Entry detecting system

• US 8,130,114 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2007
• Issued: 03/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: Yanagi, Masahiro, Kurashima, Shigemi, Yuba, Takashi, Arita, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Benjamin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): MEHRAVARI, PETER CYRUS
• Application Number:
  US11/808,756
• Publication Number:
  US 20080218367A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,729 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.13, 340/568.1, 340/568.5, 340/571, 340/5.91, 340/6.1
• US Class Current: 340/686.1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/38 with central registration
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2417 having a radio frequency identification chip
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2431 Tag circuit details
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2454 Checking of authorisation of a person accessing tagged items in an EAS system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2474 Antenna or antenna activator geometry, arrangement or layout loop antennae H01Q1/22
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2482 EAS methods, e.g. description of flow chart of the detection procedure
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0261 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect trespassing over a fixed physical boundary, e.g. the end of a garden
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons

Abstract

An entry detecting system includes a terminal device; a point-to-point communication device; an entry detecting device; and a guard device. The point-to-point communication device includes a transmitting-receiving antenna having directivity in a specific direction. The point-to-point communication device communicates by radio with the terminal device via the transmitting receiving antenna so as to detect a response time from the terminal device and report detected response time to the entry detecting device. The entry detecting device detects a distance from the point-to-point communication device to the terminal device based on the response time reported by the point-to-point communication device, generates entry detecting information based on the detected distance, and transmits the entry detecting information to the point-to-point communication device and the guard device. The point-to-point communication device transmits the received entry detecting information to the terminal device.

Claims

1. An entry detecting system, comprising:

a terminal device;

a point-to-point communication device;

an entry detecting device; and

a guard device;

wherein the point-to-point communication device includes a transmitting-receiving antenna having directivity in a specific direction and is configured to specify an entry direction of the terminal device;

the point-to-point communication device communicates by radio with the terminal device via the transmitting-receiving antenna so as to detect a response time from the terminal device and report detected response time to the entry detecting device;

the entry detecting device detects a distance from the point-to-point communication device to the terminal device based on the response time reported by the point-to-point communication device, generates entry detecting information based on the detected distance, and transmits the entry detecting information to the point-to-point communication device and the guard device;

the point-to-point communication device transmits the received entry detecting information to the terminal device;

the terminal device outputs an alarm in a case where the terminal device receives the entry detecting information from the point-to-point communication device; and

the guard device outputs an alarm in a case where the guard device receives the entry detecting information from the entry detecting device, and

wherein the entry detecting device transmits the entry detecting information to the terminal device via the point-to-point communication device in a case where the distance from the point-to-point communication device to the terminal device is a first distance; and

the entry detecting device transmits the entry detecting information to the guard device in a case where the distance from the point-to-point communication device to the terminal device is a second distance shorter than the first distance.

2. The entry detecting system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the transmitting-receiving antenna performs UWB (Ultra-Wide-Band) communication.

3. An entry detecting system, comprising:

a terminal device;

a point-to-point communication device; and

a guard device;

wherein the point-to-point communication device includes a transmitting-receiving antenna having directivity in a specific direction and is configured to specify an entry direction of the terminal device;

the point-to-point communication device communicates by radio with the terminal device so as to detect a response time from the terminal device and measure distance to the terminal device based on the detected response time;

the point-to-point communication device reports the entry detecting information corresponding to the measured distance to the terminal device and the guard device; and

the terminal device and the guard device output alarms when receiving the entry detecting information from the point-to-point communication device, and

wherein the point-to-point communication device transmits the entry detecting information to the terminal device in a case where the measured distance is a first distance; and

the point-to-point communication device transmits the entry detecting information to the guard device in a case where the measured distance is a second distance shorter than the first distance.

4. The entry detecting system as claimed in claim 3,

wherein the transmitting-receiving antenna performs UWB (Ultra-Wide-Band) communication.