Passive type crime-preventing infrared sensor provided with a mechanism of monitoring an obstruction for the visual field

• US 4,982,094 A
• Filed: 06/23/1988
• Issued: 01/01/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Takenaka Engineering Co., Ltd. (Tomo Shoji KK)
• Original Assignee: Takenaka Engineering Co., Ltd. (Tomo Shoji KK)
• Inventors: Matsuda, Kazuhisa
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Eisenberg, Jacob M.
• Application Number:
  US07/210,731
• Time in Patent Office: 922 Days
• Field of Search: 250/339, 250/342, 340/556, 340/567, 340/506
• US Class Current: 250/342
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/193 using focusing means
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/046 prevention of tampering with detection circuits
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 250/01 Passive intrusion detectors

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a crime-preventing infrared sensor of a passive type in which the infrared detecting element 6 detects the energy of infrared rays radiated from an object in a predetermined visual field to be monitored and an alarm is given in response to a detection signal outputted from the infrared detecting element. The crime-preventing infrared sensor comprises an infrared detector 7 for detecting a human body or any other object approaching the sensor itself independently of an object-detecting function in a visual field, whereby the obstruction in the visual field of the object-detecting function is prevented.

Claims

1. A passive-type, crime-preventing infrared sensor, comprising:

first detecting means for detecting infrared radiation from an object in a visual field to be monitored;

a first electrical alarm circuit means for providing an alarm in response to detection of a signal output from said first detecting means;

second detecting means for detecting infrared radiation from an object approaching said first detecting means independently of said first detecting means, thereby detecting an obstruction of said first detecting means; and

a second alarm circuit means for providing an alarm response to detection of a signal from said second detecting means, said second alarm circuit being electrically isolated from said first alarm circuit.

2. A passive-type, crime-preventing infrared sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second detecting means comprises an infrared source for radiating infrared radiation in a direction in which the infrared radiation crosses the visual field to be monitored by said first detecting means and an infrared detector for detecting the reflected amount of the infrared radiation from said infrared source disposed adjacent to said infrared source.

3. A passive-type, crime-preventing infrared sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein a heat source is provided adjacent to said first detecting means to check said detecting means and electric circuits connected thereto.