| CPC G01R 33/0206 (2013.01) | 15 Claims |

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1. A signal vector derivation apparatus for receiving measurement results from a plurality of sensors that receive signals each represented by a vector having a predetermined direction and measure triaxial components orthogonal to each other and for deriving the direction of the vector, the measurement results from the sensors each proportional to a sum of the triaxial components of the vector multiplied, respectively, by first coefficients, the signal vector derivation apparatus, comprising:
a spectrum deriving section arranged to derive a spectrum obtained based on the measurement results from the sensors and a sum of the first coefficients multiplied, respectively, by second coefficients, the spectrum having local maximum values within voxels in which signal sources that output the respective signals exist; and
a direction deriving section arranged to derive the direction of the vector based on the second coefficients used to obtain the spectrum.
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