196results about "Burglar alarm by glass breaking" patented technology

A control system for an electrochromic (EC) device is capable of monitoring the temperature of the EC device without requiring an external temperature monitoring element, and then controlling the EC device based, in part, upon the temperature readings. The control system also provides methods for heating the EC device using current flowing through the device and for simultaneously heating and changing the transmissivity level of the device. The controller also provides security feedback by detecting glass breakage via a high frequency impedance measurement of the EC device. The controller also provides for methods of determining the bleaching/coloring history of the EC device, determining the transmission state of the EC device and applying a holding voltage to maintain the transmission state of the EC device.

The invention discloses an intelligent door and window anti-invasion system which comprises a video collecting module, an audio collecting module, a heat releasing infrared detecting and alarming module, a vibration detecting module, a glass crushing detecting module, a door magnetic detecting module, a signal processing module, an alarming transmitting module and a power supply managing module. According to the intelligent door and window anti-invasion system, possible illegal invasion behaviors in door and window areas are found through a multi-dimensional detecting manner. Illegal invasions or guest visiting or normal coming in and going out by the head of a household can be accurately recognized. Pictures of visiting of a guest are sent to terminals like a cellphone of a host at home or real-time and intuitional alarming signals with audio and video or pictures as carriers are sent to alarming receiving and processing terminals such as the cellphone of the head of the household, a residential area monitoring computer and the like. Meanwhile, alarm lamps and alarm signals are linked so as to achieve sound-light alarming in a field where an incident happens, or other relevant devices are linked. In addition, the intelligent door and window anti-invasion system is arranged outdoors so that illegal invasions are wiped out to the largest degree before the illegal invasions actually happen.

A secondary window covering is disclosed. The window covering can be placed on the interior or exterior of an existing windows. The covering is configurable to windows or nearly any shape including rectangular, arched or round. The covering provides additional thermal protection, security and tinting. A magnetic seal secures one or more secondary window coverings to the existing window. An alarm system can be incorporated into the secondary window to provide additional security. A valve is incorporated into the window or frame to fill the area between the existing window and the secondary window with gas, or vacuum the area between the existing window and the secondary window. The construction of the secondary window allows the secondary window to be easily removed and reinstalled when required for seasonal or year long protection.

The invention relates to a flip type lifting show case, which is characterized by comprising a case body with an upper opening, a lifting show platform, a flip rotatably connected to the top of the case body, two support rods and two slide rods, wherein bolt holes are arranged on two inner walls corresponding to the upper opening; an upper bolting structure is arranged in the flip; a lower bolting structure is arranged in the lifting show platform; the upper ends of the two support rods are respectively hinged to the left and the right sides of the back surface of the flip and are used for supporting and opening the flip; the two slide rods are respectively and vertically inserted on the left and the right sides of the lifting show platform and can slip upwards and downwards; the upper end of each slide rod is respectively articulated with the lower end of the corresponding support rod; a lock concave pit is arranged on the lower part of the external end surface of each slide rod; lock seats with traverse lock holes are arranged on two sides of the lifting show platform; and lock steel balls which is pushed by springs to keep a stretching trend are arranged in the traverse lock holes. The flip type lifting show case has the advantages of novel structure and good safety, and is suitable for shows.

A security system that secures a building includes a weather detector for detecting weather conditions, such as thunder or high winds, which are likely to cause false alarms in sensors such as an acoustic glass break sensor, shock sensor and vibration sensor. The weather detector may include a sensing component that senses atmospheric conditions external to the building, such as temperature, pressure, wind speed and/or lightning. The weather detector may also include a component for receiving a data communication, such as from a radio, Internet, or telephone link, indicating that the weather condition is present in a vicinity of the building. The security system operates in a bad weather mode by requiring corroboration of intrusion detection signals from the sensors that can cause false alarms.

An alarm system includes a housing that substantially encloses a plurality of sensors and an alarm-signal generator. The housing has a thin profile and may be mountable in various locations, such as on a window surface. The thin profile of the housing allows the alarm system to be attached to the surface of a first window and capable of being located between the first window surface and a second window surface upon relative motion between the first window surface and the second window surface.

Apparatus for detecting the breaking of a contact-sensitive surface includes an acoustic, shock, and vibration transducer, a detector circuit responsive to the transducer for detecting an acoustic wave resulting from a contact force applied to the surface and generating a signal, a support for the transducer, and the means for disqualifying a contact force to the support as a breakage event that relies on differentiation of the speed with which a shock wave travels through a solid material versus the speed with which an acoustic wave travels through air. The transducer may include a front electret condenser microphone and in some preferred embodiments the microphone does not have a preamplifier associated therewith. The invention also includes the method for detecting the breaking of a contact-sensitive surface that includes providing an acoustic, shock, and vibration transducer, providing a support for the transducer, providing a detector circuit responsive to the transducer for detecting an acoustic wave resulting from a contact force applied to the surface and generating a signal; and providing means for disqualifying a contact force to the support as a breakage event that relies on differentiation of the speed with which a shock wave travels through a solid material versus the speed with which an acoustic wave travels through air.

