JPH10334361A - Flood device for photoelectric smoke sensor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid the reflection of obstacle by uniforming the intensity distribution of beam light in simple optical structure and arbitrarily setting a pattern shape in a beam crosssectional direction as well. SOLUTION: A light emitting diode(LED) 1 and a condenser lens 2 are arranged in the direction of optical axis. Concerning the LED 1, a cover 4 equipped with a top end lens 5 on one side of main body base 9 is mounted, a light emitting chip 6 electrically connected by a bonding wire 8 pulled out of a lead wire through the main body base 9 is arranged in the cover 4, and a reflector 7 is arranged at the back. The position, where light reflected forward by a reflector 7, is defined as a virtual 2nd light source 10 in respect to a 1st light source on the light emitting chip 6, and the focal point of condenser lens 2 is made uniform by being set at a position out of the 2nd light source 10 or at the position of the 2nd light source. A mask member for forming an opening part in a prescribed form is mounted on the cover 4 by tightly adhering a cover lens 5 of the LED 1, and the form of beam image is determined.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a light emitting device of a photoelectric smoke detector for irradiating a monitoring space with a light beam and detecting a fire based on attenuation of light caused by smoke flowing into the monitoring space.
In particular, the present invention relates to a light emitting device for a photoelectric smoke sensor, which can uniformly set an intensity distribution of a light beam and can arbitrarily set a pattern shape of a beam image.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a reflection type smoke detector for monitoring a fire in a large area, a predetermined monitoring distance, for example, about several tens of meters, is required for a detector body having a light emitting device and a light receiving device. Reflectors are disposed opposite to each other with a monitoring distance therebetween, and a fire is detected by the attenuation of the received light output based on the attenuation of light from the light emitting device due to smoke flowing into the monitoring space.

In this case, for example, a near-infrared LED is used as a light-emitting element in the light projecting device, and light from the near-infrared LED is focused by a condenser lens to form a beam, and this beam is set to a predetermined monitoring distance. A fire is detected from the attenuation of light caused by smoke flowing into the monitoring space by irradiating the light to a reflecting plate which is opposed to the light receiving plate through the light receiving device.

[0004]

In such a light emitting device of a reflection type smoke detector, light from a near-infrared LED is converted into a parallel light beam by a condensing lens and irradiated to a monitoring space. However, the beam light from the light emitting device reciprocates between the reflecting plate and enters the light receiving device. For example, if the monitoring distance between the light emitting device and the reflecting plate is as long as 40 meters, the beam The beam image spreads greatly when it reaches the position of the reflector due to the diffusion of light. Similarly, when the light reflected by the reflector returns to the light receiving device, the beam image is greatly diffused. The energy that can be detected by the light receiving device is small.

[0005] In addition, even after the equipment is installed on the side wall of the building,
It has been reported that slight temporal distortion occurs. If the light intensity distribution of the beam cross section is non-uniform, for example, when the portion with low light intensity comes to the position where it enters the reflector due to the distortion of the side wall, the light receiving signal when there is no smoke becomes weak, and And the maximum distance that can be monitored becomes short, and it is necessary to make the distribution of the light intensity as uniform as possible in a cross section that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the light beam. desirable.

In order to solve the problem that the intensity distribution of the light beam becomes non-uniform, there is a light projector as shown in FIG. 9 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-79979). In FIG. 9, light from a light emitting diode 105 provided in a light projector is
4, is introduced into the waveguide 103, and is propagated in the waveguide 103 so that the energy distribution is made uniform.
The light emitted from the end surface of No. 03 is imaged far by the light projecting lens 102.

However, in such a projector structure for making the energy distribution of the light beam uniform, an image forming lens, a waveguide and a light projecting lens must be arranged in front of the light emitting diode. However, there is a problem in that the optical system for this is relatively complicated, the dimension in the direction of the optical axis becomes large, and the projector becomes large. On the other hand, when the reflection type smoke detector is installed at a position close to the ceiling, for example, there are cases where obstacles such as beams exist near the optical axis of the monitoring space and cannot be avoided. In such a case, a part of the light beam from the light projecting device may be reflected by an obstacle such as a beam and enter the light receiving device.

