Motion sensor light, surveillance system and surveillance method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9820358-B2
Application number	US-201615378562-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2016
Priority date	Dec 21, 2015
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A motion sensor light turns on a light once a motion sensor detects movement of a person. The light illuminates a monitoring area once the light is turned on. The motion sensor light initiates measurement of lighting duration of the light. After then, the motion sensor light initiates measurement of lights-out delay duration in a case where the movement of a person is no longer detected, and acquires a set value of the lights-out delay duration according to the lighting duration set in advance. The motion sensor light turns off the light in a case where a measured value of the lights-out delay duration exceeds the set value of the lights-out delay duration and a measured value of the lighting duration of the light exceeds a set value of the lighting duration.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motion sensor light comprising:
a light that remains turned on at least for a predetermined duration set in advance;
a sensor that detects movement of a moving object; and
a processor that turns on the light in a case where the movement of the moving object is detected,
wherein the processor initiates measurement of lighting duration of the light in response to the lighting of the light, after then, initiates measurement of lights-out delay duration that indicates time duration for a non-detection state of the moving object from a time when the moving object is no longer detected to a time when the light is turned off in a case where the movement of the moving object is no longer detected, and acquires a set value of the lights-out delay duration according to the duration set in advance, and
the light is turned off in a case where a measured value of the lights-out delay duration exceeds the set value of the acquired lights-out delay duration, and a measured value of the lighting duration of the light exceeds the duration set in advance.

2. The motion sensor light of claim 1 , further comprising:
a memory which correlates the set value of the lights-out delay duration with a set value of the lighting duration of the light and stores the correlated set value,
wherein the processor acquires the set value of the lights-out delay duration by reading the set value of the lighting duration of the light.

3. The motion sensor light of claim 2 ,
wherein the set value of the lights-out delay duration is set to different duration according to the set value of the lighting duration of the light.

4. The motion sensor light of claim 1 ,
wherein the processor acquires, as the set value of the lights-out delay duration, a value, which is a predetermined proportion of a measured value of the lighting duration of the light at a time point when the moving object is no longer detected.

5. The motion sensor light of claim 1 ,
wherein the processor determines whether or not a measured value of the lighting duration of the light exceeds the duration set in advance after the set value of the lights-out delay duration is determined to be exceeded by a measured value of the lights-out delay duration.

6. A surveillance system comprising:
a motion sensor light and a master device which are connected to each other,
wherein the master device saves each operation condition for lighting and lights-out of the motion sensor light, transmits a lighting command to the motion sensor light in a case where the operation condition for lighting is satisfied, and that transmits a lights-out command to the motion sensor light in a case where the operation condition for lights-out is satisfied; and
the motion sensor light is turned on in a case where the lighting command transmitted from the master device is received or in a case where a moving object is detected in the surroundings of the motion sensor light, and is turned off in a case where the lights-out command transmitted from the master device is received and a non-detection state of the moving object continues for a certain amount of time after the moving object is no longer detected.

7. The surveillance system of claim 6 ,
wherein the motion sensor light initiates measurement of lighting duration in response to lighting, after then, initiates measurement of lights-out delay duration that indicates the certain amount of time for which the non-detection state of the moving object, from a time when the moving object is no longer detected to a time when the light is turned off, continues in a case where the moving object is no longer detected, and acquires a set value of the lights-out delay duration set in advance, and
the motion sensor light is turned off in a case where a measured value of the lights-out delay duration exceeds the acquired set value of the lights-out delay duration and a measured value of the lighting duration exceeds the set value of the lighting duration set in advance.

8. The surveillance system of claim 6 ,
wherein the master device includes a memory, and
once the operation condition for lighting or the operation condition for lights-out of the motion sensor light is generated, the master device stores the operation condition in the memory and transmits the lights-out command to the motion sensor light in a case where the operation condition for lights-out stored in the memory is satisfied.

9. The surveillance system of claim 6 ,
wherein the motion sensor light is turned off in a case where a measured value of lighting duration exceeds forced lights-out duration, which is greater than a set value of the lighting duration.

10. A monitoring method for a surveillance system in which a motion sensor light and a master device are connected to each other, comprising:
saving, which is carried out by the master device, each operation condition for lighting and lights-out of the motion sensor light;
transmitting, which is carried out by the master device, a lighting command to the motion sensor light in a case where the operation condition for lighting is satisfied;
transmitting, which is carried out by the master device, a lights-out command to the motion sensor light in a case where the operation condition for lights-out is satisfied;
turning on the motion sensor light in a case where the lighting command transmitted from the master device is received or in a case where a moving object is detected in the surroundings of the motion sensor light; and
turning off the motion sensor light in a case where the lights-out command transmitted from the master device is received and a non-detection state of the moving object continues for a certain amount of time after the moving object is no longer detected.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takahashi Takeshi

Classifications

• H05B47/11

  by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light · CPC title

• H05B47/16 Primary

  by timing means · CPC title

• G08B13/19

  using infrared-radiation detection systems {(G08B13/194 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G08B13/19695

  Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves · CPC title

• H05B47/19

  via wireless transmission · CPC title