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EP0926647B1
EP0926647B1 EP99200961A EP99200961A EP0926647B1 EP 0926647 B1 EP0926647 B1 EP 0926647B1 EP 99200961 A EP99200961 A EP 99200961A EP 99200961 A EP99200961 A EP 99200961A EP 0926647 B1 EP0926647 B1 EP 0926647B1
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  • the present invention relates to a method for detecting a fire condition in a monitored region, and particularly to such a method effective at relatively long ranges and/or with relatively small fires.
  • the range of detection can be increased by increasing the sensitivity of the system, e.g., by appropriately setting the amplification level and/or the threshold level.
  • this increase in sensitivity also tends to increase the false alarm rate caused by spurious radiation sources, such as sunlight, artificial light, welding, electrical heaters, ovens, etc., or by other sources of noise.
  • spurious radiation sources might not be large enough to activate short-range detectors, but may be large enough to activate detectors whose sensitivity has been increased to increase the range.
  • a false alarm may result in a costly discharge of the fire extinguisher; and if the fire extinguisher is of the type requiring replacement before reuse, the false alarm may disable the fire extinguisher system until it has been replaced or recharged.
  • US-A-4 220 857 discloses a method of detecting a fire condition according to the preamble of the independent claim.
  • WO-86/06859 a fire sensor circuit with cross-correlation of the output signals of detectors responsive to heat and light.
  • the object of the invention is to improve alarm generation fiability in fire detection.
  • this objection is achieved in a method of detecting a fire condition in a monitored region, including using sensors each of which is sensitive to radiation within a respective band with and processing their output signals to determine the existence of fire in the monitored region, by the following operations:
  • the third sensor senses infrared radiation over a broad band. Particularly good results have been obtained when the first sensor senses infrared radiation within the 4.4-4.7 ⁇ m band, the second sensor senses radiation within the 3.8-4.1 ⁇ m band, and the third sensor senses radiation within the 3.8-4.7 ⁇ m band.
  • the third sensor senses infrared radiation within a bandwidth which includes wavelengths mainly higher than the CO 2 emission band. Particularly good results were obtained with respect to the latter embodiment when the first sensor senses infrared radiation within the 4.3-4.6 ⁇ m band, the second sensor senses radiation within the 3.8-4.2 ⁇ m band, and the third sensor senses radiation within the 4.8-5.1 ⁇ m band.
  • the apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1 comprises three sensors, namely IR 1 , IR 2 and IR 3 , for concurrently monitoring the radiation emitted from the monitored region.
  • the outputs of the three IR sensors IR 1 , IR 2 and IR 3 are fed to bandpass filters 2, 4, 6, and to amplifiers 12, 14, 16, respectively, to produce three measurements of the radiation variations emitted from the monitored region within the three bands of the filters 2, 4, 6.
  • These measurements, as outputted from their respective amplifiers 12, 14, 16, are indicated by the three varying signals V 1 (t), V 2 (t) and V 3 (t), respectively.
  • the three amplifiers 12, 14, 16, are tuned to amplify the signals from their respective bandpass filtes 2, 4, 6 within a frequency range of 2-10 Hz. This is the flame flicker frequency, so that their respective output signals will represent the measurements of the three sensors within their respective bandwidths at the flame flicker frequency.
  • the apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1 further includes two correlation circuits 20, 22, for producing correlation values between the measurement of the third sensor IR 3 and the other two sensors IR 1 and IR 2 , respectively.
  • correlation circuit 20 determines the correlation value between signal V 3 (t) produced by sensor IR 3 and signal V 1 (t) produced by sensor IR 1 , and outputs a first correlation value C 13 representing the correlation between these two measurements.
  • correlation circuit 22 determines the correlation value between signal V 3 (t) produced by sensor IR 3 and signal V 2 (t) produced by sensor IR 2 , and outputs a correlation value C 23 representing the correlation between these two measurements.
  • Correlation is effected between each pair of signals by converting the analog outputs of the respective sensors, moving one signal over the other, and summing the product of all the points, as described for example in the above-cited US Patent 4,639,598.
  • the result of the correlation is a time dependent signal.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates the correlation circuit 20 for effecting correlation in this manner between the outputs of the two sensor IR 1 and IR 3 . It will be appreciated that the correlation circuit 22 for effecting correlation between the two sensors IR 2 and IR 3 would be the same.
  • the first correlation value C 13 from correlation circuit 20 is inputted into a comparator 32 and is compared with a predetermined threshold value T 1 ; similarly, the second correlation value C 23 from correlation circuit 22 is inputted into a second comparator 34 and is compared with a second threshold value T 2 .
