Abstract: The fastening structure is fastening one member and another member via a fastening member, and includes: a fitting portion having a fitting hole; a to-be-fitted portion having a to-be-fitted hole; and the fastening member inserted into the fitting hole. The fastening member has: a trunk portion, between one end and another end of the fastening member; a tool groove at the one end; a come-off prevention portion at the other end, the come-off prevention portion having a greater radius than a radius; and a helical protrusion at a part of the trunk portion. The fitting portion has a helical groove configured to be screwed with the helical protrusion. A radius of the fitting hole is less than the radius of the come-off prevention portion, and a radius of the to-be-fitted hole is not less than the radius of the come-off prevention portion.

Abstract: In order to make it possible for a sensing sensor to secure the appearance of the product while enabling detection of various masking materials, such as those with low reflectance or in sheet form, the sensing sensor comprises a sensor part that detects an object to be detected and a masking detection structure that detects a masking material that nullifies a detection function of the sensor part. The masking detection structure comprises a light source and a light receiver housed in a casing together with the sensor part, and a light transmission window that closes an opening formed in the casing. The light transmitting window has a concave portion recessed toward an inside of the casing, and light emitted from the light source is transmitted from the inside of the casing to the outside thereof through the concave portion.

Abstract: A detector includes: a detection unit including one or more transmitting elements configured to transmit a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) type transmitted electromagnetic wave, two or more receiving elements configured to receive a reflected electromagnetic wave obtained by the transmitted electromagnetic wave being reflected by a target, a calculation unit configured to calculate a distance to the target and an angle of arrival of the reflected electromagnetic wave using the transmitted electromagnetic wave and the reflected electromagnetic wave, and a position determination unit configured to determine a position of the target using the distance and the angle of arrival; and a detection region setting unit configured to set a predetermined region including the position as a detection region in a detectable range in which the target is to be detected. The detection unit executes detection in the detection region set by the detection region setting unit.

Abstract: An automatic door system includes a double sliding door. The automatic door system includes: one sensor configured to detect a target; and a door opening and closing control unit configured to control opening and closing of the door based on a detection result of the sensor. The sensor includes one or more transmitting elements configured to transmit a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) type transmitted electromagnetic wave, and two or more receiving elements configured to receive a reflected electromagnetic wave obtained by the transmitted electromagnetic wave being reflected by the target. A detection region of the sensor includes, in addition to a region through which the target passes for passing through the door, a region in a vicinity of two door pockets of the door.

Abstract: A door opening and closing control device includes: one sensor configured to sense an entire detection region, the sensor including one or more transmitting elements configured to transmit a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) type transmitted electromagnetic wave, two or more receiving elements configured to receive a reflected electromagnetic wave obtained by the transmitted electromagnetic wave being reflected by a target, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a distance to the target, a moving speed of the target, and an angle of the target with respect to the sensor using the transmitted electromagnetic wave and the reflected electromagnetic wave; a moving direction calculation unit configured to calculate a moving direction of the target detected by the sensor; and a door opening and closing control unit configured to control opening and closing of a door using the moving direction and the moving speed of the target.

Abstract: A laser scanning sensor includes a distance data acquisition unit which acquires distance information in each measurement direction, and a memory which stores, as background distance information, a distance of an outer periphery of the detection area in each measurement direction. The sensor also includes a mirror surface determination unit which determines the presence of a reflecting surface when the distance information in continuous measurement directions is greater by at least a predetermined distance than the corresponding background distance information, and when this state changes thereafter by at least a predetermined rate in a predetermined time, a human body determination unit which extracts a portion of the distance information that may correspond to a human body and determines whether it corresponds to a human body, and an alarm output control unit which outputs an alarm signal when the presence of the reflecting surface or the human body is confirmed.

Abstract: The object detection sensor includes: a sensing unit to detect to-be-detected rays from a target object to output a sensing signal, a control unit to command output of a predetermined detection signal in response to input of sensing signal, a sensor output to output predetermined detection signal in response to command, a test signal reception to receive a test signal, and a test signal response to output a test response signal in response to reception of test signal, and further includes: a learning mode transition input to start a learning mode, a test signal determination to determine a state of received test signal in learning mode, a test signal estimation to estimate a characteristic of test signal from determined state of test signal, and a test signal verification to verify whether estimated characteristic of test signal is included in test signal received by test signal reception.

