JP5590992B2 - Monitoring sensor - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a monitoring sensor that detects an object that has entered a monitoring area by irradiating a search signal into the monitoring area and receiving a reflection signal thereof.

Conventionally, in order to detect an object that has entered a wide monitoring area such as outdoors, a search signal such as infrared ray, visible light, or ultrasonic wave is irradiated into the monitoring area and reflected from the object in the monitoring area. A monitoring sensor has been developed that detects an object in a monitoring area by receiving a signal.
An example of such a monitoring sensor is to set a monitoring area according to a scan angle for two-dimensionally scanning light from an optical distance meter, and when detecting an intruder in the monitoring area, distance data and angle data to the intruder are obtained. The position of the intruder is calculated from the distance data and the angle data (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-244102

The monitoring sensor must prevent the monitoring function from being invalidated in order to ensure security. In particular, when such a monitoring sensor is used in a security system that detects a suspicious object such as a suspicious person or a suspicious vehicle that has entered the monitoring area and reports an abnormality, the monitoring function is invalidated. Since the security system fails to detect suspicious objects, it is very important to prevent such a situation.
For example, if an unauthorized person installs an obstacle that blocks a part or all of the monitoring area, the reachable range of the search signal emitted from the monitoring sensor is narrowed. Further, the reachable range of the exploration signal may be narrowed due to the growth or budding of planting existing in the monitoring area or in the vicinity of the boundary of the monitoring area. Thus, when a shield that blocks the exploration signal appears in the monitoring area after setting the monitoring area, the other side of the shielding that should have been monitored (the side farther from the shielding as viewed from the monitoring sensor) ) Cannot be detected, and the range where the detection is impossible becomes a blind spot for security.
As described above, the conventional monitoring sensor as disclosed in Patent Document 1 detects a case where a shield appears later in the monitoring area and the reachable range of the search signal is limited. There is a problem that security cannot be maintained and secured.

Therefore, as a countermeasure to this problem, if it is detected as a visual field obstruction act that the reachable range of the exploration signal is limited, an alarm notifying the occurrence of the visual field obstruction act is notified to the monitoring center, etc. It is conceivable to have an employee check the monitoring area.
However, in a security system in which such a monitoring sensor is used, before a suspicious person enters the building, in order to quickly detect and report the suspicious person, for example, the garden of a detached house It may be set as a monitoring area. In such a case, the monitoring sensor is installed outdoors. When the monitoring sensor is installed outdoors, small animals such as insects and lizards may adhere to the surface of the monitoring window, which is a light projecting / receiving surface that receives a search signal or receives a reflected signal. If a small animal is attached to the monitoring window, the exploration signal may be blocked by the small animal, and the exploration signal may not reach the entire monitoring area. However, since such small animals move in the same place without staying for a long time, limitation of the reachable range of the exploration signal by the small animals is only temporary.
If the monitoring sensor detects such a temporary reachable range limitation, there is a possibility that the occurrence of the disturbing action is erroneously detected although there is actually no change in the monitoring area.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring sensor capable of discriminating a deposit such as a small animal that has adhered to the surface of a monitoring window and a shielding object that has appeared in the monitoring region after setting the monitoring region.

  As one aspect of the present invention, an interference determination unit that executes an interference determination process for determining whether or not at least a part of a monitoring area is unmonitorable, and at least a part of the monitoring area is determined to be unmonitorable A monitoring sensor is provided having an output for outputting a disturbance detection signal in some cases. This monitoring sensor is arranged in a housing having a monitoring window, and scans an exploration signal from at least one end to the other end of the monitoring region through the monitoring window, and is reflected by an object existing in the monitoring region. A detection unit that generates distance measurement data in which a plurality of scanning directions and distances to objects corresponding to the plurality of scanning directions are associated with each other, When the scanning direction corresponding to the distance is extracted as a proximity measurement point, and the number of proximity measurement points is equal to or less than a first predetermined ratio with respect to the total number of scanning directions of distance measurement data, the proximity measurement point is determined as a disturbance determination unit. And a disturbance determination unit as a non-determination target.

  In addition, the disturbance determination unit determines that the proximity measurement point is a non-determination target of the disturbance determination unit only when the number of the proximity measurement points is equal to or greater than a second predetermined ratio that is smaller than the first predetermined ratio with respect to the total number of scanning directions. It is preferable that

  The interference determination unit performs interference determination processing when there is no proximity measurement point that is not determined by the interference determination unit, while there is a proximity measurement point that is not determined by the interference determination unit. In this case, it is preferable not to execute the interference determination process.

  The detection unit periodically scans the monitoring area with the exploration signal, and generates ranging data every time the scanning is performed. The disturbance determination unit generates the ranging data every time the ranging data is generated. And determining whether the proximity measurement point is a non-determination target of the disturbance determination unit based on the Preferably, it is determined that an environmental abnormality that cannot be partially monitored has occurred, and the output unit preferably outputs an environmental abnormality signal indicating that an environmental abnormality has occurred when the environmental abnormality has occurred.

  The monitoring sensor according to the present invention has an effect that it is possible to discriminate between an adhering substance such as a small animal adhering to the surface of the monitoring window and a shield appearing in the monitoring area after setting the monitoring area.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a security system including a monitoring sensor according to one embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic block diagram of the monitoring sensor which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of an intrusion determination process. (A) is the schematic showing the state which the small animal adhered to the monitoring window, (b) is a figure which shows an example of the ranging data corresponding to (a). It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of a disturbance determination process. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of a visual field disturbance determination process. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of an object detection process. It is a schematic block diagram of a security device.

  Hereinafter, a monitoring sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The monitoring sensor scans the search signal from one end to the other end of the monitoring area at a predetermined cycle, and receives the reflected signal that is the search signal reflected by the object, thereby expressing the azimuth viewed from the monitoring sensor. The distance to the object is measured for each scanning direction. The monitoring sensor compares the distance to the boundary of the monitoring area stored in advance with the latest measurement distance for each scanning direction, and thus a part of the monitoring area is shielded, that is, the visual field is obstructed. Detect. This monitoring sensor also monitors small animals that are subject to non-detection of visual field disturbance when the number of scanning azimuths at which the distance to the object is in the vicinity of the monitoring window is present at a predetermined ratio to the number of scanning azimuths in the entire monitoring area It is determined that it is attached to the window, and visual field disturbance detection is stopped for a certain period.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall system configuration of a security system including a monitoring sensor according to one embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the security system 1 has three units installed on three surfaces around the building 101 so as to monitor the monitoring areas 102 a to 102 c set in a part of the site of the building 101. A monitoring sensor 2 and a security device 3 connected to each monitoring sensor 2 through a communication line 4 and installed in a building 101 are provided.

