Abstract: Provided are a battery type determination device with a simple configuration capable of easily and reliably determining the types of a plurality of batteries irrespective of shapes and characteristics of the batteries, and a battery-driven electronic device that includes the battery type determination device and allows usage of plural types of batteries. The battery type determination device is used in a battery-driven electronic device operable with plural types of batteries having different shapes and characteristics, and includes a determination signal generator for generating a determination signal that is allocated for each of the plural types of batteries without depending on shapes and characteristics of the batteries and is formed by combination of binary signals prescribed for each type of battery; and a determination controller for determining the type of each battery based on the generated determination signal.

Abstract: An authentication registration/invalidation apparatus is provided, which allows easy invalidation of an authentication tag when the authentication tag is lost, and facilitates management of authentication tags. When an RFID reader (2) receives an RFID signal including an instruction of invalidation, which is transmitted from an operation tag (10b) in a recognition area (A), an invalidation unit (32b) sets an operation mode to an invalidation enabled mode. If an RFID tag recognizer (31a) recognizes an authentication tag (10a) before or after the setting of the invalidation enabled mode, the invalidation unit 32b invalidates the authentication tag (10a), or invalidates all authentication tags (10a) that belong to a group to which the authentication tag belongs.

Abstract: To provide an object detection device that requires neither the optical adjustment nor the detection area adjustment after the replacement of the battery, the object detection device includes a sensor body, inclusive of a detection element, and a storage enclosure positioned in part or in its entirety in a rear surface of the sensor body, and has a transmitter accommodation portion for accommodating therein a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting an output signal from the sensor body, a battery holding portion for holding a battery for providing the sensor body and the transmitter with an electric power, in which the battery holding portion includes a holding portion opening unit to open the battery holding portion to thereby enable a replacement of the battery, then retained in the battery holding portion, in a condition in which the sensor body is not separated from the storage enclosure.

Abstract: Provided is a reverse connection preventing structure in a battery-driven object detection device, which has a simple structure capable of preventing reverse connection of even a battery whose projecting positive electrode is relatively lower in height. The structure has a holder for holding the battery including a first terminal for electrically connecting to a projecting positive electrode and a second terminal for electrically connecting to a negative electrode. The first terminal is formed in a printed circuit board. On the printed circuit board, an insulating member of less than 0.5 mm in thickness are provided around the circumference of the first terminal in such a manner as to allow the first terminal to come in contact with the positive electrode of the battery which is mounted correctly and as to prevent the first terminal from coming in contact with the negative electrode of the battery which is mounted reversely.

Abstract: Transmitter elements to transmit a detection ray for object detection, to a transmission area, receiver elements to receive, from a reception area, the detection ray reflected by an object, and a transmission-side optical divider and a reception-side optical divider, disposed in front of the transmitter elements and the receiver elements, respectively, which includes optical dividing pieces having optical deflection surfaces on which a traveling direction angle of the detection ray is varied to angles so as to correspond to division areas, are provided. In the optical dividers, a ratio of an area of a second optical deflection surface that forms a division area that is closer to the sensor, relative to an area of a first optical deflection surface that forms a division area that is farther from the sensor, is set so as to be different between a transmission side and a reception side.

Abstract: An optical divider is disposed, in front of at least one of the transmitter and receiver elements, therebetween, and at least one of a transmission and reception side, and has a plurality of optical dividing pieces each having an optical deflection surface on which an angle of a detection ray is varied to a plurality of angles for dividing the detection ray toward a plurality of division areas. The optical deflection surface on at least one of the transmission and reception side is set to have a given angle, to assign at least one of the detection ray from the transmitter elements and toward the receiver elements, to a given division area, such that a combination of the transmitter and receiver elements forming one of the division areas is different from a combination of the transmitter and receiver elements forming another one of the division areas.