  • comparators 32, 34 When the respective correlation value C 13 , C 23 , is equal to or exceeds the respective threshold value, comparators 32, 34 output a signal of binary value "1"; and at all other times, the comparators output a signal of a binary value "O".
  • the outputs of the two comparators 32, 34 are fed to an AND-gate 36.
  • the two correlation values C 13 , C 23 from the correlation circuits 20, 22 are also inputted into a ratio-determining circuit 38.
  • Circuit 38 determines the ratio of these two correlation values and outputs a correlation-ratio signal.
  • the latter signal is fed to a third comparator 39 where it is compared with a threshold value T 3 , and similarly outputs a "1" or "0" to the AND-gate 36.
  • the system illustrated in Fig. 1 further includes a CPU 40 which, among other functions, stores the threshold values applied to the comparators 32, 34 and 39, and receives the signal outputted from the AND-gate 36.
  • a "1" output from AND-gate 36 indicates the coincidence of the following three conditions: (1) the first correlation signal C 13 equals or exceeds the predetermined threshold of comparator 32; (2) the second correlation value C 23 equals or exceeds the predetermined threshold of comparator 34; and (3) the ratio of the two correlation values C 13 and C 23 equals or exceeds the predetermined threshold of comparator 39.
  • AND-gate 36 outputs a signal to the CPU 40 indicating that a fire condition is present in the monitored region.
  • the CPU may then output a signal to a fire alarm unit 42, to a warning unit 44, or to a control unit 46, e.g., to actuate a fire extinguisher.
  • the CPU 40 may include other optional controls, for example a fire delay control 50 to delay the actuation of the fire alarm, in order to better assure that the condition is not a false alarm.
  • Other optional controls, indicated by block 52, may also be inputted to the CPU 40 such as a sensitivity adjustment control.
  • the CPU 40 further includes BIT (built-in test)/calibration devices, as known, for testing and/or calibration purposes.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates a preferred arrangement of the infrared sensors, wherein they are arranged in a straight line, with the middle sensor IR 2 being sensitive to radiation below the CO 2 emission band.
  • sensor IR 1 at one end senses radiation within the 4.3-4.6 ⁇ m band
  • the intermediate sensor IR 2 senses radiation within the 3.8-4.1 ⁇ m band
  • sensor IR 3 at the opposite end senses radiation within the 3.8-4.7 ⁇ m band.
  • the above described apparatus defines a fire condition as an IR source which alternates at a frequency of 2-10 Hz (the flame flicker frequency) and which emits strongly in the CO 2 emission band (4.3-4.6 ⁇ m), and weakly below the CO 2 emission band (3.8-4.1 ⁇ m).
  • a fire condition as an IR source which alternates at a frequency of 2-10 Hz (the flame flicker frequency) and which emits strongly in the CO 2 emission band (4.3-4.6 ⁇ m), and weakly below the CO 2 emission band (3.8-4.1 ⁇ m).
  • Fig. 4 Curves a-f of Fig. 4 particularly show that the atmospheric influences are smallest within the narrower range of 4.36-4.54 ⁇ m. In order to minimize the atmospheric influences it is preferable to use the narrower band of 4.36-4.54 ⁇ m for the IR sensor IR 1 detecting the emissions within the CO 2 emission band.
  • the use of the third sensor IR 3 substantially increases the sensitivity of the system, to increase the range of fire detection and/or decrease the size of a detectible fire, without substantially increasing the false alarm rate.
  • the measurement of each of the two sensors IR 1 , IR 2 includes a signal component and a noise component.
  • the signal component would normally be much larger than the noise component, and therefore the ratio of their two outputs would be more closely equal to the ratio of the respective signal components.
  • the noise component becomes much larger than the signal component, and therefore the ratio of the outputs of the two sensors IR 1 , IR 2 would be closer to the ratio of their noise components, which is a meaningless value.
  • the third sensor IR 3 by adding the third sensor IR 3 to produce a measurement concurrently with the measurements of the other two sensors IR 1 , IR 2 , the signal component of the third sensor is in phase with the signal components of the other two sensors and therefore increases the signal component of the overall signal, without increasing the noise component since the noise component of the third sensor is out of phase with the noise components of the other two sensors.
  • the overall result is an improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio in the overall system, thereby increasing its sensitivity without significantly increasing its false alarm rate.
  • the threshold values T 1 , T 2 , T 3 utilized in comparators 32, 34 and 39 may be predetermined in advance by simulating the type of fire condition to be detected, and then determining these threshold values such that a "1" is outputted in each of the three comparators under such a simulated fire condition.
