• Patent Title: Device for determining orientation of an object
  • Application No.: US17048623
    Application Date: 2019-04-15
  • Publication No.: US11898876B2
    Publication Date: 2024-02-13
  • Inventor: Tilak Srinivasan
  • Applicant: Tilak Srinivasan
  • Applicant Address: IN Bangalore
  • Assignee: Tilak Srinivasan
  • Current Assignee: Tilak Srinivasan
  • Current Assignee Address: IN Bangalore
  • Agent Trupti Joshi
  • Priority: IN 1841013751 2018.04.20
  • International Application: PCT/IB2019/053082 2019.04.15
  • International Announcement: WO2019/202468A 2019.10.24
  • Date entered country: 2020-10-19
  • Main IPC: G01C9/10
  • IPC: G01C9/10 G01C9/06
Device for determining orientation of an object
Abstract:
The present disclosure discloses a device for determining orientation of an object. The device comprises a hollow spherical member. A plurality of sensors are positioned within a cavity defined by an inner surface and an outer surface of the hollow spherical member. Further, the device comprises a light source fixed within the hollow spherical member, and a solid sphere provided within the hollow spherical member. The solid spherical member is configured to displace within the hollow spherical member, pointing towards gravity and occupies lowermost position of the hollow spherical member, and thus blocks impingement of light on to corresponding one or more sensors at the lowermost position of the hollow spherical member. The blocked one or more sensors activate or deactivate, and generate a signal, which is received by a computing unit, to determine orientation of the object.
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