Automation Industries, Inc.

Robert V Clark

William R Taylor

Francis X Linder

Terrance J McCreary

A system for detecting intruder motion in selectable zones of a defined area is disclosed. The system is principally used as a line protector to detect intruders in the vicinity of a fence or wall and may be used as a virtual fence by employing a narrow-beam antenna and deep range coverage to detect an intruder crossing its line of sight. The system utilizes a transmitter for periodically sweeping the area to be protected and a receiver incorporating a narrow band filter which is variable to select a plurality of overlapping zones within the protected area, the presence of a reflective target in a selected zone resulting in a corresponding output signal. Means are provided to store such output signals from each zone and to compare received signals with previously-stored signals to detect differences in the target pattern of each zone. Differences exceeding a predetermined threshold level produce event signals which may result in a rescanning of the same zone, the system producing a zone trip signal only if an event is detected in a rescan. Upon completion of a complete scan of all zones, the system responds to selected alarm criteria to produce an alarm indication if there has been a preselected change in the target pattern.

Range limited area protection system

A system for detecting and counting entry and exit of passengers. Transmitted high frequency sound beams define at least two zones through which passengers pass in sequence when entering or leaving a vehicle; the motion of a passenger through the zones produces signals at a receiver which are fed to logic circuits to produce appropriate counts. The logic circuits discriminate between moving human targets and other moving objects within the zones, and include range discrimination to prevent interference from outside the detection area. In one embodiment the sensor is located above the entry area to detect passengers' heads, while another embodiment is located at a level to detect passenger foot motion.

Acoustic bus passenger counter

An intrusion detector operating with electromagnetic sensors to detect intruder motion within large, defined areas is disclosed. The system provides an acceptably low false alarm rate by means of range discrimination whereby moving objects outside the protected area do not affect the system and by improving sensitivity to slow-moving targets even when located very close to the sensor location. The system incorporates a transmitter which is frequency modulated by a triangular or sawtooth wave and a receiver which produces an output signal that varies in accordance with the instantaneous difference between the transmitted and received frequencies. The frequency of this difference signal is the beat frequency, and is proportional to the range of the target. Storage means are provided to permit comparison of successively received signals over a predetermined period of time, and this comparison serves to reveal slowly varying changes in the return signal pattern. Alarm means are provided which respond to significant variations in successive measurements, and when a threshold level of difference is exceeded for a certain number of consecutive sweeps, an alarm is sounded.

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Robert V Clark