Abstract: The fastening structure is fastening one member and another member via a fastening member, and includes: a fitting portion having a fitting hole; a to-be-fitted portion having a to-be-fitted hole; and the fastening member inserted into the fitting hole. The fastening member has: a trunk portion, between one end and another end of the fastening member; a tool groove at the one end; a come-off prevention portion at the other end, the come-off prevention portion having a greater radius than a radius; and a helical protrusion at a part of the trunk portion. The fitting portion has a helical groove configured to be screwed with the helical protrusion. A radius of the fitting hole is less than the radius of the come-off prevention portion, and a radius of the to-be-fitted hole is not less than the radius of the come-off prevention portion.

Abstract: A laser scanning sensor includes a laser light-emitting element to emit a pulse laser beam, a light-receiving element to receive a returned reflected beam, a rotary polygon mirror having a plurality of reflecting surfaces to change the travelling direction of the pulse laser beam, and a drive motor to rotate the rotary polygon mirror in a predetermined direction. The sensor also includes an encoder to detect the rotation status of the rotary polygon mirror and to generate a reference signal and trigger signals for the respective reflecting surfaces, and a control/calculation unit to produce a projection pulse train in a specific pulse cycle after a delay time from the generation of a trigger signal for each of the reflecting surfaces, and to acquire distance information per pulse, based on the time after the start of emission of the pulse laser beam before the return of the reflected beam.

Abstract: An automatic door system is configured to allow a signal to unfailingly reach a smartphone or the like carried by a customer in various places. The automatic door system includes a BLE module configured such that, in a predetermined direction from a surface of a door, a signal that contains information based on which the BLE module can be identified transmitted from the BLE module reaches an area beyond a person sensing area covered by a sensor.

Abstract: A security sensor device includes: a plurality of sensor units each of which includes an infrared ray detection element having a visual field in a predetermined target direction, the plurality of sensor units aligned in a predetermined arrangement direction; a plurality of optical systems through which detection rays transmit from a corresponding detection area to each infrared ray detection element, the plurality of optical systems aligned in the predetermined arrangement direction; a target object detection circuit into which an output signal is input from each infrared ray detection element; and a switching unit which is configured to change a configuration between each of the plurality of sensor units and the plurality of optical systems according to a user operation, so that two detections of low-place mounting detection and high-place mounting detection are respectively performed.

Abstract: A security sensor device includes: a plurality of sensor units each of which includes an infrared ray detection element having a visual field in a predetermined target direction, the plurality of sensor units aligned in a predetermined arrangement direction; a plurality of optical systems through which detection rays transmit from a corresponding detection area to each infrared ray detection element, the plurality of optical systems aligned in the predetermined arrangement direction; a target object detection circuit into which an output signal is input from each infrared ray detection element; and a switching unit which is configured to change a configuration between each of the plurality of sensor units and the plurality of optical systems according to a user operation, so that two detections of low-place mounting detection and high-place mounting detection are respectively performed.

Abstract: Provided is an object detecting device that does not require an operator to perform a complicated operation onsite and that allows the number of components to be reduced while a detection range can be set. Provided are: at least two sensor units configured to receive detection rays from different detection areas, the different detection areas being arranged in an up-down direction and having center lines extending in different diagonally downward directions; and an object detection determination section configured to detect an object in a detection range based on one or more of at least two detection signals corresponding to amounts of detection rays received by the at least two sensor units, respectively, the detection range being determined by setting a reference for the at least two detection signals.

Abstract: A laser scanning sensor (100) includes: a head part (110) having a shape inscribed in a virtual cube, wherein the head part has a wiring hole (122) oriented to an intersection of three mutually orthogonal planes in the cube, and attachment portions (123a-123c) provided one each at inscribed points in the three planes, and wherein the head part is further configured to acquire range information in each measurement direction by containing a laser range finder (111) and a scanning mechanism (112) for changing a measurement direction by the laser range finder (111); a base part (140) configured to be mounted on an installation surface; and a joint part (130) configured to join any one of the attachment portions (123a-123c) in the head part (110) with the base part (140).