  • These threshold values can be stored in the CPU 40 and used in the monitoring process, or can be optionally modified, e.g., by the optional control block 52, to obtain any desired sensitivity and permissible false alarm rate according to any particular application.
  • the optional control block 50 in Fig. 1 may be used for preselecting the time duration during which a fire condition must be detected before actuating the warning alert 44, the fire alarm 42, or the control device 46 such as a fire extinguisher system.
  • Fig. 5 The apparatus illustrated in Fig. 5 is very similar to that illustrated in Fig. 1. To facilitate understanding, the same reference numerals have been used for corresponding parts, and the new parts are identified by reference numerals starting with "100".
  • the output of sensor IR 1 after passing through its bandpass filter 2 and amplifier 12, is auto-correlated without normalization in auto-correlation circuit 100 to produce auto-correlation value C 11 .
  • the outputs of the two sensors IR 2 and IR 3 are auto-correlated in circuits 102 and 104, respectively, to produce second and third auto-correlation values C 22 and C 33 , respectively.
  • the ratio of the first auto-correlation value C 11 from circuit 100, and of the second auto-correlation value C 22 from circuit 102, is determined in a ratio circuit 106, and is compared to a predetermined threshold value 108.
  • the ratio of the second and third auto-correlation values, from circuits 102 and 104, respectively, is determined by ratio circuit 110, and its output is compared to a predetermined high threshold value in circuit 112, and also to a predetermined low threshold value in circuit 114.
  • threshold circuits 108 and 114 are fed to AND-gate 36, with the outputs of the other signals as described above.
  • the output of that gate is fed to the CPU (40, Fig. 1) for use in determining the presence or absence of a fire condition in the monitored area in the same manner as described above.
  • Fig. 6 illustrates the auto-correlation circuit 100 for sensor IR 1 .
  • the auto-correlation value is determined by moving the signal outputted from sensor IR 1 over itself, without normalization, and summing the products of all the points of the two signals. It will be appreciated that auto-correlation circuits 102 and 104 for the two other sensors IR 2 , IR 3 are constructed and operate in the same manner.
  • Figs. 7 and 8 are block diagrams illustrating two forms of apparatus which are very similar to those described above; to facilitate understanding, the same reference numerals have been used for corresponding parts.
  • the system illustrated in Fig. 7 thus includes three sensors IR 1 , IR 2 and IR 3 , for concurrently monitoring the radiation emitted from the monitored region.
  • the outputs of the sensors are fed via the three bandpass filters 2, 4, 6 and their respective amplifiers 12, 14 and 16, to produce three measurements of the radiation variations emitted from the monitored region within the three bands of the filters.
  • Each of the three measurements is auto-correlated with respect to itself without normalization to produce three auto-correlation values C 11 (block 100), C 22 (block 102) and C 33 (block 104).
  • Auto-correlation value C 11 is compared with auto-correlation value C 22 in a ratio circuit 106 to produce a correlation ratio (C 11 /C 22 ) which is compared with a predetermined threshold in circuit 108.
  • Auto-correlation value C 22 is compared with auto-correlation value C 33 in a ratio circuit 110, to produce a correlation ratio (C 33 /C 22 ) which is compared with another predetermined threshold in circuit 112.
  • the auto-correlation value C 11 is compared with a threshold in circuit 114.
  • the results of these three comparisons are fed to AND-circuit 36 and utilized in determining the presence or absence of a fire condition in the monitored area, such that the AND-circuit 36 produces an output (to CPU 40, Fig. 1) indicating a fire condition when there is coincidence between all its inputs.
  • AND-circuit 36 includes a fourth input which represents the cross-correlation value between the measurement of the first sensor IR 1 and the second sensor IR 2 after normalization.
  • the circuit illustrated in Fig. 1 produces a cross-correlation value C 12 representing the cross-correlation between the measurements of sensors IR 1 and IR 2 .
  • This cross-correlation value is normalized in circuit 118 by multiplying this value by itself, and dividing the product by the product of the auto-correlation value C 11 received from circuit 100 and the auto-correlation value C 22 received from circuit 102.
  • the output of circuit 118 is compared with another threshold in circuit 120 and is applied as the fourth input into the AND-circuit 36.
  • the AND-circuit 36 will produce an output, indicating a fire condition, only when there is coincidence between all four of its inputs. If any of its inputs is "0", no fire condition will be indicated.
  • the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 7 has been found to have a relatively high sensitivity to detecting fires and a relatively low false alarm rate, particularly when the first sensor IR 1 is sensitive to radiation within the 4.3-4.6 ⁇ m band, the second sensor IR 2 is sensitive to radiation within the 3.8-4.2 band, and the third sensor IR 3 is sensitive to radiation of about 4.8-5.1, preferably 5.0 ⁇ m.
