Sensor for taut wire fences

• US 9,135,795 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2013
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Magal Security Systems Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Magal Security Systems Ltd.
• Inventors: Ben-Hamozeg, Yehonatan, Saar, Avraham, Shaham, Avi
• Primary Examiner(s): Martin, Laura
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shah, Samir M
• Application Number:
  US13/898,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20130247661A1
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 734/93, 735/033, 735/040.3, 735/09, 735/10, 735/140.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 17/127 Stretcher-type wire fencing; Tensioning devices for wire fencing
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/02 Mechanical actuation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/122 for a perimeter fence features peculiar to electrified fences A01K3/00

Abstract

A sensor for an intrusion detection fence of a taut wires type and a method implemented in its operation, wherein the sensor is a multi-axes accelerometer that is installed on the sensors'"'"' pole of the fence while inclined relative to the fence taut wire unto which it is connected, and the sensor is connected to fence taut wire via a movement converting means such that from an instant of loading the taut wire as happens when an intrusion attempt through it occurs, the movement converting means converts the movement of the taut wire unto a rotational movement of the sensor that is amenable to be sensed in at least two axes.

Claims

1. An intrusion detection fence of a taut wires type comprising:

two anchoring poles that are positioned at a distance from one another;

a plurality of wires that are stretched taut between said two anchoring poles;

at least one sensors'"'"' pole that is located between two said anchoring poles; and

at least one sensor that is installed on said at least one sensors'"'"' pole, wherein said at least one sensor is linked with at least one of said plurality of wires for sensing phenomena that accompany an attempted intrusion through said fence;

wherein said intrusion detection fence is characterized by that;

said at least one sensor is a multi-axis accelerometer that is installed on said at least one sensors'"'"' pole and connected to said at least one of said plurality of wires via a movement converting means, which from an instant of loading said at least one of said plurality of wires as happens when an intrusion attempt through it occurs, converts a movement of said at least one of said plurality of wires to a movement of said at least one sensor that is amenable to be sensed by at least two axes of the multi-axis accelerometer.

2. The intrusion detection fence in accordance with claim 1,

wherein said intrusion detection fence is characterized by that:

said at least one sensor is a tri-axis accelerometer that is installed on said at least one sensors'"'"' pole wherein it is inclined relative to said at least one of said plurality of wires to which it is connected; and

wherein said movement converting means converts a movement of said at least one of said plurality of wires to a rotational movement of said at least one sensor that is amenable to be sensed in all three axes of the tri-axis accelerometer.

3. The intrusion detection fence in accordance with claim 2, wherein said at least one sensor is inclined in a spatial position relative to said at least one of said plurality of wires to which it is connected, in each and every one of its three axes.

4. The intrusion detection fence in accordance with claim 2, wherein said movement converting means comprises:

a component that is formed as a twisting stripe with two ends and a central segment;

connecting means for connecting said twisting stripe to said at least one of said plurality of wires; and

anchoring means for anchoring said sensor on one of said two ends of said twisting stripe; and

a springy axis means whose one end is installed on said central segment of said twisting stripe, and its other end is linked to said at least one sensors'"'"' pole;

wherein said rotational movement of said at least one sensor, as it occurs from an instant of movement of said at least one of said plurality of wires takes place around said springy axis means.

5. The intrusion detection fence in accordance with claim 4, wherein said springy axis means comprises:

an elastomeric component that instills springy action into said means, from said instant of movement of said at least one of said plurality of wires.

6. The intrusion detection fence in accordance with claim 1, wherein

said intrusion detection fence is characterized by that:

said multi-axis accelerometer that is installed on said at least one sensors'"'"' pole substantially parallel to said at least one of said plurality of wires to which it is connected and at a distance from it; and

wherein said movement converting means converts a movement of said at least one of said plurality of wires to a movement of said at least one sensor that is amenable to be sensed in at least two of said three axes.

