Infrared alarm system

• US 5,317,620 A
• Filed: 04/02/1992
• Issued: 05/31/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: OrCam Technologies Ltd
• Original Assignee: OrCam Technologies Ltd
• Inventors: Smith, Milton O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHAN, JASON
• Application Number:
  US07/862,834
• Time in Patent Office: 789 Days
• Field of Search: 379/39, 379/40, 379/44, 379/45, 379/46, 379/48, 379/49, 379/50, 379/51, 379/53, 379/54, 379/102, 379/104, 340/541, 340/565, 340/567, 340/556, 340/551, 340/552, 250/338.1, 250/338.3, 250/342, 250/353
• US Class Current: 379/40
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/191 using pyroelectric sensor means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems

Abstract

A battery-powered infrared sensor security system capable of operating on a single set of batteries for a minimum of one year. The system is connected to a telephone line and employs a bidirectional dual-tone multiple frequency (DTMF) tone generator/receiver to allow communication to and from a remote location. The system status may be checked from the remote location and certain system parameters may be varied from the remote location. The system uses a Fresnel lens arrangement and a pair of infrared sensors to provide a substantially uniform field of coverage of 180°. The system also uses real time digital analysis of the output signals from the infrared sensors. The digital analysis uses time sequence analysis of the output signals, performs variance measurements between the current measurement of the infrared sensor signals and the stored time sequence, coherence measurements between the two sensors, and can compare measured amplitude spectra to predefined signature spectra entered by the user.

Claims

1. A security system connectable to a telephone line, the system comprising:

a connector for connecting the system to the telephone line;

a battery providing power to the system;

a lens system for producing multiple detection ranges and radial detection zones;

at least a first and second infrared sensor positioned behind said lens system providing substantially uniform detection through a field of view of 180 degrees and generating fluctuating sensor signals in response to external thermal sources crossing boundaries between said detection ranges or said radial detection zones within said field of view;

an analog preamplifier electrically coupled to said first and second sensors for amplifying said sensor signals to generate amplified sensor signals;

an alarm filter electrically coupled to said analog preamplifier and filtering said amplified sensor signals to generate filtered sensor signals;

an analog to digital convertor electrically coupled to said alarm filter for converting said filtered sensor signals to generate digital sensor signals;

memory for storing a plurality of stored signature values each containing a predetermined digital value corresponding to an authorized activity which should not trigger an alarm condition;

a digital signal processor electrically coupled to said analog to digital convertor to provide real-time analysis said digital sensor signals, said digital signal processor providing digital filtering of said digital sensor signals to create high pass filtered signals, and storing said filtered signals in a signal buffer to create a time sequence of said filtered signals, calculating a continuous mean value of said stored filtered signals and determining a variance level between said running mean and said digital sensor signals, determining a coherence value between said digital sensor signals from said first infrared sensor and said second infrared sensor, and determining a similarity value between said digital sensor signals and each of said plurality of stored signature values, said digital signal processor generating a trigger to indicate the presence of an intruder if said variance level exceeds a predetermined variance level, said coherence value is below a predetermined coherence level, and each of said similarity value is below a predetermined similarity level for each of said plurality of stored signature values;

an alarm, responsive to said trigger, to indicate the presence of an intruder;

a DTMF tone generator electrically coupled to the telephone line through said connector to generate dual-tone multiple frequency (DTMF) tones to communicate status information about the security system, including said alarm indicating the presence of an intruder, to a remote location over the telephone line;

a DTMF receiver electrically coupled to the telephone line through said connector to receive a sequence of tones over the telephone line;

a DTMF filter electrically coupled to said receiver and analyzing each of said tones from said receiver to determine if one of said tones is a valid DTMF tones, said DTMF filter generating a detection signal within a specified period of time if one of said tones is the valid DTMF tone;

a timer circuit continuously powered by said battery and generating periodic signals;

a power manager, responsive to said periodic signals and said detection signal, to generate a control signal, said power manager ceasing generation of said control signal if said DTMF filter does not generate said detection signal within said specified period of time;

a controller, responsive to said control signal, to selectively enable power to said receiver when said control signal is present and disable power to said receiver when said control signal is not present;

a delay circuit to delay operation of said receiver circuit until said enabling power to said receiver is stabilized;

a buffer electrically coupled to said receiver to store each of said valid DTMF tones received as digital data if said DTMF filter generates said detection signal;

a security circuit preventing unauthorized access to said digital data in said buffer by requiring for access a predetermined DTMF access code sequence that is received by said receiver from the remote location over the telephone line; and

a command circuit, responsive to said digital data, to process status request commands and digital signal processing commands received over the telephone line from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by said receiver, whereby the security system provides real-time digital analysis of infrared sensor signals, a two direction DTMF communicator and reduced power consumption such that said battery will provide power to the securing system for at least one year.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said lens system is a three field Fresnel lens which provides detection capability at three or more detection ranges from said first and second sensors.