[0008] The reflection type smoke detector is based on the premise that a reflection plate is installed at a predetermined monitoring distance and the reflected light is received, according to the light receiving level in a steady monitoring state and the concentration of smoke flowing into the monitoring space. The relationship with the received light level, that is, the detection sensitivity is set when the apparatus is installed. However, if light other than the light reflected from the reflector is incident from an obstacle in the monitoring space, the detection principle of the reflection type smoke detector itself is damaged, and there is an essential problem that the detection function is lost. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and requires a light beam from a light-emitting diode to be uniform in the direction of a beam end face by a simple optical structure so that a pattern shape in a beam cross-sectional direction is required. It is an object of the present invention to provide a light emitting device of a photoelectric smoke detector which can be set to an arbitrary shape according to the above condition so that reflection at an obstacle can be avoided.

[0010]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention is configured as follows. First, the present invention provides a light emitting device of a photoelectric smoke detector that irradiates a monitoring space with a light beam, receives a light beam attenuated by smoke flowing into the monitoring space, and detects a fire.

In the present invention, the light projecting device has a basic structure in which a light emitting diode and a condenser lens are arranged in the optical axis direction. The light emitting diode used in the present invention has a cylindrical cover integrally provided with a tip lens on one side of the main body base, and a bonding wire pulled out from a lead wire penetrating the main body base at a predetermined position in the cover. It is electrically connected, and a reflector is arranged behind the light emitting chip.

According to the present invention, the light emitting diode having the above structure has the light emitting chip as the first light source and determines the position where the light reflected forward by the reflector behind the light emitting element is incident on the tip lens at the tip of the cover. As a virtual second light source, the focal point of the condenser lens is set at a position outside the second light source or at a second position.
It is characterized in that it is arranged so as to be located at the position of the light source, and that a mask member for forming an opening of a predetermined shape is attached to the tip lens of the cover of the light emitting diode.

By arranging the position where the second light source is removed or the position of the second light source in such a light emitting diode as the focal point of the condenser lens, light is emitted from the front surface of the chip and mainly from the center of the tip lens. By blurring the emitted light, the light is emitted on the side and back surfaces of the chip, is reflected by the reflector, and is mainly combined with the light emitted from the periphery of the tip lens. The light intensity distribution (energy intensity distribution) can be made uniform.

By mounting the mask member in close contact with the tip of the light-emitting diode cover, the beam image pattern can be formed in an arbitrary shape according to the opening shape, and obstacles such as beams are obstructed in the monitoring space. Even if it is unavoidable to exist, a part of the light beam can be easily removed so that the light beam does not hit the obstacle, and the detection function is lost by receiving the reflected light from the obstacle. The essential problem that can be solved.

This mask member has a circular hole, a pinhole,
A pinhole partially cut out, a slit having a longitudinal direction in a predetermined direction, or the like is provided as an opening. The focal point of the condenser lens is arranged, for example, between the second light source and the top of the lens at the tip of the LED cover. Further, the focal point of the condenser lens may be arranged so as to be located between the bending tip positions of the bonding wires connected through the second light source in accordance with the characteristics of the selected LED.

Further, according to the light emitting device of the present invention, there is provided a reflector for reflecting light from the light emitting device to the light receiving device via a monitoring space of a predetermined monitoring distance with respect to the sensor body having the light emitting device and the light receiving device. It is intended for use in a photoelectric smoke detector having a reflection type smoke detection structure in which members are arranged. As a matter of course, the light emitting device and the light receiving device may be used in a dimming type separated smoke detector in which the light projecting device and the light receiving device are opposed to each other via the monitoring space without using the reflector.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a photoelectric smoke detector using a light projecting device of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a light emitting device 25 and a light receiving device 26 are provided in a sensor main body 24 of a photoelectric smoke detector, and a predetermined monitoring distance, for example, a monitoring distance L of 40 meters, is provided for the sensor main body 24. Thus, the reflection plate 27 is arranged to be opposed. The light projecting device 25 includes, for example, a light-emitting diode 1 such as a near-infrared LED and a condenser lens 2, drives the light-emitting diode 1 intermittently to emit light, condenses the light from the light-emitting diode 1, and converts the light into a parallel light beam. And output.

The light beam from the light projecting device 25 is reflected by a reflection plate 27.
And the light receiving device 2 of the sensor main body 24 as indicated by the broken line.
Returned to 6. As the reflection plate 27, a recursive reflection plate (reflex reflector) that reflects incident light with high efficiency in the same direction as the incident direction is used. In the light receiving device 26,
A condenser lens 28 and a light receiving element 29 such as a photodiode are provided.

