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I claim:
1. A security system connectable to a telephone line, the system
comprising:
a connector for connecting the system to the telephone line;
a battery providing power to the system;
a lens system for producing multiple detection ranges and radial detection
zones;
at least a first and second infrared sensor positioned behind said lens
system providing substantially uniform detection through a field of view
of 180 degrees and generating fluctuating sensor signals in response to
external thermal sources crossing boundaries between said detection ranges
or said radial detection zones within said field of view;
an analog preamplifier electrically coupled to said first and second
sensors for amplifying said sensor signals to generate amplified sensor
signals;
an alarm filter electrically coupled to said analog preamplifier and
filtering said amplified sensor signals to generate filtered sensor
signals;
an analog to digital convertor electrically coupled to said alarm filter
for converting said filtered sensor signals to generate digital sensor
signals;
memory for storing a plurality of stored signature values each containing a
predetermined digital value corresponding to an authorized activity which
should not trigger an alarm condition;
a digital signal processor electrically coupled to said analog to digital
convertor to provide real-time analysis said digital sensor signals, said
digital signal processor providing digital filtering of said digital
sensor signals to create high pass filtered signals, and storing said
filtered signals in a signal buffer to create a time sequence of said
filtered signals, calculating a continuous mean value of said stored
filtered signals and determining a variance level between said running
mean and said digital sensor signals, determining a coherence value
between said digital sensor signals from said first infrared sensor and
said second infrared sensor, and determining a similarity value between
said digital sensor signals and each of said plurality of stored signature
values, said digital signal processor generating a trigger to indicate the
presence of an intruder if said variance level exceeds a predetermined
variance level, said coherence value is below a predetermined coherence
level, and each of said similarity value is below a predetermined
similarity level for each of said plurality of stored signature values;
an alarm, responsive to said trigger, to indicate the presence of an
intruder;
a DTMF tone generator electrically coupled to the telephone line through
said connector to generate dual-tone multiple frequency (DTMF) tones to
communicate status information about the security system, including said
alarm indicating the presence of an intruder, to a remote location over
the telephone line;
a DTMF receiver electrically coupled to the telephone line through said
connector to receive a sequence of tones over the telephone line;
a DTMF filter electrically coupled to said receiver and analyzing each of
said tones from said receiver to determine if one of said tones is a valid
DTMF tones, said DTMF filter generating a detection signal within a
specified period of time if one of said tones is the valid DTMF tone;
a timer circuit continuously powered by said battery and generating
periodic signals;
a power manager, responsive to said periodic signals and said detection
signal, to generate a control signal, said power manager ceasing
generation of said control signal if said DTMF filter does not generate
said detection signal within said specified period of time;
a controller, responsive to said control signal, to selectively enable
power to said receiver when said control signal is present and disable
power to said receiver when said control signal is not present;
a delay circuit to delay operation of said receiver circuit until said
enabling power to said receiver is stabilized;
a buffer electrically coupled to said receiver to store each of said valid
DTMF tones received as digital data if said DTMF filter generates said
detection signal;
a security circuit preventing unauthorized access to said digital data in
said buffer by requiring for access a predetermined DTMF access code
sequence that is received by said receiver from the remote location over
the telephone line; and
a command circuit, responsive to said digital data, to process status
request commands and digital signal processing commands received over the
telephone line from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access
code sequence has been received by said receiver, whereby the security
system provides real-time digital analysis of infrared sensor signals, a
two direction DTMF communicator and reduced power consumption such that
said battery will provide power to the securing system for at least one
year.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein said lens system is a three field Fresnel
lens which provides detection capability at three or more detection ranges
from said first and second sensors.
3. The system of claim 1, further including means within said digital
signal processor for creating a plurality of frequency bands by analyzing
an amplitude spectrum for each of said stored filtered signals.
4. The system of claim 3 wherein said frequency bands comprise three bands
whose periods are determined by the time between every peak, every fourth
peak and every seventh peak, respectively, in said amplitude spectrum of
said stored filter signals.