3. The system of claim 1, further including means within said digital signal processor for creating a plurality of frequency bands by analyzing an amplitude spectrum for each of said stored filtered signals.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein said frequency bands comprise three bands whose periods are determined by the time between every peak, every fourth peak and every seventh peak, respectively, in said amplitude spectrum of said stored filter signals.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein said digital signal processor analyzes said frequency bands and determines said variance level for each of said frequency bands.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein said digital signal processor analyzes said frequency bands and determines each of said similarity value for each of said frequency bands for each of said plurality of stored signature values.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said digital signal processor generates said trigger if said digital sensor signals are not within a signal range having a predetermined maximum level and a predetermined minimum level.

8. The system of claim 1, further including means for generating status information regarding the current condition of the security system.

9. The system of claim 8, further including means for said DTMF tone generator generating a telephone number associated with the remote location to be called by the security system to report said status information.

10. The system of claim 9, further including means for altering said telephone number of the remote location to be called by the security system to report said status information to the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein said DTMF generator includes a microprocessor which generates said DTMF tones by generating square waves with a selected duty cycle and frequencies corresponding to said DTMF tones.

12. The system of claim 11, further including a DTMF generator filter to convert said square waves to sine waves.

13. The system of claim 11, further including means for altering said selected duty cycle from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

14. The system of claim 1, further including means for altering said predetermined DTMF access code sequence from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein said DTMF filter includes a microprocessor that digitally filters each of said tones received by said receiver using a preselected digital filter analysis time to determine if each of said tones is the valid DTMF tone.

16. The system of claim 15, further including means for altering said preselected digital filter analysis time from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

17. A security system connectable to a telephone line, the system comprising:

a lens system for producing multiple detection ranges and radial detection zones;

at least a first and second infrared sensors positioned behind said lens system providing substantially uniform detection through a field of view of 180 degrees and generating fluctuating sensor signals in response to external thermal sources crossing boundaries between said detection ranges or said radial detection zones within said field of view;

an analog preamplifier electrically coupled to said first and second sensors for amplifying said sensor signals to generate amplified sensor signals;

an analog to digital convertor electrically coupled to said analog preamplifier for converting said amplified sensor signals to generate digital sensor signals;

a memory for storing a plurality of stored signature patterns each indicative of a detectable intruder, each of said patterns containing a predetermined series of digital values corresponding to an activity which is designated to not trigger an alarm condition;

a digital signal processor electrically coupled to said analog to digital convertor to analyze said digital sensor signals, said digital signal processor storing said digital sensor signals in a signal buffer to create a time sequence of said digital sensor signals, determining a similarity value between said digital sensor signals and each of said plurality of stored signature patterns and generating a trigger to indicate the presence of an intruder if each of said similarity value is below a predetermined similarity level for each of said plurality of stored signature patterns; and

an alarm, responsive to said trigger, to indicate the presence of an intruder.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein said lens system is a three field Fresnel lens which provides detection capability at three or more detection ranges from said first and second sensors.

19. The system of claim 17, further including means within said digital signal processor for creating a plurality of frequency bands by analyzing an amplitude spectrum for each of said stored digital sensor signals.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein said frequency bands comprise three bands whose periods are determined by the time between every peak, every fourth peak and every seventh peak, respectively, in said amplitude spectrum of said stored digital sensor signals.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein said digital signal processor analyzes said frequency bands and determines each of said similarity value for each of said frequency bands for each of said plurality of stored signature patterns.

22. The system of claim 17 wherein said digital signal processor generates said trigger if said digital sensor signals are not within a signal range having a predetermined maximum level and a predetermined minimum level.