FIG. 2 shows the light projecting optical system of the light projecting device 25 provided in the sensor main body 24 of FIG. The mask device mounted on the light emitting diode will be clarified in FIG. 7 described later. The light projecting optical system has a light emitting diode 1 and a condensing lens 2 arranged in the direction of the optical axis 3. Light from the light emitting diode 1 is condensed by the condensing lens 2, converted into a parallel beam, and emitted. I have. As the light emitting diode 1, for example, a near-infrared light emitting diode having a peak emission wavelength of 870 nm is used, and for example, OLD2603H manufactured by Oki Electric Co., Ltd. can be used.

The near-infrared light emitting diode 1 has a hermetically sealed structure in which a cover 4 is mounted on one side of a main body base 9 from which a lead wire 11 is taken out. Inside the cover 4, an LED chip 6 electrically connected by a bonding wire 8 drawn from a lead wire penetrating the main body base 9 is supported.

When the LED chip 6 emits light by current driving, light is emitted from both sides and side surfaces of the chip. LED
A reflector 7 (made by processing a part of a lead wire) is arranged behind the chip 6 so as to reflect light from the side surface and the back surface of the LED chip 6 and emit the light forward. For this reason, the light from the light emitting diode 1 is mainly emitted by the direct light from the front surface of the LED chip 6 in the central portion passing through the optical axis 3, and the side of the LED chip 6 reflected mainly by the reflector 7 from the periphery thereof And light emitted from the back surface is emitted.

As described above, the light emitting diode 1
Light from the front of the chip 6 and LE reflected by the reflector 7
Two combined lights of light emitted from the side surface and the back side of the D chip 6 are emitted. Therefore, when the light-emitting diode 1 is viewed from the condenser lens 2 side, the LED chip 6 that directly emits light serves as a first light source, and the LED chip 6 exits from the side and back surfaces of the LED chip 6 and is reflected by the reflector 7 to the tip lens 5. A virtual light source that is incident and emitted in a donut shape can be regarded as the second light source 10.

Here, assuming that the top of the tip lens 5 in the cover 4 of the light emitting diode 1 is P1 and the position of the virtual second light source 10 due to the light reflected by the reflector 7 is P2.
The condenser lens 2 is arranged with respect to the light emitting diode 1 so that the focal point F of the condenser lens 2 is located at or near the second light source 10. For example, in the embodiment of FIG. 2, if the focal length of the condenser lens 2 is f, the focal point F is the distance d1 from the condenser lens 2 to the top P1 of the tip lens 5 of the cover.
The focus F is set so as to be closer to the distance d2 to the position P2 of the second light source 10 on the inner side of the LED, that is, between P1 and P2.
The condenser lens 2 is arranged so that is located.

The focal point F of the condenser lens 2 may be set so as to be at the position of the second light source 10 or a position in the vicinity thereof. Alternatively, it may be installed between the position P2 of the second light source 10 and the LED chip 6. In this case, the LED chip 6 is electrically connected to a bonding wire 8 pulled out like a hook from a lead wire passing through the main body base 9, and the bent portion of the bonding wire 8 is located forward of the LED chip 6. From the condenser lens 2 to the bonding wire 8
Assuming that the distance to the bending end of the bonding wire is d3, the focal length f does not exceed the distance d3, that is, the focal point F is located at a position shifted forward from the bending end of the bonding wire 8.
The condenser lens 2 is arranged.

The arrangement of the focal point F of the condenser lens 2 with respect to the light emitting diode 1 depends on the light penetrating the tip lens 5 from the LED chip 6 as the first light source and the virtual second light reflected by the reflector 7. 2 Light source 10 to tip lens 5
Is condensed by the condenser lens 2 to make the intensity distribution of the resultant light uniform. That is, the focal point F of the condenser lens 2 is set to the LED of the light emitting diode 1
When matched to the surface of the chip 6, the image of the light beam is LED
An image is formed in a shape corresponding to the brightness of the light emitting surface of the chip 6. Usually, electrodes are arranged in a cross shape on the light emitting surface of the LED chip 6, and since this electrode portion does not emit light, the electrode A non-uniform portion where the light amount is missing in the portion.

