Patents Assigned to Optex Co., Ltd
  • Publication number: 20070279215
    Abstract: To provide a sensitivity adjustable intrusion detecting system capable of detecting the presence of a person assuredly even under the environment where the object such as a person is difficult to be detected, thereby avoiding an erroneous operation, the sensitivity adjustable intrusion detecting system is so designed that since the detecting sensitivity of the main detecting unit 1 is altered in response to detection by the auxiliary detecting unit 2 and when such detecting sensitivity of the main detecting unit is so increased at the time the necessity to detect the presence or absence of the human body H entering in one of the main detection areas encompassed within the supervised sector, the detecting sensitivity of the main detecting unit is increased to allow the human body to be assuredly detected under the environment where the human body is difficult to be detected, thereby avoiding an erroneous operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: OPTEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOMOOKA, Motohiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7271722
    Abstract: There is provided a security sensor device having an optical axis adjusting capability, which device includes a beam projecting unit (1) for projecting sensing waves, to which ID codes for specifying beam projectors (2) are applied, to a beam receiving unit (8) sequentially at predetermined intervals. The beam receiving unit (8) detects the level of light received by each of beam receivers (9) corresponding to or identified by the respective ID codes and transmits the received light levels to the beam projecting unit (1). According to these features, during the optical axis adjustment the levels of light received by the beam receivers (9) can readily be obtained on the side of the beam projecting unit (1), resulting in an accurate adjustment of optical axis between the beam projectors (2) and the beam receivers (9) in a short length of time with a simplified structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi Iwasawa
  • Patent number: 7259658
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of a passive infrared sensor, a passive infrared sensor 1 where an infrared sensing element 5 and an optical system 4 that sets a detection area A1 of the infrared sensing element 5 are covered with a cover 2. The passive infrared sensor 1 includes: a light emitting element 6 that emits infrared light from the inside of the cover 2 to the outside through the optical system 4; a reflective region 2b that is disposed outside the cover 2 and reflects at least some of the infrared light emitted from the light emitting element 6; and a light receiving element 7 that receives the infrared light reflected by the reflective region 2b, transmitted through the optical system 4 and reaching the inside of the cover 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: OPTEX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michinori Noguchi, Cholmin Seo
  • Patent number: 7256376
    Abstract: A microwave sensor is provided that transmits microwaves toward a detection area, performs an object detecting operation based on reflected waves from an object being present in the detection area, and outputs an object detection signal based on a result of the abject detecting operation, the microwave sensor being provided with a detecting operation controller for controlling the object detecting operation to be performed intermittently at a predetermined detection cycle, a time setting changer for changing time setting of the detection cycle, and a filter for preventing a signal outside of a frequency region of a signal obtained when detecting a human figure from being included in the object detection signal and from being output,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Tsuji
  • Patent number: 7250861
    Abstract: To provide a security lighting apparatus of a kind capable of easily optimizing the timing at which an alert is carried out, when a human body is detected by a human body detector 1 during the time zone determined by a time zone setting device (19), an alert is issued to an intruder entering within any one of detection zones (A1 to A4) and, accordingly, the timing at which the alert is initiated during the time zone can be easily and properly set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yukawa, Tadashi Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Tomooka, Hisato Takemura, Akihiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7196330
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a passive infrared sensor includes an infrared sensing element 4, a pair of lenses 5R and 5L that set mutually substantially 180° opposing side detection areas of the infrared sensing element 4, and mirrors 6R and 6L that cause infrared light from the side detection areas to enter the infrared sensing element 4. An infrared light incident surface of the passive infrared sensor is disposed facing the opposite direction from an attachment surface 30 to which the passive infrared sensor is attached at the time of installation, and the passive infrared sensor is also disposed with a lens 5C that sets plural front detection areas in the front direction. A slit 7 for allowing infrared light to be transmitted is formed in the mirrors 6R and 6L in order to allow the infrared light from the front detection areas to enter the infrared sensing element 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Michinori Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7193513
    Abstract: A transmitter comprises a signaling history information transmission unit. After the transmitter generates a detection signal, the signaling history information transmission unit sends corresponding signaling history information to a regular signal transmission unit. From this regular signal transmission unit, the signaling history information and a regular signal are transmitted to a receiver. The signaling history information contains a count value which is updated at every transmission of the information. Even if the transmitter generates a detection signal during a communication failure, the receiver can identify a time when the transmitter generated the detection signal, based on a received count value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi Iwasawa
  • Patent number: 7180468
    Abstract: To provide an object detecting device having a capability of sufficiently adjusting the detection areas to suit to the environment in which it is installed, the object detecting device includes an antenna AT for emitting a detecting beam to the detection areas and receiving a portion of the detecting beam which has been reflected from the detection areas, and adjusting covers 6 and 7 covering a front portion of the antenna AT and operable to adjust respective figurations of the detection areas. The adjusting covers 6 and 7 are selectively fitted one at a time to the front portion of the antenna AT for defining a different figuration of the detection areas. When one of the adjusting covers, that is, the cover 6 that is formed with a pair of cutouts 63 and 63 for suppressing the side lobe of the detecting beam is selectively used, the detection areas can be defined having no unnecessary detection areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Imanishi, Mataichi Kurata
  • Patent number: 7176829