23. A security system connectable to a telephone line, the system comprising:

a lens system for producing multiple detection ranges and radial detection zones;

at least a first and second infrared sensors positioned behind said lens system providing substantially uniform detection through a field of view of 180 degrees and generating fluctuating sensor signals in response to external thermal sources crossing boundaries between said detection ranges or said radial detection zones within said field of view;

an analog preamplifier electrically coupled to said first and second sensors for amplifying said sensor signals to generate amplified sensor signals;

an analog to digital convertor electrically coupled to said analog preamplifier for converting said amplified sensor signals to generate digital sensor signals;

a digital signal processor electrically coupled to said analog to digital convertor to analyze said digital sensor signals, said digital signal processor providing digital filtering of said digital sensor signals to create high pass filtered signals, and storing said filtered signals in a signal buffer to create a time sequence of said filtered signals, calculating a continuous mean value of said stored filtered signals and determining a variance level between said continuous mean value and said digital sensor signals, said digital signal processor generating a trigger to indicate the presence of an intruder if said variance level exceeds a predetermined variance level; and

an alarm, responsive to said trigger, to indicate the presence of an intruder.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein said lens system is a three field Fresnel lens which provides detection capability at three detection ranges from said first and second sensors.

25. The system of claim 23, further including means within said digital signal processor for creating a plurality of frequency bands by analyzing an amplitude spectrum for each of said stored filtered signals.

26. The system of claim 25 wherein said frequency bands comprise three bands whose periods are determined by the time between every peak, every fourth peak and every seventh peak, respectively, in said amplitude spectrum of said stored filtered signals.

27. The system of claim 26 wherein said digital signal processor analyzes said frequency bands and determines said variance level for each of said frequency bands.

28. The system of claim 23 wherein said digital signal processor generates said trigger if said digital sensor signals are not within a signal range having a predetermined maximum level and a predetermined minimum level.

29. A security system connectable to a telephone line, the system comprising:

a lens system for producing multiple detection ranges and radial detection zones;

at least a first and second infrared sensors positioned behind said lens system providing substantially uniform detection through a field of view of 180 degrees and generating fluctuating sensor signals in response to external thermal sources crossing boundaries between said detection ranges or said radial detection zones within said field of view;

an analog preamplifier electrically coupled to said first and second sensors for amplifying said sensor signals to generate amplified sensor signals;

an analog to digital convertor electrically coupled to said analog preamplifier for converting said amplified sensor signals to generate digital sensor signals;

a digital signal processor electrically coupled to said analog to digital convertor to analyze said digital sensor signals, said digital signal processor storing said digital sensor signals in a signal buffer to create a time sequence of said digital sensor signals, determining a variance level between said stored digital sensor signals and said digital sensor signal, determining a coherence value between said digital sensor signals from said first infrared sensor and said second infrared sensor, and generating a trigger to indicate the presence of an intruder if said variance level exceeds a predetermined variance level and said coherence value is below a predetermined coherence level; and

an alarm, responsive to said trigger, to indicate the presence of an intruder.

30. A security system connectable to a telephone line, the system comprising:

a lens system for producing multiple detection ranges and radial detection zones;

at least a first and second infrared sensors positioned behind said lens system providing substantially uniform detection through a field of view of 180 degrees and generating fluctuating sensor signals in response to external thermal sources crossing boundaries between said detection ranges or said radial detection zones within said field of view;

an analog preamplifier electrically coupled to said first and second sensors for amplifying said sensor signals to generate amplified sensor signals;

an analog to digital convertor electrically coupled to said analog preamplifier for converting said amplified sensor signals to generate digital sensor signals;

a digital signal processor electrically coupled to said analog to digital convertor to analyze said digital sensor signals, said digital signal processor providing digital filtering of said digital sensor signals to create high pass filtered signals, and storing said filtered signals in a signal buffer to create a time sequence of said filtered signals, calculating a continuous mean value of said stored filtered signals and determining a variance level between said continuous mean value and said digital sensor signal, determining a coherence value between said digital sensor signals from said first infrared sensor and said second infrared sensor, and generating a trigger to indicate the presence of an intruder if said variance level exceeds a predetermined variance level and said coherence value is below a predetermined coherence level; and

an alarm, responsive to said trigger, to indicate the presence of an intruder.

31. The system of claim 30 wherein said lens system is a three field Fresnel lens which provides detection capability at three detection ranges from said first and second sensors.

32. The system of claim 31, further including means within said digital signal processor for creating a plurality of frequency bands by analyzing an amplitude spectrum for each of said stored filtered signals.

33. The system of claim 32 wherein said frequency bands comprise three bands whose periods are determined by the time between every peak, every fourth peak and every seventh peak, respectively, in said amplitude spectrum of said stored filtered signals.