When the focal point F of the condenser lens 2 is adjusted to the tip of the bonding wire 8, the portion of the bonding wire 8 becomes a portion from which light from the rear is obstructed and light escapes, and a shadow of the bonding wire 8 is formed. This causes a non-uniform beam image. When the focal point F is set ahead of the top P1 of the tip lens 5, an LED as the first light source
Second light source 10 by reflected light of chip 6 and reflector 7
The light from the two light sources is too diffused, and the light-collecting performance is reduced, which causes non-uniformity.

For this reason, according to the present invention, the focal point F of the condenser lens 2 is adjusted such that the focal point F of the second lens base of the lens base by the reflected light of the reflector 7 from the tip P1 of the cover lens as shown in FIG.
The distance is set to any range between the position P2 to the light source 10 and the range from the position P2 of the second light source 10 to the bent tip of the bonding wire 8 supporting the LED chip 6. Further, the focal point F may be set at the position of the second light source.

FIG. 3A shows the intensity distribution when the light from the light emitting diode 1 in FIG. 2 is not condensed by the condenser lens 2, and FIG. It is an intensity distribution in the case of being converted. In the case of FIG. 3A, the light emitted from the LED chip 6 is emitted on the front surface of the chip, and the intensity distribution 12 of the light emitted through the front lens 5 and emitted on the side and back surfaces of the chip. The light intensity distribution 12 is obtained by combining the distribution of the intensity distribution 13 of the light reflected by the light 7 and emitted through the tip lens 5, but the light intensity distribution 12 is generally higher than the light intensity distribution 13. strong.

Although the light intensity distribution 12 increases in a peak state in the direction of the optical axis 3, a depression is formed at the tip due to a portion of the electrode provided on the electrode surface of the LED chip 6 which emits a small amount of light. I have. Therefore, the light intensity distributions 12 and 13
In order to make the combined intensity distribution uniform, a condenser lens 2 is arranged in front of the light emitting diode 1 as shown in FIG.
The focus F of the condenser lens 2 is blurred by the light of the intensity distribution 12,
The position where the light of the intensity distribution 13 is not blurred as much as possible.

The light having the intensity distribution 12 emits its main component from a relatively central portion (top) of the front end lens 5 of the light emitting diode 1, and the light having the intensity distribution 13 has a relatively outer peripheral portion. , The main component is emitted in the form of a donut. Since the tip lens 5 of the light emitting diode 1 has a curvature, the distance from the condensing lens 2 is different between the apex and the outer periphery, and accordingly, the position as the light source is different.

According to the present invention, the focal point F of the condenser lens 2 is changed to a light having an intensity distribution 15 by blurring the light having an intensity distribution 12 and a light having an intensity distribution 16 by condensing light having an intensity distribution 13. The intensity distribution of the combined light obtained by combining the light of the distributions 15 and 16 is set as a position where the intensity distribution is made uniform like the intensity distribution 17. in this case,
If the intensity distribution 13 has a higher intensity than the intensity distribution 12, the position of the focal point F of the optical lens 2 is set to a position where the light of the intensity distribution 13 is blurred and the combined distribution becomes uniform. That is, the focal point F is in front of the top of the LED tip lens.

Here, the intensity distribution of the emission components from the two light sources of the light emitting diode 1 in FIG. 3 differs for each LED, and when the focus F of the condenser lens 2 is actually set, While adjusting the position of the focal point F either between P1 and P2 of the light emitting diode 1 or between P2 and the tip of the bonding wire 8, it is optimal while checking the intensity distribution of the light beam by the condenser lens 2. It is necessary to determine the position of the focal point F.

Referring to the dimensional relationship of the light projecting optical system in FIG. 2, for example, the light emitting diode 1 has an outer diameter of about 5 mm, and the focusing lens 2 has, for example, a focal length f = 3.
Use a 2.57 mm P as shown
When the focal point F is set between 1 and P2, the effective incident line incident on the condenser lens 2 by the light emission of the LED chip 6 has a diameter of about 10 mm around the optical axis 3; May be used having an outer diameter of about 10 mm and having a predetermined refractive index.

FIG. 4 shows a change in the projected image when the focal point F of the condenser lens 2 is shifted forward from the position of the light emitting surface on the front side of the LED chip 6 in FIG. FIG.
(A) is a case where the focal point of the condenser lens 2 is set to the position of the light emitting surface on the front side of the LED chip 6, and an image A emitted at the front of the chip and transmitted through the front lens 5 is emitted at the center of the image. In addition, a portion where the amount of light emitted by the electrode is small is shown as a cross-shaped shadow. Around the center image A, a donut-shaped image B which is emitted on the side and rear surfaces of the chip, reflected by the reflector 7 and transmitted through the tip lens 5 appears.

