Fire detector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9336671-B2
Application number	US-201214396241-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2012
Priority date	Apr 27, 2012
Publication date	May 10, 2016
Grant date	May 10, 2016

Abstract

This fire detector is provided with a light-emitting portion that repeats stopping of light emission and light emission a plurality of number of times in predetermined light emission periods during a predetermined smoke detection operation time set for each first period; a light-receiving portion that receives the light emitted from the light-emitting portion and outputs a light reception signal during the smoke detection operation time; a light reception signal detecting portion that detects as a zero-point light reception signal the light reception signal that the light-receiving portion outputs at each light emission stop timing of the smoke detection operation time, and detects as a smoke light reception signal the light reception signal that the light-receiving portion outputs at each light emission timing; a smoke detecting portion that detects a smoke detection signal based on the zero-point light reception signals of a plurality of number of times and the smoke light reception signals of a plurality of number of times detected by the light reception signal detecting portion; and a noise assessing-processing portion that assesses the presence of mixing-in of noise to the light reception signal based on the zero-point light reception signals of a plurality of number of times and the smoke light reception signals of a plurality of number of times, and carries out noise removal processing in a case of having assessed that the noise is mixed in.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fire detector comprising:
a light-emitting portion that repeats stopping of light emission and light emission a plurality of number of times in predetermined light emission periods during a predetermined smoke detection operation time set for each first period;
a light-receiving portion that receives the light emitted from the light-emitting portion and outputs a light reception signal during the smoke detection operation time;
a light reception signal detecting portion that detects as a zero-point light reception signal the light reception signal that the light-receiving portion outputs at each light emission stop timing of the smoke detection operation time, and detects as a smoke light reception signal the light reception signal that the light-receiving portion outputs at each light emission timing;
a smoke detecting portion that detects a smoke detection signal based on the zero-point light reception signals of a plurality of number of times and the smoke light reception signals of a plurality of number of times detected by the light reception signal detecting portion; and
a noise assessing-processing portion that assesses a presence of mixing-in of noise to the light reception signal based on the zero-point light reception signals of a plurality of number of times and the smoke light reception signals of a plurality of number of times, and carries out noise removal processing in a case of having assessed that the noise is mixed in; wherein the smoke detecting portion updates a first zero-point moving average value, which is calculated from a predetermined number of zero-point light reception signals detected by a previous period and held, as a second zero-point moving average value based on the zero-point light reception signals of a plurality of number of times, and detects the smoke detection signal based on this second zero-point moving average value and the smoke light reception signals of a plurality of number of times; and the noise assessing-processing portion, in a case of having assessed noise to be mixed in the zero-point light reception signal, carries out noise removal processing that prohibits updating of the first zero-point moving average value by the smoke detecting portion.

2. The fire detector according to claim 1 , wherein the light emission periods are set to periods that differ from a noise period corresponding to a predetermined noise frequency.

3. The fire detector according to claim 1 , wherein
the noise assessing-processing portion includes
a first noise assessment mode that assesses the noise as being mixed in when any of the zero-point light reception signals of a plurality of number of times is equal to or greater than an upper limit value or equal to or lower than a lower limit value of a predetermined range centered on a predetermined zero-point moving average value;
a second noise assessment mode that assesses the noise as being mixed in when the moving average value of the zero-point light reception signals of a plurality of number of times is equal to or greater than an upper limit value or equal to or lower than a lower limit value of a predetermined range centered on a predetermined zero-point fixed value;
a third noise assessment mode that assesses the noise as being mixed in when a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the smoke light reception signals of a plurality of number of times is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value;
a fourth noise assessment mode that assesses the noise as being mixed in when a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the zero-point light reception signals of a plurality of number of times is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; and
a fifth noise assessment mode that assesses the noise as being mixed in when any of the zero-point light reception signals of a plurality of number of times exceeds the smoke light reception signals detected next,
and the noise assessing-processing portion carries out the noise removal processing in a case of having assessed that the noise is mixed in based on one or multiple combinations of the first noise assessment mode to the fifth noise assessment mode.

4. The smoke detector according to claim 1 , wherein
the noise assessing-processing portion changes the first period to a second period that is shorter when it has assessed that noise is mixed in; and
returns the second period to the first period after being changed to the second period and when it no longer assesses that noise to be mixed in.

5. The fire detector according to claim 1 , wherein the smoke detecting portion finds an average value of the values obtained by subtracting the first zero-point moving average value or the second zero-point moving average value from each of the smoke light reception signals of a plurality of number of times as the smoke detection signal.

Assignees

• Hochiki Co

Inventors

• Irumano Hidetaka

Classifications

• G08B17/107 Primary

  for detecting light-scattering due to smoke · CPC title

• G08B17/103

  using a light emitting and receiving device · CPC title

• G08B29/26

  by updating and storing reference thresholds · CPC title

• G08B29/185

  Signal analysis techniques for reducing or preventing false alarms or for enhancing the reliability of the system · CPC title

• G08B29/043

  of fire detection circuits · CPC title