5. The system of claim 4 wherein said digital signal processor analyzes
said frequency bands and determines said variance level for each of said
frequency bands.
6. The system of claim 5 wherein said digital signal processor analyzes
said frequency bands and determines each of said similarity value for each
of said frequency bands for each of said plurality of stored signature
values.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein said digital signal processor generates
said trigger if said digital sensor signals are not within a signal range
having a predetermined maximum level and a predetermined minimum level.
8. The system of claim 1, further including means for generating status
information regarding the current condition of the security system.
9. The system of claim 8, further including means for said DTMF tone
generator generating a telephone number associated with the remote
location to be called by the security system to report said status
information.
10. The system of claim 9, further including means for altering said
telephone number of the remote location to be called by the security
system to report said status information to the remote location if said
predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security
system over the telephone line from the remote location.
11. The system of claim 1 wherein said DTMF generator includes a
microprocessor which generates said DTMF tones by generating square waves
with a selected duty cycle and frequencies corresponding to said DTMF
tones.
12. The system of claim 11, further including a DTMF generator filter to
convert said square waves to sine waves.
13. The system of claim 11, further including means for altering said
selected duty cycle from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF
access code has been received by the security system over the telephone
line from the remote location.
14. The system of claim 1, further including means for altering said
predetermined DTMF access code sequence from the remote location if said
predetermined DTMF access code has been received by the security system
over the telephone line from the remote location.
15. The system of claim 1 wherein said DTMF filter includes a
microprocessor that digitally filters each of said tones received by said
receiver using a preselected digital filter analysis time to determine if
each of said tones is the valid DTMF tone.
16. The system of claim 15, further including means for altering said
preselected digital filter analysis time from the remote location if said
predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security
system over the telephone line from the remote location.
17. A security system connectable to a telephone line, the system
comprising:
a lens system for producing multiple detection ranges and radial detection
zones;
at least a first and second infrared sensors positioned behind said lens
system providing substantially uniform detection through a field of view
of 180 degrees and generating fluctuating sensor signals in response to
external thermal sources crossing boundaries between said detection ranges
or said radial detection zones within said field of view;
an analog preamplifier electrically coupled to said first and second
sensors for amplifying said sensor signals to generate amplified sensor
signals;
an analog to digital convertor electrically coupled to said analog
preamplifier for converting said amplified sensor signals to generate
digital sensor signals;
a memory for storing a plurality of stored signature patterns each
indicative of a detectable intruder, each of said patterns containing a
predetermined series of digital values corresponding to an activity which
is designated to not trigger an alarm condition;
a digital signal processor electrically coupled to said analog to digital
convertor to analyze said digital sensor signals, said digital signal
processor storing said digital sensor signals in a signal buffer to create
a time sequence of said digital sensor signals, determining a similarity
value between said digital sensor signals and each of said plurality of
stored signature patterns and generating a trigger to indicate the
presence of an intruder if each of said similarity value is below a
predetermined similarity level for each of said plurality of stored
signature patterns; and
an alarm, responsive to said trigger, to indicate the presence of an
intruder.
18. The system of claim 17 wherein said lens system is a three field
Fresnel lens which provides detection capability at three or more
detection ranges from said first and second sensors.
19. The system of claim 17, further including means within said digital
signal processor for creating a plurality of frequency bands by analyzing
an amplitude spectrum for each of said stored digital sensor signals.
20. The system of claim 19 wherein said frequency bands comprise three
bands whose periods are determined by the time between every peak, every
fourth peak and every seventh peak, respectively, in said amplitude
spectrum of said stored digital sensor signals.
21. The system of claim 20 wherein said digital signal processor analyzes
said frequency bands and determines each of said similarity value for each
of said frequency bands for each of said plurality of stored signature
patterns.
22. The system of claim 17 wherein said digital signal processor generates
said trigger if said digital sensor signals are not within a signal range
having a predetermined maximum level and a predetermined minimum level.
