Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Patent
1992-10-16
1994-06-21
Swann, III, Glen R.
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
340541, 340544, 340550, G08B 1322
Patent
active
053231414
ABSTRACT:
A sensor has a reduced probability of generating a false alarm in the presence of a strong high frequency acoustic wave, such a false alarm being caused by the saturation of the microphone which is part of a single microphone glass break sensor. The sensor improves an alarm system's immunity to false alarms by using two microphones instead of one, wherein each microphone is used in combination with a filter and a signal processing stage to detect one of the characteristic components of an acoustic wave generated in a glass break event. The microphone used to detect the low frequency component is fitted with an acoustic filter which attenuates the high frequency component of the wave. This reduces the probability of a false alarm by ensuring that the low frequency electrical signals fed to the alarm system's logic and timing circuit are generated by an external event rather than by the microphone itself.
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C & K Systems Inc.
Swann III Glen R.
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