Patent · US Active

Detector

US9165443B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4References

8Claims

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Assignee

Vanderbilt International GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Bachels · Benzenschwil, CH
Simon Fischer · Oeschgen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 2011
Grant date	Oct 20, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 3, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08B13/193
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A detector includes a housing with at least one window for allowing radiation to enter, at least one sensor for sensing entered radiation, a unit for processing sensor signals, and mirrors that are shaped and mounted in the housing for reflecting radiation from outside detection zones better than radiation from elsewhere, onto the sensor. Linked mirrors reflect radiation from a detection zone consecutively and each mirror in at least one linked pair is shaped and mounted in the housing so as to prevent it from reflecting radiation from another detection zone in sequence with other mirrors onto the sensor, thus optically isolating the pair from other mirrors.

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