POSITION/INCLINATION DETECTION DEVICE, POSITION DETECTION METHOD AND INCLINATION DETECTION METHOD

Title:

POSITION/INCLINATION DETECTION DEVICE, POSITION DETECTION METHOD AND INCLINATION DETECTION METHOD

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP2005121533

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

To provide a position/inclination detection device, a position detection method and an inclination detection method capable of specifying the position/inclination at comparatively low cost by using a general-use image reading means.

This device is equipped with a rod 1 for generating a shadow 3 caused by sunlight, an image sensor 2 for reading the shadow 3 generated by the rod 1 as an image, an image processing part 5 for performing image processing from the image sensor 2, a science data part 6 for accumulating correlative information among a season, a time, a solar altitude and the latitude/longitude, a clock part 4 for acquiring time information, and a processing part 7 for calculating the position/inclination based on outputs from the image sensor 2, the science data part 6 and the clock part 4.

Inventors:

KONUMA RYOHEI

Application Number:

JP2003358096A

Publication Date:

May 12, 2005

Filing Date:

October 17, 2003

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Assignee:

OKI ELECTRIC IND CO LTD

International Classes:

G01C9/06; G01C15/00; (IPC1-7): G01C9/06; G01C15/00

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Hisao Kobayashi
Kiyoshi Yasushima
Souji Sasaki
Noboru Omura
Takanashi Norio

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