EP0317459A2 - Akustischer Druck-Differentialdetektor in der Alarmvorrichtung - Google Patents

Akustischer Druck-Differentialdetektor in der Alarmvorrichtung Download PDF

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EP0317459A2
EP0317459A2 EP88440086A EP88440086A EP0317459A2 EP 0317459 A2 EP0317459 A2 EP 0317459A2 EP 88440086 A EP88440086 A EP 88440086A EP 88440086 A EP88440086 A EP 88440086A EP 0317459 A2 EP0317459 A2 EP 0317459A2
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    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B29/00—Checking or monitoring of signalling or alarm systems; Prevention or correction of operating errors, e.g. preventing unauthorised operation
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    • G08B13/1654—Actuation by interference with mechanical vibrations in air or other fluid using passive vibration detection systems
    • G08B13/1681—Actuation by interference with mechanical vibrations in air or other fluid using passive vibration detection systems using infrasonic detecting means, e.g. a microphone operating below the audible frequency range

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  • the present invention relates to a differential acoustic pressure detector for detecting the aperiodic wave following the opening of a door or window in an enclosed space, and more particularly such a detector comprising a microphone and means for setting a value. sensitivity threshold.
  • the setting of this sensitivity threshold is automatic, conditioned by the state of stability or instability of the atmospheric mass inside the room protected by the detector.
  • the microphone output signal is first amplified, then, in general, compared to a fixed reference voltage in a comparator whose output can have two possible states depending on the value relative of the signal from the microphone and the reference voltage.
  • These detectors trigger the alarm under the effect of an aperiodic compression wave, while they are insensitive to a periodic signal such as an audible sound, the monitoring taking place in particular on the shape and amplitude of the signals received.
  • the sensitivity threshold of these detectors should be set at a relatively high value, so that they do not take into account these random and fugitive atmospheric disturbances, but inevitable puique conditioned by the presence of strong wind. Such an adjustment is made at the expense of the effectiveness of the detector in calm weather.
  • the present invention overcomes this drawback by providing a differential sound pressure detector in which the sensitivity threshold automatically adapts according to the ambient environment. In reality, the detector decides itself the sensitivity threshold to adopt, by a permanent control of the atmosphere in which it is immersed.
  • the subject of the invention is a differential acoustic pressure detector for detecting the opening of a door or window in an enclosed space, comprising means for picking up the wave coming from the movements of the air masses. at the opening of doors and windows, as well as means intended to adapt the sensitivity threshold value according to the ambient conditions.
  • the atmospheric disturbances are picked up by a microphone, the output signal of which is sent to regulation means making it possible to vary said threshold value.
  • the sensitivity threshold can therefore, because of the regulation means, be permanently adjusted to its optimum value by the signal from the microphone itself.
  • said regulation means comprise a regulation loop receiving as input a signal coming from the microphone, and the output of which is applied to an input of a comparator from which the other input receives a other signal from the microphone.
  • the comparator therefore receives on the one hand the signal actually coming from the possibly amplified microphone, and on the other hand by a variable threshold signal developed from the microphone signal.
  • the loop for regulating the signal from the microphone includes several processing stages corresponding to the different phases of analysis and shaping of the signal, which must be rendered in an intelligible manner to the system at the level of the comparator.
  • the aforementioned loop may include in particular a filtering circuit, a peak detector materializing the limits beyond which the alarm device would be triggered if the threshold value were fixed, means for modulating a reference voltage thanks to the signal from microphone and previously filtered, as well as means to adapt the signal modulated at the comparator input impedance.
  • the device according to the invention can more particularly comprise comparison means for comparing the output level of the microphone with said threshold value, an oscillator controlled by said comparison means, counting means for counting the output pulses of the oscillator, and trigger means for triggering an alarm when the content of the counter exceeds a predetermined value.
  • the downstream oscillator When the output of the comparator is considered to be active, that is to say, when the signal coming directly from the microphone is greater than the reference voltage, the downstream oscillator is triggered, each pulse being counted by the counter. When the number of pulses counted reaches a predetermined value, the alarm is triggered.
  • Such a detector is effectively not sensitive to a periodic signal such as an audible sound, since in this case, the counter does not have time, in half a signal period, to reach the predetermined value which will cause the trigger.