When the focal point F of the condenser lens 2 is moved forward from the state shown in FIG. 4A, the image A at the center is changed to the state shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4C, when the focal point F is further moved forward, the shadow between the images A and B disappears as shown in FIG. When the uniform intensity distribution shown in FIG. 4D is obtained, the position of the focal point F of the condenser lens 2 is such that light reflected forward by the reflector 7 behind the light emitting chip 6 enters the lens at the tip of the cover. Assuming that the position of the second light source is a virtual second light source, the position is a position outside the second light source or a position of the second light source.

The light from the light emitting diode 1 is condensed by the condenser lens 2 and sent out almost in parallel. After a beam waist-shaped constriction appears in a portion close to the light emitting device,
It propagates in the monitoring space while having a linear spread. In this case, the spread angle θ of the beam with respect to the optical axis 3 is θ = 4 °
Of these, the portion effective in luminance as the present device is in the range of about θ = 2 °.

FIG. 5 illustrates an optical axis shift due to a temporal change of a building side wall when the photoelectric smoke detector shown in FIG. 1 is installed. FIG. 5 (A) shows the state at the time of installation, and the side wall 3 of the building.
The sensor main body 24 is installed at 0, and the reflector 27 is installed on the opposite side wall 31 of the building opposite to the sensor main body 24 to perform optical axis alignment. In such a state where the optical axes are aligned, if the side walls 30, 31 are tilted such that the upper side expands with respect to the vertical direction due to the distortion of the building side walls 30, 31 mainly due to the expansion of the roof, the correct optical axis direction is obtained. Causes an optical axis shift of an angle φ. According to the investigation by the inventors of the present invention, it has been found that the angle φ of the optical axis shift is about 1.7 ° at the maximum.

Therefore, with respect to the optical axis shift caused by the distortion of the building side wall as shown in FIG. 5, the one-side spread angle θ from the optical axis of the beam from the condenser lens 2 by the light projecting optical system shown in FIG. If the shift angle θ0 is equal to or greater than 1.7 ° in FIG. 5 and the reflector is arranged at the center of the image, even if an optical axis shift occurs, the light from the light projecting device is irradiated on the reflector 27 and received. can do. In the embodiment of FIG. 2, the spread angle θ of the parallel beam from the condenser lens 2 is about θ = 4 ° (effective spread angle of about 2 °), and the shift angle θ0 of FIG. 4 is 1.7 °. Since it is larger, the detection state can be stably maintained without special adjustment for the optical axis shift due to the distortion of the building or the like.

At this time, by arranging the focal point F of the condenser lens 2 in the light projecting optical system of FIG. 2 so that the beam intensity distribution with respect to the light emitting diode 1 is uniform, the beam spread angle θ is within a range of θ = 2 °. The intensity distribution of FIG. 5 is substantially uniform, for example, as in the intensity distribution 17 of FIG.
Even if the optical axis shift occurs as in (B), a part of the light beam surely hits the reflecting plate 27 and the reflected light can be received on the sensor body 24 side, and the level change of the reflected light amount due to the optical axis shift can be ignored. Can be as small as possible.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6B, for example, when the focal point of the condenser lens 2 is located on the light emitting surface in front of the light emitting chip, the projected image of the pattern as shown in FIG. 4
0a is received by the light receiving unit 27, and if the position shifts to the position of the projected image 40b due to the optical axis shift, a donut-shaped shadow portion between the center image and the surrounding image is applied to the light receiving plate 27 and enters the light receiving unit. Light energy is greatly reduced.

On the other hand, in the present invention, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4D, the projected image 50a having the uniform light intensity distribution as shown in FIG. 4D is received by the light receiving unit 27, and even if the projected image 50b is shifted to the position of the projected image 50b due to the optical axis shift, the light emitting unit 27
The light energy incident on the light beam hardly changes. FIG.
With respect to the optical system in which the focal point F of the condenser lens 2 is arranged with respect to the light emitting diode 1 shown in FIG. 2, the light emitting diode 1 is provided with a mask member for arbitrarily setting the shape of a beam image. is there.