34. The system of claim 33 wherein said digital signal processor analyzes said frequency bands and determines said variance level for each of said frequency bands.

35. The system of claim 30 wherein said digital signal processor generates said trigger if said digital sensor signals are not within a signal range having a predetermined maximum level and a predetermined minimum level.

36. A security system connectable to a telephone line, the system comprising:

a lens system producing multiple detection ranges and radial detection zones;

at least a first and second infrared sensors positioned behind said lens system providing substantially uniform detection through a field of view of 180 degrees and generating fluctuating sensor signals in response to external thermal sources crossing boundaries between said detection ranges or said radial detection zones within said field of view;

an analog preamplifier electrically coupled to said first and second sensors for amplifying said sensor signals to generate amplified sensor signals;

an analog to digital convertor electrically coupled to said analog preamplifier for converting said amplified sensor signals to generate digital sensor signals;

memory for storing a plurality of stored signature patterns each indicative of a detectable intruder, each of said patterns containing a predetermined series of digital values corresponding to an activity which is designated to not trigger an alarm condition;

a digital signal processor electrically coupled to said analog to digital convertor to analyze said digital sensor signals, said digital signal processor providing digital filtering of said digital sensor signals to create high pass filtered signals, and storing said filtered signals in a signal buffer to create a time sequence of said filtered signals, calculating a continuous mean value of said stored filtered signals and determining a variance level between said continuous mean value and said digital sensor signals, determining a coherence value between said digital sensor signals from said first infrared sensor and said second infrared sensor, determining a similarity value between said digital sensor signals and each of said plurality of stored signature patterns, said digital signal processor generating a trigger to indicate the presence of an intruder if said variance level exceeds a predetermined variance level, said coherence value is below a predetermined coherence level and each of said similarity value is below a predetermined similarity level for each of said plurality of stored signature patterns; and

an alarm, responsive to said trigger, to indicate the presence of an intruder.

37. The system of claim 36 wherein said lens system is a three field Fresnel lens which provides detection capability at three or more detection ranges from said first and second sensors.

38. The system of claim 36, further including means within said digital signal processor for creating a plurality of frequency bands by analyzing an amplitude spectrum for each of said stored filtered signals.

39. The system of claim 38 wherein said frequency bands comprise three bands whose periods are determined by the time between every peak, every fourth peak and every seventh peak, respectively, in said amplitude spectrum of said stored filtered signals.

40. The system of claim 39 wherein said digital signal processor analyzes said frequency bands and determines said variance level for each of said frequency bands.

41. The system of claim 40 wherein said digital signal processor analyzes said frequency bands and determines each of said similarity value for each of said frequency bands for each of said plurality of stored signature patterns.

42. The system of claim 36 wherein said digital signal processor generates said trigger if said digital sensor signals are not within a signal range having a predetermined maximum level and a predetermined minimum level.

43. A security system, connectable to a telephone line, the system comprising:

a connector for connecting the system to the telephone line;

a battery providing power to the system;

a detection system to detect the presence of an intruder and generate an alarm if an intruder is present;

a DTMF tone generator electrically coupled to the telephone line through said connector to generate dual-tone multiple frequency (DTMF) tones to communicate status information about the security system, including said alarm indicating the presence of an intruder, to a remote location over the telephone line;

a DTMF receiver, electrically coupled to the telephone line through said connector to receive a sequence of tones over the telephone line;

a DTMF filter electrically coupled to said receiver and analyzing each of said tones from said receiver to determine if one of said tones is a valid DTMF tone, said DTMF filter generating a detection signal within a specified period of time if one of said tones is the valid DTMF tone;

a power manager generating a periodic control signal to selectively enable power to said receiver, said power manager ceasing generation of said periodic control signal if said DTMF filter does not generate said detection signal within said specified period of time;

a buffer electrically coupled to said receiver circuit and storing each of said valid DTMF tones received as digital data if said DTMF filter generates said detection signal; and

a command circuit, responsive to said digital data, processing status request commands and digital signal processing commands received over the telephone line from the remote location, whereby the security system provides a two direction DTMF communicator with reduced power consumption such that said battery will provide power to the system for at least one year.

44. The system of claim 43, further including means for generating status information regarding the current condition of the security system.

45. The system of claim 44, further including means for said DTMF tone generator generating a telephone number of the remote location to be called by the security system to report said status information.

