UPSC 2023ScienceModerate

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 smart-phone 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?

a
Only one
b
Only two
c
All three
d
None
Physics & TechnologySensors & Their ApplicationsAccelerometercar crashairbagsfree falllaptophard drivesmart-phonetiltdisplay rotation

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