FIG. 7A shows a first embodiment of the mask member 18, which is a circle shown in the right end view so that only the tip lens 5 at the tip of the cover 4 of the light emitting diode 1 is exposed to the outside. The mask member 18 provided with the hole 19 is closely arranged. The circular hole 19 of the mask member 18
As a result, only light passing through the circular hole 19 serving as an opening is incident on the condenser lens 2, and as shown in front of the optical axis 3, a circular light is seen from the optical axis cross section. The beam image 19a can be formed.

FIG. 7 (B) shows a case where the pinhole 21 is opened in close contact with the tip of the light emitting diode 1 by the mask member 18. In this case, the mask member 18 is the member body 1
8a and the opening member 18b are divided into two parts. The two parts are bonded and fixed to the tip of the light emitting diode 1 as shown in the figure. Optical axis 3 at the tip of mask member 18
A pinhole 21 is opened at a position through which the light passes. As a result, only light in the central portion centered on the optical axis 3 enters the condenser lens 2 through the pinhole 21 and is located in front of the optical axis 3. As shown in the image in the sectional direction, a beam image 21a having a smaller diameter can be formed as compared with FIG. 7A.

FIG. 7 (C) shows a cut-out pinhole 22 formed by, for example, closing the upper side of the pinhole at an arbitrary position, so that it can be seen from the cross-sectional beam image in the optical axis direction. The cutout pinhole image 22a can be used. By turning the mask member 18b attached to the light emitting diode 1 in the direction of the arrow, the cutout position of the cutout pinhole image 22a can be appropriately adjusted, for example, as shown by the right broken line cutout pinhole image 22b. .

FIG. 7D shows a rectangular slit 23 opened in the mask member 18, and a rectangular slit image 23a is formed at a position where the beam image is formed by the condenser lens 2. Also for the slit image 23a, the longitudinal direction can be changed to an appropriate direction like the rectangular slit 23b by turning the mask member 18b of the light emitting diode 1 as shown by the arrow. Of course, it is not limited to FIGS.
An appropriate opening shape can be used as needed.

As shown in FIGS. 7A to 7D, the shape of the beam image from the light projecting device can be appropriately adjusted by the mask member 18, so that, for example, as shown in FIG. When there is an obstacle such as the beam 32 between the sensor main body 24 and the reflection plate 27 and a part of the beam light from the light projecting device 25 is reflected by the beam 32 and enters the light receiving device 26,
The light projecting device 25 is set so that the beam light of the beam 32 does not impinge.
The shape of the image of the light beam from the light source can be set by forming the opening of the mask member 18.

In order to compensate for the above-described optical axis shift, θ>
If an opening is formed in the mask member so as to be 1.7 °, the shape of the opening may be arbitrary. For example, when the mask member is not attached, the light projecting device 25 as shown by the broken line in FIG.
7B is reflected by the beam 32. For example, by setting the mask member 18b having the pinhole 21 as shown in FIG.
The reflection from the beam 32 can be avoided by narrowing the optical axis from 5. When a pinhole or a very small slit is formed as shown in FIGS. 7B, 7C, and 7D, beam diffusion due to a diffraction phenomenon is expected. It has been confirmed that up to a size of about 0.5 mm, a beam image can be narrowed without causing a diffraction phenomenon.

When a pinhole or a very small slit is formed as shown in FIGS.
Strictly speaking, the emitted image is slightly blurred because the distribution of light emitted from the light source changes slightly, but there are few practical problems. If necessary, the position of the condenser lens may be adjusted again.
In the above embodiment, the reflection type photoelectric smoke detector shown in FIG. 1 is taken as an example. However, as another embodiment, a light emitting device 25 and a light receiving device 26 are arranged to face each other via a monitoring space. The same applies to the light projecting device of the optical separation type smoke detector. Further, in the above-described embodiment, fire detection is performed by extinction of smoke flowing into the monitoring space, but a light beam is set in the monitoring space, and an intruder detection device that detects an intruder by blocking the light beam is used. The present invention can be similarly applied to an optical device.