46. The system of claim 45, further including means for altering the telephone number of the remote location to be called by the security system to report status information to the remote location if a predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

47. The system of claim 43 wherein said DTMF generator includes a microprocessor which generates said DTMF tones by generating square waves with a selected duty cycle and frequencies corresponding to said DTMF tones.

48. The system of claim 47, further including a DTMF generator filter to convert said square waves to sine waves.

49. The system of claim 47, further including means for altering said selected duty cycle from the remote location if a predetermined DTMF access code has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

50. The system of claim 43, further including means for altering a predetermined DTMF access code sequence from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

51. The system of claim 43 wherein said DTMF filter includes a microprocessor that digitally filters each of said tones received by said receiver using a preselected digital filter analysis time to determine if each of said tones is the valid DTMF tone.

52. The system of claim 51, further including means for altering said preselected digital filter analysis time from the remote location if a predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

53. A security system, connectable to a telephone line, the system comprising:

a connector for connecting the system to the telephone line;

a battery providing power to the system;

a detection system to detect the presence of an intruder and generate an alarm if an intruder is present;

a DTMF tone generator electrically coupled to the telephone line through said connector to generate dual-tone multiple frequency (DTMF) tones to communicate status information about the security system, including said alarm indicating the presence of an intruder, to a remote location over the telephone line;

a DTMF receiver, electrically coupled to the telephone line through said connector to receive a sequence of tones over the telephone line;

a DTMF filter electrically coupled to said receiver and analyzing each of said tones from said receiver to determine if one of said tones is a valid DTMF tone, said DTMF filter generating a detection signal within a specified period of time if one of said tones is the valid DTMF tone;

a power manager generating a periodic control signal to selectively enable power to said receiver, said power manager ceasing generation of said periodic control signal if said DTMF filter does not generate said detection signal within said specified period of time;

a buffer electrically coupled to said receiver and storing each of said valid DTMF tones received as digital data if said DTMF filter generates said detection signal;

a security circuit preventing unauthorized access to said digital data in said buffer by requiring for access a predetermined DTMF access code sequence that is received by said receiver from the remote location over the telephone line; and

a command circuit, responsive to said digital data, to process status request commands and digital signal processing commands received over the telephone line from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by said receiver, whereby the security system provides a two direction DTMF communicator with reduced power consumption such that said battery will provide power to the security system for at least one year.

54. A security system, connectable to a telephone line, the system comprising:

a connector for connecting the system to the telephone line;

a battery providing power to the system;

a detection system to detect the presence of an intruder and generate an alarm if an intruder is present;

a DTMF tone generator electrically coupled to the telephone line through said connector to generate dual-tone multiple frequency (DTMF) tones to communicate status information about the security system, including said alarm indicating the presence of an intruder, to a remote location over the telephone line;

a DTMF receiver, electrically coupled to the telephone line through said connector to receive a sequence of tones over the telephone line;

a DTMF filter electrically coupled to said receiver and analyzing each of said tones from said receiver to determine if one of said tones is a valid DTMF tone, said DTMF filter generating a detection signal within a specified period of time if one of said tones is the valid DTMF tone;

a timer circuit continuously powered by said battery and generating periodic signals;

a power manager, responsive to said periodic signals and said detection signal, to generate a control signal, said power manager ceasing generation of said control signal if said DTMF filter does not generate said detection signal within said specified period of time;

a controller, responsive to said control signal, to selectively enable power to said receiver when said control signal is present and disable power to said receiver when said control signal is not present;

a buffer electrically coupled to said receiver to store each of said valid DTMF tones received as digital data is said DTMF filter generates said detection signal;

a security circuit preventing unauthorized access to said digital data in said buffer by requiring for access a predetermined DTMF access code sequence that is received by said receiver from the remote location over the telephone line; and

a command circuit, responsive to said digital data, to process status request commands and digital signal processing commands received over the telephone line from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by said receiver, whereby the security system provides a two direction DTMF communicator and reduced power consumption such that said battery will provide power to the security system for at least one year.

55. The system of claim 54, further including means for generating status information regarding the current condition of the security system.

56. The system of claim 55, further including means for said DTMF tone generator generating a telephone number of the remote location to be called by the security system to report said status information.

57. The system of claim 56, further including means for altering the telephone number of the remote location to be called by the system to report said status information to the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

58. The system of claim 54 wherein said DTMF generator includes a microprocessor which generates said DTMF tones by generating square waves with a selected duty cycle and frequencies corresponding to said DTMF tones.

