Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Mitutoshi Moriya

Minoru Kato

Seiichi Narita

Kazuomi Ota

In a smoke sensing apparatus, a light receiving circuit including a light receiving element senses light emitted from a light emitting circuit including a light emitting element and scattered by smoke, and a voltage holding circuit converts the output signal of the light receiving circuit into a d.c. voltage and holds the d.c. voltage. A mean value circuit averages the voltage signal from the voltage holding circuit, and a switching circuit acts to bring the output of the mean value circuit to a level close to that of the output of the voltage holding circuit. A comparison circuit compares the output of the means value circuit with the output of the voltage holding circuit thereby generating a control signal.

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Gamagori, Japan

Mitutoshi Moriya