公开(公告)号：EP2168106A1

公开(公告)日：2010-03-31

申请号：EP07874247.5

申请日：2007-11-01

申请人： Icove And Associates, LLC

发明人： ICOVE, David, J. ,  LYSTER, Carl, T.

IPC分类号： G08B13/189 ,  G08B17/12 ,  G08B19/00

CPC分类号： G08B19/005 ,  G01K11/006 ,  G08B13/189 ,  G08B17/12 ,  G08B29/183

摘要： A passive microwave receiver array, operating in the one meter to sub-millimeter wavelengths range and including an internationally protected range of frequencies of varying bandwidth, may be used for fire and intrusion detection. One or more receiver array can be used to provide a plurality of frequency ranges that can be detected. In an interior installation, one or more receiver array can be placed inside a wall. In other embodiments, the receiver and array can be in the form of a hand-held or wearable device. This method and apparatus achieves high performance by exploiting conventional low noise amplification block conversion circuits and provides the detection of thermal signals through clear, smoky, misty, or environmentally untenable conditions as well as the detection of fire and intrusion events through a non-metallic wall.