    Abstract: In one embodiment of a microwave sensor, when a “low” plants countermeasure is conducted, if an alert has been generated 5 times or more within 1 minute, an object decision move distance is changed to be longer and a “high” plants countermeasure is conducted. Subsequently, when assuming that the plants countermeasure is “low”, only if the alert is not generated within 10 minutes, the plants countermeasure is returned to “low”. Further, if the alert is not generated within 10 minutes in the status of the “low” plants countermeasure, the plants countermeasure is canceled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Tsuji
  • Patent number: 7170403
    Abstract: A tamper switch body is disposed in a housing of a PIR sensor. A tamper opening is formed at a position opposite a switch actuating member of the tamper switch body in a base plate of the PIR sensor. An elastic switch member is mounted in the tamper opening. The elastic switch member includes a pressure-receiving projection portion abutting a mounting plate, and depresses the switch actuating member through elastic deformation of the pressure-receiving projection portion by receiving a pushing force from the mounting plate in a state in which the PIR sensor is fixed to a wall surface. The elastic switch member seals the inside of the housing by closing the tamper opening, thus preventing a flood into the housing of the PIR sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Michinori Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7170060
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a passive infrared sensor 1 includes an infrared sensing element 4, a pair of lenses 5R and 5L, and main mirrors 22R and 22L. A submirror 24R is disposed on the main mirror 22R. The submirror 24R is configured so that, with respect to the main mirror 22R, the orientation of the submirror 24R is changed by a first predetermined angle in regard to the horizontal direction in a direction away from an attachment surface 30 at the installation time, and the orientation of the submirror 24R is changed by a second predetermined angle in regard to the vertical direction in a direction downward at the installation time. A submirror 23L is disposed on the main mirror 22L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: OPTEX Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Michinori Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7167008
    Abstract: A microwave sensor transmits a plurality of microwaves of different frequencies toward a detection area and carries out an object detection operation based on reflected waves of the microwaves from an object present in the detection area. The microwave sensor includes a distance identification section for obtaining a relative distance to the object in the detection area, a movement-distance identification section for obtaining a movement distance per unit of time of the object in the detection area, and an object determination section that receives output from the distance identification section and the movement-distance identification section and carries out an operation for determining object detection by setting the movement distance value per unit of time, which is a threshold for determining object detection, smaller for longer relative distances to the object in the detection area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Tsuji
  • Patent number: 7164119
    Abstract: A security sensor system includes beam projecting and receiving units (1) and (2). The proper range of the received beam level is adjusted with change in time of the received beam level so that in the case that the received beam level departs from the proper range, the amount of beam projected from the beam projecting unit (1) can be adjusted to enable the received beam level to fall within the proper range. The unit (2) includes a received beam level detector (27), a level setting circuit (28) for setting a proper range of the received beam level, a request signal output circuit (30) for outputting a request signal requesting an adjustment of the amount of beam, and a transmitter (33) for transmitting the request signal to the unit (1). The unit (1) includes a beam projecting power adjustor (15) operable in response to the request signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi Iwasawa
  • Patent number: 7119737
    Abstract: Actual correlation data is stored at 38A. Such actual correlation data is data representation(s) of correlation(s) between or among distance(s) to object(s) intended to be detected and phase difference(s) of respective reflected wave(s) established with due consideration having been given to reflection of microwave(s) by object(s) (ceiling surface(s), wall surface(s), floor surface(s), etc.) other than object(s) intended to be detected which may be present within area(s) intended to be protected. Distance(s) to object(s) intended to be detected is or are measured, based on such actual correlation data, from phase difference(s) of respective reflected wave(s) that has or have been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: OPTEX Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Tsuji
  • Patent number: 7079030
    Abstract: A microwave sensor transmits a plurality of microwaves having different frequencies to a detection area and performs an object detecting operation based on reflected waves of the microwaves of an object present in the detection area. The microwave sensor includes object determining means that determines whether or not the object present in the detection area is an object to be detected, based on a moving direction of the object in the detection area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Tsuji
  • Patent number: 7079029
    Abstract: A threshold level is set in advance that has varied signal level values of reflected waves for which an object detection signal is to be generated, where the values vary in response to a distance to the object. In regard to discriminating a phase difference of respective waves reflected from an object and the signal level of the waves reflected from that object, and obtaining two distances to an object due to fold-over error when using only the phase difference, the present invention uses the signal level of the reflected waves to judge which distance is the correct distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Tsuji
  • Patent number: 7058529
    Abstract: Detection error resulting from rain, in the case of clear weather, and in the case of rainy weather are included in measurements by a measurement unit disposed in an MW sensor system. The error resulting from rain sharply increases as a preset ?f becomes larger. The error in the case of clear weather sharply decreases as the preset ?f becomes larger. Using ?f as a parameter, a range, in which the rate of variability of the detection error resulting from rain with respect to ?f is low overlaps with a range where the rate of variability of the detection error in the case of clear weather is low is set as the range of the detection error in the case of rainy weather. The detection error in the case of rainy weather becomes lower than the value of the detection error in the case of clear weather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Tsuji
  • Patent number: D525160
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mataichi Kurata
  • Patent number: D530356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ohashi, Go Murayama, Yasuhiko Matsumoto, Masahiko Shibata, Ryosuke Miwa, Kouji Maruta
  • Patent number: D537746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Kageyama