Patent ID: 7906932

Claim:
A signal processing device for processing a position information signal output from a sensor in accordance with a driving position of a driver and detecting a driving velocity of the driver, comprising: a position information signal processor that processes the position information signal to calculate a driving velocity information of the driver; and an internal position information generator that uses the driving velocity information calculated by the position information signal processor to generate a latest presumed position of the driver as an internal position information, wherein the position information signal output from the sensor is a periodic function signal periodically changing in accordance with the driving position of the driver, the position information signal processor calculates a difference in phase between the position information signal from the sensor and the internal position information generated by the internal position information generator and outputs the difference in phase as the driving velocity information of the driver, the internal position information generator comprises: an integrator that integrates the driving velocity information to calculate a phase corresponding to the position information signal, and an internal position information converter, and the internal position information converter comprising an amplitude detector that detects a magnitude of the position information signal, a function value calculator that calculates a function value of the periodic function signal by taking the phase calculated by the integrator as a parameter, and an amplitude multiplier that multiplies the function value calculated by the function value calculator by the magnitude detected by the amplitude detector to calculate the internal position information.