Patent ID: 8050885

Claim:
A method for determining the effects of the wind on a blind that is provided with a sensor means for measuring the effects of the wind on the blind in a first measurement direction (X 1 ) and the effects of the wind on the blind in a second measurement direction (Y 1 ), the two directions being different, the method comprising the following steps: collecting, from the sensor means, a first signal representative of the effects of the wind on the blind, in the first measurement direction; and collecting, from the sensor means, a second signal representative of the effects of the wind on the blind, in the second measurement direction; processing these signals so as to provide a secondary signal representative of the effects of the wind and independent of the orientation of the sensor means in a plane defined by the two directions, in order to obtain uniform sensor detection sensitivity irrespective of the orientation of the sensor, wherein the sensor means comprises at least one accelerometer.