SENSOR DEVICE CAPABLE OF IDENTIFYING ANY COMPONENTS OF A MECHANICAL FORCE APPLIED TO A MOVABLE OBJECT

摘要

Sensor device capable of identifying any components of a mechanical force applied to a movable object, comprises a movable object including at least one magnetically encoded region having a magnetic field; a plurality of magnetic field detectors being placed around the at least one magnetically encoded region of the movable object at regular intervals; and a signal processing unit being connected to the plurality of magnetic field detectors; wherein the plurality of magnetic field detectors being set up to convert changes in the magnetic field of the at least one magnetically encoded region caused by each component of the mechanical force aplied to the movable object into corresponding electrical signals, wherein the signal processing unit receives the corresponding electrical signals being representative for the respective components of the mechanical force applied to the movable object, and wherein the signal processing unit being programmed to identify the respective components of the mechanical force applied to the movable object on the basis of the corresponding electrical signals.