Civil Services Examination · Question 54
Consider the following actions: 1. Detection of car crash/collision which results in the deployment of airbags almost instantaneously 2. Detection of accidental free fall of a laptop towards the ground which results in the immediate turning off of the hard drive 3. Detection of the tilt of the smartphone which results in the rotation of display between portrait and landscape mode In how many of the above actions is the function of accelerometer required?
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Answer: (C) All three
Explanation
Accelerometers sense sudden deceleration (airbags), free fall (disk protection) and orientation (screen rotation).