23. A security system connectable to a telephone line, the system
comprising:
a lens system for producing multiple detection ranges and radial detection
zones;
at least a first and second infrared sensors positioned behind said lens
system providing substantially uniform detection through a field of view
of 180 degrees and generating fluctuating sensor signals in response to
external thermal sources crossing boundaries between said detection ranges
or said radial detection zones within said field of view;
an analog preamplifier electrically coupled to said first and second
sensors for amplifying said sensor signals to generate amplified sensor
signals;
an analog to digital convertor electrically coupled to said analog
preamplifier for converting said amplified sensor signals to generate
digital sensor signals;
a digital signal processor electrically coupled to said analog to digital
convertor to analyze said digital sensor signals, said digital signal
processor providing digital filtering of said digital sensor signals to
create high pass filtered signals, and storing said filtered signals in a
signal buffer to create a time sequence of said filtered signals,
calculating a continuous mean value of said stored filtered signals and
determining a variance level between said continuous mean value and said
digital sensor signals, said digital signal processor generating a trigger
to indicate the presence of an intruder if said variance level exceeds a
predetermined variance level; and
an alarm, responsive to said trigger, to indicate the presence of an
intruder.
24. The system of claim 23 wherein said lens system is a three field
Fresnel lens which provides detection capability at three detection ranges
from said first and second sensors.
25. The system of claim 23, further including means within said digital
signal processor for creating a plurality of frequency bands by analyzing
an amplitude spectrum for each of said stored filtered signals.
26. The system of claim 25 wherein said frequency bands comprise three
bands whose periods are determined by the time between every peak, every
fourth peak and every seventh peak, respectively, in said amplitude
spectrum of said stored filtered signals.
27. The system of claim 26 wherein said digital signal processor analyzes
said frequency bands and determines said variance level for each of said
frequency bands.
28. The system of claim 23 wherein said digital signal processor generates
said trigger if said digital sensor signals are not within a signal range
having a predetermined maximum level and a predetermined minimum level.
29. A security system connectable to a telephone line, the system
comprising:
a lens system for producing multiple detection ranges and radial detection
zones;
at least a first and second infrared sensors positioned behind said lens
system providing substantially uniform detection through a field of view
of 180 degrees and generating fluctuating sensor signals in response to
external thermal sources crossing boundaries between said detection ranges
or said radial detection zones within said field of view;
an analog preamplifier electrically coupled to said first and second
sensors for amplifying said sensor signals to generate amplified sensor
signals;
an analog to digital convertor electrically coupled to said analog
preamplifier for converting said amplified sensor signals to generate
digital sensor signals;
a digital signal processor electrically coupled to said analog to digital
convertor to analyze said digital sensor signals, said digital signal
processor storing said digital sensor signals in a signal buffer to create
a time sequence of said digital sensor signals, determining a variance
level between said stored digital sensor signals and said digital sensor
signal, determining a coherence value between said digital sensor signals
from said first infrared sensor and said second infrared sensor, and
generating a trigger to indicate the presence of an intruder if said
variance level exceeds a predetermined variance level and said coherence
value is below a predetermined coherence level; and
an alarm, responsive to said trigger, to indicate the presence of an
intruder.
30. A security system connectable to a telephone line, the system
comprising:
a lens system for producing multiple detection ranges and radial detection
zones;
at least a first and second infrared sensors positioned behind said lens
system providing substantially uniform detection through a field of view
of 180 degrees and generating fluctuating sensor signals in response to
external thermal sources crossing boundaries between said detection ranges
or said radial detection zones within said field of view;
an analog preamplifier electrically coupled to said first and second
sensors for amplifying said sensor signals to generate amplified sensor
signals;
an analog to digital convertor electrically coupled to said analog
preamplifier for converting said amplified sensor signals to generate
digital sensor signals;
a digital signal processor electrically coupled to said analog to digital
convertor to analyze said digital sensor signals, said digital signal
processor providing digital filtering of said digital sensor signals to
create high pass filtered signals, and storing said filtered signals in a
signal buffer to create a time sequence of said filtered signals,
calculating a continuous mean value of said stored filtered signals and
determining a variance level between said continuous mean value and said
digital sensor signal, determining a coherence value between said digital
sensor signals from said first infrared sensor and said second infrared
sensor, and generating a trigger to indicate the presence of an intruder
if said variance level exceeds a predetermined variance level and said
coherence value is below a predetermined coherence level; and
an alarm, responsive to said trigger, to indicate the presence of an
intruder.
