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EP0218765A1
EP0218765A1 EP85307367A EP85307367A EP0218765A1 EP 0218765 A1 EP0218765 A1 EP 0218765A1 EP 85307367 A EP85307367 A EP 85307367A EP 85307367 A EP85307367 A EP 85307367A EP 0218765 A1 EP0218765 A1 EP 0218765A1
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air pressure
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Harold Cowell Holden
June Holden
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MICROPROTECTOR Ltd
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Priority to DE8585307367T priority patent/DE3579461D1/de
Priority to AT85307367T priority patent/ATE56099T1/de
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/16—Actuation by interference with mechanical vibrations in air or other fluid
    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/20—Actuation by change of fluid pressure

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  • the invention relates to an alarm system, and in particular to an alarm system designed to protect an enclosed space and give warning that the space has been penetrated by an intruder.
  • the space may be a domestic or commercial building, a room in such a building, a safe, a vault or the interior of a vehicle.
  • an alarm system comprising a sensor responsive to air pressure within an enclosed space, the sensor providing electrical signals related to the sensed air pressure, and a signal processor to which the electrical signals are supplied and operative to initiate an alarm indication when the signal supplied by the sensor is indicative of an intrusion into the enclosed space.
  • the signal processor is operative to distinguish between signals supplied by the sensor indicative of an intrusion into the enclosed space and such signals deriving from changes in the air pressure in the enclosed space caused by changes in the ambient atmospheric conditions in and around the enclosed space.
  • the signal processor effects such distinction between the different signals it receives in dependence upon the rate of change of the value of the signal, on the basis that intruder entry into the enclosed space cannot be accomplished in less than a minimum predetermined time and will be completed in less than a maximum predetermined time.
  • a disadvantage of this known system is that it is not completely compensated for changes in ambient atmospheric conditions and may therefore give a false alarm if such conditions change in an unexpected manner and give a rate of change of air pressure in the enclosed space similar to that produced by an intruder.
  • an alarm system comprises a sensor responsive to air pressure within an enclosed space, the sensor providing electrical signals related to the sensed air pressure, and a signal processor to which the electrical signals are supplied and operative to initiate an alarm indication when the signal supplied by the sensor is indicative of an intrusion in the enclosed space is characterised in that the signal processor is operative to cause the sensor to measure the air pressure in the enclosed space at intervals and to compare the measured value with a plurality of predetermined discrete narrow reference ranges of values and select the reference range within which the measured value lies, and also to cause the sensor to measure the air pressure in the enclosed space at other more frequent intervals and compare the measured value with the reference range selected at that time, an alarm indication being given if a value measured at one of the more frequent intervals lies outside the reference range selected at that time.
  • intervals are separated by about two minutes and said more frequent intervals occur about fifty times per second.
  • the measurements made by the sensor at the relatively widely spaced intervals serve to determine the ambient atmospheric air pressure in the enclosed space and set the signal processor in dependence thereon, while the measurements made by the sensor at the more frequent intervals serve to indicate any change in the air pressure in the enclosed space from the ambient value caused by an intrusion into the enclosed space.
  • the reference range of values selected at any time is characteristic of the ambient weather conditions and changes in weather conditions do not initiate a false alarm indication.
  • the invention further includes in another aspect a sensor which comprises a housing having a diaphragm mounted therein, the diaphragm forming one plate of each of a pair of capacitors the other plates of which are coupled to a comparator, movement of the diaphragm relative to the other plate caused by changes in air pressure applied to the sensor causing changes in the relative values of the capacitors, which changes cause the comparator to provide an output signal indicative of the air pressure applied to the sensor.
  • a sensor which comprises a housing having a diaphragm mounted therein, the diaphragm forming one plate of each of a pair of capacitors the other plates of which are coupled to a comparator, movement of the diaphragm relative to the other plate caused by changes in air pressure applied to the sensor causing changes in the relative values of the capacitors, which changes cause the comparator to provide an output signal indicative of the air pressure applied to the sensor.
  • the system shown in Figure 1 comprises a sensor S which is arranged in an enclosed space to be monitored and responsive to the air pressure in that space to provide electrical signals indicative of the air pressure at any time.
  • the sensor S is connected to a signal processor in the form of a microcomputer MC which is also connected to an alarm-giving device A, for example a siren.
  • Operation of the system is controlled by a switch selector SS by which a unique four digit number has to be entered to render the system operative as required.
  • Operation of the processor MC is controlled by a timer T, e.g. a counter timer circuit.
  • the processor MC is programmed to operate as shown in Figure 3 from which it can be seen that after being activated the system is quiescent for sixty seconds to enable the enclosed space being monitored to be evacuated by the person activating the system. After this initial delay the processor MC compares the signal received from the sensor S with a plurality of stored signals indicative of a discrete narrow reference range of ambient air pressures and selects the range in which the measured value lies. The operation is repeated once every two minutes, the reference range selected thus being indicative of the ambient air pressure present in the enclosed space.
  • the signal from the sensor S is also compared fifty times a second with the signal indicative of the selected reference range at any instant, and if the comparison shows that a measured value lies outside the reference range then selected, an alarm by the device A is initiated after a sixty second delay necessary to enable an authorised person to enter the enclosed space to deactivate the system.
  • the sensor S shown in Figure 2 comprises a housing 10 having an opening 11 in one end wall, and a diaphragm D comprising an aluminium foil 12 sandwiched between two metal plates 13, 14 which each constitute one plate of a respective capacitor, mounted across it at its centre.
  • a diaphragm D comprising an aluminium foil 12 sandwiched between two metal plates 13, 14 which each constitute one plate of a respective capacitor, mounted across it at its centre.
  • printed circuit boards 15 and 16 Arranged between the diaphragm D and the end walls of the housing 10 are printed circuit boards 15 and 16, respectively, which constitute the other plates of the capacitors.
  • the printed circuit boards 15 and 16 have holes 17 and 18 respectively at their centres, aligned with the opening 11 in the housing 10, while the metal plates 13 and 14 of the diaphragm D have relatively large holes 20 and 19 at their centres.
  • the boards 15 and 16 are connected by way of coupling circuits 22 and 21 to a comparator 23 which is in turn connected to the processor MC.
  • any sudden change in air pressure applied to the sensor causes movement of the diaphragm D relative to the boards 15 and 16 and thus a change in the capacitance of the capacitors formed between the metal plates 14 and 13 of the diaphragm D and the boards 15 and 16.
  • Such change is detected by the comparator 23 which provides a signal indicative thereof, as a measure of the air pressure then prevailing in the enclosed space to the processor MC which in response thereto operates as above described.