When each monitoring sensor 2 detects a suspicious object such as a suspicious person or a suspicious vehicle that has entered the monitoring areas 102a to 102c, it transmits an intrusion abnormality signal indicating that fact to the security device 3. Further, when each monitoring sensor 2 detects that monitoring of at least a part of the monitoring areas 102a to 102c is blocked, the monitoring sensor 2 transmits a blocking detection signal indicating that fact to the security device 3. Furthermore, when each monitoring sensor 2 detects that a state where a part of the monitoring area cannot be monitored continues for a certain period by a small animal attached to the monitoring window, the monitoring sensor 2 guards an environmental abnormality signal indicating that fact. Transmit to device 3. Furthermore, each monitoring sensor 2 may transmit the identification number of the monitoring sensor 2 to the security device 3 together with the intrusion abnormality signal, the disturbance detection signal, or the environmental abnormality signal.
The security device 3 can communicate with the monitoring center device 6 arranged in the monitoring center via the public communication line 5. When the security device 3 receives the intrusion abnormality signal, the disturbance detection signal, or the environmental abnormality signal from any of the monitoring sensors 2, the security device 3 transmits the intrusion abnormality signal, the disturbance detection signal, or the environmental abnormality signal to the identification number of the security device 3 or The information is transmitted to the monitoring center device 6 together with the identification number of the building where the security device 3 is installed.

  The number of monitoring sensors 2 included in the security system 1 is not limited to three. The number of the monitoring sensors 2 is appropriately determined according to the shape and size of the region to be monitored and a shield existing beforehand in the region. The installation position of the monitoring sensor 2 is also set as appropriate according to the shape of the region to be monitored or the position and shape of the building.

  The monitoring sensor 2 detects a suspicious object that has entered the monitoring area. The monitoring sensor 2 determines whether or not monitoring of at least a part of the monitoring area is obstructed, for example, by blocking a part of the monitoring area by a shield installed later. Further, the monitoring sensor 2 determines whether or not a part of the monitoring area is an abnormal environmental state in which the monitoring disabled state by the small animal attached to the monitoring window of the monitoring sensor 2 continues for a certain period of time. .

  FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the monitoring sensor 2. The monitoring sensor 2 includes a detection unit 21, a communication unit 22, a storage unit 23, and a control unit 24. Each of these parts is accommodated in a housing 25 formed of metal or resin. A monitoring window 26 made of a light-transmitting member such as glass or transparent plastic is provided on the front surface of the casing 25, that is, the surface facing the monitoring region. In the present embodiment, the monitoring window 26 is formed in an arc shape with the detection unit 21 as the center, and the distance between each point on the surface of the monitoring window 26 on the horizontal plane passing through the detection unit 21 and the detection unit 21 is It is almost the same. However, in other embodiments, the monitoring window 26 may be formed in a planar shape.

  The detector 21 irradiates the search signal into the monitoring area and receives the reflected signal. And the detection part 21 produces the ranging data containing the measured value of the distance to the object which reflected the search signal from the monitoring sensor 2 for every scanning direction by analyzing a reflected signal. For this purpose, the detection unit 21 includes, for example, a laser oscillation unit 211, a scanning mirror 212, a drive unit 213, a light receiving unit 214, and a distance measurement data generation unit 215.

The laser oscillation unit 211 oscillates, for example, a near-infrared pulse laser having a wavelength of about 890 nm as a search signal. The pulse laser is output toward the scanning mirror 212. Further, the laser oscillation unit 211 outputs the phase information of the pulse laser to the distance measurement data generation unit 215.
The scanning mirror 212 is, for example, a galvano mirror or a polygon mirror, and is driven by the driving unit 213 to change the direction of the reflecting surface thereof, thereby scanning the entire monitoring region with a pulse laser at regular intervals (for example, 30 msec). .

In the present embodiment, the laser oscillation unit 211 and the scanning mirror 212 are arranged so as to horizontally scan a fan-shaped scanning range having a predetermined center angle centered on the monitoring sensor 2 with a pulse laser. Is set in the monitoring area. The predetermined center angle is set to 180 °, for example. The pulse laser reflected by the scanning mirror 212 is irradiated toward the outside of the monitoring sensor 2 through the monitoring window 26 provided on the front surface of the housing 25 of the monitoring sensor 2.
The laser oscillating unit 211 and the scanning mirror 212 may be arranged so that the pulse laser that is an exploration signal has a predetermined depression angle with respect to the horizontal plane, and the pulse laser approaches the ground as it moves away from the monitoring sensor 2. .
Further, the monitoring area may be scanned by repeatedly scanning the pulse laser in the same direction from one end of the monitoring area to the other end, or the pulse laser is scanned every scan. The direction may be reversed.
Furthermore, the monitoring area may be set in a range narrower than the scanning range according to the environment to be monitored.

The drive unit 213 includes, for example, a motor, a mechanism for transmitting the rotational driving force generated by the motor to the rotation shaft of the scanning mirror 212, and a circuit for controlling the motor. It is driven to rotate at a corresponding equal rotation speed.
In addition, the drive unit 213 notifies the distance measurement data generation unit 215 of angle information indicating the direction in which the pulse laser is currently being irradiated.

  The light receiving unit 214 includes a light receiving element such as a CCD, a CMOS, or a photodiode, for example, and is disposed in the vicinity of the laser oscillation unit 211. The light receiving unit 214 receives a reflected signal that arrives along the scanning direction irradiated with the search signal via the monitoring window 26 and the scanning mirror 212. Then, the light receiving unit 214 outputs a light reception signal having a value corresponding to the intensity of the reflected signal to the distance measurement data generation unit 215.

  The distance measurement data generation unit 215 measures the distance from the monitoring sensor 2 to the object that reflects the reflected signal for each scanning direction, and generates distance measurement data representing the relationship between the scanning direction and the distance. For this purpose, the distance measurement data generation unit 215 includes a processor and its peripheral circuits. The distance measurement data generation unit 215 obtains a difference between the phase of the reflected signal obtained from the light reception signal and the phase of the pulse laser output from the laser oscillation unit 211, for example, according to the Time Of Flight method, and based on the difference. Measure distance. When the light receiving unit 214 does not receive the reflected return light within a predetermined time in a certain scanning direction, the distance measurement data generation unit 215 determines that there is no object within the reachable range of the pulse laser in the scanning direction. Judgment is made, and the distance for the scanning direction is set as a preset pseudo value indicating that. This pseudo value is set to an appropriate value, for example, a distance from the monitoring sensor 2 to the outer edge of the monitoring region, or an effective measurement distance by pulse laser light.