Abstract: An infrared security sensor device includes a light projector 1A, 1B having a projecting light power control unit 5 for controlling the light receiving sensitivity of a light receiver 2A, 2B by switching a light projecting power thereof to one of a plurality of steps in dependence on the level of a detection signal and a status determining unit 7 for determining an optical axis adjusting time and an alert time. The light projector 1A, 1B is further provided with an adjustment selecting sector 6 capable of selecting one of the manual and automatic adjusting sectors 10 and 11 such that during the optical axis adjustment the light projecting power can be manually adjusted by the manual adjusting sector 10.

Abstract: A vehicle detecting sensor assembly (1) includes a microwave module (4) and a radome (5) for detecting the presence or absence of a parked vehicle, parked in a predetermined parking area (3), according an FMCW scheme. A shielding member (10) is provided on each of left and right sides, each of upper and lower sides or each of upper and lower and left and right sides of the module so as to protrude in a direction, conforming to the direction of transmission of a microwave, so that a detection range angle by the microwave can be varied in dependence on the position of the sensor and the size of the parking area, and a so disposed that the distance of separation between the module and the radome, through which the microwave passes, may lie in the vicinity of n times the half-wave length of the microwave.

Abstract: There is provided an automatic door sensor device (1) capable of preventing a door (3) which is transitioning from an open position to a closed position from being erroneously detected as an object by temporarily changing a detection area (A, C2, C3). The automatic door sensor device (1) includes a doorway area sensor (7a) that detects the presence of an object in a doorway area (B) which includes at least a portion of an area defined by the path of a door (3), detectors (6, 7b) that detect the presence and/or the movement of an object in changeable detection areas (A, C2, C3), and a detection area changer (31) that changes the detection areas (A, C2, C3) when it is determined, by using the doorway area sensor (7a), that the door (3) is transitioning from an open position to a closed position.

Abstract: An object detection system 1 includes a sensor section 10 configured to detect an object within a detection area A; and an adjuster (remote controller) 20 configured to interactively communicate with the sensor section 10. The adjuster 20 includes; a transmission unit 13 configured to transmit a setting signal for setting an operating condition of the sensor section 10 to the sensor section 10; an adjustment notification unit 23 configured to receive a completion signal of operating condition setting from the sensor section 10 and give notification of the operating condition, setting of which has been completed; and a target selection unit 25 configured to arbitrarily select a target sensor section 10 intended for the operating condition setting.

Abstract: An object detection system 1 includes a sensor section 10 configured to detect an object within a detection area A; and an adjuster (remote controller) 20 configured to interactively communicate with the sensor section 10. The sensor section 10 includes a driving machine 6 configured to adjust the detection area A. The adjuster 20 includes a transmission unit 13 configured to transmit, to the sensor section 10, a setting signal for setting an operating condition of the sensor section 10 including adjustment of the detection area A by the driving machine 6; and an adjustment notification unit 23 configured to receive a completion signal of operating condition setting from the sensor section 10 and subsequently give notification of the operating condition, setting of which has been completed.

Abstract: To provide an intrusion detecting device of a type in which a battery for supplying an electric power to both of the main unit and the transmitter is provided in a unit holder for holding the main unit, including the detecting element, to thereby increase the overall electric power capacity needed in the intrusion detecting device as a whole and, also, replacement of those batteries can be accomplished easily, the intrusion detecting device includes a main unit (1) including a detecting element (30), a battery (Ba) detachably mounted on the main unit (1) for supplying an electric power to the main unit (1), and a power supply line (18) fitted to the main unit (1) for supplying an electric power to a wireless transmitter (11) for transmitting wireless an output signal of the main unit (1).

Abstract: A battery-operated object detecting device (D) includes a detecting unit (U) adapted to be driven by an electric cell (12) mounted thereon, and a transmitting device (20) driven by the electric cell (12) in the detecting unit (U) for wireless transmitting at least a low battery signal being indicative of a reduction in voltage of the electric cell (12). An electric power sharing unit (30) for outputting a supply voltage to the transmitting device (20) includes a voltage changing circuit (32) for changing, based on a low battery detection result from a low battery detecting circuit (13), to a voltage necessary for causing a low battery determining circuit (21) of the transmitting device (20) to change the supply voltage from the electric cell (12) to a voltage for determining a low battery state.