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EP85307367A 1984-04-06 1985-10-14 Système de détection et d'alarme Expired EP0218765B1 (fr)

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GB08408937A GB2157042B (en) 1984-04-06 1984-04-06 Detecting intruders
EP85307367A EP0218765B1 (fr) 1985-10-14 1985-10-14 Système de détection et d'alarme
DE8585307367T DE3579461D1 (de) 1985-10-14 1985-10-14 Detektor- und alarmanlage.
AT85307367T ATE56099T1 (de) 1985-10-14 1985-10-14 Detektor- und alarmanlage.

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WO1992006456A1 (fr) * 1990-10-04 1992-04-16 Nordic Technology A/S Dispositif d'alarme domestique
WO2023235220A3 (fr) * 2022-06-02 2024-01-11 Ademco Inc. Données de pression pour la sécurité et les dangers

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FR1088157A (fr) * 1953-02-03 1955-03-03 Perfectionnements apportés aux microphones électrostatiques
FR2523339A1 (fr) * 1982-03-12 1983-09-16 Guglielmetti Vg Electro Dispositif de detection a capteur volumetrique a infra-sons et procede de detection par infra-sons
US4415979A (en) * 1981-03-25 1983-11-15 Ensco, Inc. Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of an animate body in an inanimate mobile structure
US4442514A (en) * 1981-11-17 1984-04-10 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force Security system signal processor
FR2560701A1 (fr) * 1984-03-05 1985-09-06 Sogesec Sarl Detecteur d'acces a pression differentielle
WO1985004744A1 (fr) * 1984-04-05 1985-10-24 Base Electronic Gmbh Procede et installation pour assurer la securite de pieces fermees

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FR1088157A (fr) * 1953-02-03 1955-03-03 Perfectionnements apportés aux microphones électrostatiques
US4415979A (en) * 1981-03-25 1983-11-15 Ensco, Inc. Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of an animate body in an inanimate mobile structure
US4442514A (en) * 1981-11-17 1984-04-10 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force Security system signal processor
FR2523339A1 (fr) * 1982-03-12 1983-09-16 Guglielmetti Vg Electro Dispositif de detection a capteur volumetrique a infra-sons et procede de detection par infra-sons
FR2560701A1 (fr) * 1984-03-05 1985-09-06 Sogesec Sarl Detecteur d'acces a pression differentielle
WO1985004744A1 (fr) * 1984-04-05 1985-10-24 Base Electronic Gmbh Procede et installation pour assurer la securite de pieces fermees

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1992006456A1 (fr) * 1990-10-04 1992-04-16 Nordic Technology A/S Dispositif d'alarme domestique
WO2023235220A3 (fr) * 2022-06-02 2024-01-11 Ademco Inc. Données de pression pour la sécurité et les dangers

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EP0218765B1 (fr) 1990-08-29
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