  The distance measurement data generation unit 215 generates one distance measurement data for each scan. One distance measurement data includes, for example, the number of scanning angles obtained by adding 1 to the number obtained by dividing the angle range corresponding to the entire monitoring area by a predetermined angle interval, and the distance at the scanning angle. For example, if the angle range corresponding to the entire monitoring area is 180 ° and the interval between adjacent scanning angles is 0.25 °, one distance measurement data includes 721 pairs of scanning angles and distances. . The scanning angle represents an angle formed by a predetermined reference azimuth and a scanning azimuth with the installation position of the monitoring sensor 2 as an origin. For example, when the front direction when facing the monitoring area from the monitoring sensor 2 is set as the reference azimuth, and the monitoring area is set so that the angle range is 90 degrees equally to the left and right with respect to the reference azimuth, scanning is performed. The angle is a value within the range of -90 ° to 90 °.

The detection unit 21 may be configured to scan the search signal two-dimensionally in the horizontal and vertical directions and obtain three-dimensional data including the scanning direction and the measurement distance. As for the distance measuring method, various known methods may be employed. For example, a phase difference method, a triangulation method, or the like can be used.
The detection unit 21 outputs the distance measurement data generated for the scan to the control unit 24 every time one scan is completed.

  The communication unit 22 connects the monitoring sensor 2 via the communication line 4 so as to be communicable with the security device 3. For this purpose, the communication unit 22 has an interface circuit corresponding to the communication line 4 that connects the monitoring sensor 2 and the security device 3. Then, the communication unit 22 transmits the intrusion abnormality signal, the disturbance detection signal, or the environmental abnormality signal generated by the control unit 24 to the security device 3. In that case, the communication part 22 may transmit the identification number of the sensor 2 for monitoring to the security apparatus 3 with those signals.

  The storage unit 23 includes, for example, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory and stores various information and programs used by the monitoring sensor 2. The information stored in the storage unit 23 includes, for example, monitoring area information, reference data, current state information, and a small animal flag. The storage unit 23 stores the distance from the detection unit 21 to the monitoring window 26 at each scanning angle. Furthermore, the memory | storage part 23 may memorize | store the ranging data produced | generated within the past fixed period.

The monitoring area information is information indicating the range of the monitoring area to be monitored by each monitoring sensor 2. For example, the monitoring area 2 scans the search signal around the monitoring sensor 2 and a predetermined angular interval (for example, The distance from the monitoring sensor 2 to the outer edge of the monitoring area for each scanning angle separated by 0.25 ° is included. Alternatively, the monitoring area information is an expression representing the position of each sampling point separated by a predetermined distance on the outer edge of the monitoring area, or the coordinates of the outer edge of the monitoring area, in two-dimensional coordinates with the installation position of the monitoring sensor 2 as the origin. A coefficient may be included.
The monitoring area information is, for example, a setting terminal (not shown) or an operation part (not shown) connected via the communication unit 22 when the monitoring sensor 2 is installed, when the monitoring area is defined or changed, for example. )). Alternatively, the monitoring area information may be distance measurement data generated when there is no object other than an object existing in advance in the monitoring area, such as when the monitoring sensor 2 is activated.

  The reference data is distance measurement data that is used to detect a suspicious object that has entered the monitoring area, and is generated when no other object exists in advance in the monitoring area. The reference data can be, for example, distance measurement data generated when the monitoring sensor 2 is activated or at a timing instructed via the operation unit or the setting terminal. Further, the control unit 24 selects the distance value having the highest appearance frequency within the past fixed period for each scanning angle based on the distance measurement data generated by the detection unit 21 as needed, and rewrites the selected distance value. Thus, the reference data may be updated. The reference data may be used as the monitoring area information.

The current state information is information indicating whether or not the current state is an environmental abnormal state in which a part of the monitoring area is not monitored by a small animal attached to the monitoring window 26 for a certain period of time. . If the environment is abnormal at the present time, the current state information has a value indicating that, for example, “1”. On the other hand, if the environment is not abnormal at the present time, the current state information has a value indicating that, for example, “0”. Note that the current state information is obtained when the control unit 24 determines that the environmental abnormal state has occurred, or when a guard or the like performs an operation indicating that the environmental abnormal state has been resolved via the setting terminal or the operation unit. , And rewritten by the control unit 24.
The small animal flag is a flag indicating whether or not a small animal is attached to the monitoring window 26. While the control unit 24 determines that the small animal is attached to the monitoring window 26, the small animal flag has a value indicating that effect, for example, “1”. On the other hand, while the control unit 24 determines that the small animal is not attached to the monitoring window 26, the small animal flag has a value indicating that, for example, “0”.

  The control unit 24 has at least one processor, a timer, and its peripheral circuits. The control unit 24 controls each unit of the monitoring sensor 2. Further, the control unit 24 detects a suspicious object that has entered the monitoring area based on the distance measurement data, and determines whether there is a visual field disturbance in the monitoring area and whether the environment is abnormal. For this purpose, the control unit 24 includes an intrusion determination unit 241, a disturbance determination unit 242, and a disturbance determination unit 243. Each of these units is mounted on the monitoring sensor 2 as a function module realized by software executed on a processor included in the control unit 24, for example.

Whenever the latest distance measurement data is received, the intrusion determination unit 241 compares the latest distance measurement data with the reference data, and extracts the difference in the distance to the object, so that it is within the monitoring area. Detect suspicious objects that have entered.
FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of the intrusion determination process executed by the intrusion determination unit 241. The intrusion determination unit 241 executes the following intrusion determination process every time it receives the latest distance measurement data, that is, every time one scan of the monitoring area by the detection unit 21 is completed.
The intrusion determination unit 241 calculates the difference between the distance value included in the distance measurement data and the distance value included in the reference data for each scanning angle (step S101). Then, the intrusion determination unit 241 extracts, as the intruding object candidate point, a scanning angle at which the distance value indicated in the latest distance measurement data is closer than the distance value indicated in the reference data by a predetermined distance or more and closer to the monitoring sensor 2 (step S102). The predetermined distance is set to, for example, the minimum value of the thickness of the object to be detected, for example, 15 cm.

ただし、d₁は、グループの一方の端の侵入物体候補点における距離値であり、d₂は、他方の端の侵入物体候補点における距離値である。またθは、測距データに含まれる、隣接する走査角度間の間隔である。そしてnは、そのグループに含まれる侵入物体候補点の数である。 The intrusion determination unit 241 determines whether or not an intruding object candidate point exists (step S103). If there is no intruding object candidate point, the intrusion determining unit 241 determines that there is no intruding object in the monitoring area. Then, the intrusion determination unit 241 notifies the control unit 24 that there is no intrusion abnormality, and ends the intrusion object determination process.
On the other hand, if there is an intruding object candidate point, the intrusion determination unit 241 combines the adjacent intruding object candidate points into one group if the difference in distance value between adjacent intruding object candidate points is within a predetermined value. A labeling process is performed (step S104). The predetermined value is set to 10 cm, for example.
Then, the intrusion determination unit 241 obtains a width for each group (step S105). For example, the group width W _g is calculated by the following equation according to the cosine theorem.

