Radiant energy – Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling – Infrared responsive
Patent
1998-01-29
2000-04-18
Hannaher, Constantine
Radiant energy
Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling
Infrared responsive
250DIG1, 250342, G02B 2700
Patent
active
060518367
ABSTRACT:
A multi-lens system provides a plurality of sensitive areas of even size over a wide panoramic field of view and reduces an exposure height of the system above an installation plane, yet assuring successful motion detection. The system has a dome-shaped shell with a plurality of convex lenses for collecting infrared radiation from the panoramic field of view to an optical detector positioned in a focal region. The lenses are distributed over a wide solid angular range to give the discrete sensitive areas. The focal region is offset towards a vertex of the shell from a point where optical axes of the outermost lenses at a maximum solid angle about the center axis intersect with each other. Thus, the outer lens at a greater angular disposition has a greater distance to the detector so that it could define its own sensitive area closer in size to the adjacent sensitive area defined by the adjacent lens at a less angular disposition, enabling to equalizing the discrete sensitive areas. Further, the exposure height of the system i.e., a vertical distance between the vertex of the shell and the outermost lens is reduced to achieve a low-profile installation design. The lens at a greater angular disposition about the center axis is set to have a greater focal length so as to provide an effective image spot in the focal region for detection of infrared radiation through each lens by the detector, thereby assuring a consistent motion detection over a widely distributed sensitive areas.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4930864 (1990-06-01), Kuster et al.
Kirihata Shinji
Uchisawa Katsuhiro
Yamaguchi Masao
Hannaher Constantine
Israel Andrew
Matsushita Electric & Works Ltd.
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