31. The system of claim 30 wherein said lens system is a three field
Fresnel lens which provides detection capability at three detection ranges
from said first and second sensors.
32. The system of claim 31, further including means within said digital
signal processor for creating a plurality of frequency bands by analyzing
an amplitude spectrum for each of said stored filtered signals.
33. The system of claim 32 wherein said frequency bands comprise three
bands whose periods are determined by the time between every peak, every
fourth peak and every seventh peak, respectively, in said amplitude
spectrum of said stored filtered signals.
34. The system of claim 33 wherein said digital signal processor analyzes
said frequency bands and determines said variance level for each of said
frequency bands.
35. The system of claim 30 wherein said digital signal processor generates
said trigger if said digital sensor signals are not within a signal range
having a predetermined maximum level and a predetermined minimum level.
36. A security system connectable to a telephone line, the system
comprising:
a lens system producing multiple detection ranges and radial detection
zones;
at least a first and second infrared sensors positioned behind said lens
system providing substantially uniform detection through a field of view
of 180 degrees and generating fluctuating sensor signals in response to
external thermal sources crossing boundaries between said detection ranges
or said radial detection zones within said field of view;
an analog preamplifier electrically coupled to said first and second
sensors for amplifying said sensor signals to generate amplified sensor
signals;
an analog to digital convertor electrically coupled to said analog
preamplifier for converting said amplified sensor signals to generate
digital sensor signals;
memory for storing a plurality of stored signature patterns each indicative
of a detectable intruder, each of said patterns containing a predetermined
series of digital values corresponding to an activity which is designated
to not trigger an alarm condition;
a digital signal processor electrically coupled to said analog to digital
convertor to analyze said digital sensor signals, said digital signal
processor providing digital filtering of said digital sensor signals to
create high pass filtered signals, and storing said filtered signals in a
signal buffer to create a time sequence of said filtered signals,
calculating a continuous mean value of said stored filtered signals and
determining a variance level between said continuous mean value and said
digital sensor signals, determining a coherence value between said digital
sensor signals from said first infrared sensor and said second infrared
sensor, determining a similarity value between said digital sensor signals
and each of said plurality of stored signature patterns, said digital
signal processor generating a trigger to indicate the presence of an
intruder if said variance level exceeds a predetermined variance level,
said coherence value is below a predetermined coherence level and each of
said similarity value is below a predetermined similarity level for each
of said plurality of stored signature patterns; and
an alarm, responsive to said trigger, to indicate the presence of an
intruder.
37. The system of claim 36 wherein said lens system is a three field
Fresnel lens which provides detection capability at three or more
detection ranges from said first and second sensors.
38. The system of claim 36, further including means within said digital
signal processor for creating a plurality of frequency bands by analyzing
an amplitude spectrum for each of said stored filtered signals.
39. The system of claim 38 wherein said frequency bands comprise three
bands whose periods are determined by the time between every peak, every
fourth peak and every seventh peak, respectively, in said amplitude
spectrum of said stored filtered signals.
40. The system of claim 39 wherein said digital signal processor analyzes
said frequency bands and determines said variance level for each of said
frequency bands.
41. The system of claim 40 wherein said digital signal processor analyzes
said frequency bands and determines each of said similarity value for each
of said frequency bands for each of said plurality of stored signature
patterns.
42. The system of claim 36 wherein said digital signal processor generates
said trigger if said digital sensor signals are not within a signal range
having a predetermined maximum level and a predetermined minimum level.