Here, d ₁ is a distance value at an intruding object candidate point at one end of the group, and d ₂ is a distance value at an intruding object candidate point at the other end. Θ is an interval between adjacent scanning angles included in the distance measurement data. N is the number of intruding object candidate points included in the group.

The intrusion determination unit 241 selects a group whose group width W _g is equal to or greater than a predetermined width from the groups created by the labeling process as an intruding object candidate group that may be a suspicious object (step S106). This predetermined width is also set to the minimum value of the thickness of the object to be detected, for example, 15 cm.
The intrusion determination unit 241 uses the scanning angle corresponding to the intruder object candidate point at the center of the intruder object candidate group and the distance value at the intruder object candidate point as the position of the intruder object candidate group with the monitoring sensor 2 as the origin, The storage unit 23 stores the position of the intruding object candidate group and the corresponding distance measurement data acquisition time.

  The intrusion determination unit 241 determines a target intrusion object candidate group from groups that have not yet been set as the target intrusion object candidate group among the intrusion object candidate groups obtained from the latest distance measurement data (step S107). . Then, the intrusion determination unit 241 performs a tracking process between the intruding object candidate group of interest and the past candidate group that is the intruding object candidate group obtained for the ranging data one to several times before, and pays attention to it. It is determined whether there is a past candidate group corresponding to the same object as the object corresponding to the intruding object candidate group (step S108). Note that any of various known tracking processes can be employed as the tracking process. For example, the intrusion determination unit 241 obtains the position of the past candidate group that is closest to the position of the target intruding object candidate group, and the difference between the positions indicates the estimated moving speed of the suspicious object to be detected and the two If it is less than the movable distance determined as the product of the difference between the acquisition times of candidate groups, it is determined that the intruding object candidate group of interest and the past candidate group correspond to the same object.

When there is a past candidate group corresponding to the same object as the object corresponding to the target intruding object candidate group, the intrusion determination unit 241 selects the object assigned to the past candidate group with respect to the target intruding object candidate group. The same object identification number as the identification number is assigned, and the object identification number is associated with the position of the target intruding object candidate group and stored in the storage unit 23 (step S109). Then, the intrusion determining unit 241 determines the distance between the position of the target intruding object candidate group to which the same object identification number is assigned and the position of the oldest intruding object candidate group from the object corresponding to the target intruding object candidate group. The travel distance is calculated (step S110).
The intrusion determination unit 241 determines whether the movement distance is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (step S111). If the movement distance is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the intrusion determination unit 241 determines that the intruding object candidate group of interest is due to a suspicious object that has intruded into the monitoring area, and an intrusion abnormality has occurred (step S112). Then, the intrusion determination unit 241 generates an intrusion abnormality signal and notifies the control unit 24 of the intrusion abnormality signal. Then, the intrusion determination unit 241 ends the intrusion determination process.

On the other hand, if there is no past candidate group corresponding to the same object as the object corresponding to the intruding object candidate group of interest in step S108, the intrusion determination unit 241 A new object identification number different from the object identification number assigned to the candidate group is associated and stored in the storage unit 23 (step S113).
After step S113 or when the moving distance is less than the predetermined value in step S111, the intrusion determination unit 241 determines whether or not there is an unfocused intruding object candidate group (step S114). If there is an unfocused intruding object candidate group (step S114—Yes), the intrusion determining unit 241 repeats the processing after step S107.
On the other hand, when all the intruding object candidate groups have already been set as the intruding object candidate group of interest (step S114—No), the intrusion determining unit 241 determines that no intrusion abnormality has occurred. Then, the intrusion determination unit 241 notifies the control unit 24 that there is no intrusion abnormality, and ends the intrusion determination process.

The disturbance determination unit 242 determines whether a small animal is attached to the monitoring window 26 and whether an environmental abnormality has occurred based on the distance measurement data. Note that the small animal attached to the monitoring window 26 is a non-determination target for the visual field disturbance abnormality determination by the disturbance determination unit 243.
When a small animal is attached to the surface of the monitoring window 26, the shielding state of the search signal by the small animal varies greatly depending on the posture and position of the small animal. For example, if the longitudinal direction of the small animal is substantially parallel to the scanning direction of the search signal, the range in which the search signal is blocked by the small animal is a section having a continuous and constant spread. On the other hand, if the small animal is positioned so that each part of the small animal, such as several legs and torso of the small animal, intersects the search signal separately, the size of each small animal part is different, so the search signal is blocked. The defined range occurs discretely, and the number of scan angles included in the blocked range varies. Therefore, the disturbance determination unit 242 extracts the scanning angle whose distance value is in the vicinity of the monitoring window 26 in the distance measurement data, and the distance value included in the distance measurement data is extracted from the total number of calculated scanning directions. If the ratio of the number of scanning angles is within a predetermined range, it is determined that a small animal is attached to the monitoring window 26.

FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram illustrating a state in which a small animal is attached to the monitoring window 26. In FIG. 4A, lines 401 to 404 represent positions where the search signal output from the monitoring sensor 2 is reflected. In this case, there are three small animal portions 411 to 413 attached to the monitoring window 26.
FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of distance measurement data corresponding to FIG. 4B, the horizontal axis represents the scanning angle, and the vertical axis represents the distance from the monitoring sensor 2 to the position where the search signal is reflected. Point 421 represents a distance value corresponding to the line 401 in FIG. 4A, points 422 and 423 represent distance values corresponding to the line 402 in FIG. 4A, and points 424 to 427 represent the figure. The distance value corresponding to the line 403 of 4 (a) is represented, and the point 428 represents the distance value corresponding to the line 404 of FIG. 4 (a). Points 431 and 432 represent distance values at the scanning angle at which the small animal part 411 is located. Similarly, points 433 to 435 represent distance values at the scanning angle at which the small animal portion 412 is located. Points 436 and 437 represent distance values at the scanning angle at which the small animal part 413 is located.