In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: an integrated circuit comprising a microcontroller to control operation of one or more light sources and a wireless transceiver to enable communication between the apparatus and a remote service provider; and at least one microphone coupled to the integrated circuit to detect audio information. In response to receipt of a first audio sample, the microcontroller can detect an emergency event and communicate an indication of the emergency event to the remote service provider.

Breakage of a glass panel is detected by a simple structure practically without disfiguring the glass panel. A glass panel breakage detection system (12) has a glass panel (10), a reading device (14), and a notification device (16). The glass panel (10) has plate glass (18) formed of reinforced glass, an antenna (22) provided on the surface of the plate glass (18), and an ID chip (24) connectedly attached to the antenna (22) and transmitting, by radio communications through the antenna (22), identification information as a reply to a request from the outside. The reading device (14) acquires the identification information from the ID chip (24) by radio communications through the antenna (22). When a trouble occurs in the acquisition of the identification information by the reading device (14), the notification device (16) notifies the fact to the request from the reading device (14) to the radio chip.

An aim of this invention is to detect an unusual state when a thief or burglar breaks the glass plate of a glass window to attempt to enter a building, and to issue an alarm or make it possible to notify a security company.

According to one aspect of this invention, a conductive pattern 50 of predetermined shape is formed by a conductive thin layer on the surface of a glass plate 47 of a window glass 45, and a detector 51 is connected to the split or cut positions of this conductive pattern 50. If the glass plate 47 is broken so that the conductive pattern 50 open, the detector 51 detects the open circuit of the conductive pattern, the detector 51 issues an alarm, transmits a damage detection signal to a relay 74 by radio, and transmits the damage detection signal from this relay 74 to a central monitoring unit 84.

A system and method for detecting glass breakage using thermal imaging is provided. The system includes an infrared image detector for acquiring an infrared image of a monitored area, and a signal processor for processing the acquired images to determine removal of a glass door or window based on a comparison of the thermal signature of the acquired image against the thermal signature of a reference image. Specifically, signal processor subtracts the reference image data from the acquired image data, which results in a substantially uniform image when the acquired image matches the reference image. On the other hand, the image resulting from the subtraction exhibits significant non-uniformity when the acquired image does not match the reference image, as would be the case if the pane of glass of a door or window were broken, removed or opened.

A method of adjusting a sensitivity of an acoustic detector. The acoustic detector receives a signal from a remote device. The signal embodies an operating instruction for the acoustic detector. The signal is decoded into an operating instruction for the acoustic detector. The sensitivity of the acoustic detector is adjusted according to the operating instruction. The acoustic detector can increase or decrease the sensitivity. After the sensitivity is adjusted, the acoustic detector sends a confirmation of the adjustment to the user.

A window glass breakage detection tool attached to a window glass of a vehicle to detect breakage of the window glass is disclosed. When the window glass is unbroken, at least part of the breakage detection tool is located in a through hole arranged in the window glass and urges a wall of the through hole in a direction expanding the through hole with an elastic force of the detection tool. When the window glass breaks, the breakage detection tool shatters the window glass at a portion surrounding the through hole and the detector is at least partially displaced.

Provided is an optical device capable of detecting a breakage of a housing that accommodates an optical system at an early stage and with reliability. The optical device includes a housing having an optical window which is optically transparent and an optical system that is accommodated in the housing and projects/receives light through the optical window, and has a construction in which a electrically conducting region is provided to the optical window of the housing and a breakage of the optical window is detected based on an electric change of the current-carrying region.

A burglarproof security system includes a substrate, a conducting wire layer, a sensing control unit, an alarm device and a power supply. The conducting wire layer is disposed on the substrate, and includes plural conducting wires. The plural conducting wires collectively define either a resistive sensing circuit or a capacitive sensing circuit. The sensing control unit is electrically connected with the plural conducting wires of the conducting wire layer for controlling and selectively switching the plural conducting wires to define either the resistive sensing circuit or the capacitive sensing circuit, and detecting the resistive sensing circuit or the capacitive sensing circuit, thereby generating a detecting signal. When the detecting signal from the sensing control unit is received by the alarm device, the alarm device generates a warning signal. The power supply is electrically connected with the sensing control unit and the alarm device for providing electric power.

A vehicle window glass security system including a closure forgetting device, a glass breakage detection device, a detection unit, and a controller is disclosed. The closure forgetting detection device detects closure forgetting of a window glass. The glass breakage detection device detects breakage of the window glass. The detection unit is commonly shared by the glass breakage detection device and the closure forgetting detection device. The controller detects closure forgetting with the closure forgetting device before the glass breakage detection device starts a breakage detection mode to detect breakage of the window glass when the window glass is in not in a closure forgetting state.

A marking and identification system and method includes a dispersing device configured to disperse marker therefrom when in an activated mode. An activating device is configured to arm the dispersing device from an inactivated mode wherein the dispensing device does not disperse marker to the activated mode. A triggering device is configured to operate the dispersing device and disperse marker when in the activated mode. The marker can be identified at a later time to positively identify a person that triggered the marking and identification system.