59. The system of claim 58, further including a DTMF generator filter to convert said square waves to sine waves.

60. The system of claim 58, further including means for altering said selected duty cycle from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

61. The system of claim 54, further including means for altering said predetermined DTMF access code sequence from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

62. The system of claim 54 wherein said DTMF filter includes a microprocessor that digitally filters each of said tones received by said receiver using a preselected digital filter analysis time to determine if each of said tones if a valid DTMF tone.

63. The system of claim 62, further including means for altering said preselected digital filter analysis time from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

64. A security system connectable to a telephone line, the system comprising:

a connector for connecting the system to the telephone line;

a battery providing power to the system;

a lens system for producing multiple detection ranges and radial detection zones;

infrared sensor means positioned behind said lens system for detecting the presence of an external thermal source, said sensor means and lens system providing substantially uniform detection through a field of view of 180 degrees and generating fluctuating sensor signals in response said external thermal source crossing boundaries between said detection ranges or said radial detection zones within said field of view;

conversion means electrically coupled to said infrared sensor means for converting said sensor signals and generating digital sensor signals;

digital analysis means for analyzing said digital sensor signals and generating a trigger indicative of whether or not said sensor means have detected an intruder;

alarm means, responsive to said trigger, for indicating the presence of an intruder;

DTMF tone generator means electrically coupled to the telephone line through said connector for generating dual-tone multiple frequency (DTMF) tones for communicating status information about the security system, including said alarm means indicating the presence of an intruder, to a remote location over the telephone line;

DTMF receiver means electrically coupled to the telephone line through said connector for receiving a sequence of tones over the telephone line;

DTMF filter means for analyzing each of said tones from said receiver means to determine if one of said tones is a valid DTMF tone, said DTMF filter means generating a detection signal within a specified period of time if one of said tones is the valid DTMF tone;

power manager means for generating a periodic control signal to selectively enable power to said receiver means, said power manager means ceasing generation of said periodic control signal if said DTMF filter means does not generate said detection signal within said specified period of time;

buffer means for storing each of said valid DTMF tones as digital data if said DTMF filter means generates said detection signal;

security means for preventing unauthorized access to said digital data in said buffer by requiring for access a predetermined DTMF access code sequence that is received by said receiver means from the remote location over the telephone line; and

command means, responsive to said digital data, processing status request commands and digital signal processing commands received by said receiver means over the telephone line from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by said receiver, whereby the security system provides digital analysis of infrared sensor signals, a two direction DTMF communicator and reduced power consumption such that said battery will provide power to said circuitry for at least one year.

65. The system of claim 64 wherein said lens system is a three field Fresnel lens which provides detection capability at three or more detection ranges from said infrared sensor means.

66. The system of claim 64 wherein said battery comprises four AA alkaline batteries.

67. The system of claim 64 wherein said infrared sensor means comprises a pair of pyroelectric infrared sensors.

68. The system of claim 64, further including analysis of a time sequence of said sensor signals by said digital analysis means to determine the change in sensor signal levels over time.

69. The system of claim 68 wherein said digital analysis means includes a high pass filter and a low pass filter of said digital sensor signals.

70. The system of claim 69 wherein said digital analysis means analyzes the symmetry of said sensor signals over time.

71. The system of claim 70 wherein said digital analysis means analyzes the variation in said sensor signals from a predetermined voltage.

72. The system of claim 64, further including means for generating status information regarding the current condition of the security system.

73. The system of claim 72, further including means for said DTMF tone generator means to generate a telephone number associated with the remote location to be called by the security system to report said status information.

74. The system of claim 73, further including means for altering the telephone number of the remote location to be called by said security system to report said status information if said predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

75. The system of claim 64 wherein said DTMF tone generator means includes a microprocessor which generates said DTMF tones by generating square waves with a selected duty cycle and frequencies corresponding to said DTMF tones.

76. The system of claim 75, further including DTMF generator filter means to generate sine waves from said square waves.

77. The system of claim 75, further including means for altering said selected duty cycle from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

78. The system of claim 64, further including means for altering said predetermined DTMF access code sequence from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

79. The system of claim 64 wherein said DTMF filter means includes a microprocessor that digitally filters each of said tones using a preselected digital filter analysis time to determine if each of said tones is a valid DTMF tone.

80. The system of claim 79, further including means for altering said preselected digital filter analysis time from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security system over the telephone line from the remote location.

81. The system of claim 64 wherein said digital analysis means generates said trigger if said digital sensor signals is not within a signal range having a predetermined maximum level and a predetermined minimum level.