43. A security system, connectable to a telephone line, the system
comprising:
a connector for connecting the system to the telephone line;
a battery providing power to the system;
a detection system to detect the presence of an intruder and generate an
alarm if an intruder is present;
a DTMF tone generator electrically coupled to the telephone line through
said connector to generate dual-tone multiple frequency (DTMF) tones to
communicate status information about the security system, including said
alarm indicating the presence of an intruder, to a remote location over
the telephone line;
a DTMF receiver, electrically coupled to the telephone line through said
connector to receive a sequence of tones over the telephone line;
a DTMF filter electrically coupled to said receiver and analyzing each of
said tones from said receiver to determine if one of said tones is a valid
DTMF tone, said DTMF filter generating a detection signal within a
specified period of time if one of said tones is the valid DTMF tone;
a power manager generating a periodic control signal to selectively enable
power to said receiver, said power manager ceasing generation of said
periodic control signal if said DTMF filter does not generate said
detection signal within said specified period of time;
a buffer electrically coupled to said receiver circuit and storing each of
said valid DTMF tones received as digital data if said DTMF filter
generates said detection signal; and
a command circuit, responsive to said digital data, processing status
request commands and digital signal processing commands received over the
telephone line from the remote location, whereby the security system
provides a two direction DTMF communicator with reduced power consumption
such that said battery will provide power to the system for at least one
year.
44. The system of claim 43, further including means for generating status
information regarding the current condition of the security system.
45. The system of claim 44, further including means for said DTMF tone
generator generating a telephone number of the remote location to be
called by the security system to report said status information.
46. The system of claim 45, further including means for altering the
telephone number of the remote location to be called by the security
system to report status information to the remote location if a
predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security
system over the telephone line from the remote location.
47. The system of claim 43 wherein said DTMF generator includes a
microprocessor which generates said DTMF tones by generating square waves
with a selected duty cycle and frequencies corresponding to said DTMF
tones.
48. The system of claim 47, further including a DTMF generator filter to
convert said square waves to sine waves.
49. The system of claim 47, further including means for altering said
selected duty cycle from the remote location if a predetermined DTMF
access code has been received by the security system over the telephone
line from the remote location.
50. The system of claim 43, further including means for altering a
predetermined DTMF access code sequence from the remote location if said
predetermined DTMF access code has been received by the security system
over the telephone line from the remote location.
51. The system of claim 43 wherein said DTMF filter includes a
microprocessor that digitally filters each of said tones received by said
receiver using a preselected digital filter analysis time to determine if
each of said tones is the valid DTMF tone.
52. The system of claim 51, further including means for altering said
preselected digital filter analysis time from the remote location if a
predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security
system over the telephone line from the remote location.
53. A security system, connectable to a telephone line, the system
comprising:
a connector for connecting the system to the telephone line;
a battery providing power to the system;
a detection system to detect the presence of an intruder and generate an
alarm if an intruder is present;
a DTMF tone generator electrically coupled to the telephone line through
said connector to generate dual-tone multiple frequency (DTMF) tones to
communicate status information about the security system, including said
alarm indicating the presence of an intruder, to a remote location over
the telephone line;
a DTMF receiver, electrically coupled to the telephone line through said
connector to receive a sequence of tones over the telephone line;
a DTMF filter electrically coupled to said receiver and analyzing each of
said tones from said receiver to determine if one of said tones is a valid
DTMF tone, said DTMF filter generating a detection signal within a
specified period of time if one of said tones is the valid DTMF tone;
a power manager generating a periodic control signal to selectively enable
power to said receiver, said power manager ceasing generation of said
periodic control signal if said DTMF filter does not generate said
detection signal within said specified period of time;
a buffer electrically coupled to said receiver and storing each of said
valid DTMF tones received as digital data if said DTMF filter generates
said detection signal;
a security circuit preventing unauthorized access to said digital data in
said buffer by requiring for access a predetermined DTMF access code
sequence that is received by said receiver from the remote location over
the telephone line; and
a command circuit, responsive to said digital data, to process status
request commands and digital signal processing commands received over the
telephone line from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access
code sequence has been received by said receiver, whereby the security
system provides a two direction DTMF communicator with reduced power
consumption such that said battery will provide power to the security
system for at least one year.
