Patent ID: 8240270

Claim:
An impact detecting apparatus configured to be attached to an object, the impact detecting apparatus comprising: a drop-impact display unit configured to display a direction of drop impact when the object is dropped; a tilt display unit configured to display a direction of tilting when the object is tilted, wherein the drop-impact display unit and the tilt display unit displays the direction of drop-impact and the direction of tilting at the same time; and a weight configured to move when the object is subjected to at least one of the drop-impact and the tilting; at least one predefined path configured to guide the weight along the at least one predefined path, wherein movement of the weight along the at least one predefined path is used to indicate a direction of the at least one of the drop-impact and the tilting, wherein, the at least one predefined path includes a vertical path along which the weight drops to indicate the direction of the drop impact; and the at least one predefined path includes a tilt direction path along which the weight rolls to indicate the direction of the tilting.