Passive infrared sensor device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11596043-B2
Application number	US-202016983631-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2020
Priority date	Jan 22, 2018
Publication date	Feb 28, 2023
Grant date	Feb 28, 2023

Abstract

Systems and techniques are provided for sensor device. A sensor device may include a housing, a lens inserted into a first opening of the housing, a metal mask covering a portion of the interior of the lens, a passive infrared (PIR) sensor underneath the lens and the metal mask, and a light pipe around the PIR sensor, the lens, and the metal mask. Part of the light pipe may be positioned above an activation mechanism for a button. An airflow gasket may be around the PIR sensor. A filter circuit board may be under the PIR sensor and connected to leads of the PIR sensor. A control circuit board may include the activation mechanism for the button. A backplate may include a slot for attachment to a snap of a magazine in the housing of the sensor device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a lens inserted into a first opening of the housing;
a passive infrared (PIR) sensor underneath the lens; and
a tamper switch, the tamper switch comprising a cap, a frame placed around the cap, a plunger, and a detect switch, wherein the cap protrudes through an opening in the frame and is positioned to push down the plunger that is positioned to push down the detect switch when pressed against a surface and release the plunger which releases the detect switch when not pressed against a surface.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an airflow gasket around the PIR sensor.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a filter circuit board under the PIR sensor and connected to one or more leads of the PIR sensor.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a control circuit board, wherein an activation mechanism for a button is on the control circuit board.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a sled inside the housing.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a magazine inside the housing, wherein one or more snaps are formed as part of the magazine.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a battery compartment and wherein a retention part comprising a U-shaped structure, two prongs at ends of the U-shaped structure, and a tab at a bottom of the U-shaped structure, accommodates insertion of a battery that is inserted into the battery compartment.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a thinned portion, and wherein an ambient light sensor (ALS) is disposed within the housing below the thinned portion of the housing.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a temperature and humidity sensor disposed within the housing beneath a second opening in the housing.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a backplate, the backplate comprising at least one slot for attachment to a snap of a magazine disposed in the housing.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a backplate, wherein an adhesive strip is attached to a back of the backplate and a pull tab of the adhesive strip is pulled through a slot of the backplate to a front of the backplate.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a backplate, the backplate comprising a slot and crush ribs for a bubble level, the bubble level disposed in between crush ribs at a location of the slot.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a corner backplate, the corner backplate comprising at least one slot for attachment to a snap of a magazine disposed in the housing, wherein an adhesive strip is attached to a first plane of the corner backplate, wherein a second plane of the corner backplate is perpendicular to the first plane of the corner backplate, and wherein magazine and housing attach to the corner backplate in between the first plane and the second plane.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a sleeve, the sleeve covering the housing, the sleeve further comprising a screw hole.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a metal mask covering a portion of an interior of the lens; and
a light pipe around the PIR sensor, the lens, and the metal mask, at least a portion of the light pipe positioned above an activation mechanism for a button.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the light pipe further comprises a lens for a path light, and wherein an LED for the path light is disposed within the housing below the light pipe.

17. An apparatus comprising:
a sensor device comprising:
a housing comprising a first opening at an angle at a first end of the housing and a second opening on a body of the housing;
a tamper switch, the tamper switch comprising a cap, a frame placed around the cap, a plunger and a detect switch, wherein the cap protrudes through an opening in the frame and is positioned to push down the plunger that is positioned to push down the detect switch when pressed against a surface and release the plunger which releases the detect switch when not pressed against a surface;
a button assembly comprising a lens, a metal mask covering a portion of an interior of the lens, a passive infrared (PIR) sensor underneath the lens and the metal mask, a light pipe around the PIR sensor, the lens, and the metal mask, at least a portion of the light pipe positioned above an activation mechanism for a button, and an airflow gasket around the PIR sensor, wherein the lens and the light pipe at least partially cover the first opening of the housing;
a magazine disposed in the housing, the magazine comprising at least two snaps protruding from the magazine through the second opening in the housing, and wherein the tamper switch is attached between the snaps of the magazine; and
a sled disposed in the magazine within the housing, wherein an upper main circuit board and a lower main circuit board are attached to the sled above and below a main body of the sled and a filter circuit board and control circuit board are attached to an angled portion of the sled below the PIR sensor.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , further comprising a backplate comprising at least two slots, the slots accommodating the snaps of the magazine of the sensor device to attach the sensor device to the backplate, and wherein the backplate covers the second opening of the housing and presses the tamper switch when the sensor device is attached to the backplate.

19. The apparatus of claim 17 , further comprising an ambient light sensor (ALS), wherein the ALS is disposed below a thinned portion of the housing of the sensor device.

20. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the sled further comprises knuckles, and wherein the light pipe further comprises end knuckles, and wherein knuckles of the sled, the end knuckles of the light pipe, and a pin, form a hinge.

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Zhang Clare
• Castro James
• Jenks Ken
• Macomber Bryan

Classifications

• G01J5/0831

  Masks; Aperture plates; Spatial light modulators · CPC title

• G01J5/04

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• G01J5/025

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• G01J5/10

  using electric radiation detectors · CPC title

• G08B13/186

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