A new tracking system of jaw movement using two magnets

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 3315-3317

  Yabukami, S ^a   Kanetaka, H ^a   Tsuji, N ^b   Itagaki, A ^b   Yamaguchi, M ^a   Arai, K I ^a   Mitani, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ryowa Electronics Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Jaw movement; Magnetic field sensor; Tracking system; Two magnets

Indexed keywords

CLUTCHES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; SENSORS; TRACKING (POSITION);

FLUXGATE SENSOR ARRAYS;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

EID: 0036761701     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.802301     Document Type: Article

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