  • FIG. 1 is a general diagram highlighting the different parts of the circuit, it will not be described in detail, especially as the references are found in Figures 2 and 3, more likely to fix ideas. Reference will be made to FIG. 1 in order to have a more general view of the device which is the subject of the invention. For the clarity of the presentation, we will begin with the explanation of the device in Figure 3.
  • a microphone of the electret effect type, has its output connected to a threshold comparator 5 via an appropriate amplifier with two stages 2 and 3, stage 3 adjustable by a potentiometer. 4, operating so as to amplify more particularly the signals corresponding to aperiodic compression waves.
  • the output of the amplifier stage 2 is also applied to the input of a two-stage amplifier low-pass filtering circuit 6.
  • this filtering circuit is to keep only the undulations of the signal picked up by the microphone proportional to the amplitude of the movements of the air mass in the site. It therefore eliminates the signal component due to a sudden change in pressure, such as that caused for example by a broken window.
  • the output signal of the filtering circuit is applied to a peak detector circuit 7 produced in the form of a window comparator, the two reference voltages V1 and V3 of which are such that V3 is greater than V1.
  • the output of the peak detector circuit 7 is used to modulate the fixed voltage V1 in a circuit 9 in order to develop the regulation signal, comprised between V1 and ground.
  • circuit 9 The output of circuit 9 is then applied to a voltage integrator circuit, the output of which is applied to a voltage follower 10.
  • the output of the follower 10 is finally used as a sensitivity threshold in the comparator 5.
  • comparator 5 The output of comparator 5 is used to trigger, via a link 13, an oscillator counter 14. As mentioned above, this counter-oscillator actuates a monostable rocker 16 when a predetermined number of pulses has been counted. During its switching time, the circuit 16 causes the excitation of a relay 21 controlling the alarm means.
  • the positive or negative operating polarity of the relay can be chosen by the user using a switch 30 and an inverter-mixer 19.
  • a light-emitting diode 11 disposed at the output of the voltage follower 10 makes it possible to control the operating state of the self-regulating loop.
  • the oscillator counter 14 triggers the alarm.
  • a detection switch 15 makes it possible to choose the operating mode of the detector (shock or opening) by selecting the number of oscillations. necessary for triggering.
  • Alarm indicators constituted by a light-emitting diode 17 and an acoustic vibrator 18 make it possible to control the operation of the detector in the absence of the alarm means proper, said vibrator being moreover controlled by a selection switch 23.
  • the regulation loop is based on the same principle, including a two-stage low-pass filter (6) slightly modified at the input voltages, followed by a window comparator (7), a switch self-regulation (8) and an independence adapter circuit (9).
  • the reference voltage to be modulated is V4, whose value is greater than V1, V2 and V3.
  • the filtering circuit (6) which takes into account the ripples of the signal picked up by the cell (1), amplifies the information filtered before sending to the crest detector stage with two thresholds (7).
  • These two reference voltages V1 and V3 are the limits beyond which the excursion of the ripples caused by atmospheric disturbances and turbulence would inevitably lead to a change of state of the comparator (5), via the amplifiers (2) and (3), thus triggering the terminal alarm stages, if the threshold of said comparator (5) was fixed and predetermined.
  • Three switchable indicators (11), (12) and (17) respectively indicate the operation of the autoregulation loop, the sensitivity of the device and the triggering of alarm terminal stages.
  • the first two, indicating constant operation in the standby state, are green and yellow respectively.
  • the indicator (17), signaling an alert phase, is colored red.
  • a switch (22) can deactivate all the indicators simultaneously.
  • the microphone intended to receive the useful signals.
  • the waves which can be used by this type of device are aperiodic and therefore require sensors capable of responding to extremely low frequencies, of the order of 1 Herz or even lower.
  • the selection of these microphones must therefore be carried out with particular care, the whole detector being based on the qualities of this input sensor.

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AT88440086T ATE75063T1 (de) 1987-10-30 1988-10-17 Akustischer druck-differentialdetektor in der alarmvorrichtung.

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FR8715052A FR2622719A1 (fr) 1987-10-30 1987-10-30 Detecteur differentiel de pression acoustique
FR8715052 1987-10-30

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GB2263771A (en) * 1992-01-04 1993-08-04 Sound International Ltd Intruder alarms
EP0635409A1 (de) * 1993-07-19 1995-01-25 Ping Lee Fahrzeug-Alarmanlage

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DE3870163D1 (de) 1992-05-21
NO174487B (no) 1994-01-31
EP0317459A3 (en) 1989-08-09
CA1311292C (fr) 1992-12-08
DK169647B1 (da) 1995-01-02
NO174487C (no) 1994-05-11
DK601688A (da) 1989-05-01
ATE75063T1 (de) 1992-05-15
EP0317459B1 (de) 1992-04-15
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