OPTEX CO., LTD. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150322707 | ACTIVE OBJECT DETECTION SENSOR - An active object detection sensor is provided which allows an installation worker to easily adjust a detection area, and further identify an optimum position of a guide mark in a touch detection area. The active object detection sensor used for opening/closing of automatic an opening/closing unit ( | 11-12-2015 |
20150187195 | BATTERY-POWERED SECURITY SENSOR SYSTEM - A security sensor system is provided which allows the stopping of the device due to the end of a battery life to be postponed by suppressing battery power consumption, which is caused due to an object detection operation of the security sensor system, after a low battery state is detected. The security sensor system is powered by a battery. When a low battery detector detects a reduction in the voltage of the battery, an object detection operation of the security sensor system is switched from a normal mode to a suppression mode. Consumption of the battery in the suppression mode is suppressed. | 07-02-2015 |
20150180258 | BATTERY TYPE DETERMINATION DEVICE AND BATTERY-DRIVEN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a battery type determination device with a simple configuration capable of easily and reliably determining the types of a plurality of batteries irrespective of shapes and characteristics of the batteries, and a battery-driven electronic device that includes the battery type determination device and allows usage of plural types of batteries. The battery type determination device is used in a battery-driven electronic device operable with plural types of batteries having different shapes and characteristics, and includes a determination signal generator for generating a determination signal that is allocated for each of the plural types of batteries without depending on shapes and characteristics of the batteries and is formed by combination of binary signals prescribed for each type of battery; and a determination controller for determining the type of each battery based on the generated determination signal. | 06-25-2015 |
20150160339 | ACTIVE OBJECT DETECTION SENSOR - Transmitter elements to transmit a detection ray for object detection, to a transmission area, receiver elements to receive, from a reception area, the detection ray reflected by an object, and a transmission-side optical divider and a reception-side optical divider, disposed in front of the transmitter elements and the receiver elements, respectively, which includes optical dividing pieces having optical deflection surfaces on which a traveling direction angle of the detection ray is varied to angles so as to correspond to division areas, are provided. In the optical dividers, a ratio of an area of a second optical deflection surface that forms a division area that is closer to the sensor, relative to an area of a first optical deflection surface that forms a division area that is farther from the sensor, is set so as to be different between a transmission side and a reception side. | 06-11-2015 |
20150153451 | ACTIVE OBJECT DETECTION SENSOR - An optical divider is disposed, in front of at least one of the transmitter and receiver elements, therebetween, and at least one of a transmission and reception side, and has a plurality of optical dividing pieces each having an optical deflection surface on which an angle of a detection ray is varied to a plurality of angles for dividing the detection ray toward a plurality of division areas. The optical deflection surface on at least one of the transmission and reception side is set to have a given angle, to assign at least one of the detection ray from the transmitter elements and toward the receiver elements, to a given division area, such that a combination of the transmitter and receiver elements forming one of the division areas is different from a combination of the transmitter and receiver elements forming another one of the division areas. | 06-04-2015 |
20150130653 | VEHICLE DETECTING SENSOR ASSEMBLY - A vehicle detecting sensor assembly ( | 05-14-2015 |
20150059248 | AUTOMATIC DOOR SENSOR DEVICE - There is provided an automatic door sensor device ( | 03-05-2015 |
20140361868 | OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM - An object detection system | 12-11-2014 |
20140361146 | OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM - An object detection system | 12-11-2014 |
20140339305 | AUTHENTICATION REGISTRATION AND CANCELLATION DEVICE - An authentication registration/invalidation apparatus is provided, which allows easy invalidation of an authentication tag when the authentication tag is lost, and facilitates management of authentication tags. When an RFID reader ( | 11-20-2014 |
20140285342 | SOLAR BATTERY-DRIVEN OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM - A reception unit | 09-25-2014 |
20140239178 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE - To provide an object detection device that requires neither the optical adjustment nor the detection area adjustment after the replacement of the battery, the object detection device includes a sensor body, inclusive of a detection element, and a storage enclosure positioned in part or in its entirety in a rear surface of the sensor body, and has a transmitter accommodation portion for accommodating therein a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting an output signal from the sensor body, a battery holding portion for holding a battery for providing the sensor body and the transmitter with an electric power, in which the battery holding portion includes a holding portion opening unit to open the battery holding portion to thereby enable a replacement of the battery, then retained in the battery holding portion, in a condition in which the sensor body is not separated from the storage enclosure. | 08-28-2014 |
20140204362 | LASER SCAN SENSOR - The configuration includes a laser range finder ( | 07-24-2014 |
20140098223 | SIZE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND SIZE MEASUREMENT METHOD - A size measurement apparatus includes: a first light emitter unit for widely emitting light to an imaging area which may include an object; a second light emitter unit for locally emitting light to a part of the imaging area; an image taking unit for obtaining a range image which contains distance information on a pixel-by-pixel basis, with pixels being arranged two-dimensionally, the distance information being calculated based on a measured time value which is a time for the light emitted from the light emitter units to travel back as a reflected light; and an arithmetic control unit for controlling light emission from the light emitter units, and for calculating size information of the object based on a synthesized range image obtained by synthesizing a range image obtained during light emission from the first light emitter unit and a range image obtained during light emission from the second light emitter unit. | 04-10-2014 |