  At the scanning angle corresponding to the position where the small animal parts 411 to 413 are attached, the exploration signal is diffused by the small animal parts 411 to 413, and therefore the distance values 431 to 437 at the scanning angle correspond to the vicinity of the monitoring window 26. Value. On the other hand, the distance values 421 to 428 corresponding to the scanning angle at which the small animal is not attached are very large compared to the distance from the detection unit 21 to the monitoring window 26. Therefore, the distance from the monitoring sensor 2 to the position where the search signal is reflected is greatly different between the scanning angle corresponding to the small animal parts 411 to 413 and the other scanning angles. Thus, by extracting the scanning angle corresponding to the distance value equal to or less than the predetermined distance Thd corresponding to the vicinity of the monitoring window 26 from the distance values included in the distance measurement data, it is determined whether or not the small animal is attached. It can be seen that the judgment can be made.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the disturbance determination process executed by the disturbance determination unit 242. The disturbance determination unit 242 executes the disturbance determination process every time the latest distance measurement data is received, that is, every time when the scanning of the monitoring area by the detection unit 21 ends.
The disturbance determination unit 242 may have small animals attached to the monitoring window 26 at a scanning angle in which the distance value to the object is substantially equal to the distance from the detection unit 21 to the monitoring window 26 in the latest distance measurement data. It is extracted as a proximity measurement point that is a scanning angle (step S201).
Specifically, the disturbance determination unit 242 extracts a scanning angle at which the distance value is equal to or less than a predetermined distance Thd as a proximity measurement point. The predetermined distance Thd is set to a value obtained by adding an offset value about the thickness of the small animal to the distance from the detection unit 21 to the monitoring window 26, for example, 5 cm. Alternatively, the disturbance processing unit 242 calculates the absolute difference between the distance value included in the latest distance measurement data and the distance value from the detection unit 21 to the monitoring window 26 stored in the storage unit 23 for each scanning angle. A scanning angle at which the absolute value of the difference is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value may be extracted as a proximity measurement point. The predetermined threshold is set to 1 cm, for example.

Next, the disturbance determination unit 242 calculates the number of proximity measurement points included in the distance measurement data (step S202).
The disturbance determination unit 242 determines whether or not the total number of scanning angles of the distance measurement data, that is, the ratio of the number of proximity measurement points to the total number of scanning directions is equal to or less than a predetermined first ratio Th1 (step S203). For example, Th1 is set to a value corresponding to the total length of a small animal that may adhere to the monitoring window 26, for example, 30%. If the ratio of the number of proximity measurement points to the total number of scanning directions is equal to or less than Th1, the disturbance determination unit 242 determines whether the ratio of the number of proximity measurement points to the total number of scanning directions is equal to or greater than a predetermined second ratio Th2. (Step S204). In addition, Th2 is set to a value smaller than Th1, for example, a value corresponding to the trunk width of a small animal that may adhere to the monitoring window 26, for example, 10%.
If the ratio of the number of proximity measurement points to the total number of scanning directions is equal to or greater than Th2, the disturbance determination unit 242 determines that each proximity measurement point corresponds to a part of a small animal attached to the surface of the monitoring window 26. Then, the disturbance determination unit 242 determines whether or not the value of the small animal flag stored in the storage unit 23 is a value indicating that the small animal is attached (hereinafter, referred to as “ON” for convenience) (step) S205). If the value of the small animal flag is a value indicating that the small animal is not attached (hereinafter referred to as “OFF” for convenience) (step S205—No), the disturbance determination unit 242 sets the value of the small animal flag to “OFF”. Rewrite from “ON” to “ON” (step S206). Then, the disturbance determination unit 242 starts a timer and starts measuring the duration of time for which the small animal is attached (step S207). Thereafter, the disturbance determination unit 242 ends the disturbance determination process.

On the other hand, if the value of the small animal flag is “ON” in step S205 (step S205—Yes), that is, if it is detected that the small animal has already adhered to the monitoring window 26, the disturbance determination unit 242 Then, it is determined whether or not the duration time during which the small animal is attached has exceeded a predetermined environmental abnormality monitoring period (step S208). The environmental abnormality monitoring period is set to 1 hour, for example.
When the continuation time during which the small animal is attached exceeds a predetermined environmental abnormality monitoring period, the disturbance determination unit 242 determines that an environmental abnormality has occurred. Then, the disturbance determination unit 242 generates an environmental abnormality signal and notifies the control unit 24 of the environmental abnormality signal (step S209). Also, the disturbance determination unit 242 rewrites the value of the current state information stored in the storage unit 23 to a value indicating that an environmental abnormality has occurred.
After step S209 or when the duration time during which the small animal is attached is within the environmental abnormality monitoring period in step S208, the disturbance determination unit 242 ends the disturbance determination process.

In step S203, if the ratio of the number of proximity measurement points to the total number of scanning directions is greater than Th1, or if the ratio of the number of proximity measurement points to the total number of scanning directions is less than Th2 in step S204, the disturbance The determination unit 242 determines that the proximity measurement point does not correspond to the small animal and that the small animal is not attached to the monitoring window 26. Then, the disturbance determination unit 242 determines whether or not the value of the small animal flag stored in the storage unit 23 is “ON” (step S210). If the value of the small animal flag is “ON”, the disturbance determination unit 242 rewrites the value of the small animal flag stored in the storage unit 23 to “OFF” (step S211). And the disturbance determination part 242 resets a timer, and stops the time measurement of the continuation time when the small animal has adhered (step S212).
After step S212 or when the value of the small animal flag is “OFF” in step S210, the disturbance determination unit 242 notifies the control unit 24 that no environmental abnormality has occurred, and then ends the disturbance determination process. To do.

  In addition, when the value of the current state information is a value indicating that an environmental abnormality has occurred, when the result of the small animal adhesion determination indicates that the small animal has not adhered for a predetermined number of times, The disturbance determination unit 242 may determine that the environmental abnormality has been resolved, and rewrite the value of the current state information stored in the storage unit 23 to a value indicating that no environmental abnormality has occurred. The predetermined number of times is set to, for example, about several times.

Whenever the latest distance measurement data is received, the interference determination unit 243 determines whether monitoring of at least a part of the monitoring area is disabled based on the comparison result between the latest distance measurement data and the monitoring area information. The visual field disturbance determination process for determining the image is executed.
In an outdoor environment, after the monitoring sensor 2 is installed and the operation of the security system 1 is started, planting in the monitoring area or in the vicinity of the boundary of the monitoring area grows, or flying objects fall by the wind into the monitoring area. Or a user in the monitoring area may install a fence or the like. Further, there is a possibility that a suspicious person installs a shield in the monitoring area in order to obstruct monitoring by the monitoring sensor 2.
In such a case, the search signal does not reach at least a part of the monitoring area. Then, since the monitoring sensor 2 cannot detect an object existing in a region where the search signal does not reach, the region where the search signal does not reach becomes a blind spot of the monitoring sensor 2.
If a blind spot occurs, the monitoring sensor 2 can no longer detect a suspicious object that should be detected, so it is preferable that the blind spot is resolved early. Accordingly, the interference determination unit 243 determines that a visual field disturbance abnormality has occurred when a blind spot having a certain size or more generated in the monitoring area is detected.

