Closed space monitor system

• US 6,703,928 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2002
• Issued: 03/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Touge, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Tweel, John
• Application Number:
  US10/103,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20020154013A1
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• Field of Search: 340/426.1, 340/544, 340/541, 340/566, 367/93
• US Class Current: 340/426.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/04 Systems determining presence of a target
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/5345 Gain control of receivers for seismic signals G01V1/245
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1681 using infrasonic detecting means, e.g. a microphone operating below the audible frequency range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/20 Actuation by change of fluid pressure

Abstract

A closed space monitor system monitors the closed space by detecting a change in the air flow and the volume change of the closed space. The closed space monitor system includes a transmitter for generating and transmitting a compression wave of gas, a receiver for receiving the compression wave of gas, a inverting amplifier for amplifying the signal from the receiver via an electric current-voltage conversion portion, and automatic gain control portion. The amplified signal from the receiver is transmitted from the transmitter for generating the stationary wave in the closed space.

Claims

1. A closed space monitor system comprising:

a transmitter for generating and transmitting a compression wave of gas;

a receiver for receiving the compression wave of gas and transmitting a signal;

an amplifier portion which amplifies the signal transmitted from the receiver; and

the amplified signal from the receiver being transmitted from the transmitter for generating a stationary wave in a closed space.

2. The closed space monitor system according to claim 1, further comprising a self-excited oscillator for generating the stationary wave in the closed space.

3. The closed space monitor system according to claim 2, further comprising:

an automatic gain control portion which automatically changes a gain so that a signal strength transmitted from the transmitter becomes approximately constant in accordance with the signal strength from the receiver;

the automatic gain control portion stabilizing one of the stationary wave, an amplitude value of the stationary value, and an effective value of the stationary wave.

4. The closed space monitor system according to claim 3, further comprising:

judging means for judging an occurrence of an intrusion into the closed space based on fluctuation of one of the amplitude value of the stationary wave and the effective value of the stationary wave.

5. The closed space monitor system according to claim 4, wherein the judging means compares an electric voltage value from the receiver in accordance with the signal strength and a predetermined alarm determination electric voltage, and judges the occurrence of the intrusion when the electric voltage value is less. than the alarm determination electric voltage.

6. The closed space monitor system according to claim 5, wherein the judging means includes a speaker having directivity with a pinhole provided on an output portion of the speaker.

7. The closed space monitor system according to claim 5, wherein the judging means includes a ultrasonic oscillator having a pinhole on an output portion of the ultrasonic oscillator.

8. The closed space monitor system according to claim 5, wherein the transmitter includes a piezoelectric oscillator connected to an elastic body having either a spherical shape or a polyhedral shape.

9. The closed space monitor system according to claim 2, wherein a fluctuation sensitivity of the stationary wave is determined by a volume of a condenser.

10. The closed space monitor system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an automatic gain control portion which automatically changes a gain so that a signal strength transmitted from the transmitter becomes approximately constant in accordance with the signal strength from the receiver;

the automatic gain control portion stabilizing one of the stationary wave, an amplitude value of the stationary value, and an effective value of the stationary wave.

11. The closed space monitor system according to claim 10, further comprising:

judging means for judging an occurrence of an intrusion into the closed space based on fluctuation of one of the amplitude value of the stationary wave and the effective value of the stationary wave.

12. The closed space monitor system according to claim 11 wherein the judging means compares an electric voltage value from the receiver in accordance with the signal strength and a predetermined alarm determination electric voltage, and judges the occurrence of the intrusion when the electric voltage value is less. than the alarm determination electric voltage.

13. The closed space monitor system according to claim 12, wherein the transmitter includes a speaker having directivity with a pinhole provided on an output portion of the speaker.

14. The closed space monitor system according to claim 12, wherein the transmitter includes an ultrasonic oscillator having a pinhole on an output portion of the ultrasonic oscillator.

15. The closed space monitor system according to claim 12, wherein the transmitter includes a piezoelectric oscillator connected to an elastic body having either a spherical shape or a polyhedral shape.

16. A closed space monitor system in a vehicle for detecting an occurrence of an intrusion into a closed space in the vehicle comprising:

a transmitter for generating and transmitting a compression wave of gas;

a receiver for receiving the compression wave and transmitting a signal;

an amplifier which amplifies the signal transmitted from the receiver;

the amplified signal from the receiver being transmitted from the transmitter for generating a stationary wave in the closed space of the vehicle, the stationary wave having an amplitude value and an effective value; and

means for judging an occurrence of an intrusion into the closed space of the vehicle based on a fluctuation of the amplitude value of the stationary wave or the effective value of the stationary wave.

17. The closed space monitor system according to claim 16, further comprising:

an automatic gain control portion which automatically changes a gain so that a signal strength transmitted from the transmitter becomes approximately constant in accordance with the signal strength from the receiver;

the automatic gain control portion stabilizing one of the stationary wave, the amplitude value of the stationary value, and the effective value of the stationary wave.

18. The closed space monitor system according to claim 16 wherein the judging means compares an electric voltage value from the receiver in accordance with the signal strength and a predetermined alarm determination electric voltage, and judges the occurrence of the intrusion when the electric voltage value is less. than the alarm determination electric voltage.

19. The closed space monitor system according to claim 16, wherein the transmitter is one of a speaker having a pinhole on an output portion of the speaker, an ultrasonic oscillator having a pinhole on an output portion of the ultrasonic oscillator, and a piezoelectric oscillator connected to an elastic body.