Smoke sensor and monitor control system
US6011478A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 29, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B17/113
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A smoke sensor includes a light receiving unit for temporally alternately receiving scattered light of two different wavelengths .lambda..sub.1 and .lambda..sub.2 ; a calculating unit for performing a calculation required for smoke detection, on a scattered light output y of the wavelength .lambda..sub.1 and a scattered light output g of the wavelength .lambda..sub.2 from the light receiving unit; and a smoke detection processing unit for performing a smoke detection process on the basis of a calculation result output from the calculating unit. The calculating unit estimates an output value of one of the scattered light output y of the wavelength .lambda..sub.1 and the scattered light output g of the wavelength .lambda..sub.2 at a sample timing of the other output, and obtains a ratio of the estimated output value of the one scattered light at the sample timing of the other output to an output value of the other scattered light, as a two-wavelength ratio.
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