  However, as described above, when a small animal is attached to the monitoring window 26, the exploration signal may temporarily not reach a part of the monitoring area due to the small animal, and a blind spot may occur. Therefore, the interference determination unit 243 determines whether or not the visual field disturbance abnormality has occurred only when the small animal is not attached to the monitoring window 26.

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of the visual field disturbance determination process executed by the disturbance determination unit 243. The disturbance determination unit 243 executes the visual field disturbance determination process every time the latest distance measurement data is received, that is, every time when the scanning of the monitoring area by the detection unit 21 is completed.
The interference determination unit 243 determines whether or not the value of the small animal flag stored in the storage unit 23 is “OFF” (step S301). When the value of the small animal flag is “ON” (step S301—No), that is, when the small animal is attached to the monitoring window 26, the disturbance determination unit 243 ends the visual field disturbance determination process.

ここでpは、隣接する走査角度間の間隔（角度単位、例えば、0.25°）である。Mは、測距データに含まれる距離値の総数である。d_iは、測距データに含まれるi番目の走査角度についての距離値である。 On the other hand, when the value of the small animal flag is “OFF” (step S301—Yes), the interference determination unit 243 calculates an area that can be monitored by the monitoring sensor 2 within the monitoring region (step S302). This monitorable area _Sp is calculated by the following equation, for example.

Here, p is an interval between adjacent scanning angles (angle unit, for example, 0.25 °). M is the total number of distance values included in the distance measurement data. d _i is a distance value for the i-th scanning angle included in the distance measurement data.

Interference determination unit 243, monitorable area S _p is determined whether a predetermined percentage or less of the area S of the whole monitoring area (step S303). The predetermined ratio is set to 1/2, for example. The area S of the entire monitoring area is calculated by substituting the distance value of each scanning angle included in place of, the monitoring area information of the distance values d _i of each scan angle in equation (2).
When the monitorable area _Sp is equal to or less than a predetermined ratio of the total area S of the monitoring area, the disturbance determination unit 243 determines that a visual field disturbance abnormality has occurred. Then, the interference determination unit 243 generates an interference detection signal and notifies the control unit 24 of the interference detection signal (step S304).
If monitorable area S _p in step S303 is larger than a predetermined percentage of the total area S of the monitored area, interference determining unit 243 determines that the visual field disturbance abnormality has not occurred, notifies the control unit 24 (Step S305).
After step S304 or step S305, the disturbance determination unit 243 ends the visual field disturbance determination process.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the object detection process executed by the control unit 24. The control unit 24 executes an object detection process every time one scan of the monitoring area by the detection unit 21 is completed.
The control unit 24 receives distance measurement data from the detection unit 21 (step S401). Then, the control unit 24 stores the distance measurement data in the storage unit 23. In addition, the control unit 24 passes the distance measurement data to the intrusion determination unit 241, the disturbance determination unit 242, and the disturbance determination unit 243.
The intrusion determination unit 241 executes intrusion determination processing (step S402). When the intrusion determination unit 241 detects a suspicious object that has entered the monitoring area, the intrusion determination unit 241 generates an intrusion abnormality signal and passes it to the control unit 24. The control unit 24 stores a flag indicating that the intrusion abnormality signal has been received in the storage unit 23. If the intrusion determination unit 241 determines that no intrusion abnormality has occurred, the intrusion determination unit 241 notifies the control unit 24 that there is no intrusion abnormality. And the control part 24 memorize | stores the time which received the notification in the memory | storage part 23 as a normal return time regarding visual field disturbance abnormality. The details of the intrusion determination process are as described above with reference to FIG.

  The disturbance determination unit 242 executes a disturbance determination process (step S403). When the disturbance determination unit 242 determines that a small animal has adhered to the monitoring window 26, the value of the small animal flag stored in the storage unit 23 is set to “ON”, and conversely, no small animal has adhered to the monitoring window 26. Is determined, the small animal flag value stored in the storage unit 23 is set to “OFF”. In addition, the disturbance determination unit 242 determines that an environmental abnormality has occurred when the duration during which the small animal is attached to the monitoring window 26 exceeds the environmental abnormality monitoring period, and passes the environmental abnormality signal to the control unit 24. The control unit 24 stores a flag indicating that the environmental abnormality signal has been received in the storage unit 23. When the disturbance determination unit 242 determines that no environmental abnormality has occurred, the disturbance determination unit 242 notifies the control unit 24 that there is no environmental abnormality. And the control part 24 memorize | stores the time which received the notification in the memory | storage part 23 as a normal return time regarding environmental abnormality. The details of the disturbance determination process are as described above with reference to FIG.

  The disturbance determination unit 243 executes visual field disturbance determination processing (step S404). When the disturbance determination unit 243 determines that the visual field disturbance has occurred, the disturbance determination unit 243 generates a disturbance detection signal and passes it to the control unit 24. The control unit 24 stores a flag indicating that the interference detection signal has been received in the storage unit 23. If the disturbance determination unit 243 determines that no visual field disturbance has occurred, the disturbance determination unit 243 notifies the control unit 24 that there is no disturbance abnormality. And the control part 24 memorize | stores the time which received the notification in the memory | storage part 23 as a normal return time regarding visual field disturbance abnormality. The details of the visual field disturbance determination process are as described above with reference to FIG.

The control unit 24 determines whether there is an abnormal signal that has not been output among abnormal signals such as an intrusion abnormal signal, an environmental abnormal signal, and a disturbance detection signal received from each unit (step S405). For example, the control unit 24 refers to the previous transmission time and normal return time of the abnormal signal stored in the storage unit 23 for each received abnormal signal. Then, the control unit 24 sets an abnormal signal for which the normal return time is not recorded after the previous transmission time as an unoutput abnormal signal.
When there is a non-output abnormality signal, the control unit 24 outputs the non-output abnormality signal to the security device 3 via the communication unit 22 (step S406). And the control part 24 memorize | stores the output time in the memory | storage part 23 as last transmission time corresponding to the output abnormal signal.
After step S406 or when there is no unoutput abnormality signal in step S405, the control unit 24 ends the object detection process.
Note that the execution order of the processes of steps S402 to S404 is not limited to the above, and any of steps S402 to S404 may be executed first.

  Furthermore, the control unit 24 transmits a sensor status signal including sensor status information indicating whether the monitoring sensor 2 is operating normally or is malfunctioning to the security device 3 via the communication unit 22 periodically or irregularly. May be.

  FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of the security device 3. The security device 3 includes an operation unit 31, a sensor interface unit 32, a storage unit 33, a control unit 34, and a center communication unit 35.

  The operation unit 31 has, for example, a plurality of operation buttons. When the user presses one of the operation buttons, the operation unit 31 causes the control unit 34 to input a predetermined operation signal assigned to the operation button or various input information such as a user identification number and a password. Output to. And the user can change the security mode showing the security state of a monitoring object building by operating the operation part 31. FIG. Details of the security mode will be described later.

The sensor interface unit 32 connects the security device 3 and the monitoring sensor 2 so that they can communicate with each other. For this purpose, the sensor interface unit 32 includes, for example, an interface circuit corresponding to the communication line 4 that connects the security device 3 and the monitoring sensor 2. The sensor interface unit 32 receives various abnormal signals and the identification code of the monitoring sensor 2 from the monitoring sensor 2 via the communication line 4 and passes them to the control unit 34.
In addition, the security device 3 is connected to the monitored building or other sensors via the sensor interface unit 32, such as an open / close sensor installed at the entrance of the building, a human sensor installed in the building, and the like. It may be connected. In this case, the sensor interface unit 32 may receive an abnormal signal from another sensor and pass it to the control unit 34.
Further, the sensor interface unit 32 periodically or irregularly receives a sensor status signal including sensor status information indicating whether the sensor is operating normally or in failure from the monitoring sensor 2 or another sensor. The sensor state information may be stored in the storage unit 33.

The storage unit 33 includes, for example, a non-volatile semiconductor memory and stores various information and programs used in the security device 3.
For example, the storage unit 33 displays the security mode information indicating the currently set security mode, the identification number of the security device 3 or the identification number of the monitoring target building where the security device 3 is installed, the identification number of the user, and the password. Remember. Further, the storage unit 33 stores an abnormality detection log in which various abnormal signals received from any of the monitoring sensors 2 and the reception time of the abnormal signals are associated with the identification number of the monitoring sensor 2 that has generated the abnormal signal. May be. Further, the storage unit 33 may store current state information indicating the current state of each monitoring sensor 2 connected to the security device 3. This current body information indicates, for example, whether the monitoring sensor 2 is in a state in which a visual field disturbance abnormality, an environmental abnormality or an intrusion abnormality is detected, or a normal state in which no abnormality is detected. Further, the storage unit 33 may store sensor state information.

  The control unit 34 has at least one processor and its peripheral circuits. The control unit 34 controls each unit of the security device 3. The control unit 34 includes an abnormality processing unit 341 and a mode setting unit 342 that sets a security mode according to an operation signal from the operation unit 31.

The abnormality processing unit 341 performs abnormality processing according to the currently set security mode.
In the present embodiment, the security mode includes a security set mode and a security release mode.
The security set mode is set when, for example, a monitoring area including a building where the security system 1 is installed and a monitoring area set around the building is unmanned, such as at night or on holidays.
When the abnormality processing unit 341 indicates that the security mode information stored in the storage unit 33 is the security set mode, when any abnormality signal is received from any of the monitoring sensors 2 or other sensors, An abnormality notification signal including the received abnormality signal and the security device 3 or the identification code of the building where the security device 3 is installed is generated. Then, the abnormality processing unit 341 transmits an abnormality notification signal to the monitoring center device 6 via the center communication unit 35. In addition, the abnormality processing unit 341 writes information regarding the received abnormality signal in the abnormality detection log stored in the storage unit 33. The abnormality processing unit 341 corrects the current state information stored in the storage unit 33 in accordance with the received abnormality signal. Alternatively, when the abnormality processing unit 341 receives an operation signal indicating that the abnormality of any of the monitoring sensors 2 has been eliminated via the operation unit 31, the abnormality processing unit 341 displays the current state information corresponding to the monitoring sensor 2 as follows: You may correct | amend so that it may be in a normal state.

  On the other hand, the security release mode is set when there is a user having a legitimate authority in the monitoring area, for example, during the daytime on weekdays. When the abnormality processing unit 341 receives a certain abnormality signal from any of the monitoring sensors 2 or other sensors when the security mode information stored in the storage unit 33 indicates the security release mode, Information related to the received abnormality signal is written in the abnormality detection log stored in the unit 33. However, the abnormality processing unit 341 does not transmit an abnormality notification signal to the monitoring center device 6. The abnormality processing unit 341 does not correct the current state information stored in the storage unit 33. However, even when the current security mode is the security release mode, the abnormality processing unit 341 generates an abnormality notification signal including the environmental abnormality signal when it receives an environmental abnormality signal from any of the monitoring sensors 2. The abnormality notification signal may be transmitted to the monitoring center device 6. As a result, the security device 3 can report the fact to the monitoring center device 6 even when the monitoring sensor 2 becomes unable to monitor due to an environmental abnormality during the security release mode setting. It is possible to eliminate the environmental abnormality that has occurred in the sensor 2.

  The mode setting unit 342 sets the security mode according to the operation signal from the operation unit 31. Specifically, the mode setting unit 342 determines that when the user identification number and password received from the operation unit 31 match the user identification number and password stored in the storage unit 33, Allow change of security mode. When the mode setting unit 342 receives an operation signal for setting the security mode to the security set mode from the operation unit 31 while the change of the security mode is permitted, the mode setting unit 342 sets the security mode information stored in the storage unit 33 to the security set. Rewrite the value to indicate the mode. On the other hand, when the mode setting unit 342 receives an operation signal for setting the security mode to the security release mode from the operation unit 31 with the change of the security mode permitted, the mode setting unit 342 guards the security mode information stored in the storage unit 33. Rewrite the value to indicate the release mode.

  When the storage unit 33 stores sensor state information, the mode setting unit 342 refers to the sensor state information, and sets the security mode to the security set mode only when each sensor is operating normally. It may be set. Further, the mode setting unit 342 may prohibit the change from the security release mode to the security set mode when an environmental abnormality has occurred in any of the monitoring sensors 2. If the sensor status information indicates that any sensor is out of order, or if an environmental abnormality has occurred, the mode setting unit 342 enters the security set mode through a monitor or speaker (not shown). You may notify the sensor 2 which cannot be set, and the sensor 2 for monitoring which has failed or the environmental abnormality has generate | occur | produced.

  The center communication unit 35 has an interface circuit for connecting the security device 3 to the public communication line 5. And the center communication part 35 performs the connection process between the security apparatus 3 and the monitoring center apparatus 6 according to control of the control part 34, for example, when reporting abnormality to the monitoring center apparatus 6. FIG. Then, after the connection is established between the security device 3 and the monitoring center device 6, the center communication unit 35 transmits the abnormality notification signal received from the control unit 34 to the monitoring center device 6 through the public communication line 5. When the transmission of the abnormality notification signal is finished, the center communication unit 35 performs processing for releasing the connection between the security device 3 and the monitoring center device 6.

