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Title:
POSITION SENSOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/230087
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This position sensor comprises: a power source terminal (113); a ground terminal (114); an output terminal (115); a detection unit (122) that detects a position; and a signal processing unit (123) that processes a signal input from the detection unit. The detection unit includes: a first detection element (124) that outputs a first detection signal; and a second detection element (125). The signal processing unit includes: a first processing unit (129); a second processing unit (130); a malfunction determination unit (131) that determines whether a position specified by the first processing unit matches a position specified by the second processing unit; and an output circuit unit (132) that, if it is determined by the malfunction determination unit that the positions match, outputs to the output terminal a position signal corresponding to the matching position, and that, if it is determined by the malfunction determination unit that the positions do not match, outputs to the output terminal a malfunction signal corresponding to a malfunction.

Inventors:
SASAKI AKITO (JP)
KOBAYASHI ATSUSHI (JP)
MAKITA MICHIHIRO (JP)
OHMI TETSUYA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/012266
Publication Date:
December 20, 2018
Filing Date:
March 27, 2018
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Assignee:
DENSO CORP (JP)
International Classes:
G01B7/00; B60K20/00; F16H59/08; F16H61/12; F16H63/40
Foreign References:
JPH1173226A1999-03-16
JP2001505657A2001-04-24
JP2005315696A2005-11-10
JP2016099191A2016-05-30
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
JIN Shunji (JP)
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