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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8102261 | Microwave ranging sensor A method for detecting an intruder in a protected space that uses a microwave frequency sensor to determine an accurate distance measurement to the intruder. The accurate distance measurement reduces the false alarms typically associated with microwave frequency sen... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7982606 | Microwave motion detector with target angle detection The present invention is an alarm system that includes a dual technology motion sensor. The dual technology sensor includes a PIR sensor with a PIR detection pattern and a Doppler microwave frequency motion detector with a detection pattern wider than that of the PI... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7796033 | System and method for calibrating a microwave motion detector A method of automatically calibrating a motion detector and a motion detector adapted for calibration using the method. The method comprises setting the motion detector to a calibration mode, waiting a preset period of time for the installer to walk to the furthest ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7777624 | Direction of travel motion sensor A microwave direction of travel detector and method of detecting the direction of an intruder in a protected region. The microwave direction of travel detector transmits and receives, by a microwave transceiver a microwave signal directed toward a protected area. Th... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7760089 | Microwave direction of travel detector by parallel sampling A microwave direction of travel detector and method of detecting the direction of an intruder in a protected region. The microwave direction of travel detector transmits and receives, by a microwave transceiver a microwave signal directed toward a protected area. Th... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7399127 | Autonomous operation control system A monitoring apparatus including a loudspeaker, a photographic camera that photographs image information on a photographic subject, a proximity sensor, and a monitoring control unit is disposed at a first remote location. An autonomous operation controller including... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7382310 | Method for independently setting range resolution, Doppler resolution, and processing gain of a pseudo-random coded radar system Methods are disclosed for independently setting the range resolution, Doppler resolution, and pulse compression processing gain of a Doppler radar system. Higher Doppler resolution is achieved by segmenting and spreading apart a pseudo-random code (PRC) to increase ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7375630 | Dual technology sensor device with range gated sensitivity A method and device for detecting an intruder in a region with increased performance and decreased false alarms. The security device has a microwave sensor and a PIR sensor operatively coupled to a processor. To increase the performance of the security device the de... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7337432 | System and method for generating automatic test plans for graphical user interface applications A system and method are provided for generating automatic test plans for GUI applications. The method comprises: launching a GUI application under test (AUT); discovering access paths to user interface (UI) elements in the AUT; generating logical access paths to the... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7315241 | Enhanced perception lighting The present invention relates to an enhanced perception lighting (EPL) system for providing enhanced perception of a user's physical environment. The EPL system comprises a sensor module for detecting and sampling a physical aspect from at least one point in a physi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7307537 | Identification tag The invention relates to an identification chip for insertion in an object located in a liquid. The identification chip comprises an acoustic resonator (100), which exhibits a number of distinct resonant frequencies, where the combination of resonant frequenc... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7298255 | Sensory systems employing non-uniformly spaced waveguide sensors for determining orientation and rotational speed of objects A sensory system for determining the orientation of an object, wherein the sensory system includes a plurality of non-uniformly spaced waveguide sensors or array(s) of waveguide sensors. The non-uniformly spaced waveguide sensors are responsive to received radio fre... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295491 | High impact communication and control system A system and method in accordance with the invention communicator remotely with remotely controllable down hole tools in a well bore at a drilling installation. At the surface, high energy pressure impulses directed into the tubing or the annulus, or both, being at ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7283034 | Object sensor and controller A sensor for detecting a specific object (such as a hand) excellent in operation reliability and response, further excellent in mountability (dominance such as in size and design) on a vehicle, and much less in power consumption than conventional impulse radars. The... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277012 | Broad field motion detector A motion sensing system device and method which utilize dispersed ultrasonic radiation is disclosed. The system preferably comprises a low profile sensor unit configured to couple to a ceiling position. The sensor unit comprises an ultrasonic transmitter and an ultr... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272431 | Remote-sensing method and device Apparatus and methods for performing remote detection of physiological activity are described. One aspect of the invention involves obtaining information concerning respiration and heart function. In one embodiment, the invention includes a source containing an osci... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265711 | High-frequency oscillator, high-frequency transmission-reception apparatus using the same, radar apparatus, and radar-apparatus-equipped vehicle and small boat equipped with the same A high-frequency oscillator that can tune oscillation characteristics is provided. A high-frequency oscillator includes a Gunn diode serving as a high-frequency oscillation element that generates high-frequency signals, a resonator connected to the Gunn diode, a var... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7202797 | System and a method for detecting, locating and discerning an approach towards a linear installation A system and a method for detecting, locating and identifying incidents of approaching a linear installation (e.g.—buried pipe line, railway, fence etc.), that includes plurality of sensing units positions in an array along the length of the linear installation, a... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199749 | Radar detection device employing a scanning antenna system Systems and methods for detecting a respiration signal in a target area are disclosed. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, can be implemented as follows. The system includes a scanning antenna configured to transmit a micr... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196629 | Radar-assisted sensing of the position and/or movement of the body or inside the body of living beings The present invention relates to a method for sensing information about the position and/or movements of the body of a living being or a part of the body inside the body, in particular for use in a motor vehicle. The method includes the steps: ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196636 | Railroad crossing warning system A highway/railroad crossing detection and warning system which uses sets of Doppler radar transmitters and receivers to detect the approach of a train coming from either direction toward a highway crossing. The Doppler radar sets are located an extended distance fro... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7173537 | Device for protecting against accidental contact and method for protecting against accidental contact of a displaceable part The device according to the invention has a sensor (5) for generating and detecting an electromagnetic field situated in the vicinity of a moving part (1) that should not be touched. The device according to the invention also has an evaluation unit ( | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167008 | Microwave sensor for object detection based on reflected microwaves 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 includ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7154391 | Compact security sensor system A sensor array that forms part of an intrusion detection system, which is adapted for use on narrow spaced objects that surround a perimeter. The sensor array includes at least two intrusion detection sensor nodes, a plurality of node processors corresponding to eac... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155317 | Occupant Counter Control Switch for automatic turning on and off electrical appliances in a room A provided smart switch called Occupant Counter Control Switch, or OCCS, basically comprises of a motion sensor PIR, a photo sensor, an amplifier with band-pass filter, a microprocessor, a digital display, and a relay or triac to drive electrical appliances such as ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7145452 | Detection of bodies Detection of the presence of an animal body, for instance a human, in a detection zone is achieved by generating a low power LF field (17) between antennae (12, 18), and by measuring the disturbance of this field by the body. An analyser (16) is... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7129839 | Device for monitoring an area The present invention relates to a monitoring device (1) with a transmitter unit (2) and a receiver unit (3) for monitoring an area. Slotted cables serve as antennas. According to the invention, a first slotted cable is arranged as a transmittin... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130468 | Method for identifying change of scenery and corresponding monitoring device A method for detecting changes in a viewfield observed by a stationary image capturing device is proposed, in which edge images are calculated and are compared to edge images of reference recordings in order to detect static changes within the observed image range t... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126476 | Dual sensor intruder alarm A dual sensor intruder alarm (DSIA) for detecting an intruder in a security zone monitored by the DSIA comprising: a PIR sensor; an additional sensor, and a controller that determines an operating difference between the ambient temperature and a normative surface te... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123145 | Method and apparatus for analysing a signal from a movement detector for determining if movement has been detected in an area under surveillance and an anti-theft system An anti-theft system (1) for a motor vehicle detects movement in the motor vehicle, while at the same time avoiding false alarms. A movement detector (2) comprises a transmitter circuit (3) which transmits a microwave signal in bursts of around ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119737 | Microwave sensor 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 c... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7084806 | Intruding object detecting apparatus, and setting apparatus, setting process and setting confirmation process therefor Provided are an intruding object detecting apparatus (a radio wave sensor) capable of setting an arbitrary detection region, an apparatus for setting the detection region and a setting processe. An intruding object detecting apparatus 51 is installed in a cor... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084761 | Security system There is provided a device in which surroundings of a building can be monitored using a sensor; when detecting an intruder, an object can be detected even in the case of bad weather; and a predetermined area can be monitored using as few sensors as possible. The dev... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079029 | Dual-frequency microwave sensor 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 respe... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7068167 | Optical sensor An optical sensor arrangement includes a transmitter that emits light rays and a receiver that receives light rays reflected from an object. A deflection unit deflects the transmitted light rays to periodically sweep across a monitoring range. An evaluation unit sto... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069160 | Intrusion detection system and method thereof An intrusion detection system and method utilizing a power transmission cable connected to a source of radio frequency signals. A data transmission cable is associated with the power transmission cable and is provided with a plurality of radio frequency identificati... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7034694 | Body motion detector The invention provides a body motion detector that allows a user to check whether he/she makes motion with appropriate motion intensity for every motion thereby to obtain an excellent exercise effect while exercising such as walking and running. While a user makes m... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035584 | Antenna phase modulator A phase modulator comprised of a plurality of circuit paths operates to receive a data signal and a radio frequency carrier signal and to couple the radio frequency carrier signal into an antenna at a feedpoint associated with a circuit path, whereby the electric fi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7009552 | Radar device and method of measuring distance and reflecting factor A radar device for measuring distance within short range is provided. The radar device has a first wave-detecting circuit for multiplying radio wave voltage being transmitted from a transmitting antenna by radio wave voltage being received by a receiving antenna, in... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6992577 | Combined sensor The combined sensor of the present invention is comprised of an MW sensor and a PIR sensor, in which the frequency difference of two microwaves transmitted by the MW sensor is set such that the phase difference between the IF signals received by the MW sensor is app... | 01/31/2006 |