  As described above, the monitoring sensor according to one embodiment of the present invention performs full scanning in which the number of proximity measurement points corresponding to an object located in the vicinity of the monitoring window corresponds to the entire monitoring area from the distance measurement data. If the ratio of the number of azimuths is within a predetermined range, it is determined that a small animal has adhered to the monitoring window. Since this monitoring sensor stops the visual field disturbance determination process while it is determined that the small animal is attached to the monitoring window, the small animal attachment to the monitoring window is mistaken for the visual field interference caused by the installation of a shield or the like. It can prevent judging. In addition, since this monitoring sensor reports an environmental abnormality even if a small animal remains attached to the monitoring window for a certain period or longer, at least a part of the monitoring area is blocked by environmental factors. It can be prevented from continuing for a long time.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. For example, it is assumed that the state where the visual field disturbance has occurred continues for a certain period of time. In particular, when a suspicious person intentionally sets a part of the monitoring area as a blind spot for monitoring and tries to perform some illegal act within the blind spot, a certain period of time is required to perform the illegal act. So interference determination unit determines a plurality of times of scanning continuous by detection unit, only if the ratio of the monitorable area S _p to the area S of the entire monitoring area becomes a predetermined ratio or less, the visual field disturbance abnormality has occurred and May be. Thereby, the monitoring sensor can prevent erroneous detection of the occurrence of the visual field disturbance abnormality in the case where a blind spot is instantaneously generated due to, for example, an exploration signal being interrupted by a falling fallen leaf or the like.

In addition, the disturbance determination unit determines whether or not the small animal has adhered to the monitoring window, in addition to the above-described conditions regarding the ratio of the number of proximity measurement points to the total number of all scanning directions, A condition relating to the degree of distribution bias may be added to the condition for determining that a small animal has adhered. The condition relating to the degree of deviation in the distribution of the positions of the proximity measurement points is assumed to be, for example, that a difference in scanning angle between the two nearest proximity measurement points of the detected proximity measurement points adheres to the monitoring window. It can be smaller than the maximum value of the scanning angle difference determined according to the size of the small animal. The disturbance determination unit may determine that the small animal has adhered to the monitoring window only when both of this condition and the above-described condition regarding the ratio of the number of proximity measurement points to the total number of all scanning directions are satisfied. Thereby, the disturbance determination part can determine more correctly whether the small animal adhered to the monitoring window.
Furthermore, in this embodiment, it is determined that the small animal has adhered to the monitoring window using the ratio of the proximity measurement points in the total number of scanning azimuths corresponding to the entire monitoring area, but the present invention is limited to this. It is not a thing. When a monitoring area narrower than the scanning range is set, the scanning range is set as the small animal detection range, or an arbitrary predetermined range wider than the monitoring area and narrower than the scanning range is set as the small animal detection range. The determination may be made using the ratio of the number of adjacent measurement points to the total number of scanning azimuths corresponding to the entire detection range. When configured in this way, even if a small animal is attached to the monitoring window, the small animal detection range even when the small animal does not block the scanning direction search signal corresponding to the monitoring area or only a small part If a small animal is detected in, the visual field disturbance determination process is stopped. Thereby, even when a small animal attached to the monitoring window may move and block a scanning direction search signal corresponding to the monitoring area, it is possible to prevent erroneous determination of visual field disturbance.
The detection unit may irradiate an exploration signal other than near-infrared rays, for example, a visible ray, an ultrasonic wave, or a millimeter wave as the exploration signal.
As described above, those skilled in the art can make various modifications in accordance with the embodiment to be implemented within the scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Security system 2 Monitoring sensor 3 Security apparatus 4 Communication line 5 Public communication line 6 Monitoring center apparatus 21 Detection part 22 Communication part 23 Storage part 24 Control part 25 Housing 26 Monitoring window 211 Laser oscillation part 212 Scan mirror 213 Drive part 214 Light reception Unit 215 distance measurement data generation unit 241 intrusion determination unit 242 disturbance determination unit 243 disturbance determination unit 31 operation unit 32 sensor interface unit 33 storage unit 34 control unit 35 center communication unit 341 abnormality processing unit 342 mode setting unit

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A disturbance determination unit that executes a disturbance determination process for determining whether or not at least a part of the monitoring area is unmonitorable, and outputs a disturbance detection signal when it is determined that at least a part of the monitoring area is unmonitorable. A monitoring sensor having an output unit,
A housing having a monitoring window;
By scanning a probe signal at least from one end to the other end of the monitoring region through the monitoring window, and receiving a probe signal reflected by an object existing in the monitoring region, via the monitoring window, A detection unit that generates distance measurement data in which a plurality of scanning directions and distances to the objects corresponding to the plurality of scanning directions are associated;
In the distance measurement data, a scanning direction corresponding to the distance in the vicinity of the monitoring window is extracted as a proximity measurement point, and the number of the proximity measurement points is a first predetermined value with respect to the total number of scanning directions of the distance measurement data. a disturbance judgment unit for judging whether a percentage or less, was closed,
The disturbance determination unit performs the disturbance determination process when the disturbance determination unit determines that the number of the proximity measurement points is equal to or less than the first predetermined ratio with respect to the total number of scanning directions of the distance measurement data. On the other hand, when the disturbance determination unit determines that the number of the proximity measurement points is larger than the first predetermined ratio with respect to the total number of scanning directions of the distance measurement data, the disturbance determination process is performed. A monitoring sensor characterized by not being executed . The disturbance determination unit executes the disturbance determination process only when the number of the proximity measurement points is equal to or larger than a second predetermined ratio smaller than the first predetermined ratio with respect to the total number of the scanning directions. The monitoring sensor according to claim 1. The detection unit periodically scans the monitoring area with the search signal, and generates the distance measurement data each time the scan is performed,
The disturbance determination unit is configured such that each time the distance measurement data is generated , the number of the proximity measurement points based on the distance measurement data is equal to or less than the first predetermined ratio with respect to the total number of scanning directions of the distance measurement data. When the state where the number of the proximity measurement points is equal to or less than the first predetermined ratio with respect to the total number of scanning directions of the distance measurement data continues for a predetermined time, at least one of the monitoring areas is determined. That an environmental error that cannot be monitored has occurred,
And the output unit, the environmental abnormality outputs the environmental abnormality signal indicating that occurs when the environmental abnormality occurs, monitoring sensor according to claim 1 or 2.

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