  • the system as described above may be falsely actuated to indicate a fire condition when a welding operation is being performed in the monitored area, which welding operation involves the evaporation of a coating of an organic material on the welding electrode.
  • Such organic materials when evaporated, produce an emission within the CO 2 bandwidth.
  • the second sensor IR 2 is selected to be sensitive to radiation within the 0.2-1.5 band (which is also below the CO 2 emission band), particularly of a wavelength from 1.3-1.4 ⁇ m, the rate of false alarms caused by such a welding operation occurring in the monitored area is substantially reduced.
  • Fig. 8 illustrates a system which is substantially the same as described above with respect to Fig. 7, and which operates in substantially the same manner, except that the fourth input to the AND-gate 36 is produced by the cross-correlation of the output of the first sensor IR 1 with the third sensor IR 3 , rather than with the second sensor IR 2 .
  • box 116 in Fig. 7 indicating the cross-correlation value C 12 is replaced by box 216 in Fig. 8 indicating the cross-correlation value C 13 ; this value is normalized in circuit 218 and compared to a predetermined threshold in circuit 220 before being applied as the fourth input to the AND-gate 36.
  • Circuit 218 normalizes the value C 13 by multiplying it by itself, and dividing the product by the product of the auto-correlation values C 11 and C 33 .
  • the system illustrated in Fig. 8 is constructed and operates in substantially the same manner as described above with respect to the system of Fig. 7.

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  1. Verfahren zum Erkennen eines Feuerzustands in einem überwachten Bereich, umfassend das Verwenden von Sensoren, die jeweils empfindlich sind auf eine Strahlung innerhalb einer entsprechenden Bandbreite, und das Verarbeiten von deren Ausgangssignalen für eine Bestimmung der Gegenwart von Feuer in dem überwachten Bereich, gekennzeichnet durch folgende Schritte:
    (a) gleichzeitiges Überwachen des Bereichs durch einen ersten Sensor [IR1], empfindlich auf die Strahlung innerhalb einer ersten Bandbreite, welche das CO2-Emissionsband umfaßt, sowie durch einen zweiten Sensor [IR2], empfindlich auf die Strahlung innerhalb einer zweiten Bandbreite, welche Wellenlängen umfaßt, hauptsächlich unterhalb der des CO2-Emissionsbandes, und durch einen dritten Sensor [IR3] empfindlich auf die Strahlung innerhalb einer dritten Bandbreite, welche Wellenlängen umfaßt, oberhalb des CO2-Emissionsbandes, und Erzeugen von ersten, zweiten und dritten Messungen der Strahlungsschwankungen, die vom überwachten Bereich emittiert werden;
    (b) Bestimmen von zwei Kreuzkorrelationswerten, wobei der erste der zwei Kreuzkorrelationswerte [Cn] bestimmt wird durch Kreuzkorrelieren der ersten und dritten Messungen, ein zweiter der zwei Kreuzkorrelationswerten [C23] bestimmt wird durch Kreuzkorrelieren der zweiten und dritten Messungen;
    (c) Bilden von mindestens einer Funktion aus den zwei Kreuzkorrelationswerten;
    (d) Vergleichen der Funktion mit einem entsprechenden vorermittelten Schwellenwert; und
    (e) Verwenden der Ergebnisse aus dem Vergleich zur Ermittlung der Gegenwart oder Abwesenheit eines Feuerzustands in dem überwachten Bereich.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Funktion ein Verhältnis der zwei Kreuzkorrelationswerten ist, wobei das Verhältnis mit dem vorherbestimmten Schwellenwert [T3] verglichen wird, um die Gegenwart der Abwesenheit eines Feuerzustandes in dem überwachten Bereich zu übermitteln.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei der erste Sensor [IR1] eine Strahlung erfaßt innerhalb des Emissionsbandes zwischen 4,3 und 4,6 µm, der zweite Sensor [IR2] eine Strahlung erfaßt innerhalb des Emissionsbandes zwischen 10 3,8 und 4,1 µm und der dritte Sensor [IR3] eine Strahlung erfaßt innerhalb des Emissionsbandes zwischen 3,8 und 4,7 µm.
  4. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei der zweite Sensor [IR2] die Strahlung innerhalb des Emissionsbandes von 1,3 bis 1,4 µm erfaßt.
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IL104298A IL104298A (en) 1992-09-08 1993-01-01 Method and apparatus for detecting a fire condition
IL10429893 1993-01-01
IL105351A IL105351A (en) 1992-09-08 1993-04-09 Method and apparatus for detecting a fire condition
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