To easily and accurately detect inclined installation of a washing machine by using a semiconductor-type acceleration sensor.
The washing machine includes: a water tub 3 rotatably housing a rotating drum 1 receiving laundry and resiliently supported in a washing machine body 9; a driving motor 5 for the rotating drum 1; an acceleration-detecting section 15 fixed to the water tub 3; and a control section 17 for performing the operation of washing, rinsing, spin-drying, or the like. The acceleration-detecting section 15 includes a semiconductor acceleration sensor 15a for orthogonal two or three axes, and a nonvolatile memory 15b for storing correction amounts for the semiconductor acceleration sensor 15a, thereby correction amounts for the sensor are stored in the acceleration-detecting section 15 before the acceleration-detecting section is incorporated into the washing machine. Therefore, the acceleration-detecting section being practical is obtained to detect the vibration or attitude of the washing machine without large-scaled facility investment.
HAGIWARA HISASHI
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Hiroki Naito
Daisuke Nagano
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