[0049]

As described above, according to the present invention, the virtual second light source is removed from the position of the virtual second light source or the second light source position of the tip lens base at the tip of the cover depending on the reflected light of the reflector in the light emitting diode. By arranging the condenser lens so that the focal point is positioned, light emitted from the front surface of the chip and light emitted mainly from the center of the tip lens is blurred, emitted from the chip side surface and the rear surface, reflected by the collector, and reflected by the collector. In addition, the distribution of the intensity distribution (near-infrared energy) in the beam cross section that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the light emitted from the peripheral portion of the tip lens and the combined light is made uniform, and the light-emitting diode cover tip has an appropriate shape. By mounting the mask member in close contact with the opening, it is possible to obtain a beam image having an arbitrary shape corresponding to the opening shape of the mask member, and obstructing beams such as beams in the monitoring space. Even if there is an obstacle that cannot be avoided, it is easy to obtain a beam image excluding a part of the light beam so that the light beam does not hit the obstacle, and the reflected light from the obstacle can be easily obtained. The problem that the essential detection function of the reflection type smoke detector is lost in the light reception can be surely solved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a reflection type smoke detector using the light emitting device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of an optical structure of a light projecting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a light intensity distribution by a light projecting device of the present invention for making the energy distribution uniform.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a projected image when a focal position of a condenser lens is moved forward with respect to a light emitting diode.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of an optical axis shift in the reflection type smoke detector of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a change in a projected image on a reflecting plate due to an optical axis shift.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of an embodiment of the present invention provided with a mask member.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of light reflected by an obstacle in the reflection type smoke detector of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional projector structure for uniformizing energy distribution.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: light emitting diode 2: condensing lens 3: optical axis 4: cover 5: cover lens section 6: LED chip (first light source) 7: reflector 8: bonding wire 9: body base 10: second light source 11: lead wire 12, 15: intensity distribution of the first light source 13, 16: intensity distribution of the second light source 14, 17: composite intensity distribution 18: mask member 18a: mask body 18b: opening member 19: circular opening 19a, 21a, 22a, 22b , 23a, 23b: Beam image 21: Pinhole 22: Notched pinhole 23: Rectangular slit 24: Sensor body 25: Light emitting device 26: Light receiving device 27: Reflecting plate 28: Condensing lens 29: Light receiving element 30, 31 ： Wall

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[0012] In the present invention per emission Taiodo of this structure, the light emitting chip to the first light source, the light reflected forward by the reflector behind the light-emitting element you enter the top lens of the cover distal Virtual Surface light source and the light emission
The intersection of the optical axis of the diode and the position of the second light source, the focal point of the condenser lens is arranged such that the position of the second position or the second light source out of the light source, further, the light emitting diode of the cover A mask member for forming an opening having a predetermined shape is attached to the tip lens.

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[Claims] An optical axis of a photoelectric smoke detector for irradiating a monitoring space with a light beam, receiving the light beam attenuated by smoke flowing into the monitoring space, and detecting a fire. A light-emitting diode and a condensing lens are arranged in the direction, and the light-emitting diode is provided with a cylindrical cover integrally provided with a lens at a tip thereof on a main body base, and a light-emitting chip is arranged at a predetermined position in the cover. , The light emitting chip,
The light emitting chip is electrically connected by a bonding wire drawn out from a lead wire penetrating the main body base, and a reflector is disposed behind the light emitting chip. The position where the light reflected forward by the reflector enters the lens at the tip of the cover is a virtual second light source, and the focal point of the condenser lens is the position off the second light source or the position of the second light source. The light emitting device of a smoke detector, wherein the light emitting diode further has a mask member forming an opening of a predetermined shape in close contact with a front end lens of the cover. 2. A light emitting device for a photoelectric smoke detector according to claim 1, wherein said mask member has a pinhole, a partially cutout pinhole, or a slit having a predetermined direction as a longitudinal direction. A light emitting device for a smoke detector, which is provided as an opening. 3. A light emitting device for a photoelectric smoke detector according to claim 1, wherein a focal point of said condenser lens is located between said second light source and a top of a lens at a tip of said cover. A light projecting device for a photoelectric smoke detector, wherein the light projecting device is disposed in a light emitting device. 4. A light emitting device for a photoelectric smoke detector according to claim 1, wherein a focal point of said condenser lens is set to a position of a bonding wire electrically connected to said second light source and said light emitting chip. A light projecting device for a smoke detector, wherein the light projecting device is disposed so as to be located between a bent tip position. 5. The light emitting device for a photoelectric smoke detector according to claim 1, wherein said photoelectric smoke detector comprises:
A reflection type smoke detection structure in which a reflection member that reflects light from the light emitting device to the light receiving device via a monitoring space of a predetermined monitoring distance with respect to the sensor main body including the light emitting device and the light receiving device is arranged. A light emitting device for a photoelectric smoke detector, characterized in that: