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Passenger number sensor system

US5068537A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 1991
Grant dateNov 26, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07C9/00
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A passenger-number sensor system wherein a plurality of infrared ray sensors are disposed on a straight line to detect temperature changes in their light reception zones, a plurality of optical lenses are provided one for each of the plurality of infrared ray sensors, and a counter is provided to select one of the addition values in a predetermined range according to a sense pattern based on the temperature changes of the infrared ray sensors and add the selected addition value to a so-far accumulated count value.

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