Field coverage configurable passive infrared radiation intrusion detection device

• US 7,115,871 B1
• Filed: 08/25/2005
• Issued: 10/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: INET Consulting Limited Company
• Original Assignee: INET Consulting Limited Company
• Inventors: Tracy, Larry, Nagaya, Kiyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Porta, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gaworecki, Mark R.
• Application Number:
  US11/213,193
• Time in Patent Office: 404 Days
• Field of Search: 250/349, 250/DIG.1, 250/342, 250/347, 340/567
• US Class Current: 250/349
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/193 using focusing means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 250/01 Passive intrusion detectors

Abstract

One embodiment of a field coverage configurable passive infrared radiation intrusion detection device comprises a plurality of passive infrared radiation sensors. The device also has an optical element for gathering infrared radiation from different portions of a field and for focusing said infrared radiation onto said plurality of passive infrared radiation sensors. An electrical activation/deactivation circuit receives the output of each passive infrared radiation sensor and selectively activates/deactivates one or more of the plurality of passive infrared radiation sensor outputs thereby configuring the portions of the field covered by the passive infrared intrusion detection device. In another embodiment of a field coverage configurable passive infrared radiation intrusion detection device, the height coverage of the device is adjustable in the field. The device comprises a passive infrared radiation sensor, and an optical element spaced apart from the passive infrared radiation sensor by a separation distance, for focusing infrared radiation from a field at a height distance from the optical element. The device further comprises means for changing the separation distance, thereby changing the height distance of the optical element from the field.

Claims

1. A field coverage configurable passive infrared radiation intrusion detection device comprising:

a plurality of passive infrared radiation sensors;

an optical element for gathering infrared radiation from different portions of a field and for focusing said infrared radiation onto said plurality of passive infrared radiation sensors; and

an electrical activation/deactivation circuit for selectively activating/deactivating one or more of said plurality of passive infrared radiation sensors thereby configuring the portions of the field covered by said passive infrared intrusion detection device.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said electrical activation/deactivation circuit is a plurality of fuses, with one fuse associated with each passive infrared radiation sensor.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein said electrical activation/deactivation circuit is a microprocessor.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein said electrical activation/deactivation circuit is a plurality of switches with one switch associated with each passive infrared radiation sensor.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the number of said passive infrared radiation sensors is four.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein each of said passive infrared radiation sensor covers approximately a ninety (90) degree field of view.

7. A height coverage adjustable passive infrared radiation intrusion detection device comprising:

a passive infrared radiation sensor;

an optical element spaced apart from the passive infrared radiation sensor by a separation distance, for focusing infrared radiation from a field at a height distance from the optical element;

means for changing the separation distance, thereby changing the height distance of the optical element from the field.

8. The device of claim 7 wherein said separation distance is parallel to said height distance.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein said means for changing comprises a screw for adjusting the separation distance.

10. The device of claim 8 wherein said means for changing comprises a spacer for adjusting the separation distance.

11. A field coverage adjustable passive infrared radiation intrusion detection device comprising:

a plurality of passive infrared radiation sensors;

an optical element, spaced apart from the plurality of passive infrared radiation sensors by a separation distance, said optical element for focusing infrared radiation from a plurality of different fields at a height distance from the optical element onto said plurality of passive infrared radiation sensors;

means for changing the separation distance thereby changing the height distance of the optical element from the plurality of fields; and

an electrical activation/deactivation circuit for selectively activating/deactivating one or more of said plurality of passive infrared radiation sensors thereby configuring the fields covered by said passive infrared intrusion detection device.

12. The device of claim 11 wherein said electrical activation/deactivation circuit is a plurality of fuses, with one fuse associated with each passive infrared radiation sensor.

13. The device of claim 11 wherein said electrical activation/deactivation circuit is a microprocessor.

14. The device of claim 11 wherein said electrical activation/deactivation circuit is a plurality of switches with one switch associated with each passive infrared radiation sensor.

15. The device of claim 11 wherein the number of said passive infrared radiation sensors is four.

16. The device of claim 15 wherein each of said passive infrared radiation sensor covers approximately a ninety (90) degree field of view.

17. The device of claim 11 wherein said separation distance is parallel to said height distance.

18. The device of claim 17 wherein said means for changing comprises a screw for adjusting the separation distance.

19. The device of claim 17 wherein said means for changing comprises a spacer for adjusting the separation distance.