Communications – electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices – Echo systems – Returned signal used for control
Patent
1985-04-29
1989-03-21
Steinberger, Brian S.
Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
Echo systems
Returned signal used for control
367 93, 367103, G01S 966
Patent
active
048150460
ABSTRACT:
An ultrasonic sensor system particularly for automatic door openers of a swinging door type, in addition to sensors (14) for people approaching a door for controlling opening and closing purposes, has at least one microprocessor controlled ultrasonic beam transducer (40, 41) for projecting an expanded unidirectional ultrasonic beam in a selected detection zone in the path of the swinging door and an ultrasonic detector for converting reflected ultrasonic beam energy into an analog electrical signal which constitute an acoustical image of objects in and bounding the selected detection zone. This acoustical image is stored or, a number characterized thereof is stored and this acoustic image is then compared with a later acoustical image of an object in the selected detection zone and then the comparison is used to signal a lack of correlation between the first and second acoustical images to produce a signal preventing operation of the door opening. In a preferred embodiment, aspect ambiguities and problems of acoustic "transparency" are avoided by using a pair of ultrasonic beam transducers projecting crossing beams and a pair of detectors which have their signals multiplexed and processed by a single computer microprocessor chip.
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Steinberger Brian S.
Xecutek Corporation
Zeeger Jim
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