Infrared-transmissive lens and human body detecting sensor using the same

• US 5,315,434 A
• Filed: 05/14/1992
• Issued: 05/24/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Mizuno, Yasuo, Sugai, Masakatsu, Yoshida, Akihiko, Ikeda, Masaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Lerner, Martin
• Application Number:
  US07/882,906
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: 359/350, 359/355, 359/356, 359/357, 385/144, 250/338.1, 250/338.3, 250/353
• US Class Current: 359/355
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 3/321 Chalcogenide glasses, e.g. containing S, Se, Te
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 4/10 for infrared transmitting glass
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/191 using pyroelectric sensor means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 250/01 Passive intrusion detectors

Abstract

An infrared-transmissive lens formed by using glass including germanium and selenium or germanium and sulfur as main components and a human body detecting device including the lens and a pyroelectric infrared sensor are disclosed. With this configuration, glass having excellent transmissivity of infrared rays, no poisonous characteristic and difficulty to be crystallized is obtained and the glass is subjected to thermal pressing work to form a lens. The lens and a pyroelectric infrared sensor are combined to obtain a scanning type human body detecting sensor device. Further, the scanning type human body detecting sensor device can be used to detect a plurality of human bodies simultaneously.

Claims

1. A human body detecting sensor device wherein infrared rays are directed towards sensors, said device comprising:

a movable infrared-transmissive lens comprising non-oxide glass formed of a compressed mixture of a non-oxide as a starting material and germanium and sulfur as main components; and

a plurality of pyroelectric infrared sensors arranged side-by-side with one another;

said lens being movable relative to said sensors such that said lens directs said infrared rays toward each of said infrared sensors as said lens is moved.

2. A human body detecting sensor according to claim 1, wherein said glass includes germanium of 5 to 55%, sulfur of 35 to 90% and iodine of 0 to 20% in atomic percent as main components.

3. A human body detecting sensor according to claim 1, wherein said glass includes germanium of 15 to 50%, sulfur of 50 to 80% and antimony of 0 to 10% in atomic percent as main components.

4. A human body detecting sensor according to claim 1, wherein said glass includes germanium of 10 to 25%, sulfur of 70 to 90% and tellurium of 0 to 10% in atomic percent as main components.

5. A human body detecting sensor according to claim 1, wherein said glass includes germanium of 5 to 55%, sulfur of 35 to 80%, either selenium or tellurium of 0 to 10% and iodine of 0 to 20% in atomic percent as main components.

6. A human body detecting sensor device wherein infrared rays are directed towards sensors, said device comprising:

a movable infrared-transmissive lens comprising non-oxide glass formed of a compressed mixture of a non-oxide as a starting material and germanium and selenium as main components; and

a plurality of pyroelectric infrared sensors arranged side by side one another;

said lens being movable relative to said sensors such that said lens directs said infrared rays toward each of said infrared sensors as said lens is moved.

7. A human body detecting sensor according to claim 6, wherein said glass includes germanium of 5 to 22.5 atomic % and selenium of 77.5 to 95 atomic % as main components.

8. A human body detecting sensor according to claim 6, wherein said glass includes germanium of 5 to 22.5 atomic %, selenium of 35 to 95 atomic % and iodine of 0 to 45 atomic % as main components.