7. The intrusion detection fence in accordance with claim 6, wherein said movement converting means comprises:

a spiral spring component formed with a first end that is suited to connecting with said at least one sensors'"'"' pole, and with a second end that is protruding and is orthogonal in its direction to a length-wise axis of said spiral spring component, and with an intermediate transition region from the direction of said length-wise axis to said second end;

linking means for linking said spiral spring component in the intermediate transition region to said at least one of said plurality of wires; and

means for anchoring said at least one sensor to said end of the spiral spring component;

wherein said movement of said at least one sensor, as it occurs from an instant of movement of said at least one of said plurality of wires takes place around said spiral spring component while said spiral spring component instills springy action into said movement of said at least one of said plurality of wires.

8. A sensing assembly with a tri-axis accelerometer type sensor, to be used as a sensor in an intrusion detection fence of the taut wires type comprising:

base means for installing said assembly on a sensors'"'"' pole of said fence in a manner so that said tri-axis accelerometer would be installed wherein it is inclined relative to a taut wire to which it is allocated; and

movement converting means, which from an instant that said taut wire is loaded as happens on occurrence of an intrusion attempt through it, converts the movement of said wire to a rotational movement of the tri-axis accelerometer that is amenable to be sensed in all three axes of the tri-axis accelerometer.

9. The sensing assembly with a tri-axis accelerometer type sensor in accordance with claim 8, wherein said tri-axis accelerometer is installed in a spatial position wherein said tri-axis accelerometer is inclined relative to said taut wire to which it is allocated in said all three axes.

10. The sensing assembly with a tri-axis accelerometer type sensor in accordance with claim 8, wherein said movement converting means comprises:

a component that is formed as a twisting stripe with two ends and a central segment;

connecting means for connecting said component to said taut wire; and

anchoring means for anchoring said sensor on one of said two ends of said component; and

a springy axis means whose one end is installed on said central segment of said component, and its other end is linked to said sensors'"'"' pole;

wherein said rotational movement of said tri-axis accelerometer, as it occurs from an instant of movement of said taut wire, takes place around said springy axis means.

11. The sensing assembly with a tri-axis accelerometer type sensor in accordance with claim 10, wherein said springy axis means comprises:

an elastomeric component that instills springy action into said means, from the instant of movement of said taut wire.

12. A sensing assembly with a multi-axis accelerometer type sensor, to be used as a sensor in an intrusion detection fence of the taut wires type, comprising

base means for installing said assembly on a sensor'"'"'s pole of said fence;

and

movement converting means that, from an instant a taut wire to which said sensor is allocated, is loaded as it happens on occurrence of an intrusion attempt through it, converts movement of said taut wire to a movement of said multi-axis accelerometer that is amenable to be sensed in at least two of its axes.

13. The sensing assembly with a multi-axis accelerometer type sensor in accordance with claim 12 wherein said multi-axis accelerometer is installed in a position wherein it is substantially parallel relative to said taut wire to which it is allocated in one of its axes and at a distance from it.

14. The sensing assembly with a multi-axis accelerometer type sensor in accordance with claim 12, wherein said movement converting means comprises:

a spiral spring component formed with a first end that is suited to connecting with said sensors'"'"' pole, wherein its second end is protruding and is orthogonal in its direction to a length-wise axis of said spiral spring component, and with an intermediate transition region from the direction to said length-wise axis to said second end;

linking means for linking said spiral spring component in the transition region to said taut wire; and

means for anchoring said sensor to said end of said spiral spring component;

wherein

said movement of said sensor, as it occurs from an instant of movement of said taut wire, takes place around said spiral spring component while said spiral spring component instills springy action into said movement of said taut wire.

15. A method for sensing intrusion attempts through a taut wires type of intrusion detection fence, the method comprising the steps of:

connecting a multi-axis accelerometer to a taut wire of said taut wires type intrusion detection fence;

converting movement of said taut wire as it occurs when an intrusion attempt is taking place through it, to a movement of said multi-axis accelerometer that is amenable to be sensed in its axes.

16. The method for sensing intrusion attempts through a taut wires type of intrusion detection fence in accordance with claim 15, wherein the method comprises an additional step of:

positioning said multi-axis accelerometer wherein it'"'"'s inclined relative to said taut wire to which it is connected.