quantity detection apparatus includes a detection part and a supporting part. The detection part has a base part, a movable part coupled to the base part via a joint part, and a vibrator provided over the base part and the movable part, and the supporting part includes a fixing portion to be fixed to a base for supporting the base part. A processing unit of the physical quantity detection apparatus extracts vibration response signals at a resonance frequency of the detecting element unit from output of the vibrator.

Claims (14)

1. A physical quantity detection apparatus comprising:

a detecting element unit having

a detection part having a base part, a movable part coupled to the base part via a joint part, and a vibrator provided over the base part and the movable part, and

a supporting part including a fixing portion to be fixed to a base for supporting the base part; and

a processing unit that extracts vibration response signals at a resonance frequency of the detecting element unit from output of the vibrator.

2. The physical quantity detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing unit outputs amplitude information of the vibration response signals.

3. The physical quantity detection apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processing unit calculates physical quantity signals from output of the vibrator.

4. The physical quantity detection apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processing unit outputs one of the amplitude information and the physical quantity signals according to a command.

5. The physical quantity detection apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein, in the physical quantity signals, resonance frequency components of the detecting element unit are suppressed or removed.

6. The physical quantity detection apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the amplitude information is envelope signals.

7. A measurement system comprising:

a physical quantity detection apparatus having a detecting element unit having a detection part having a base part, a movable part coupled to the base part via a joint part, and a vibrator provided over the base part and the movable part, and a supporting part including a fixing portion to be fixed to a base for supporting the base part, and a processing unit that extracts vibration response signals at a resonance frequency of the detecting element unit from output of the vibrator; and

a measurement apparatus that calculates attenuation characteristics of a structure based on the vibration response signals extracted by the physical quantity detection apparatus.

8. A measurement apparatus comprising a command output part that, to a physical quantity detection apparatus having a detecting element unit having a detection part having a base part, a movable part coupled to the base part via a joint part, and a vibrator provided over the base part and the movable part, and a supporting part including a fixing portion to be fixed to a base for supporting the base part, and a processing unit that extracts vibration response signals at a resonance frequency of the detecting element unit from output of the vibrator, outputs a command of instructing output one or both of amplitude information of the vibration response signals and physical quantity signals calculated from output of the vibrator.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SEIKO EPSON CORP.
To: COLUMBIA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 058952/0475 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2016
From: KOBAYASHI, YOSHIHIRO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040687/0664 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-256338 · Dec 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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