54. A security system, connectable to a telephone line, the system
comprising:
a connector for connecting the system to the telephone line;
a battery providing power to the system;
a detection system to detect the presence of an intruder and generate an
alarm if an intruder is present;
a DTMF tone generator electrically coupled to the telephone line through
said connector to generate dual-tone multiple frequency (DTMF) tones to
communicate status information about the security system, including said
alarm indicating the presence of an intruder, to a remote location over
the telephone line;
a DTMF receiver, electrically coupled to the telephone line through said
connector to receive a sequence of tones over the telephone line;
a DTMF filter electrically coupled to said receiver and analyzing each of
said tones from said receiver to determine if one of said tones is a valid
DTMF tone, said DTMF filter generating a detection signal within a
specified period of time if one of said tones is the valid DTMF tone;
a timer circuit continuously powered by said battery and generating
periodic signals;
a power manager, responsive to said periodic signals and said detection
signal, to generate a control signal, said power manager ceasing
generation of said control signal if said DTMF filter does not generate
said detection signal within said specified period of time;
a controller, responsive to said control signal, to selectively enable
power to said receiver when said control signal is present and disable
power to said receiver when said control signal is not present;
a buffer electrically coupled to said receiver to store each of said valid
DTMF tones received as digital data is said DTMF filter generates said
detection signal;
a security circuit preventing unauthorized access to said digital data in
said buffer by requiring for access a predetermined DTMF access code
sequence that is received by said receiver from the remote location over
the telephone line; and
a command circuit, responsive to said digital data, to process status
request commands and digital signal processing commands received over the
telephone line from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF access
code sequence has been received by said receiver, whereby the security
system provides a two direction DTMF communicator and reduced power
consumption such that said battery will provide power to the security
system for at least one year.
55. The system of claim 54, further including means for generating status
information regarding the current condition of the security system.
56. The system of claim 55, further including means for said DTMF tone
generator generating a telephone number of the remote location to be
called by the security system to report said status information.
57. The system of claim 56, further including means for altering the
telephone number of the remote location to be called by the system to
report said status information to the remote location if said
predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security
system over the telephone line from the remote location.
58. The system of claim 54 wherein said DTMF generator includes a
microprocessor which generates said DTMF tones by generating square waves
with a selected duty cycle and frequencies corresponding to said DTMF
tones.
59. The system of claim 58, further including a DTMF generator filter to
convert said square waves to sine waves.
60. The system of claim 58, further including means for altering said
selected duty cycle from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF
access code has been received by the security system over the telephone
line from the remote location.
61. The system of claim 54, further including means for altering said
predetermined DTMF access code sequence from the remote location if said
predetermined DTMF access code has been received by the security system
over the telephone line from the remote location.
62. The system of claim 54 wherein said DTMF filter includes a
microprocessor that digitally filters each of said tones received by said
receiver using a preselected digital filter analysis time to determine if
each of said tones if a valid DTMF tone.
63. The system of claim 62, further including means for altering said
preselected digital filter analysis time from the remote location if said
predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security
system over the telephone line from the remote location.
