Acceleration measuring device and acceleration measuring method of the same

• Main Authors: Leng, Changlin, Wang, Hong
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.05.2022
• Subjects: INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT; MEASURING; MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION,OR SHOCK; PHYSICS; TESTING

An acceleration measuring device includes a housing with an inner cavity, a reference substance disposed in the inner cavity, an elastic supporting member connected between the bottom portion of the inner cavity and the reference substance, a light source secured to a side of the reference substance, a lens secured to the reference substance that is positioned at a side of the light source away from the reference substance, an image sensor at a top portion of the inner cavity and located at a side of the lens away from the reference substance for receiving light emitted by the light source and scattered by the lens, and a processor configured to calculate displacement information of the reference substance in a vertical direction according to light received by the image sensor, and calculate an acceleration of the reference substance according to the displacement information.