20140091854 | DC INSULATION SEMICONDUCTOR RELAY DEVICE - A semiconductor relay device ( | 04-03-2014 |
20130260181 | REVERSE CONNECTION PREVENTING STRUCTURE FOR USE IN BATTERY- DRIVEN OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE - Provided is a reverse connection preventing structure in a battery-driven object detection device, which has a simple structure capable of preventing reverse connection of even a battery whose projecting positive electrode is relatively lower in height. The structure has a holder for holding the battery including a first terminal for electrically connecting to a projecting positive electrode and a second terminal for electrically connecting to a negative electrode. The first terminal is formed in a printed circuit board. On the printed circuit board, an insulating member of less than 0.5 mm in thickness are provided around the circumference of the first terminal in such a manner as to allow the first terminal to come in contact with the positive electrode of the battery which is mounted correctly and as to prevent the first terminal from coming in contact with the negative electrode of the battery which is mounted reversely. | 10-03-2013 |
20130214930 | AUTOMATIC DOOR SENSOR AND FUNCTIONALITY EXPANSION MODULE FOR USE IN THE SAME - An automatic door sensor includes: at least one sensor module unit (sensor module | 08-22-2013 |
20130193323 | INFRARED SECURITY SENSOR - An infrared security sensor device includes a light projector | 08-01-2013 |
20130120745 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE PROVIDED WITH ANGLE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - A horizontal adjustment-engagement member ( | 05-16-2013 |
20130120744 | AUTOMATIC ANGLE ADJUSTMENT UNIT FOR USE IN OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE - An automatic angle adjustment unit ( | 05-16-2013 |
20130119257 | SIGHTING DEVICE AND SECURITY SENSOR SYSTEM UTILIZING SUCH SIGHTING DEVICE - To provide a sighting device for use in a security sensor system, in which device enables an operator, assigned to conduct a sighting work, to look into the sighting device from a proper direction. The sighting device includes an eyepiece lens provided with a microlens, an objective lens provided with a first marker encompassed within the field of view of the eyepiece lens, and a reflecting mirror disposed on an optical path between the eyepiece lens and the objective lens. The first marker is comprised of a circular contour line or a polygonal contour line and is so set that when a viewing axis offsets from a tolerance, the first marker is viewed with a part thereof dropped out having been offset from the field of view of the microlens. | 05-16-2013 |
20130112877 | BATTERY-OPERATED OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE - A battery-operated object detecting device (D) includes a detecting unit (U) adapted to be driven by an electric cell ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130016880 | TRAFFIC MONITORING DEVICEAANM KAWAHATA; YasutakaAACI Otsu-shiAACO JPAAGP KAWAHATA; Yasutaka Otsu-shi JP - A traffic monitoring device determines accurately the number of objects (H) such as, for example, human bodies present within a supervised sector ( | 01-17-2013 |
20120245758 | DRIVING BEHAVIOR DETECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention includes a driving behavior detecting unit ( | 09-27-2012 |
20120066011 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention measures the frequency of occurrence of behaviors of a particular behavior for each time within a predetermined driving unit for each type of driving behaviors and causes the measured frequency of occurrence on a display unit as a driving evaluation index aimed at attaining a zero number each time the particular behavior takes place. Also, for each type of the driving behaviors, based on the frequency of occurrence of the particular behavior, which is a proportion of the number of occurrence of the particular behavior for each type relative to a predetermined driving time, which is the predetermined driving unit, the mean time between incidents of the particular behavior is calculated and the calculated mean time between the incidents is used as the driving evaluation index. | 03-15-2012 |
20120006988 | PASSIVE INFRARED RAY SENSOR - A passive infrared ray sensor of the present invention includes a plurality of detecting elements | 01-12-2012 |
20110273292 | SECURITY SENSOR SYSTEM - Since a sensor signal intermitted on the basis of a sensor signal including an abnormality detection signal, detected as a result of a persistence of an abnormal condition of a security sensor, is generated and an intermitted output signal in dependence on an intermitted sensor signal input is transmitted from a wireless transmitter | 11-10-2011 |
20110273285 | INTRUSION DETECTION DEVICE - To provide an intrusion detecting device of a type in which a battery for supplying an electric power to both of the main unit and the transmitter is provided in a unit holder for holding the main unit, including the detecting element, to thereby increase the overall electric power capacity needed in the intrusion detecting device as a whole and, also, replacement of those batteries can be accomplished easily, the intrusion detecting device includes a main unit ( | 11-10-2011 |
20090108184 | TARGET DETECTING DEVICE, TARGET DETECTING METHOD, AND TARGET DETECTING PROGRAM - In a target detecting technique using a laser sensor, misdetection can be reduced while maintaining a wide detecting range. A target detecting method for detecting a target by emitting a laser beam diagonally downward from an installing position of a laser emitting and receiving portion. The method includes the steps of: obtaining distance information from the laser emitting and receiving portion to an object to be detected; determining, when the object to be detected approaches the laser emitting and receiving portion, whether the tracking of the object to be detected is stopped or not; and determining, when the tracking of the object to be detected is stopped, whether the object to be detected is the target or a non-target based on distance information immediately before the tracking of the object to be detected is stopped. | 04-30-2009 |
20090059483 | SECURITY SENSOR DEVICE HAVING FROST PROTECTIVE STEP - In a security sensor device an element unit ( | 03-05-2009 |