Abstract: An authentication registration/invalidation apparatus is provided, which allows easy invalidation of an authentication tag when the authentication tag is lost, and facilitates management of authentication tags. When an RFID reader (2) receives an RFID signal including an instruction of invalidation, which is transmitted from an operation tag (10b) in a recognition area (A), an invalidation unit (32b) sets an operation mode to an invalidation enabled mode. If an RFID tag recognizer (31a) recognizes an authentication tag (10a) before or after the setting of the invalidation enabled mode, the invalidation unit 32b invalidates the authentication tag (10a), or invalidates all authentication tags (10a) that belong to a group to which the authentication tag belongs.

Abstract: An automatic door sensor includes: at least one sensor module unit (sensor module 11) configured to detect optically an object or a human body and to output, according to the detection results, a signal to a door controller for controlling an automatic door to open/close; an accommodation unit (profile 12) capable of accommodating the at least one sensor module unit; a cover member (front cover 13) that is transmissive to light for use for the detection performed by the sensor module unit and configured to cover the accommodation unit in which the sensor module unit is accommodated; and a functionality expansion module (LED module 14) either side of which can be joined to the cover member and that is configured to expand functionalities of the automatic door sensor by performing communication with the sensor module unit.

Abstract: A traffic monitoring device determines accurately the number of objects (H) such as, for example, human bodies present within a supervised sector (8), without being affected by influences of a clinging condition of a plurality of heads and/or hairdos. In determining the number of the objects (H), this traffic monitoring device performs a template matching with template blocks (20) of the shape of the objects (H), in which block areas including heads (?), hairdos buffer units (?) and shoulders (?) are represented by template images, relative to the block projected image acquired from a three dimensional object information resulting from a detection block (B1) related to the objects (H) present within the supervised sector (8).

Abstract: A horizontal adjustment-engagement member (33) of an object detection device (D) drives the horizontal rotation component (32) to adjust a horizontal angle of a detection unit (11, 12), and a vertical adjustment-engagement member (37) drives the vertical rotation component (36) to adjust a vertical angle of a detection unit. Both adjustment-engagement members (33 and 37) are positioned adjacent to each other at fixed positions such that portions thereof are exposed on a front surface of the device (D), are removably engaged with an external automatic angle adjustment unit (70) from front surfaces, and are automatically adjusted by a driving force of the automatic angle adjustment unit (70) based on a signal level of a detection signal outputted by level output section (7).

Abstract: A reception unit 2 of a detection unit 3 includes a transmitter 30 that transmits a reception (detection) level of an infrared beam to a transmission unit 1, and a demand signal output unit 26 that transmits to the transmission unit 1 a demand signal M, demanding to control the intensity of the infrared beam to be transmitted so that the reception level matches a predetermined value. The transmission unit 1 includes an infrared ray (detection beam) intensity control unit 15 that controls, upon receipt of the demand signal M, the intensity of the infrared beam to be transmitted so that the reception level matches the predetermined value. A power source unit 31 is a solar battery unit including a solar panel and a charging medium that stores power from the solar panel.

Abstract: To provide a sighting device for use in a security sensor system, in which device enables an operator, assigned to conduct a sighting work, to look into the sighting device from a proper direction. The sighting device includes an eyepiece lens provided with a microlens, an objective lens provided with a first marker encompassed within the field of view of the eyepiece lens, and a reflecting mirror disposed on an optical path between the eyepiece lens and the objective lens. The first marker is comprised of a circular contour line or a polygonal contour line and is so set that when a viewing axis offsets from a tolerance, the first marker is viewed with a part thereof dropped out having been offset from the field of view of the microlens.