A marker detection method in which a magnetic detection unit (11) of a vehicle side that includes a plurality of magnetic sensors arranged in a vehicle width direction is used to detect magnetic markers (10) that are laid in a road, the method executes detection of a center position in the vehicle width direction of a magnetic distribution that acts on the magnetic detection unit (11) and processing of an index representing a degree of a positional change of the center position when a vehicle (5) passes over the magnetic markers (10) to determine a possibility of the presence of magnetic generation sources that causes disturbance, thereby suppressing erroneous detection of the magnetic markers (10).

A magneto-impedance sensor element includes a magneto-sensitive body having electromagnetic properties that vary by a magnetic field externally acting thereon; and a detection coil wound around the magneto-sensitive body, in which a voltage corresponding to the intensity of the magnetic field acting on the magneto-sensitive body is output from the detection coil by applying a pulse current or a high-frequency current to the magneto-sensitive body. The magneto-sensitive body includes a first magneto-sensitive section and a second magneto-sensitive section that are configured to carry a pulse current or a high-frequency current in opposite directions to each other.

A method for non-invasively imaging plasma parameters has been invented. Crossed dipole pairs are used to differentiate changes in the measured complex self- and mutual impedances due to plasma density and magnetic field. Measurements of the complex self-impedance and mutual impedance between pairs of antennas over a wide range of frequencies provide spatial information to create an image of the plasma density and magnetic field. The spectral information is acquired simultaneously using a Gaussian monopulse as the driver signal.

This device for measuring a magnetic field comprises: a magnetic field sensor, comprising: a probe, and a pick-up coil and a feedback coil coiled around the probe, and a control circuit, comprising: a generation module comprising a probe signal generation unit, configured to generate an electrical current, a preamplification module, a buffer module, configured to deliver an output signal of the control circuit-(44) defining an output magnetic field value, a piloting moduleconfigured to pilot the probe signal generation unit to generate the electrical current in the probe.The control circuit comprises a correction module configured to control a working magnetic field, corresponding to a magnetic field maximizing the magnetic field sensitivity of the probe and minimizing the magnetic field noise of the probe.

A magnetic sensor 1 includes: a non-magnetic substrate 10; and a sensitive element 30 disposed on the substrate 10. The sensitive element 30 has a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and has a uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction. The sensitive element 30 is configured to sense a magnetic field by a magnetic impedance effect. The sensitive element 30 includes a soft magnetic material layer 101 made of an amorphous alloy based on Co and having a saturation magnetization of greater than or equal to 300 emu/cc and less than or equal to 650 emu/cc.

Reduction of the S/N in an output from a magnetic sensor using the magnetic impedance effect is suppressed. A magnetic sensor 1 is provided with a sensitive element 31 including: plural soft magnetic material layers 105; and a nonmagnetic amorphous metal layer 106 provided between the plural soft magnetic material layers 105, wherein the soft magnetic material layers 105 facing each other with the nonmagnetic amorphous metal layer 106 interposed therebetween are antiferromagnetically coupled to sense a magnetic field by a magnetic impedance effect.

The magnetic field detector includes an x-axis magnetic sensor, a y-axis magnetic sensor, and a z-axis magnetic sensor for detecting magnetic field components in three orthogonal axis directions. Each of the magnetic sensors includes a magnetic impedance element having an impedance that varies in accordance with an ambient magnetic field and an output circuit configured to output a magnetic field detection value that varies in accordance with the impedance of the magnetic impedance element. The magnetic field detector includes an oscillator configured to supply a common drive signal to the magnetic impedance element of each of the magnetic sensors, wherein each of the magnetic sensors outputs, in response to the drive signal, the magnetic field detection value from the output circuit.

A magnetic detector comprises a first magnetic sensor configured to measure a first magnetic field component, a second magnetic sensor configured to measure a possible magnetic field component, a processor, and a memory configured to store a program. The program comprises closest proximity detection processing of detecting a timing at which the magnetic body passes a closest proximity position, closest proximity position component acquisition processing of acquiring the first magnetic field component measured at the timing and the possible magnetic field component, predetermined position component acquisition processing of acquiring the first magnetic field component when the magnetic body is at a predetermined position, distance estimation processing of estimating a third direction distance, and magnetic moment amount estimation processing of estimating a magnitude of the magnetic moment.

Provided is a magnetic field measuring device which has good temperature stability and which enables an improvement by making it possible for the sensitivity of a Hall element, a magnetic impedance (MI) element or a magnetic resistance (MR) element, which are conventionally used extensively, to be set freely. This magnetic field measuring device comprises: a temperature maintaining means for maintaining an extremely low temperature state in which a superconductor adopts a superconducting state; a magnetic sensor which is provided inside the temperature maintaining means to detect a magnetic field; and a magnetic field space forming means for forming a magnetic field space specific to the superconducting state, by adopting a superconducting state inside the temperature maintaining means; wherein the magnetic sensor is disposed in the magnetic field space.

A magnetic sensor 1 includes: a thin film magnet 20 which is constituted by a hard magnetic material layer 103 and has magnetic anisotropy in an in-plane direction; and a sensitive part 30 including a sensitive element 31 sensing a magnetic field by a magnetic impedance effect, the sensitive element 31 being constituted by a soft magnetic material layer 105 laminated on the hard magnetic material layer 103, having a longitudinal direction and a short direction, and having uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction, in which the longitudinal direction faces in the direction of a magnetic field generated by the thin film magnet 20. The thin film magnet 20 and the sensitive element 31 are provided to constitute a magnetic circuit with a facing member provided outside to face one of magnetic poles of the thin film magnet 20.