64. A security system connectable to a telephone line, the system
comprising:
a connector for connecting the system to the telephone line;
a battery providing power to the system;
a lens system for producing multiple detection ranges and radial detection
zones;
infrared sensor means positioned behind said lens system for detecting the
presence of an external thermal source, said sensor means and lens system
providing substantially uniform detection through a field of view of 180
degrees and generating fluctuating sensor signals in response said
external thermal source crossing boundaries between said detection ranges
or said radial detection zones within said field of view;
conversion means electrically coupled to said infrared sensor means for
converting said sensor signals and generating digital sensor signals;
digital analysis means for analyzing said digital sensor signals and
generating a trigger indicative of whether or not said sensor means have
detected an intruder;
alarm means, responsive to said trigger, for indicating the presence of an
intruder;
DTMF tone generator means electrically coupled to the telephone line
through said connector for generating dual-tone multiple frequency (DTMF)
tones for communicating status information about the security system,
including said alarm means indicating the presence of an intruder, to a
remote location over the telephone line;
DTMF receiver means electrically coupled to the telephone line through said
connector for receiving a sequence of tones over the telephone line;
DTMF filter means for analyzing each of said tones from said receiver means
to determine if one of said tones is a valid DTMF tone, said DTMF filter
means generating a detection signal within a specified period of time if
one of said tones is the valid DTMF tone;
power manager means for generating a periodic control signal to selectively
enable power to said receiver means, said power manager means ceasing
generation of said periodic control signal if said DTMF filter means does
not generate said detection signal within said specified period of time;
buffer means for storing each of said valid DTMF tones as digital data if
said DTMF filter means generates said detection signal;
security means for preventing unauthorized access to said digital data in
said buffer by requiring for access a predetermined DTMF access code
sequence that is received by said receiver means from the remote location
over the telephone line; and
command means, responsive to said digital data, processing status request
commands and digital signal processing commands received by said receiver
means over the telephone line from the remote location if said
predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by said
receiver, whereby the security system provides digital analysis of
infrared sensor signals, a two direction DTMF communicator and reduced
power consumption such that said battery will provide power to said
circuitry for at least one year.
65. The system of claim 64 wherein said lens system is a three field
Fresnel lens which provides detection capability at three or more
detection ranges from said infrared sensor means.
66. The system of claim 64 wherein said battery comprises four AA alkaline
batteries.
67. The system of claim 64 wherein said infrared sensor means comprises a
pair of pyroelectric infrared sensors.
68. The system of claim 64, further including analysis of a time sequence
of said sensor signals by said digital analysis means to determine the
change in sensor signal levels over time.
69. The system of claim 68 wherein said digital analysis means includes a
high pass filter and a low pass filter of said digital sensor signals.
70. The system of claim 69 wherein said digital analysis means analyzes the
symmetry of said sensor signals over time.
71. The system of claim 70 wherein said digital analysis means analyzes the
variation in said sensor signals from a predetermined voltage.
72. The system of claim 64, further including means for generating status
information regarding the current condition of the security system.
73. The system of claim 72, further including means for said DTMF tone
generator means to generate a telephone number associated with the remote
location to be called by the security system to report said status
information.
74. The system of claim 73, further including means for altering the
telephone number of the remote location to be called by said security
system to report said status information if said predetermined DTMF access
code sequence has been received by the security system over the telephone
line from the remote location.
75. The system of claim 64 wherein said DTMF tone generator means includes
a microprocessor which generates said DTMF tones by generating square
waves with a selected duty cycle and frequencies corresponding to said
DTMF tones.
76. The system of claim 75, further including DTMF generator filter means
to generate sine waves from said square waves.
77. The system of claim 75, further including means for altering said
selected duty cycle from the remote location if said predetermined DTMF
access code has been received by the security system over the telephone
line from the remote location.
78. The system of claim 64, further including means for altering said
predetermined DTMF access code sequence from the remote location if said
predetermined DTMF access code has been received by the security system
over the telephone line from the remote location.
79. The system of claim 64 wherein said DTMF filter means includes a
microprocessor that digitally filters each of said tones using a
preselected digital filter analysis time to determine if each of said
tones is a valid DTMF tone.
80. The system of claim 79, further including means for altering said
preselected digital filter analysis time from the remote location if said
predetermined DTMF access code sequence has been received by the security
system over the telephone line from the remote location.
81. The system of claim 64 wherein said digital analysis means generates
said trigger if said digital sensor signals is not within a signal range
having a predetermined maximum level and a predetermined minimum level. |
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