Size discriminating dual element pir detector
CA 2196014 C · Owner: Tyco Safety Products Canada Ltd./Produits De Securite Tyco Canada Ltee. · Inventors: Pildner, Reinhart Karl; Mckenzie, David
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A dual element PIR detector for a security system uses a series of beams in selected areas to limit the amount of radiation received from small domestic pets. A series of alternating beams define dead zones and the beams and dead zones provide size discrimination where a small domestic cat or other small pet does not have sufficient size to cause IR responses in two sensors sufficient to cause an alarm condition.
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- Filed January 27, 1997 and granted May 8, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 27, 2017.
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